Prime Minister Janez Jansa paid a working visit to Finland, stressing the importance of the timely launch of the Schengen Information System II (SIS II) for Slovenia in talks with his host and counterpart Matti Vanhanen.
II implementation a "disappointment" also for the Finnish EU presidency, which is striving to cut the delay as well as examine the options to set up an alternative system. Jansa moreover labelled the enlargement of the EU to the Western Balkans would be one of the main topics not only of the December EU summit, but also of Slovenia's EU presidency in the first half of 2008. According to Jansa, Vanhanen indicated that the "enlargement signals" would be positive at the summit. "There will be no delays on the set dates and no new conditions," Jansa quoted Vanhanen as saying.
Jansa also urged Vanhanen to ensure that the EU keeps its promise on basing the headquarters of the Supervisory Authority of the European satellite navigation system Galileo in one of the new EU members. "It would be only fair that the EU respects its decision from several years ago that the headquarters of new agencies be based in one of the new members," Jansa said and stressed that "Slovenia was among the best prepared candidates" to host the agency.
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