Europe has to prepare itself for the possibility of the new European treaty not being ratified by all member states, and plan for a ceremonial in the event of the treaty being thrown into the “rubbish bin of history” or in gentler terms, shoved back into the archives, which are already more than full with aborted projects (see this column yesterday). But even if there is unanimous ratification and an entry into force of the new treaty at the beginning of 2009, the question of future...