Rumours that Jean-Pierre Jouyet is soon to quit his post as Secretary of State for European Affairs in the French government had become so persistent that he was questioned on the matter in a meeting of the French Senate open to the public. Jouyet's response to the question put by Senator Hubert Haenel, chairman of the European affairs committee was: “I am not as much of a politician as some of the leading lights present. I have my sensitivity, a certain independence of spirit and my...