This morning while shooting a meeting with Mr. Timmermans, Dutch Minister for European Affairs, I shook the hand of Mr. Jacques Delors, former president of the European Commission. That means I’m only one handshake away from icons of the past like Reagan, Gorbachev, and Bush Sr. A few years ago I shook hands with the Secretary-General of the NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, so I was already one handshake away from the current leaders of the world. Right now I’m contemplating handshaking sessions for people who want to move up in the handshaking chain of command…