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The tightening of measures to ensure public safety in Slovenia resonates in Brussels

by AI | 18.Nov 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Slovenia is tightening legislation on public safety following the murder of a man in the southeast of the country, for which a member of the Roma community is suspected. The European Commission emphasized the importance of proportionality in its response.

Slovenian National Assembly. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana/Brussels – The Slovenian parliament has adopted a law on urgent measures to ensure public safety following the murder of a man in the southeast of the country, suspected to be a member of the Roma community. The European Commission has urged Slovenia to ensure that the implementation of the law does not disproportionately affect any of the communities in the country. The Roma Foundation for Europe has been critical of the law.

The Slovenian National Assembly has adopted a bill proposed by the government after the October attack in Novo mesto in the southeast of the country, in which 48-year-old Aleš Šutar lost his life. A member of the Roma community is suspected of the attack. The law, named after the deceased man, introduces stricter measures in the areas of criminal, judicial, social, and other legislation.

“We encourage Slovenia to ensure that the implementation of the so-called Šutar law does not disproportionately affect any of the communities. It should also not create vulnerabilities for communities that are already at risk. Of course, it is important to address security and maintain public order, but the measures must be fully in line with EU law and fundamental rights,” said European Commission spokesperson Eva Hrnčirova in response to the adoption of the bill.

She added that they will examine the law in more detail after it is signed by Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar and officially published.

The adoption of the Šutar law proposal in the Slovenian National Assembly has also been responded to by the Roma Foundation for Europe, which believes that the law treats the entire Roma community as a security threat.

They added that there are also numerous questions regarding the law related to the protection of privacy, data, and communications, judicial safeguards, and limitations on the use of the military on the territory of one’s own country. At the EU level, in their opinion, it touches on the core guarantees within the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. (November 18)