It comes as no surprise that the three opinions required for convening the intergovernmental conference (IGC) to revise the Treaties in force have now been given. The way is now open to proceed. It is not essential for these opinions to be favourable but they must exist. And yet, it is essential for them to be positive. It would have been highly embarrassing for the Council to convene the IGC if one of the opinions had been negative, especially that from the European Parliament, because a...