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The priorities of the Portuguese presidency
The Portuguese secretary of state assistant to the Minister and for European Affairs, Manuel Lobo Antunes, presented the priorities of the Portuguese presidency of the EU for the second half of 2007.
Mr. Lobo Antunes praised the cooperation with the two other partners of the "trio" (outgoing presidency Germany, and Slovenia that will succeed Portugal in 2008). He aknowledged that most observers will focus on the signing of a new EU treaty, but added : Just negotiating a new treaty is not enough. Treaties are legal tools but they are no substitutes of the political will to ...
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