The task is getting tougher. I wrote yesterday that 2007 is getting off to a better start than previous years and I now want to prove this with regard to three aspects - the encouraging successes of the 'Europe of outcomes' at the end of 2006; moves in the direction of defining new EU policies in areas as fundamental as energy and immigration; and the prospects of re-launching the constitution, or at least the institutions, in the next few months (and years).
The true question. I will start...