Brussels, 28/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the July issue of the Association Française d'étude pour l'Union Européenne's newsletter, Robert Toulemon gives a lukewarm welcome to the outcome of the European Convention, pointing out that the danger of it being pulled apart by the Intergovernmental Conference cannot be ignored. Among the Convention's achievements, Toulemon cited the idea of a Constitution itself even though it is regrettable that this grouping (of all previous treaties, Ed) includes superfluous measures which are more legislative than constitutional; reducing the number of legal instruments and giving them more understandable names; incorporating the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Charter; recognition of legal personality; merging the pillars; the new definition of qualified majority voting; and two-pronged control of subsidiarity. The establishment of a stable Presidency of the European Council full time by a figurehead appointed by governments alone, so dear to France's heart and so energetically and cleverly supported by Giscard d'Estaing is not, in my view, to be automatically considered as an achievement, commented Toulemon, explaining that over and above the fact that it is deeply disagreeable to a number of small countries, including the very EU-minded Luxembourg, is heavy with threats to the cohesion of the European executive and even more so to the EU's foreign relations. He added that only exceptional harmony between the two Presidents (of the European Council and European Commission, Ed), which is far from assured, could counter a rather gloomy forecast. Robert Toulemon said the most surprising mistake by the Convention was the composition of the Commission. Like Jean-Louis Bourlanges, he pointed out that eight million inhabitants of the three Baltic states will always have one of their number on the Commission while the 82 million Germans and the 60 million Britons, French or Italians, will not. Toulemon also criticised the keeping of unanimous decision-making in several key areas.