Blocked developments. We shall have to wait till the December European Council to have a clearer idea about the future of the Lisbon Treaty. But we shan't have to wait to see the damage caused by its delayed entry into force (assuming that it's not dying a slow death). Different essential aspects of European construction have been put on hold, or risk being so. A providential timetable for the rotation of the European Council Presidency allowed effective European action to be brokered to...