Great significance of a controversy. The quarrel on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank is snowballing. This column has hailed the fact that this appointment is debated in the EU institutions - because it is thus acknowledged that this is a Community affair and not an intergovernmental one. The legal aspect thus being clarified, it remains to be understood why the disagreement on the person to appoint is so bitter, not only between the European...