EU Priorities Examined as Commission Meets Govt

Brdo pri Kranju/Ljubljana, 8 January - The European Commission has met the Slovenian cabinet to discuss the priorities of the EU during Slovenia's term at the helm of the bloc in the first half of the year. European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstroem said after the talks at Brdo pri Kranju on Tuesday that the goal for 2008 was to have a "Europe of results".

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk receives the members of the European Commission. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk receives the members of the European Commission.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (right). Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (right).
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking at the ceremony inaugurating the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking at the ceremony inaugurating the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking at the ceremony inaugurating the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking at the ceremony inaugurating the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering speaking at the ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering speaking at the ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Philosopher Edvard Kovac speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Philosopher Edvard Kovac speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth Jan Fiegel speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth Jan Fiegel speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk speaking at the grand ceremony to inaugurate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth Jan Figel (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth Jan Figel (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Transport and European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Transport and European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Huebner (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) receiving the Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Huebner (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) speaking at the reception for the members of the European Commission. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) speaking at the reception for the members of the European Commission.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (right). Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (right).
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering in Ljubljana. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering in Ljubljana.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Alojz Uran (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left). Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Alojz Uran (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left).
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstroem and Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstroem and Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Members of the European Commission and of the Slovenian Government after their meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Members of the European Commission at the meeting with the Slovenian Government. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Members of the European Commission at the meeting with the Slovenian Government.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Plenarni pogovori med slovensko vlado in Evropsko komisijo. Podpredsednica Evropske komisije Margot Wallström ter evropski komisar za promet Jacques Barrot. Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Plenarni pogovori med slovensko vlado in Evropsko komisijo.
Podpredsednica Evropske komisije Margot Wallström ter evropski komisar za promet Jacques Barrot.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry Guenter Verheugen (left) and European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Wallstroem (right) at the meeting with the Slovenian Government. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry Guenter Verheugen (left) and European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Wallstroem (right) at the meeting with the Slovenian Government.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left), Prime Minister Janez Jansa (centre) and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) at the meeting with the European Commission. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left), Prime Minister Janez Jansa (centre) and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) at the meeting with the European Commission.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
President Danilo Tuerk (right) welcoming European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (left).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press after a meeting between the government and the European Commission. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press after a meeting between the government and the European Commission.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press after a meeting between the government and the European Commission. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press after a meeting between the government and the European Commission.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering after a meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering after a meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering at a meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering at a meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering ahead of a meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering ahead of a meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering ahead of a meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati (right) and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pottering ahead of a meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom speaking to the press.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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