Dossier written by Camille-Cerise Gessant and Lionel Changeur
I. INTRODUCTION
Following the Republic of Cyprus, it was another island which took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2013. For its seventh Presidency, Ireland is the first country under financial assistance to take on this role. But there is no chance that the former 'Celtic Tiger', whose efforts to improve its financial situation have been greatly praised, will make a weakness of its...