A badly understood project. The first imperative is to revise the terminology. The German project that Angela Merkel presented to George Bush last week is not aiming to set up a common market, nor a free trade zone between the USA and the European Union, as too much of the media has superficially interpreted, is even less of a goal. The contrary is true. The German project explicitly rules out customs duties or any further opening of the border from its remit, and focuses on coordination and...