The debate over a number of the Court of Justice's opinions has gone beyond the legal framework and become highly political since a) Austrian Chancellor and President of the European Council Wolfgang Schüssel requested that the subject be debated at a future summit, b) the Justice and Internal Affairs Council indicated that it would look into it and c) MEPs sought a plenary debate. The Court opinion responsible for these reactions is the one of 13 September 2005, that the European Union has...