Unless you are Stephen King who writes about 2000 words a day every day of the year without any holidays, estimate 500-1, 000 words for about 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 52 weeks.

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The 15 member states of the EU have yet to approve the text's words, even without any numbers.

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Without such accountability, any agreement would be empty words on a page.

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