No surprises. Exactly as forecast, for better or for worse. In Rome on Saturday, the "tough" countries played it tough, the flexible countries were flexible. The formal opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which is supposed to give rise to a Constitution for Europe, brought nothing really new; it confirmed what had already emerged from initial statements of views, and the gulf between the governments which are prepared to subscribe to the text as it came out of the Convention...