Direct contact between youth of Europe. One of the recent initiatives of the European Commission, which has not in my opinion received the attention it deserves, is the "Erasmus World" project. Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Culture and President Romano Prodi presented it before the Summer break in a joint press conference (see our bulletin on 18 July p 16) but I doubt that its significance was entirely understood: some echoes here and there but without enough commotion to attract public...