At the event, the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia presented this year's most important demands from Slovenian crafts and entrepreneurship. These demands are proposals for measures to improve the business of craft workers and entrepreneurs in Slovenia. The focus of this year's demands was on debureaucratisation.

In his speech, Prime Minister Golob pointed out that "three values are essential for progress in debureaucratisation: freedom, personal responsibility and trust".

According to the Prime Minister, the key battle over the next 20 years will be to attract a highly skilled labour force. "By reducing the tax on employee remuneration, we want to achieve three things: to encourage employee loyalty, to set up a favourable environment for creating new businesses and to attract personnel who will perform high value-added work. Another positive approach is to encourage start-ups,” he said, stressing that an important objective is to prevent the outflow of labour and therefore knowledge abroad.

Prime Minister Golob said that the Government has already taken some measures regarding the employment of foreigners. The trend is good, with 20% more work permits issued in April than in the same period last year.

The Prime Minister also touched on tax changes, stating that the Government has made significant progress. "The starting points for tax changes include three objectives: development incentives, improving competitiveness and taxing unhealthy food and drinks," he pointed out.

During the discussion, he also addressed the green transition, stressing that the green transition is "an excellent opportunity to increase global competitiveness. Investing in renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, is an important step towards the green transition. This is where the Government can make the biggest contribution," the Prime Minister was clear. 

He also responded to the pessimism of some critics about the state of the Slovenian economy. "With record corporate profits and a record low unemployment rate, we cannot say that everything is wrong," concluded Prime Minister Golob.