In the period of shaping the trans-national formations, such as the Organisation of the United Nations and the European Union, it is of extreme importance that the Slovenian nation did not remain at a sub-national level. For only as a nation with our own State could we, Slovenians, become a sovereign actor in the international relations. Had we not had our own national State, Slovenia could not have become either a member of the Organisation of the United Nations, nor of the European Union. In both cases, we would have been represented by Yugoslavia, or rather, Srboslavia, while we would have kept the position of a subject. The purpose of gaining independence is to acquire the possibility of sovereign decision-making - even sovereign deliberation about one's own sovereignty, about transferring part of one's sovereignty, even if only for a while. After ten years of successful progress, we now need to define precisely our Euro-Slovenian character and, together with other European States, to conceive our new global position.