Has Mr Rehn gone beyond his mandate? It is not often that a document from the European Commission provokes such heated reactions as those greeting the new report on the accession prospects of eight candidate countries. The harshest criticism comes from the European Parliament's rapporteur on enlargement, Elmar Brok. It is true that Mr Brok has taken a precaution: his declaration does not cite the Commission as a whole but rather the commissioner in charge of accession negotiations, Olli...