The two players. I wrote at such length ahead of the European Council about the fact that the most important thing was for the leaders to agree on the Financial Perspectives that I'm hardly going to change my mind now - the agreement reached is positive for Europe, but I am not jumping with joy. As a breathing space, the EU needed this agreement to guarantee spending in 2007 (the current budget deal ends at the end of 2006). The new deal exists and it is now possible to view certain...