Slovenia's outgoing prime minister, Marjan Šarec, rebuked the EU over excessive self-absorption and inefficiency as he spoke on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Illustrating, he said the bloc was not even capable of agreeing its expansion to the Western Balkans.

Outgoing PM Marjan Šarec has urged "relevant parliamentary committee chairs" to start actively discussing potentially problematic foreign funding of Slovenian parties and their media outlets. "Whoever finances you, probably does not do that because you're adorable but because they want something in return," he wrote on Facebook on Friday.