Regrettably, it is now our turn to examine the saga of the appointment of Martin Selmayr to the position of Secretary General of the European Commission (see EUROPE 11991). It was tempting to sit this one out, but the Savonarolas and other Fouquier-Tinvilles of our age, who are currently setting the rhythm for the European media, would no doubt have seen it as an admission of weakness or self-serving complacency on the part of Agence Europe. It is nothing of the sort. But it is not the aim...