PM Urges Voters to Back Reforms as Euro Leaders Pass Key Pact

Brussels, 12 March - Prime Minister Borut Pahor urged Slovenians to support the government's reform efforts as he came out of a special eurozone summit in the small hours of Saturday. Only with pension reform and the mini jobs act will Slovenia be "on the safe side", he told reporters.

Brussels, Belgium Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Prime Minister Borut Pahor arriving at a eurozone summit dedicated to a new pact for the euro. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Borut Pahor arriving at a eurozone summit dedicated to a new pact for the euro.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) speaks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann as eurozone leaders hold summit to agree a key reform pact.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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