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Reforming the European Union: "We must maintain a balance"
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President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive for a press conference during the Conference on the Future of Europe, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Monday, May 9, 2022. Macron traveled to Strasbourg on Monday as the final report on the Conference of Europe was set to be presented by EU institutions leaders.
France currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
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By: Florent Guignard Follow
Emmanuel Macron showed Monday, May 9 his desire to reform the European Union.
The French president proposes in particular the end of the rule of systematic unanimity, and the creation of a “European political community” which could welcome Ukraine.
Interview with Georgina Wright, director of the Europe program at the Institut Montaigne in Paris.
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