There was "undisguised relief all round" said the Guardian recalling not least France's handling of the recent Nice summit which fell short of expectations. Austria's Der Standard , meanwhile, carried a cartoon entitled "Handover", showing a winter landscape and a Swedish elk on skates and with an EU flag in its mouth effortlessly taking over from a stumbling French cockerel in the likeness of French President Jacques Chirac.  In the Financial Times , Peter Norman rejected claims by France's Le Monde newspaper that "Sweden will be cold towards the EU" because opinion polls show less than 40% support for the union. This ignores "the commitment of Goran Persson, Sweden's prime minister Sweden is anxious to be seen as a 'good European' It is likely for reasons of local prestige to aim for more than a minimalist presidency." Sweden's Expressen agreed. "Swedish politicians generally dream of roles as international mediators. Goran Persson can hardly be accused of suffering any kind of de Gaulle complex, he has been involved in the EU sufficiently to know what is required of him." But, it warned, "don't expect any sudden shift in Swedish eurosceptism". Sweden's official agenda for the six-month presidency will focus on enlarging the EU, increasing employment and protecting the environment. Vienna's Die Presse welcomed enlargement. "The often eurosceptical Scandinavians are considered extremely enlargement-friendly," it said. The Guardian thought that "Paris's loss looks increasingly like Berlin's gain", and that the future accession of Poland, Slovenia and other candidates - "a matter close to Germany's heart" - would go ahead largely on German terms. "Managing German aspirations is going to constitute one of the great challenges of EU policy during the next few years," it added. A further challenge, according to the French business paper, La Tribune , would be in riding the wave of criticism which will come with "bringing the Euro to the people" - the launch of Euro notes and coins this year. Classification Language: ENGLISH Subject: EUROPEAN UNION (91%); FRENCH PRESIDENTS (78%); HEADS OF STATE & GOVERNMENT (76%); EURO (76%); EU PRESIDENCY (76%); INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS (73%); CARTOONS & COMICS (72%); EUROPEAN UNION REGULATION & POLICY (71%); PUBLIC POLICY (71%); POLLS & SURVEYS (71%); PRIME MINISTERS (69%); EDITORIALS & OPINIONS (67%) Company: FINANCIAL TIMES GROUP (83%); FINANCIAL TIMES GROUP (83%); EUROPEAN UNION (84%); EUROPEAN UNION (84%) Organization: EUROPEAN UNION (84%); EUROPEAN UNION (84%); EUROPEAN UNION (84%); EUROPEAN UNION (84%) Industry: EURO (76%) Person: JACQUES CHIRAC (58%) Geographic: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (79%); BERLIN, GERMANY (79%); PARIS, FRANCE (79%); SWEDEN (95%); FRANCE (94%); EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES (94%); EUROPE (92%); GERMANY (91%); SLOVENIA (79%); POLAND (79%); AUSTRIA (79%)