The role of a Constitution. More proof, were it needed, that Europe has everything to gain from frank and open debates on its reality and objectives. I refer to the recent vicissitudes of the discussion on the Constitution. The negative stance of a future candidate for the Presidency of the French Republic, Laurent Fabius, has caused an avalanche of reactions in France and elsewhere, revealing a reassuring political awareness of the significance, merits and also the limits of this text. A...