On 22 January, the Commission showed its hand with a fairly general text (see EUROPE B12409A2), placing the emphasis on quality of communication with as many citizens as possible and on specific responses to be made to the conclusions of the Conference, on pain of disappointing its world. The Commission backs the Parliament on the launch date of the Conference (9 May), to be held in Dubrovnik, as Croatia holds the rotating Presidency of the Council. The major themes it wishes to deal with by...