A simple list. Unsurprisingly, the European Council to open this Thursday afternoon will be dominated by the economic and financial crisis. The energy dossier will not be absent from the agenda; indeed, it will be the first point dealt with, but no in-depth debate is planned. The draft conclusions prepared by the Presidency go no further than to indicate the priority objectives: to define a crisis mechanism; to prepare a third "package" to complete the single market in this field (to be...