The Convention's achievements must be safeguarded. It must be hoped in all sincerity that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing will achieve his first objective when he presents his draft European Constitution to the Heads of Government on Friday - that of convincing the European Council that it should adopt the Draft as it resulted from the work of the Convention as a basis for the next IGC (Intergovernmental Conference). The IGC should not reopen a general debate on everything analysed and discussed...