Has the Convention been forgotten? Preparations for the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) that will spawn the first EU Constitution have hardly been launched with enthusiasm, to say the least. Everyone noticed the difference between the warm atmosphere a few days before when the draft treaty was presented to the European Parliament and the gloomy atmosphere of the Riva del Garda ministerial meeting. Verve and confidence had been replaced with prudence and suspicion. Most foreign ministers...