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On 6 November 2025, the Fiscal Council hosted a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within its regular annual consultation mission in Slovenia. The purpose of the visit was to review fiscal developments and projections, to assess fiscal policy, and to exchange views on Slovenia’s future fiscal challenges.

The state budget deficit, excluding intervention measures, was around EUR 900 million in the first ten months of this year. This is approximately half of the Ministry of Finance’s projected full-year deficit. The increase in the deficit this year is entirely due to higher current expenditure. The increase in expenditure is broad-based, and as expected […]

The fiscal policy is deviating from the trajectory outlined in the Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan for the 2025–2028 period. Despite Slovenia’s commitment to gradual consolidation, the state of public finances began to deteriorate already in 2025. According to the Fiscal Council’s projection, the general government deficit will increase further, reaching approximately 2.5% of GDP […]

The state budget deficit, excluding intervention measures, amounted to just under EUR 1.0 billion in the first nine months of the year, compared to an almost balanced budget in the same period last year. An increase in the deficit had been projected both in the current budget and in the revised estimate presented alongside the […]

At the 31st session of the Committee on Finance, held on 9 September 2025, the President of the Fiscal Council presented the Report on the Fiscal Council’s opeerations in 2024 and, on this occasion, also assessed the current fiscal position. (31st session of the Committee on Finance, the first 12 minutes of the recording)

In the first eight months of this year, the state budget deficit, excluding intervention measures, was EUR 1.0 billion, whereas it was almost balanced in the same period last year. This deficit increase had been envisaged by the current budget. The projected deficit, excluding intervention measures, for the entire 2025 is EUR 1.9 billion, whereas […]