Suspension of investment plan could hit Slovenian procurement
Temporary suspension of a €780 million scheme to improve and modernise the armed forces may affect and delay Slovenian long-term procurement programmes.
Long-term procurement programmes in Slovenia may be affected by the suspension of a government investment plan for defence.
The Act on the Provision of Funds for Investments in the Armed Forces from 2021 to 2026, which earmarks a €780 million ($917 million) fund to improve and modernise the services, came into force in December 2020.
However, the plan was suspended on 11 January by the Constitutional Court to analyse its compliance with national law.
Professor Ljubica Jelušič, Chair of Defence Studies at the Defence Research Centre of the University of Ljubljana and Slovenian Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011, told Shephard
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