The double shocks of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have demonstrated the resilience of the European Union's tendency toward increased integration, in particular through the Next Generation EU plan. But it was far from straightforward to get this plan adopted, and the pandemic has also given rise to a return to strictly national initiatives on the rule of law, border closures, and vaccination. Will the Conference on the Future of Europe allow the Union to adopt the constitutional changes that seem to be required ?