All in all, the Feira Summit turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The results that may perhaps have set their seal on the European integration process failed to spring any surprises: they were taken as read well before EU leaders gave their approval, and this applies equally to the headway made with the European Security and Defence Policy or the question of extending institutional reforms. The "in situ" outcome, that is; the compromise on the savings taxation issue, was beset by the...