Poor Penelope! In Greek mythology she is the wife of Ulysses. While he goes off to fight in the Trojan war, she waits for him for 20 years not knowing whether he is alive or dead. In the meantime she gets wooed by a barrage of unwanted suitors and works on her eternal tapestry.
Penelope is also the name of Romano Prodi’s hugely ambitious secret constitution submitted in a half-hearted manner to the Convention on Wednesday last week and not approved by his fellow commissioners.
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