Why compromises are essential. Some media have understood. The rise in power of the European Parliament in the European institutional system (highlighted several times in this column, particularly with regard to the REACH legislation and, even more so, the compromise on the “services” directive) has been recognised by the media. The French weekly “Le Point” has written that the MEPs of Strasbourg have become the “real masters” of the EU: thanks to co-decision, they can impose a...