Don't forget what is essential. Tough battles over a word or semblance of a word at the Seville Summit and in the ECOFIN Council preceding it didn't do much for me. They referred to subjects, which deserved the maximum of respect, such as the Stability Pact and the fight against illegal immigration. But it was obvious that compromise formulas could be found and that quarrels over semantics had been blown out of proportion and were liable to create the false impression of serious...