Slovenia: is the new coalition agreement fit for purpose?

Commenting on the coalition agreement in Dnevnik, economics professor Jože P. Damijan voices pleasant surprise:

“In the sections that are crucial for the country’s development – finances, the economy, labour and sport, infrastructure and energy, public administration, education, health, demographics, the environment and spatial planning, and agriculture – 80 to 90 percent of the proposed solutions and measures read as if I had written them myself. … If the new government implements at least 80 percent of what is written here, between 2026 and 2030, Slovenia will finally reverse the trend of declining productivity and enter a phase of accelerated productivity, higher wages and stable birth rates. If not, and if the government loses its focus amid ideological struggles, we will witness a continuation of the developmental paralysis.”