On Tuesday, 1 September, German Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth promised that Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU would “get into high gear” so that the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe would be able to begin before the end of 2020.
“We hope to get the machine up and running as soon as possible”, the minister emphasised when presenting the priorities of the German Presidency to the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs.