Mr de Villepin's five plans. Last July, the French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, published France's starting position ahead of the reflection on the future of Europe, in six newspapers in six different Member States (Le Monde, Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, La Stampa, El Pais and Le Soir). The title alone may have seemed somewhat inappropriate in the view of some of the capitals: "A New Political Europe". But it's not what on the surface that matters. The important...