During yesterday’s session the Slovenian Government decided to start preparing documents for a preliminary procedure in front of the European Commission in which it will demand the start of proceedings Italy because of the planned construction of gas terminals in the Gulf of Trieste.

Documentation should be completed in a couple of months.

The newly appointed Minister of Environment Roko Zarnic declared that Slovenia could not agree with construction of gas terminals in Zavlje and off-shore terminals in Gulf of Trieste, and clarified that trans-border influences of the terminals would be unacceptable.