An excessive rapporteur. The debate in the European Parliament on European citizenship left me with some regrets. The Catania report was rejected by a fairly large majority (347 votes to 276: see our bulletin 9111), avoiding the attempt to eliminate from it the parts which were rejected by some political groups while keeping the positive aspects. A compromise might perhaps have been possible by amending the excessive or inappropriate parts. As it stood, the report was unacceptable for the...