A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS

: Short chronicle on the Convention - Members thereof must turn to Prodi's "without altering the treaties" initiative, as it is the indispensable complement to the Commission's "project for the Union"

A forward-looking project. Romano Prodi stated that his initiative relating to the reform of the way the European Commission works (see this section in yesterday's bulletin) needs to be achieved "without altering the treaties" and that it does not therefore interfere with the work of the Convention, which, for its part, is preparing the future Constitutional Treaty. The president doubtless took the appropriate precautions to ensure that the measures he is considering are indeed possible on...