Useful debate but differences persist. Last week the purpose and meaning of the ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly appeared in full light. In Ljubljana, MEPs from the two parties explained that 'officialese' often only hid or implied things. Difficulties and divergences have been confirmed but it is still preferable to know about them and understand them rather than pretend they aren't there. The big media channels have certainly not given much time to the sterile and insipid debates and...