Check what @ec.europa.eu President Ursula von der Leyen said this morning during her 6th #SOTEU about EU enlargement, support to Ukraine and EU international partnerships.

And compare with the expectations of @ccre-cemr.bsky.social spokespersons Bart Somers, Olga Pikula and Carola Gunnarsson!

🇪🇺 The 2026 State of the Union #SOTEU felt more like ‘von der Leyen I’ than ‘von der Leyen II’: strong on direction, lighter on delivery.

Read FEPS' response to the #SOTEU in FULL:
bit.ly/FEPSSOTEU26

Dan Barna critică discursul Ursulei von der Leyen: UE trebuie să presteze în privința extinderii, Moldova a dat mari speranțe.
#SOTEU #UE

What does Europe stand for?🤨

Empty speech from @ec.europa.eu: Euro-centric & lacking ambition. This year's #SOTEU is more memorable for what @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu didn't say than for what she did.

Amnesty's reaction on Palestine, foreign policy, intl' justice, migration & rule of law👇

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices. #SOTEU

❓Who's paying the most in extra energy costs because of the Hormuz crisis?

✔️ Europe 🇪🇺

But as we heard from EU President VDL in today's #SOTEU, there's no serious strategy to tackle this. Maybe she should stop taking advice from the fossil fuel industry?
#FossilFreePolitics

My 5 key takeaways from Von der Leyen’s #SOTEU speech today in Strasbourg ⬆️

Canada. Housing. Palestine. Climate. Social media & big tech.

Let’s get to work!

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices. #SOTEU

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices. #SOTEU

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices. #SOTEU

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices. #SOTEU

@botengam.bsky.social
Translated from French
Ursula Von der Leyen quotes Dickens to speak of the best and worst of times.

The best is clearly for billionaires, energy multinationals, and war shareholders.

The other side of the coin for workers: austerity and rising prices.
#SOTEU

#WomensEmpowerment 👩

#Pinks 🌸 #WEareNOTgoingBACK #SOTEU

🧵 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's #SOTEU speech and EU foreign policy: a non-exhaustive take on what's good, what's bad, what's missing, and what that means for human rights (which, like last year, she never dared to mention as such)

From Greenland to China, from Gaza to Ukraine, here you go ⤵️

the average eu citizen today.

#soteu

Sharing our team’s analysis of this year’s #SOTEU.

Overall, the address offered few surprises, with Canada as a potential associate EU member being one notable exception.

There was also dissapointingly little on Europe’s economic ambitions. But one priority clearly stood out: AI.

Voor het eerst mocht ik in Straatsburg naar Von der Leyens toespraak over #SOTEU luisteren. Na een zomer vol hittegolven, bosbranden, droogstaande rivieren en meer dan 35,000 doden in Europa vond ik het ondenkbaar dat ze stil zou blijven over klimaatverandering. Ze was niet stil. Maar wat zei ze? 🧵

Here’s a crash 💥 course in European diplomacy for my dear Canadian friends! #EU #Canada #SOTEU #YesPrimeMinister

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYu...

Here’s a crash 💥 course in European diplomacy for my dear Canadian friends! #EU #Canada #SOTEU

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYu...