With external relations high on the agenda, the presidency contributed to signing a free trade agreement with South Korea, reaching an accord with Russia on the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and launching the European External Action Service (EEAS).The Belgian presidency achieved important results regarding the enlargement dossiers, with the opening of accession negotiations to Iceland, the granting of candidate country status to Montenegro and good progress timberland 6 inch boots with Turkey and the Balkans.”The overall situation is favorable. To a large extent, we have achieved our objectives and we can say that despite very difficult time for Europe we have been playing a role in developing a very good cooperation between European institutions,” Vanackere said.Yet, important challenges remain ahead.
The EU still needs to address two major weaknesses, including economic governance and external action. “Both issues are two sides of the same coin. Tackling them is crucial for the future,” Vanackere said.”We conclude 2010 with stronger institutions but also with a need of stronger coordination and I see a clear role for rotating presidencies in making this more possible,” Vanackere said.Hungary will take over the rotating presidency on January 1, 2011 and is expected to develop a program based on the results delivered by the Spanish and Belgian presidencies.”Strong Europe with a human touch” will be the motto of the next presidency, according to Hungarian Minister for timberland 6 inch boots sale Foreign Affairs Janos Martonyi.One of the key priorities of Hungary will be to enhance economic governance and coordination, especially through the launching of a European semester, the strengthening of fiscal discipline, and the creation of a surveillance mechanism as well as a permanent crisis mechanism.Hungary will work on the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy with the aim to generate growth and employment.
Integration of Roma people and other social issues will also be part of the program.Energy and environment will be high on the next presidency agenda, with a special focus on the creation of a common EU energy policy and on the implementation of the decisions taken at the climate talks in Cancun. Finally, the cheap timberland boots next presidency will work on giving more leverage to the EU on the global stage, with the European External Action Service due to become operational in 2011, with the renewal of the EU neighborhood policy and with the strengthening of the Eastern Partnership.”The basic objective is to press forward, to speed up the European agenda,” Martonyi added.