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| | East European Constitutional Review |
 | | Slovenias longtime prime minister, Janez Drnovsek, was elected president, on December 1, in a second-round runoff election, with 56.52 percent of the vote.His challenger was Barbara Brezigar, who was running as an independent candidate backed by the center-right opposition parties. |
 | | Slovenia received its invitation to join NATO at the alliance's summit in Prague, on November 21, and will be admitted by May 2004. |
 | | At one point, Slovenia was confronted with the possibility that it could be among the net contributors to the common EU budget, immediately upon entry, but the current members agreed to special compensation payments to prevent this. |
| www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11_12num4_1/constitutionwatch/slovenia.html (2082 words) |
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