At the General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 19 September 2023, a Franco-German working group made up of independent experts presented its report on institutional reforms of the European Union. The French Minister of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, and her German counterpart, Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate, tasked the group of experts in January 2023 with opening reflection among the Member States as to institutional reforms ahead of future enlargements. (…)