The president of the Council, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the vice president of the Commission, Günter Verheugen, have developed a similar concept for presentation of the Spring summit results to the European Parliament: these results prove that the EU of 27 is capable of taking action and that it is not inefficient or unmanageable. This assertion is accurate for certain aspects of Community activity but it is not the case for the definition of Europe's main objectives or for its goals and...