 On the second day of his official visit to the Republic of Estonia, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Danilo Türk, met the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia, Dr Ene Ergma. Their discussion focused on the legislation that the Estonian parliament adopted between 2008 and 2010, when Estonia was faced with the most critical period of the economic crisis, and on Estonia’s experience of the quest for political consensus for the implementation of reforms. During the talks the two presidents pointed out that Estonia now boasts increasingly favourable economic indicators.
On this occasion, President Türk said that the structural problems facing both countries are very similar, and that measures taken by Estonia might serve as a model for Slovenia. They focused particularly on pension reforms and on education as a basis for the implementation of urgent structural reforms. In their words the long-term success of the reforms cannot be counted on without good education, where they stressed the importance of technical intelligentsia. The talks also covered Slovenia’s experience of the presidency of the EU. |
 The Slovenian President visited the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, where he was briefed on the organisation and the operation of the centre. |
 President Türk then met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Andrus Ansip, with whom he had a longer discussion on the economic situation in Estonia, which has had very good economic results thanks to radical and comprehensive political and structural reforms. The talks were also attended by the Minister of Economy, Darja Radiæ, the Minister of Public Administration, Irma Pavliniè Krebs, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Dr Roko ®arniæ, and the Estonian Minister of Finance, Jürgen Ligi.
The Estonian Prime Minister thanked President Türk for the help that Slovenia gave to Estonia when joining the euro area. He added that Slovenia has always been an example to Estonia in its transition to independence in sovereign and economic terms. The Slovenian President said that Estonia could serve as an example to Slovenia in its handling of the economic crisis, and that many measures taken by Estonia could also be useful to Slovenia. |
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