Is there a danger of slipping towards the intergovernmental method? Make no mistake about it - the debate about preparing for the new EU diplomatic corps that is due to be set up under the Lisbon Treaty is certainly not a bureaucratic issue with pen-pushers deciding how it will operate and what powers it will have. In reality, it is the EU's foreign policy in the future that is being discussed. The working document produced by the Swedish Presidency that was summarised in issue 9999 of our...