Double splash of sunshine. It's always nice to start the year with a few optimistic comments. I don't mean the traditional New Year messages and artificial, exaggerated predictions but rather the fact that 2006 ended with a few positive outcomes and things are moving in the right direction for 2007 as well. Nothing sensational, but the mood brighter than at the start of previous years both in terms of a 'Europe of outcomes' and in terms of rosy future prospects. This 'double splash of...