French Presidency of the EU Council

France will be presiding over the Council of the European Union for the first six months of 2022. The French presidency of the EU will be shaped majorly by three trends. Firstly, the country’s presidential election scheduled for April will play a major role. Secondly, the management of the crisis in and around the continent will be a factor in shaping France’s leading of the bloc. Lastly, the structural changes in the Union’s....