Slovenia: Stakes of at Least 80 Enterprises

Politics ♦ Published: August 8, 2013; 11:27 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Slovenian state owns shares in at least 80 companies directly or indirectly.

Slovenia: Stakes of at Least 80 Enterprises / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Republic of Slovenia owns shares in at least 80 companies directly or indirectly. The book value of, according to 2011 data, comes at € 8.8bn or a little over 24 percent of the country's GDP. The injection of public money for direct recapitalization or payment of guarantees covers 1.4 percentage points of the country's budget deficit for 2011 which was 6.4 percent of…