A quote from The Irish Independent, 18 June 2008
Plans for the controversial visit of Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday descended into chaos last night. Senior politicians said they had never seen such "shoddy" preparations for what was being regarded as a critical meeting on the Lisbon Treaty. Such is the poor level of organisation, that the entire affair has been dubbed a "French farce". […]There are deepening fears that the event will fail to address the concerns of the...