Could it be that we have just lived through a week that might radically change the face of Europe? The gloom that seemed certain to envelope the return after the summer break has given way in the twinkling of an eye to a sort of incredulity at what, for many, was unthinkable. No, the Juncker Commission is not about to become the Secretariat of the Council – the European Council, as it is today – as General de Gaulle dreamed of! The institution designed to embody and defend the common...