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The EU Presidency Is Too Big for Small Nations

(...) But even if domestic conditions had been different: Would the Czech Republic have been able to conduct a convincing EU presidency? Would it have been able to deal firmly with the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute? If the Irish had not rediscovered the value of the euro -- and thus their European convictions -- would the Czech Republic have been able to significantly influence and apply pressure to the Lisbon Treaty discourse in Ireland? Would it have been able to assume decisive European leadership during the financial crisis? The honest answer is probably no.

Mais uma alma iluminada que acha que só os grandes países da UE devem liderar esta. Os pequeninos que se calem e obedeçam. Noto ainda que a República Checa tem sensivelmente a mesma população que Portugal, mas este cantinho à beira-mar plantado acaba sempre a fazer o papel de idiota útil.