Remember when Ursula von der Leyen called nuclear a "clean, homegrown energy" in the #SOTEU?

The EU imports *all* of its raw uranium - most (37%) from Canada, but also from Kazakhstan (20%), Russia (16%), and Uzbekistan (10%).

**...potrka po mikrofonu...**

Obveščajo se članice in člani vlade narodne enotnosti, da jih v naročniškem feedu čaka nova epizoda podkasta ML PRO. tokrat #MetinČaj special, o #soteu. Welcome to nerd prom 🇪🇺🇨🇦

/cc @dc43.bsky.social

In her #SOTEU speech, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu highlighted the harmful impact of online violence on children.

📖 Read @PlanUK's latest research on how gendered algorithms shape their online experiences and what needs to change to make digital spaces safer for all: bit.ly/4A5zTwW @ec.europa.eu

Following #SOTEU, today I had a discussion w Defence Minister Khmara on next steps in 🇺🇦 support.

🇪🇺-backed Ukraine support loans are critical for defending 🇺🇦 skies.

We’ll intensify our work w 🇺🇦 to deliver more defence capabilities & better integrate 🇪🇺&🇺🇦 defence industries!

Dear Austria, Germany et al: didn't you listen to the #SOTEU? There is not only #competitiveness, but also #climatecrisis! Anyhow, the EU is not a byz club, but a union to provide good life to citizens, including through protecting their environment (see Treaties)! cc @nicholasvinocur.bsky.social

So, the State of the Union...

Among competing EU priorities, how did it fare on education and lifelong learning? 📚

#SOTEU #education #LifelongLearning

🇪🇺 «EL #SOTEU 2026 EN CINCO CLAVES»

🎙️ Repasamos cinco de los grandes temas del discurso sobre el estado de la Unión (SOTEU) de la presidenta de la Comisión Europea, U. von der Leyen, y aquello que @ecfr ha publicado anteriormente sobre cada uno de ellos

🧵 Abrimos hilo ⬇️

La UE se desconecta del votante. El discurso del Estado de la UE soslayó sus preocupaciones primordiales: coste de la vida y vivienda y crisis de precios de la energía. Análisis y datos. Texto web: www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/2... #EUPolicy #vonderleyen #SOTEU #UE #EU #EUCO #crisis #elecciones

🗞️#LoMásDestacado | Las claves del discurso del Estado de la UE 2026: Controlar las redes y la IA, lazos con Canadá y defensa

https://efe.com/euro-efe/2026-09-16/claves-discurso-estado-ue-2026-soteu-von-der-leyen/  

#SOTEU

'Waar het om gaat, is dat de Brusselse politiek, tot voor kort gedomineerd door techneuten en beleidscompromissen vol eurojargon (...) eindelijk een beetje volwassen aan het worden is.' Caroline de Gruyter

@carolinedegruyter.bsky.social @nrc.nl #SOTEU
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

During her #SOTEU speech, von der Leyen announced a new Congress of Europe with "the greatest thinkers and writers, artists and scientists, citizens and civil society" convened to reclaim "our European imagination."

Veel reacties op de #SotEU en de luchtballonnen (security council, associatie Canada)

Voorstel: beperk SoEU tot 20 min + Costa leest m (in overleg met de lidstaten).
Beter n hol verhaal dan n verhaal zonder checks&balances.
Misschien dwingt dit lidstaten ook tot ownership voor de lopende agenda.

My #1week1minute 🎥

🇪🇺 Powerful #SOTEU by @ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

🇨🇦 Historic speech by @mark-carney.bsky.social

🤝🏼 Excellent meeting with @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu on #EUbudget

🦄 15th EIF unicorn

💡TechEU Advisory Council

🛡️ Defence projects in 🇱🇹🇪🇸🇬🇷

✅ #ECOFIN

Unsere Sammlung von Kurzanalysen zu Ursula von der Leyens diesjähriger #SOTEU gibt es jetzt auch auf Deutsch 👇

During Slovak #V4 Presidency Amb. Juraj Nociar hosted @ec.europa.eu SecGen Ilze Juhansone 🇪🇺 & his Coreper II V4 colleagues 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱

They discussed priorities for the upcoming year after #SOTEU including MFF, competitiveness, energy, enlargement & foreign policy.

#V4StrongerEurope

🇪🇺#SOTEU 2026 accurately framed these challenging times, but von der Leyen’s solutions remain vague, insufficient & undermined by her political incoherence

🗞️Read this week's ProgPage w/ FEPS President NicolasSchmit’s analysis of the State of the Union
feps-europe.eu/a-state-of-t...

Wildfires, floods, a continent-wide housing crisis- and Brussels is celebrating record defence spending and “bigger orders for our industry”. These are Europe’s priorities, in VdL’s own words. #soteu #vonderleyen

It was such a joy to visit the European Parliament on the day Prime-Minister Carney did his speech about Canada being the 1st associate EU member. #SOTEU #EU

📢 Weekly #SME recap:

✅ State of the Union #SOTEU: major concerns among SMEs
✅ Fair Labour Mobility Package
✅ Forced Labour Regulation
✅ Social Affairs Committee calls for simplification
✅ #Back2Business video recap

➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...