Premature criticism. Before rubbishing the institutional transformation of the EU resulting from the Lisbon Treaty, it would be wiser to wait for its initial results to become known. Its construction took around 10 years to complete, following events that are quite well known. As soon as the reform entered into force, a number of phrase-mongers had already announced its failure, sometimes quite arrogantly. The permanent presidency had still not even time to organise the European Council...