24/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 24 March, the EU27 leaders renewed Charles Michel’s mandate at the head of the European Council for two and a half years, until the end of November 2024. In office since December 2019, the former Belgian Prime Minister had indicated his willingness to continue in office and was not facing any alternative candidate (see EUROPE B12917A6). At the beginning of 2022, the liberal political family had not presented a candidate for the presidency of the...