Speaking at the document's presentation at the International Trade Fair, SDS leader Janez Janša said that the presidency priorities set out by the government were overly generalised, but there was still time to repair this.

Including digitalisation would be a logical move considering that president-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen named Margrethe Vestager as executive vice-president for digital age on Tuesday, said Janša.

He believes the move would allow Slovenia to better assert its role in the EU and to make a contribution to the EU's future development.

Janša regretted that Slovenia missed the opportunity to lead the portfolio for the EU's digitalisation in the next European Commission. The crisis management portfolio assigned to Slovenian Commissioner-designate Janez Lenarčič, is the most thankless and no one wanted it, said Janša.

However, he also said that the portfolio was neither unimportant nor easy. "It's in fact one of the hardest portfolios because it involves firefighting and migration, one of the most controversial issues in the EU," said Janša.

Slovenia adopted a strategy called Digital Slovenia 2020 back in 2016. Last year the document was supplemented with an addition to the plan for the introduction of next generation networks by 2020, but beyond the strategic documents the country made little progress, Janša said.

In support of his argument he referred to the European Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index, where most recently Slovenia placed 16th, that is below EU average.

Franc Breznik, who headed the group drawing up the SDS digital strategy, called on the government to form a digitalisation ministry, to be responsible for a digital transformation and a blockchain strategy, and to include a single digital identity and a single identity document in the national development plan.

Breznik expects the government will recognise the need to develop a suitable secure ecosystem conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship associated with blockchain technology that will allow doing business on the basis of trust, transparency, responsibility, competitiveness and innovation.

Blockchain technology could greatly optimise how business and public administration is conducted, Breznik said, adding that blockchain technology was widely applicable, from agriculture and comprehensive waste management to finance and healthcare.