I have made ONE Important change - set the last sentence alone. Should not be difficult for you to undo. Because the association of the concluding phrase to the last paragraph gaved too much weight to a single argument (the last one).
There is one minor change, but a good one. For sake of clarity, in annotation (1) I've referenced both the Treaty of Lisboa article and the article the former changes in the Treaty of the European Union.
GENERAL QUESTION Do you want us to send the text to you in a file, by email? if so, should it be in plain format, html format, or both?
COMMENTS as usual 1 - i don't think we should put the BBC article as a reference. one should not compare the weight of the approved treaty, or even a major poll, to a newspaper article commenting the intentions of the PM. After all, what is important is the reason why he did it.by inserting this comment our perspective loses stature.
2 - JakeS is right. Identification is not the right word for old europe. we are too much grown up and cynical for that. Respect, Trust, even Admiration those are proper words.1
So I proposed "At a time when one of the priorities of the European institutions is to reconnect with its citizens, we believe it is essential that the President of the European Council should be a person with whom a majority of citizens MAY RESPECT, rather than one rejected by a majority
(1) Delors would be the man.
PS: only now noticed that used the wrong html formatting. the text does not appear in a box.
