Two years after French President Emmanuel Macron launched the idea in March 2019 in an open letter to all Europeans, the Conference on the Future of Europe was inaugurated on Sunday 9 May, Europe Day, in Strasbourg at the seat of the European Parliament.
Due to the health context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the physical participation of the public in the Chamber was reduced to a minimum: the co-chairs - Mr Sassoli, Ms von der Leyen, Mr Costa - of the Conference, the co-chairs of the Executive...