PM Backtracks, Fiscal Rule Set to Take Effect in 2015

Brussels, 22 May - Slovenia's long deadlock over the fiscal rule appears on the cusp of being broken, as Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek told reporters in Brussels Wednesday she would accept the plan of the previous government that it take effect in 2015, not 2017 as she has long insisted.

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to the press on the margins of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to the press on the margins of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to the press on the margins of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to the press on the margins of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to the press on the margins of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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