An old idea has finally ripened. The sensation surrounding the idea of creating a "European President", who would above all chair the EU summits without himself being a Head of Government (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.7), is comforting as it confirms the growing interest of the media and public in institutional reform, all the more as a number of well-known names - Tony Blair, José Maria Aznar - have been cited. And it is known that "personality" is today an essential element in politics....