Frans Timmermans is just about to be embarrassed. And this will not be any old slight, but one with the weight of states behind it. The first vice-president of the European Commission might very shortly be rebuffed by the heads of state and/or government of the EU countries. What has this Dutch Labour party politician done wrong to justify disavowal by our modern day Mount Olympus? Could he, for example, have vilified the nationals and leaders of a specific region of Europe or spoken...