From left to right: EU High Representative Javier Solana representing the Council, Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen representing the EU presidency, and External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten representing the EU Commission.

And that's the problem. You see, all three of these representatives are needed to get anything important done in the area of the EU's foreign and security policy. The new EU Constitution calls for all three of these posts to be combined into one new super EU Foreign Minister. But the new Constitution must first be approved by all 25 EU heads. And after it's approved by the heads, it will have to be ratified back home by all 25 member states.

So, as I've reporting, Solana has asked the EU heads at their June summit to give him the new Foreign Minister post in November  -- before the Constitution goes into force.

If they agree, as far as foreign and security policy is concerned, Solana will become the most powerful political leaders in the new, super EU -- even more powerful than the EU president.

So, will they do it? This June will the EU heads give Solana the power he wants?

We'll just have to wait and see.

And waiting is the hard part.