“Yes, I've called another extraordinary meeting” of the European Council, admitted Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday 7 November, at celebrations marking 50 years of the European Commission. “Some say we meet too often, I think we don't meet often enough”. He was surprised “that some people are surprised, in these times of extremely serious crisis, that we try to listen to everyone so that we can go to the Washington summit with a joint position. It was high time”. Sarkozy went on: “And who could think that, with 27 member states in Europe, we could be represented just because four of us (and a little more - of which, more later) will be officially represented at the Washington summit?” (L.C./transl.rt)