IHe will ultimately not be the great “Imperator” of the vast brainstorming supposed to “rethink the European Union” for a year from May 9, a function which had nevertheless been promised to him, in particular by French President Macron. But Guy Verhofstadt still does not leave empty-handed: the European Parliament appointed him, Thursday evening, as its main envoy to the daily steering committee of this high mass, called “Conference on the future of Europe” .