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When Slovenia started the EU-presidency in January of this year, the first criticism already appeared in the Austrian media: How could it be that the ‘appendix of Kärnten’1 would lead the EU successfully? Soon after the start of the presidency Austrian politicians were commenting that the Slovenes were clumsy in their way of leading the EU-processes. Now, shortly before the end of the Slovenian term, we know that nothing less is true. The Slovenes successfully managed the most challenging job in recent Slovenian history. They were doing it ‘the Slovenian way’: thorough, without much noise, leaning mostly on an apparatus of young, well qualified Slovenian civil servants, diplomats and experts.
1 Kärnten = region in Austria, bordering with Slovenia and with a considerable Slovenian ethnic minority.