I have seen a lot of briefings / articles discussing the potential impacts of a ‘cohabitation’ on French #European policy. However, none of them discuss the potential effect of such cohabitation on the French representation at the European Council. While everyone expects President Emmanuel Macron to continue attending European Council meetings as a Head of State in a semi-presidential regime, the reality might be more complicated than that (even as a ‘French creation’) during a ‘cohabitation’. Do not be mistaken by the relatively stability of such representation post ‘Quinquennat’ (5-year presidential term) and post Lisbon-treaty. As such, the composition of the European Council is not precisely defined for each Member State (which decide for itself, according to its own institutional organisation, which state figure attends the meeting). Previous examples also show that the types of attendees may differ according to the meeting (i.e: Finnish President attending with the Prime Minister and the Polish spat in 2008, see here for background: https://lnkd.in/eqCP8nu4 ). Moreover, pre-Lisbon Treaty, all French cohabitations saw numerous European Council meetings attended by BOTH the President and the Prime Minister. While the European Council does not ‘exercise legislative functions’ according to Article 15 TEU, it does define “the general political directions and priorities” and nominates/confirms key EU institutional leaders who will have such functions. It is true that the French President has numerous independent powers under the French Constitution and have been described as possessing a ‘Reserved domain’ in foreign affairs, but a big question remains Are European Affairs still ‘Foreign Affairs’ (the title of French Minister Stéphane Séjourné suggests otherwise)? Finally, it must be stressed that the Treaty formally indicates that “members of the European Council may decide each to be assisted by a minister” – it therefore remains to be seen whether President Macron will be able to preserve his seat at the European Council or whether he will have to share it with a Prime Minister from another political family backed by a majority at the National Assembly. Happy to discuss this further Alberto Alemanno Elisa Braun Giorgio Leali Barbara Moens Bruegel - Improving economic policy Représentation permanente de la France auprès de l’Union européenne 🇫🇷🇪🇺 #France #elections #dissolution
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