Slovenia's inconspicuous EU presidency

The Estonian daily Postimees takes stock of Slovenia's EU Council presidency: "It is quite remarkable that the first presidency of a new EU member state ended on Monday without anyone having made any particular mention of it. Thanks to the name 'Treaty of Lisbon', the Portuguese presidency that came before Slovenia's is still present in people's minds. And France began its presidency yesterday with such a commotion that no one could overlook it. But even though Ljubljana's presidency went largely unnoticed, it can at least be relieved that it did not attract any negative attention either. All the criticism is currently directed against Ireland and its No to the Lisbon treaty."

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