Please note that Mojca Lukan from the 8 March Institute urged expanding subsidies for school lunch this autumn, she did not urge introducing fully free lunch for all primary school kids as early as this autumn. Her statement has been moved from para 3 to 6.

Ljubljana, 7 June - The parliamentary Education Committee endorsed on Wednesday a bill introducing a free school lunch for all primary school children. However, while the NGO that filed the bill wants the solution to kick in in January 2024, the government proposed an amendment deferring the new arrangement to September 2027.