Slovenia assumes the EU Council presidency

"It's as if Hamburg ruled the EU," writes Alice Bota about the Slovenian presidency of the EU Council, going on to explain how the country will do it: "The government placed the people and politics under something like a state of emergency, for the good of all. At the outset there was a pact between conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the parties. ... In it, you find such passages as: 'The undersigned will, in keeping with their role in the parliamentary system, not encumber the work of the government as regards the EU presidency.' In other words: Keep your mouth shut for six months. And almost all signed the statement. From the conservatives to the social democrats to the left. But actually, that was not enough. Everyone is supposed to sign on to this pact – including journalists. But they refuse. For several months now, they have been loudly charging the government with trying to influence news coverage."

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