Following the Third Council of Europe Summit, held in Warsaw on 16 and 17 May 2005, Ferdinando Riccardi, Editor-in-Chief and leader writer for the Europe Daily Bulletin, backs the opinion of Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, regarding the absurd rivalry between the Council of Europe and the European Union and the need for a redefinition of the principles for permanent cooperation between the two organisations.