It is encouraging that Slovenia is the first country where the white paper has been presented and that proposals by the Slovenian government have been taken into account.

But the future of the EU as outlined in the document is less encouraging, the paper says, noting that it is an excellent illustration of the dead end which the bloc has hit.

Neither the Commission nor the elites in member states have a solution; on the contrary, each has their own vision and is willing to support only their own solution.

"Juncker is one of the few senior EU officials who know very well what can be realistically expected with regard to the EU's future. The white paper and the decision to launch a public debate on the proposals show that he expects very little." Večer says.

"He had already made it clear that the prospects were not good when he announced he would not vie for a second term as Commission president.  Jean-Claude Juncker is not a man willing to be the EU's undertaker," the paper concludes.

Daily "Delo" says Juncker does not wish to pay much attention to bilateral issues, such as the Teran wine dispute and arbitration with Croatia, the paper says.

President finds Slovenia interesting only as a pro-European member state which does not have much doubts about Europe.

"Even though the Union is at a critical point and amid an existential crisis, it is still a silver lining for Slovenia. Only the European integration is the framework of this country's functioning and an assurance for its survival," Delo says.

But the many scenarios that Brussels has just unveiled for the bloc are not very promising. The paper thinks the most realistic is the one envisaging a smaller, core group of countries and a periphery, the scenario that Germany supports.

"Nobody is speaking frankly, but it is becoming increasingly clear who belongs where, adding that the borders of the multi-speed Europe are almost identical to the historical east-west divide, the caesura between the founding members and the Visegrad Group. After 2004, Slovenia has mentally been a part of the former east. Now, we are stuck with the awkward question of where it belongs now," the daily Delo says.