France takes over EU Presidency for six months from January 2022
France takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union for six months, starting January 1, 2022, until June 30th 2022. This presidency comes at a key period for French President Emmanuel Macron who is expected to run for re-election in April. Should Macron lose the 2022 election, his successor will take over the rest of the term to chair the meetings.
This is the 13th time that France has taken over the rotating presidency. The motto of France as EU President is “recovery, strength, belonging.” France will work to place the continent’s digitization and climate protection at the forefront.
The presidency of EU rotates every six months among the member states of the 27-nation bloc. Upon the completion of six months presidency, France will be replaced by the Czech Republic.