The new concept of the EU’s future initially put forward by President Macron in a letter to Europeans in April, has gained momentum with plans for a two year “Conference on the Future of Europe” which will take place under the German and French presidencies in the second half of 2020 and the first half of 2022, respectively. The blueprint aims at overhauling nearly all aspects of how EU policy areas operate, and at making the bloc “more united and sovereign”. The two page document does not offer a huge amount of detail but calls “to produce tangible and concrete results “ . In actual fact, it will aim at revising aspects of the EU treaties and respond to challenges arising from Brexit, the ongoing rift in transatlantic relations and rising anti-EU sentiment. But it is also and foremost designed to set the stage to put forward France’s political views on the future role of the EU. At the heart of the French President’s push lies the ambition for France to guide the EU as a global superpower and his assertive choice to embody European leadership on the international stage. Read the paper EU makeover or French takeover? here.