Last week, the Brdo Congress Center hosted the 13th Slovenian Economic Summit organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS) in collaboration with the European Commission Representation in Slovenia. This time, top 6 measures for economic excellency ware adopted, which together represent the key formula for achieving the ambitious 2025 objectives.
In addition to over 350 leading representatives of companies and institutions, the event saw active engagement of the Director of the Directorate‑General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission (DG ECFIN), Mr. Manfred Bergmann, the Minister of Economic Development and Technology Mr. Zdravko Počivalšek, the Minister of Finance Mr. Andrej Bertoncelj, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Mr. Jure Leben, the Minister of Public Administration Mr. Rudi Medved, the Minister of Education, Science and Sport Mr. Jernej Pikalo, the Minister of Infrastructure Ms. Alenka Bratušek and many others.
This time too, the President of the PanSlovenian Investors’ & Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) Mr. Kristjan Verbič was invited by the organizers to attended the Summit (VIDEO from last year’s Summit). Mr. Verbič was an active member of the working group in charge of preparing measures aimed at the development of the financial market. The working group also included the State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Mr. Metod Dragonja, the Chairman of the Board at SID Bank Mr. Sibil Svilan, the Deputy Executive Director of the SKB bank Ms. Vojka Ravbar, and the long-standing Chairman of the Board at Zavarovalnica Triglav Ms. Nada Klemenčič.
The group’s first task was to define three key measures. With regard to that, Mr. Verbič put special emphasis on the importance of measures aimed at the “development of the capital market together with essential financial instruments, gaining trust, and regulatory changes”. His proposals were later voted to be included in the top 6 measures adopted at this year's summit. At the same time, Mr. Verbič reminded of the lamentable fact that the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, having considerably exceeded the deadline posed by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, still hasn’t eliminated the identified unconstitutionality included in the Banking Act in 2013 (VIDEO), which at that time contributed to the notorious expropriation of over 100,000 investors in Slovene banks. In addition, the complex Financial Instruments Market Act, composed of no less than 562 articles, was adopted earlier week under urgent procedure, without a serious discussion (VIDEO) and with no votes against it, despite some of its parts explicitly run counter to EU acquis and other parts seriously impair the conditions for investors and the Slovenian investment environment.
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