sábado, janeiro 12, 2008

A presidência portuguesa vista de fora: "making it up as they go"

Proud Portugal leaves mixed EU presidency record
28.12.2007 - 08:53 CET | By Mark Beunderman

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS –

(...) the leadership style of the Portuguese presidency was characterised not only by the smooth presentation skills of prime minister Jose Socrates but also by the sometimes ad hoc approach Portuguese officials of meetings in Brussels.

The VAT and Galileo deals, for example, only came about after lengthy and gruelling deliberations which saw the presidency regularly suspend the talks for "five minute breaks" which ended up being "breaks of more than an hour", some EU diplomats complained.
Portuguese lunches are said never to have started before two o'clock, while meeting agendas and speaking times for the EU-Africa summit were distributed only at the very last minute.

"It was a bit à l'improviste, making it up as we go," according to one diplomat who however added "in the end, this did not stand in the way of some important results and in the end, it's the results that matter."


artigo aqui, via O Diplomata.

2 comentários:

Anónimo disse...

Esses ainda não perceberam que o estilo adoptado na presidência portuguesa, i.e., tipicamente portugues, é o melhor de todos. Além de conduzir a melhores resultados, é mais conforme a natureza humana.

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dorean paxorales disse...

Natureza humana portuguesa... Nem todos os povos beneficiaram do nosso sistema educativo e da sua ética católica.