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Significance
Macron's priorities will include strengthening EU autonomy in areas such as defence and digital security, promoting the role of nuclear energy as ‘sustainable’ and advancing progress towards an EU minimum wage.
Impacts
Domestic politics and energy goals will render France less confrontational than other western members towards Hungary and Poland.
The French presidency will focus on strengthening European coordination and cooperation regarding strategy in the Indo-Pacific.
France is unlikely to use its presidency to intensify efforts to ratify the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.
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