"Iako se ovom krizom možda upravljalo uglavnom nasumce, spremnost Francuske da razmotri i iznese nove ideje i da ih projicira na EU u cjelini i na ostatak svijeta bila je značajna," kaže u svojoj ocjeni francuskog predsjedavanja EU Evropski centar za politiku, briselski trust mozgova.
"While this crisis management may have been conducted mainly by trial and error, France's readiness to consider and take on board new ideas and to project them onto the EU as a whole and the rest of the world, was remarkable," the European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank said in its assessment of the French EU presidency.