Deal Reached to Implement Fiscal Rule in 2015

Ljubljana, 23 May - Slovenian parties reached an agreement Thursday to put a golden fiscal rule into effect in 2015, ending almost a year of acrimony as the new government seeks to balance the country's ailing public finances under pressure from the EU. Parliament is set to take a vote on the scheme on Friday.

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša speaks to the press after a parliamentary summit on the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters gather in front of government headquarters to protest against the introduction of the fiscal rule in 2015
Photo: Nebjoša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Heads of parliamentary parties meet in a new attempt to agree on the implementation of the fiscal rule
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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