Fmr finance minister defends bailout decisions

Ljubljana, 2 October - The finance minister who oversaw the late-2013 bank bailout defended government decisions during a testimony at a parliamentary inquiry commission on Monday, but he also acknowledged the bailout might have been cheaper had the government acted sooner.

Ljubljana Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Former Finance Minister Uroš Čufer appears as a witness in the parliamentary inquiry into alleged banking abuse.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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