The autumn ahead is not black but it will be difficult for Croatia, as the spring and the summer have been difficult, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Wednesday, adding that public companies' debt was cut from HRK 1.8 billion at the end of last year to HRK 128 million on June 24.
"The spring was difficult, the summer is difficult, the autumn and the winter will certainly be difficult, but I believe they won't be catastrophically black," Kosor told press.
"We are doing our utmost to carry out the economic recovery programme," she said, adding the three pillars of the government's work now were the accession negotiations with the European Union, the fight against corruption, and the economic recovery plan.
Asked to assess her first year in office, Kosor said she would speak about that on the anniversary. "It was the most difficult year of my life," she said, but added that she was not unhappy because a lot had been done despite many difficulties and obstacles.
Kosor said she had decided to bring as much order as possible in public companies, at all levels.
"At the end of last year, public companies owed HRK 1.8 billion. On June 24, they owed HRK 128 million," she said, adding that as of today the power supplier HEP no longer owed anything.
"When I took over the government, those debts were HRK 1.7 or 1.8 billion," she said, adding the increase in electricity prices would be lower than requested.
