Portugal takes over the EU presidency
DOSSIER: Portugal takes over the EU presidency | 29/06/2007
Portugal is preparing to takeover as head of the EU for its third time. The European press explores the issues that it will face over the next six months, and evaluates the performance of outgoing Germany, whose mandate comes to a close July 1st....
Major EU events under the Portuguese presidency
Reviving the European spirit
On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal for the creation of Europe, transforming that day into a European symbol. We take a look back at its successes and failures...
Economist.com:
"The Sarko show
HOLLYWOOD calls it star quality. In politics, the word is charisma. Nobody can define it; everybody wants it; and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have it. That was certainly the impression created at the European Union summit in Brussels. As Britain's Tony Blair briefed jaded reporters in a room dotted with empty chairs, Mr Sarkozy wowed a jam-packed press room next door. One diplomat talked admiringly of his “fizzing political energy”. Even the leftish daily Libération declared the summit “an unquestionable success” for Mr Sarkozy, and published a poll showing that 63% of French voters approve of him."
FP Blog on Buzzword watch: "flexicurity"
"A popular saying within the EU depicts politicians as having "the punctuality of the Italians, the flexibility of the Germans, and the humility of the French"—to which they now might want to add the marketing talents of, say, the Bulgarians...."
