The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Janez Janša, is attending the European Council meeting in Brussels. Heads of government or state of the European Union member states will focus on enlargement, topical issues in justice and home affairs, discussion on innovations, energy and climate change, as well as the EU's external relations.

 

 

FOTO: BOBO

 

Before the meeting, Mr Janša attended the Summit of the European People’s Party and expressed his expectation that at this European Council meeting positions on further enlargement would be adopted in principle, and decisions would be taken on migrations, in particular concerning the commitment of the European Council to formulate and implement a common migration policy by 2010.

 

During the discussion in the first part of the meeting, Mr Janša highlighted a decision recently adopted by the EU25 on the entry of new member states into the Schengen Information System and he also took the opportunity to thank the European Commission and Portugal for their efforts in seeking consensus since a decision on this issue is important both for Slovenia and the security of the European Union as a whole.

 

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia opened the new premises of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union (PHOTO: BOBO)