Grabbing the public's attention. In the context of the EU's institutional reform, defence of the "Community method" is the trickiest thing to handle, not only because guidelines bring it more or less insidiously into question, but also because it is a subject that can hardly stir up the public's passionate interest. Focusing attention on this subject is in contradiction to the ever-stated determination to simplify the European debate, as the two methods may seem separated by all too subtle...