Govt tells Fiscal Council fiscal planning not end in itself

Ljubljana, 14 December - The government on Friday responded to criticism of its budgeting plans, labelled by the Fiscal Council as procyclic and thus unsuitable, by saying that responsible fiscal planning was the basis of a responsible economic policy but not an end in itself.

Ljubljana
The Fiscal Council talking to the press.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana, Računsko sodišče.
Novinarska konferenca Fiskalnega sveta, na kateri so predstavili oceno skladnosti odloka o spremembah odloka o okviru za pripravo proračunov sektorja država za obdobje od 2018 do 2020 s fiskalnimi pravili.
Foto: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
The Fiscal Council talking to the press.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Aleš Delakorda of the Fiscal Council talking to the press.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Tomaž Perše of the Fiscal Council talking to the press.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana, Računsko sodišče.
Novinarska konferenca Fiskalnega sveta, na kateri so predstavili oceno skladnosti odloka o spremembah odloka o okviru za pripravo proračunov sektorja država za obdobje od 2018 do 2020 s fiskalnimi pravili.
Članica Fiskalnega sveta Alenka Jerkič.
Foto: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Fiscal Council head Davorin Kračun talking to the press.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Fiscal Council head Davorin Kračun.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA
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Ljubljana
Davorin Kračun, the head of the Fiscal Council.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA
File photo

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