Taking part in the work of the European Parliament committee looking at the financial perspectives for the Union for the period 2007-2013 (see our bulletin 8936), the President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned the MEPs: this time, I have nothing to tell you, I'm just going to listen. But this wasn't the first time I'd seen him do this: even when he says he has nothing to say, there's still a lot more substance in his words than entire conferences from other speakers.
He...