Ljubljana – The government is meeting this evening to discuss the budgetary documents for 2022 and 2023 which must be sent to parliament by 1 October. The government decided back in spring that extraordinary coronavirus circumstances, which enable departures from the fiscal rules governing budget deficit, will still apply in 2022, whereas gradual balancing of the budget will kick in in 2023. The National Assembly passed the budget for 2022 last November, but now the government proposes raising the spending ceiling by EUR 701.5 million to EUR 13.30 billion. In…
