The results of the European Council of this Thursday and Friday are not, at first sight, likely to set the crowds on fire. The decision which would, a short time ago, have been considered the most spectacular piece of news (paving the way for a further Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty) no longer comes as a surprise, and the three most politically delicate issues were partly evaded. What was left was mainly declarations and orientations, some of them significant, but not really decisions...