Good texts are not enough. I said at the time that the hotting up of the debate on the Constitution in France was a good thing, and I haven't changed my mind; but for the time being, its effects are not matching up to expectations. As well as the results of the opinion polls, it's how the debate itself is progressing that's disappointing. There has been an explosion of texts in favour of the Constitution and many of these are excellent, including stances taken by newspapers (pedagogically...