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Wanna get angry/depressed? Listen to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's #SOTEU address.

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The future needs investment. Investment needs a budget. And a modern EU budget needs new own resources.

A clear message from President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at today’s State of the European Union.

Rewatch her address: link.europa.eu/NTFNgq

#SOTEU

Powerful #SOTEU speech by President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu.

Strategic priorities need strategic capital.
You can count on the @eib.org Group to join forces with @ec.europa.eu and EU member states to further energy autonomy, tech leadership, security and defence.

This is Europe at its best 💪🏼

At a moment when millions of Europeans are already experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis firsthand, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu did not mention the ocean in her State of the European Union address. #SOTEU

Our reaction⤵️

#SOTEU: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu announces a new European Instrument for Strategic Enablers.

Our recommendations: target funding at critical gaps & bring together willing partners to fill them quickly.

Our roadmap ↓
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#SOTEU: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu reiterates unwavering support for Ukraine.

But how can Europe make that support more effective and sustainable?

↓ 10 practical ideas to spend smarter & support harder.
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#SOTEU: VDL proposes a European Security Council

Already in 2024, @sbeverts.bsky.social called for security to be put at leaders’ level: shorturl.at/4JHhG

@lscazzieri.bsky.social then asked: what could an ESC actually look like? 4 possible models ↓ shorturl.at/8Rp5T

Today’s #SOTEU touched on several questions EUISS has been working on closely: Europe’s security architecture, how to sustain support for Ukraine & the strategic enablers Europe still lacks.

Some of our proposals ↓

Good to hear that at #SOTEU, the president mentioned a European Article 4 procedure. Security is under threat due to constant Hybrid + attacks

Greens co-chair Terry Reintke suggests a probe into U-turn by von der Leyen on climate/environment. Her group will "ask for an enquiry committee into the shortcoming of executing what we had already decided in the European Union in the Green Deal". #soteu #climate

#SOTEU continues the China trade debate right where it was before the summer break: VdL calls the trade imbalance ‘unsustainable‘, Highlights the €1bn trade deficit per day and a ‘China shock‘ to EU industry, stresses EU resolve to use its instruments if things don’t change. No big bang moment.

It was a remarkable #SOTEU speech. Delighted to hear @vonderleyen endorse a European Security Council. A few months ago in this @Unibocconi IeP brief I reflected on why it’s needed and what it should do iepbu.substack.com/p/policy-bri...

UvdL proposed numerous new initiatives. But proposals will not close the #EU's ambition-delivery gap. The real test is whether national governments are ready to match the necessary ambition with the political will, resources and collective action required to make #EUrope fit for the new era. #SOTEU

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"It is not about our minors accessing social media. It is about when and how do we allow social media to access minors." Below President @vonderleyen at #SOTEU ↓

A courageous Europe needs a budget to match.
We will not accept cuts to cohesion, agricultural policy, or social investment. Europe cannot do more with less.
We need new own resources and common debt to invest in defense and the green and digital transitions.
@iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU

Above all, we need the courage to defend peace and international law everywhere, especially in the Middle East and Ukraine.

We cannot accept genocide or impunity!

@iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU

This means modernising the enlarging EU's operating system. The Commussion's forthcoming enlargement review therefore must include ambitious proposals for the future of EU governance. #SOTEU

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The “Congress of Europe” proposed by Preisdent von der Leyen shouldn't only seek to "recapture the European imagination". It must address how the EU needs to change to deliver. #SOTEU

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