According to the ministry, Dijsselbloem was expected to come to Slovenia as part of his tour of the eurozone to learn of the situation in each country, as he announced when assuming office.

He was scheduled to meet Finance Minister Uroš Čufer, Banka Slovenije Governor Boštjan Jazbec, PM Alenka Bratušek and President Borut Pahor to discuss Slovenia's macroeconomic situation.

Eurogroup ministers discussed the situation in Slovenia briefly at the informal ministerial in Vilnius earlier this month. Čufer presented the situation, but there was no in-depth debate, as the country awaits the results of stress tests at ten of its banks, which are expected in November.

Dijsselbloem told Slovenia then that getting the banking sector in shape should be an absolute priority, urging it to speed up its measures for the sector.

Finance Minister Čufer told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that he saw no need for Slovenia to request an international bailout and that the country would fix its financial sector on its own.

PM Alenka Bratušek also rejected speculation about an imminent request for EU aid as "unnecessary" yesterday, but said that the the government and the central bank were also discussing the possibility that the results of stress tests at banks would be worse than expected.