Taking the leaks into account. Jean-Claude Juncker refused to provide even approximate figures on his first draft compromise on the financial perspectives 2007-2013, stating that any sum that's published too early is inevitably doomed to rejection, by those who think it's too high and those who think it's too low alike. He made no attempt to hide his bad mood at how the first debate went at the General Affairs Council, which, on 25 April, was given over to “cohesion policy”, voicing a...