Translate the following English sentence to French:
"You will understand, Mr President-in-Office, that there was a point to my question, because the Council is a political body of the European Union and the citizens of Europe, men and women, want to know how it views the democratic and social model of Europe in the twenty-first century."
Vous comprenez, ma question a un sens, Monsieur le Président en exercice, car le Conseil est une institution politique de l' Union européenne et les citoyens européens, hommes et femmes, veulent savoir quelle est sa vision du modèle démocratique et social de l' Europe du XXIe siècle.