# What is the presidency of the Council of the European Union -EU2022FR

Taking over on 1 January, France will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months. What does this mean, and what is France’s role during this presidency?

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_is_the_presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union_-EU2022FR.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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