I was delighted by your rendering of the news from the latest summit in Brussels (“A Summit to Nowhere,” December 22, 2007), where a “reflection group” was created on the initiative of France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, to ponder the challenges facing the European Union between 2020 and 2030. As you report, this remote time horizon is matched by the group’s leisurely formation. Its leadership—comprised of a former Spanish prime minister, Felipe González, a former Latvian president, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, and Jorma Ollila, a Finish businessman who chairs both Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell—has about a year to come up with its nine members. Sarkozy’s “sages” will have much to do, but they will also have to come up with an assessment of Turkey’s accession to the Union, which the French president abhors. Every hyperactive politician will surely use it for his or her purposes in the future. Long before the reflection group is formed, it is already clear from its leadership and remit that it will offer us much entertainment in the years to come. Where are you now, Monty Python?