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The opening of Slovenia's presidency of the EU has descended into farce as the European Commission's vice-president refused to be photographed with the country's rightwing prime minister, Janez Jana, after a bitter behind-the-scenes row at a launch event.

During an opening meeting in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, with the 27 members of the commission, Jana had shown them a group photograph of a Slovenian judge with a Socialist and Democrat MEP and other members of the country's Social Democrats party.