Beyond the new treaty. As was to be expected, no account has been taken of the European Parliament vote calling on member states not to press ahead with the treaty (or compact, or agreement) on budgetary stability. MEPs themselves give the impression of having forgotten their call. Maybe they never really believed it? Attention is now once again focused on this project; our newsletter regularly reports on it. There is the feeling that the differences that remain can, once and for all, be...