The group leaders also leaked word of another compromise, to vote on the re-election of José Manuel Barroso as president of the European Commission at their next plenary in September. How that might work is less clear. Mr Barroso is from the centre-right, and his camp wanted a vote in July with a broad base of support. The left and centre can thwart that, but not install a rival. So they are indulging in the political equivalent of bossnapping, taking Mr Barroso's second term hostage to demand impossible concessions. One MEP predicts an “institutional impasse” if Mr Barroso is not approved in September. He is the only candidate: if he is rejected, nobody knows what will happen next.

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