The government confirmed on Thursday a report on preparations for the Slovenian EU presidency in the first half of 2008. The report says the preparations between November and April were carried out in accordance with the time-line and would intensify in June, when the final phase begins.
In the analysed period an 18-month programme for successive presidencies of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia was adopted and the programme for Slovenia's six-month stint was being drafted, the Government Office for European Affairs (SVEZ) said in a press release.
In the second half of 2007 the preparations would intensify at all levels, especially programming. The inherited EU agenda will be updated when Portugal takes over from Germany on 1 July; on the basis of the updated agenda the preparations for Slovenian presidency will continue.
By 1 June Slovenia has to deliver to the EU Council the official draft of the calendar of main events during its presidency, so intensive harmonisation with competent bodies was being carried out in the previous months.
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