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Fiscal rules need to be stable and should clearly impose restrictions on the economic policy when it comes to the selection of measures that would lead to excessive deficits and unsustainable levels of the general government debt.

The Fiscal Council assesses that the Proposal of budgets of the Republic of Slovenia for 2020 and 2021 is clouded by significant negative risks. While projections are formally compliant with the fiscal rules, even a realisation of a small fraction of identified risks could result in a deviation from formal compliance.

The calculations submitted to the Fiscal Council by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities are similar to the estimates made by the Fiscal Council and indicate that the proposed legislation would have a significant impact on the long-term increase in the general government expenditure.

On 28 August 2019, Fiscal Council members met the State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Mr Tilen Božič and his team at the Ministry’s initiative. The discussion focused on the Fiscal Council’s position regarding the presentation of long-term costs of the proposed changes to the pension-related legislation and on the challenges to long-term fiscal sustainability in light of rising expenditure on pensions.

Fiscal Council members today met the Minister of Health Mr Aleš Šabeder and his team at the Ministry’s initiative. The discussion focused on challenges of long-term fiscal sustainability in light of rising public health-related expenditure.

Based on publicly available data and its own estimates, the Fiscal Council assesses that some provisions of the proposed Act Amending the Pension and Disability Insurance Act, which is currently the subject of public debate, could have significant long-term impact on the sustainability of public finances. It therefore calls on the Government to transparently present […]