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Abstract
In January 2003, it became clear that the European governments, despite tremendous efforts by thESS project, the regional “site consortia,” the European neutron users (through ENSA), and the Neutron Round Table, would not decide about a new spallation source by the end of the year. The ENSA delegates and the members of the Neutron Round Table have ex-pressed their disappointment to ministers and European Commissioner Busquin. The European governments neither live up to their own ambitions, as expressed at the summits in Lisbon and Barcelona, nor follow the OECD recommendations, which they have also endorsed (for full details about the ESS and the present situation for neutrons in Europe please consult: http://www.ess-europe.de).