On Sunday 9 October, the former Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe met at the initiative of its current President, Tiny Kox of the Netherlands, and the Secretary General of the Assembly, Despina Chatzivasilíou. This was behind closed doors in Strasbourg, the day before the plenary and the day after the Prague meeting of the new European Political Community (EPC), which some see as a rival to the Council of Europe. Belgian Rik Daems, Tiny Kox’s predecessor...