Mediator? The reinforcement of the European Parliament's role in Community life has altered that of the European Commission. This alteration, which is already fully underway, will develop further in future with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, which will extend the powers of co-decision of the EP to new areas. This is not a forecast but a statement of fact; the Commission itself acknowledges it. Here is a relatively minor but telling example. Nicolas Sarkozy wrote to the...