Obligatory responses. The arguments I've developed in this column over the last week show that the Member States hold many diverging views on the eagerly-awaited reflection on the future of the Union, to the extent that the announcement of an extraordinary Summit next month,to be given over to a debate between the Heads of State and Government on the European social model, was greeted with distrust in several capitals. This informal Summit will be reduced to a simple unofficial meeting which...