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9-10 POLITICAL COMMENTARY
Hans-Gert PötterinG, President of tHe
euroPean Parliament: slovenia makes History
in tHe eu - first slavic country in tHe drivinG
seat
13 POLITICIANS PRAISE
unity on eve of national day
17-20 JOSé MANuEL
BARROSO - President of tHe euroPean
commission: i consider tHat tHis Presidency
Has been f or slovenia a HiGHliGHt in tHe
imPressive list of acHievements
25-27 WE ACCEPT NO
COMPROMISES − tHe akraPovi» story
32-34 MIRkO LEBAR,
a disabled climber, wHo climbs witH His Hands
3
Anæe Logar
WE dId IT!
This editorial does not have to be long. The title itself should
be enough to reveal what it refers to. We have concluded the
Presidency. After three years of preparation and six months
of the demanding leadership of the European Union, the day
has come when we can put down our daily agenda for a
moment, and remember all the complications and solutions,
and hand over the wheel of the Community to the French
with optimism at all levels.
The end of the Presidency is a time for making an inventory of
the work we did. Every minister of the Slovenian government
presented the greatest successes of the Slovenian Presidency in
his or her field, which we are also publishing in the magazine.
We collected several responses from abroad, but we were
especially interested in the opinion of the presidents of the
other two European institutions which cooperate with the
Council of the EU in co-decision-making processes, regarding
the results of the Slovenian Presidency and the future of the
European Union.
The conclusion of the Presidency is also a time to thank
everyone who participated in the project or contributed in
any other way to the success of the Slovenian Presidency. If
we started it with the slogan Si.nergy for Europe, let us finish
with the words - Si.nergy of success.
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