Mario Monti's initiative. I very much doubt that Mario Monti's suggestion on the Constitution will be taken up; however, I feel that it is a very important one, and that it merits discussion. I refer to the "political strategy" he recommends should one or more Member States fail to ratify the constitutional treaty. Given the almost insurmountable legal difficulties resulting from this situation, the former European Commissioner for Competition suggested (in a dazzling article on the front...