A few extra comments are required about last week's European Council. In my column in the previous issue, I argued that the summit's outcome shows that the EU is in a creative phase, being forced by events to demonstrate courage and initiative. Today, I will comment on some specifics.
1) A small but significant change. As far as I am aware, nobody has noticed that the document setting out the summit's deliberations is no longer entitled “Presidency Conclusions”, but is now called...