Slovenia

Slovenia is a country where the Alps meet the Mediterranean, a green and prosperous nation that was the first of the former Yugoslav republics to join the European Union. It became a member in 2004, in the enlargement that reunited the continent, and adopted the euro in 2007.

Since accession, Slovenia has been a committed member of the eurozone and the Schengen area, contributing its strategic position at the meeting point of Central Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean. In the European Parliament it holds 9 seats (2024), giving voice to a society firmly attached to its European choice.

Slovenia embodies a truth the European Democrats champion: that the European project is a project of peace and belonging, capable of drawing nations together across old divides.