The members of the Fiscal Council were confirmed by the National Assembly on 21 March 2017, when the Fiscal Council started its work. To mark the second anniversary of its establishment, the Fiscal Council organised a consultation with experts in public finance and economic policy. The participants at the consultation of internal character were Gonzalo Caprirolo, Msc, Jože P. Damijan, PhD, Mitja Gaspari, MsC, Igor Masten, PhD, Dušan Mramor, PhD, Marko Pahor, PhD and Mateja Vraničar Erman, MsC. Participants provided opinions on key short- and long-term challenges of fiscal policy and on the role and application of fiscal rules in ensuring the medium-term public finance balance.