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President Emmanuel Macron would like to claim credit for the successful conclusion of the conference which - let's not forget - was his original idea (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Why a shortened 'Future Europe' conference suits France

Last week (3 Febraury) the EU Council - at level of ambassadors - adopted its official position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE): a project announced by the European Commission's president Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines to give European citizens a greater say on what they expect from the European Union.

The start of the Conference, initially envisaged for May 2020, was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and is now foreseen for 9 May 2021.

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Dr Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka is visiting research fellow at the Pantheon-Sorbonne, among other academic posts, and member of the European University Institute Forum on Democratic Participation and the Future of Europe. Professor Guillaume Sacriste of Sorbonne University is the co-author with Thomas Piketty, of How to Democratise Europe by Harvard University Press.

President Emmanuel Macron would like to claim credit for the successful conclusion of the conference which - let's not forget - was his original idea (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Dr Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka is visiting research fellow at the Pantheon-Sorbonne, among other academic posts, and member of the European University Institute Forum on Democratic Participation and the Future of Europe. Professor Guillaume Sacriste of Sorbonne University is the co-author with Thomas Piketty, of How to Democratise Europe by Harvard University Press.

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