Wednesday and Thursday next, 4 and 5 December, will be of special importance in the history of the European Convention. 4 December, the countries of the Benelux will submit their common position, notably on institutional questions. The same day, Chancellor Schroeder and President Chirac will meet in Berlin to prepare the Franco-German common position; their representatives within the Convention, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Dominique de Villepin, will take part in the meeting (the...