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Portugal takes over the EU presidency

Alexander Hagelüken praises the success of Germany's EU presidency and takes a sceptical look at its successors. "The Chancellor and her ministers managed to achieve a consensus on climate protection and cell phone calls abroad in record time. They also settled the dispute about the EU constitution, manhunts of criminals and credit for consumers. This is the good news at the end of Merkel's turn as EU president. The bad news is that the Germans won't be chairing the EU again until 2021. Now the Portuguese and then the Slovenians are taking over the presidency. Then come the Cypriots, the Lithuanians, the Estonians and the Maltese. With all due respect for the abilities of the smaller countries: the presidencies of the miniature states, which are the norm in a 27-member state EU, will slow Europe down. Many of the future presidents come from the new EU countries and possess neither the experience nor the political clout to lead the Union with its 500 million citizens. When you're navigating troubled waters and the wheel is turning the captain rather than the other way round, the ship can easily run aground."

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