Final French EU Council Meeting of this Presidency

The outlook is fairly bleak for any agreement as reflected in this english language report from France 24, linked here. Those of us who believe the last thing the EU now needs is more EU action should not however be too complacent, it was against much expectancy of failure that President Chirac won the Nice Treaty, under which the economies of Europe are being strangled and suffocated to this day. The climate pact is where the greatest economic danger now lies, further steps to reduce the EU nation's competitiveness against today's stark reality of an oncoming depression will be very much in line with the EU progress to date in the suppression of democracy and groundwork for a pan-European totalitarian state. The coming Czech Presidency under the clear-thinking eu-realist President Klaus offers only a small glimmer of hope, no doubt suppressing such faint optimism will be the most likely outcome from this week's meeting. The already drafted minutes are circulating (only blank in so far as the Lisbon Treaty discussions are concerned so far as I can gather) and will be available from here when I have traced them.