Slovenia will have to tap the market but there is no reason to hurry as the treasury still has EUR 2.5bn on its accounts after the bank bailout, Bratušek told reporters after the EU summit in Brussels.

Bratušek noted that the price of borrowing has dropped significantly after the bank bailout plan was confirmed.

It had hovered well above 6% for months before the bailout, but it has since dropped just over 5%, according to data from the electronic exchange MTS.

Slovenia needs to roll over debt worth around EUR 3bn in 2014, half of which falls due in April, according to data by rating agency Fitch.