The article reveals the results of a large-scale survey conducted among more than 600 public servants (with a response rate of two-thirds) directly involved in substantive Presidency tasks. It analyses two aspects of the survey: the self-assessment of the public servants of the success of the Presidency and their views on the biggest problems it faced. The public servants generally graded the success of the Presidency very highly, although the analysis reveals differences in the perceived success among portfolios and that the assessments were subject to the ranking of the public servants. An analysis of perceived problems points to the public servants having an overwhelming consensus on the biggest problems faced by the Presidency. These are suggested as being: a lack of human resources and weak vertical and horizontal co-operation. However, a more subtle analysis surprises with some anomalies which reveal 'Europeanisation' processes at work in some parts of the Slovenian executive.
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