The excerpt of the week
Janez Jansa is one of the stars of the week. An unsigned paper attributed to the future Slovenian EU presidency on the need to dismember Bosnia-Herzegovina and rebuild the Balkan mosaic in ethnic-based states ended up in the offices of Charles Michel. Here Marco Bresolin illustrates the “dream” with lots of maps for La Stampa. Jansa is a much discussed character, regardless of the Balkan restyling plans and has been premier several times. The European Parliament has put him in the crosshairs for the accusations he has leveled against journalists (in Brussels and not only at home), “too independent”. He started a tug-of-war with NGOs (again on the migrant issue). He sided with Orban and Morawiecki against the idea of linking respect for the rule of law to the disbursement of Recovery funds (then backed off). His tweet on US election night was wonderful: “There is no doubt that Trump won”. A favor to fellow countryman Melania, the former first lady born in Slovenia. Here is a nice portrait on Foreign Policy.