Lhe Treaty of Lisbon has done the European Union a disservice. And Emmanuel Macron will pay the price during this rotating presidency of the EU heavily cut by the French presidential campaign. He has, despite appearances, no institutional role, unlike Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008 (it was before the Lisbon Treaty). He does not lead the European Council. He has no authority over the services. The Lisbon Treaty created the permanent presidency of the Council, currently occupied by the Belgian Charles Michel. If we omit this “point of detail”, we cannot understand what is really going on for the next three or six months.
However, yesterday, while the President of the Republic presented his program, everything seemed wonderful and, if we listened to him, the E …
