At the Brussels European Council held on 12 and 13 December 2003, the Italian Presidency fails to secure a political agreement at the end of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the draft European Constitutional Treaty. From left to right: Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council, Franco Frattini, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Gianfranco Fini, Italian Deputy Prime Minister.