Parties want funds for science to increase to 1-3% of GDP

The ruling Modern Centre Party (SMC) would raise the budgetary funds for science to 1% of GDP, but did not specify in what period, whereas the non-parliamentary Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) would also raise them to 1%, but it would do it gradually, by 2022.

The opposition Left would also raise public funds for R&D to 1% by 2022. Similarly, if in government, the opposition New Slovenia (NSi) would raise them by 30 million euro annually to eventually reach 1% of GDP.

Meanwhile, the goals of the coalition Social Democrats (SD) and the opposition Democratic Party (SDS) are much more ambitious. Both would allocate 3% of GDP for science, yet they would approach it differently.

The SD would raise the funds already this year, and then pursue the goal of public but also private funds for science to amount to a combined 3% of GDP by the end of the government's term.

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