Sombre prospects, if… We should hope that tactics play, for the time being, a significant role. If the positions outlined by the member states and by the European Commission with regards to the draft Constitution that the intergovernmental conference (IGC) inherited from the Convention were firm and final, prospects would be sombre. The Ministers for Foreign Affairs who announced their country's intention to noticeable modify Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's draft, or at least reopen the debate...