Focusing on the other priority -- economic development -- Racan acknowledged that the government has been slow in implementing needed reforms, but said it had moved the country "away from the brink of an economic, even political abyss, while simultaneously maintaining stability".
Govoreći o drugom prioritetu -- ekonomskom razvoju -- Račan je priznao da je vlada bila spora u sprovođenju ekonomskih reformi, ali je naglasio da je ipak sprečila ekonomsku, pa čak i političku propast, na čijem je Hrvatska bila rubu, a da je istovremeno održavala stabilnost."