Slovenia, Supervizor: corruption and Vice portalecontro

Operation transparency in Slovenia. To counter the rampant corruption in the country, was launched a new online portal to monitor public spending even as from 2013. Everything on the Internet, from the political costs of procurement for large works. A breath of transparency that at least in the intentions should try to revive the fortunes of adrift between Government austerity measures and political scandals. The majority Social Democrats led by Borut Pahor threatens to not get in the forthcoming elections in autumn 2012.

Supervizor, the new portal launched by the anti-corruption Commission, allows citizens to monitor the costs of the building, which too often ended up in the eye of the cyclone to scandals and bribes. As the case may be, the last in chronological order, Katarina Kresal, former Minister of the Interior, resigned on 10 August to a suspected case of corruption and followed by five other colleagues wheel. A hard blow to the image of the political class for the Slovenian Government Pahor, whose party defeated Marko demokracija Slovenije (Lds) is now only 33 seats out of 90 in Parliament. According to the Slovenian business magazine Finance Minister Kresal "has done nothing but confirm the power circles of influence of the Slovenian policy which operate at the limit of legality, following only the binomial money-power".

The influence of nearby Italy, but corruption in the Balkan country has a long history since its independence from Yugoslavia, proclaimed 20 years ago. The possible successor of Pahor, Janez Jansa, conservative and already the Government from 2004 to 2008, he was distinguished for a suspected case of bundles (900,000 euros) on a turnover with an armaments industry. The beginning of the hearing is scheduled for early September.

In short, if allegations were confirmed, on the theme of the corruption risks change from Slovenia Pan grilled, so much so that even Brussels begins to look in Ljubljana with concern. Political bickering and corruption are added to the economic situation is far from rosy. From the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008 the public debt of Slovenia (about 16 billion euros) rose from 22.5 per cent to 43 of GDP which is in turn collapsed of 8% in 2009. Doubled the rate of unemployment, now at 12%, with over half of children aged 18 to 34 years old still living with their parents for economic reasons (the European average is 46%).

In his first public appearance after the resignation of the Prime Minister Pahor Kresal, promised a review of State budget cuts to 364 million by the end of the year. Janez Jansa, who did not expect anything other than yet another misstep of the current Government to bring forward elections, promises austerity measures that reorganise the State coffers. In this climate was launched operation transparency conveyed by the Supervizor, hailed by the national press perhaps with too much optimism. "With this mountain of data online that shed light on crime and cronyism, anyone will be to administer public funds will think twice before intascarsene a bit," writes liberal newspaper Delo.