In December 2006, Slovenia officially presented the 18-month working programme of the Presidency of the EU from January 2007 to June 2008. The working plan of the presiding trio was the first presidency programme drafted by three countries together, which was aimed at implementing EU priorities more effectively. The document sets out EU policies. The introduction on strategic priorities has been coordinated with the next presidency trio: France, the Czech Republic and Sweden.
The following tasks of the trio were defined as priorities:
- Future of the EU
- Constitutional treaty and institutionalisation
- Lisbon Strategy - ensuring comprehensive implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in all its economic, social and environmental dimensions
- Implementing the renewed Lisbon Strategy
- Strengthening competitiveness and innovation capability within the framework of the EU's industrial policy
- Focusing financial and economic policies on growth and stability
- Developing a European social model
- Safe, sustainable and competitive energy supplies
- Promoting research, knowledge and innovation
- Protection of the environment
- Strengthening the area of freedom, security and justice
- Strengthening cooperation on asylum and migration policies
- Effective protection of the EU's external borders
- Enhancement of the external role of the EU in the areas of security, development and economic relations
- Improving cooperation between the EU and international organisations
- Strengthening trade relations and improving coherence of policies conducive to development
Within the 18-month programme, Slovenia took responsibility for four issues in particular:
- The future of the Union and timely entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
- Successful launching of the new Lisbon Strategy cycle
- A step forward in addressing climate-energy issues
- Strengthening of the European perspective of the Western Balkans
- Promoting the dialogue between cultures, beliefs and traditions in the context of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
