Is the about-turn on the prospects for the Constitution's being adopted a bit abrupt? At the end of last year, it was all going to the dogs: the end of Europe, according to the sensationalist press, and even some of the wiser observers were calling for negotiations to be left until the second half of 2004... Today, agreement before the European elections of June is said to be within reach. This sudden optimism seems a bit excessive to me, and almost scares me. Agreement is possible, it is...