tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post5291847393778340236..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: How the Spanish EU Council Presidency can be a successJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-83008351426290236322009-12-30T12:38:41.988+01:002009-12-30T12:38:41.988+01:00Julien,
Signed in Lisbon in 2007, hopefully deli...Julien, <br /><br />Signed in Lisbon in 2007, hopefully delivered by Madrid in 2010, the Lisbon Treaty forms an Iberian cycle. <br /><br />I hope that the Spanish government has the will and the capacity to make its six months into a European presidency, promoting the Lisbon leadership structures and transparency, just as you correctly point out. <br /><br />When we finally get the new Commission in place, the European Union can begin to function normally, but it will take time before it is up to speed. <br /><br />Heavy dossiers are waiting for their politically responsible handlers, and we are going to be frustrated by the half-measures of the Lisbon Treaty many times in the years to come.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com