A week of celebration for Europe. We were feeling a need for it. Developments regarding financial perspectives for 2007-13 and the “services” directive are doubly positive: 1) they prove that due (in particular) to the increased powers of the European Parliament, the European institutional system can work; 2) they will vigorously re-launch European activity in the next few years.
The Europe of compromises. Europe with 25 members (soon to be 27) is out of necessity, a Europe of...