The main aims of the Higher European Studies Course (CHEE) recently created by the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) are to increase awareness of European questions and concentrate the energies and resources needed to develop France’s vision of European construction. Through this course it is hoped to respond to the real need for indepth knowledge expressed by French and European elites. The success of this scheme, for which the French administration deserves credit, should guarantee that it continues and leads to similar European initiatives.