The French Presidency of the Council of the EU has been presented by our press agency in the most appropriate manner - by resuming its programme, reporting on debates at the European Parliament and publishing a full feature in yesterday's newsletter as part of our 'Documents' series with a exclusive comments from the French secretary of state for European affairs, Jean-Pierre Jouyet. I have only a handful of comments to add to this.
1. Institutional deadlock following the Irish referendum....