Whilst we wait for the resources. The negative effects of the stalemate on the Constitution and the disagreement stalemate over the financial perspectives 2007-2013 are starting to kick in. The downsized weight and prestige of France are having repercussions in fields which, at first sight, are not political. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe live in doubt and uncertainty, because they do not know when they will get the financial support that has been promised to them, nor how much...