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The role of the rotating presidency today is, in practice, very limited. Moreover, this has been one of the blows struck by the Treaty of Lisbon to the – never realised – principle of equality between the Member States of this EU. The programme of the Danish Presidency, as were the work of previous presidencies, is illustrative of who is in charge of the EU and determines its course: the Franco-German directorate, ever more dominated by Germany, which always acts in defence of its major companies and financial institutions. This is clear from reading this Presidency’s priorities, which include deepening the internal market by moving it into areas like public procurement, energy and knowledge, with the express intention of turning knowledge into a business; the deregulation and liberalisation of international trade; the participation of older people in the labour market; and, of course, so-called austerity, in relation to which quick implementation of the decisions included in so-called economic governance, the Euro Plus Pact, and the most recent intergovernmental treaty – which seeks to enshrine austerity in constitutions and constitutes a dangerous attack on democracy – are advocated. These are policies of continuing with what has brought us to economic and social disaster; the splashes of green and socialism that the new Danish Government of the Social Democrats is seeking to give the programme are not enough to conceal them."@en1
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