Med dessa villkor har den så ofta påbjudna europeiska framtidsdebatten inte kunnat eller riktigt velat komma i gång, vare sig inom EU eller i kandidatländerna. ###>Under such conditions, there was little chance of the debate on the future of Europe, which we are often told we should be having, really getting going, either in the Fifteen or in the candidate countries, and little desire that it should do so.