🔗 Read the full statement by our Secretary-General Sandro Gozi on the #SOTEU 👉🏻 democrats.eu/news/gozi-eu...

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Ursula von der Leyen in her 2026 State of the Union address: Women are here to stay. We agree.

But a Europe serious about security must also treat women's specialist services as part of the infrastructure that upholds its democracy, fund them, and include them accordingly.

#SOTEU #endVAWG

Verder een nogal saai en voorspelbaar debat, met weinig interrupties.

#SOTEU

Muy clara @IratxeGarper en el #SOTEU: queremos una Europa valiente para afrontar el cambio climático, que mantenga el Pacto Verde Europeo y la neutralidad climática para 2050 y que promueva un Plan Europeo de Adaptación y Mitigación con inversión real.

"A depressing #SOTEU, empty of meaningful action on global solidarity. Defence and competitiveness were celebrated. Sustainable development wasn’t mentioned at all."

Read our full comment: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social

Well spotted. #SOTEU only refers to "society" and "great minds" rather than actual (elected) decision-makers.

'Europe & Canada believe in democracy. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU' - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says to Canadian PM Mark Carney during the annual State of the Union address #SOTEU

On the economy ("our number one priority"), the Commission seems to be withdrawing to a purely procedural approach: the One Europe, One Market Roadmap (while useful!) does not contain any commitment of substance, only on timing - and it does not tackle the issue of national vs EU competences #SOTEU

1/5 My overall take on #SOTEU: more realistic than in previous years but still a Mixed bag – a bit of everything, better stocked than I had feared, but still without a clear overall direction for Europe’s response to the major challenges Mission impossible” partly accomplished.

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😮‍💨 Another #SOTEU, more praise for Europe’s firefighters.

But applause won’t staff fire stations, provide the right equipment or make the job safer.

@politico.eu and @ziaweise.bsky.social spoke to firefighters about what they actually need: resources, not praise.

🔗👇 www.politico.eu/article/give...

#VonderLeyen avala la versión del Gobierno sobre la crisis migratoria de #Ceuta y propone medidas de emergencia | @eldiarioes / Sep 16, 2026 #SOTEU2026 #SOTEU #dossierUE https://links.uv.es/di06UAl

Heute hat @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ihre #SOTEU gehalten. Die Hälfte der Legislaturperiode ist vorüber – jetzt werden die Weichen für die kommenden 2,5 Jahre gestellt. Worauf es mir für die Zukunft der #EU besonders ankommt, sehen Sie im Video.

President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu of @ec.europa.eu has positioned Europe as a strong global actor in her #SOTEU: 'We have a

📈 huge market,
🏭 world-class industry & services,
🪙 a rich pool of savings, and
💶 one of the world's leading currencies.'

🔗 Read her speech ➡️ link.europa.eu/nv9Vvj

#SOTEU : while Europe faces social, environmental and geopolitical pressures, it's funny how the solution always happens to be exactly what corporate lobbyists have been asking for, and they already have more access to EU decision-making than anyone.

Here's our take on AI, deregulation and climate👇

II loved when Ursula announced that now all european hockey players are gay too, excellent soft power #SOTEU

The key analytical lens to approach #SOTEU is whether any of the actions proposed are full-fledged policies or mere initiatives: does the Commission propose something that it can (and want) to pursue over time and across different layers of governance and which is coherent with other action taken?