It is Europe that is speaking. The conclusions of the European Council of 16 September on foreign policy, were drowned out by the media and polemic regarding the Roma and illegal immigration and were, to a large extent, ignored: too vague for the pundits and, a fortiori, for public opinion. Nonetheless, Herman Van Rompuy had his reasons for raising this debate at the highest level by underlining relations with Europe's “strategic partners”. The Community system requires that within the...