I spoke on RTE Radio 1’s Morning Ireland about the prospect of Canadian gaining associate membership of the European Union.
#Canada #EU #SOTEU www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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@profgbarrett.bsky.socialI spoke on RTE Radio 1’s Morning Ireland about the prospect of Canadian gaining associate membership of the European Union.
#Canada #EU #SOTEU www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
@croplifeeu.bsky.social🌱 We welcome @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's recognition of farmers and innovation in her #SOTEU speech.
#AI and #PrecisionAgriculture can help farmers adapt to climate pressures and boost sustainability.
🇪🇺 The Food & Feed Omnibus must turn this ambition into action
@davekeating.substack.comAs we wait for #Carney's speech to the 🇪🇺Parliament, here's my take on yesterday's #SOTEU state of the union speech from 🇪🇺President von der Leyen:
@cleanaircatf.bsky.social#SOTEU: The EU’s energy and climate agenda is entering a new phase – from ambition to delivery.
Following yesterday’s 2026 State of the Union address, CATF analyses what comes next for Europe’s energy and industrial transformation.
Read the full analysis: www.catf.us/2026/09/eu-s...
@5rightsfound.bsky.social🔄 The burden of proof is flipping. At today's #SOTEU address, it was announced that platforms will now have to prove kids are safe, not the other way around.
📍🇫🇷 Our #ChildhoodRedrawn campaign was in Strasbourg, right where von der Leyen was making her address
@ralfgrahn.bsky.social#SOTEU
Canada, hybrid warfare, climate change, digital safety and migration were front and centre at Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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2026 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
@dragosionita.bsky.socialIn her #SOTEU, Commission President von der Leyen paid little attention to the traditional #EUenlargement partners, limiting herself to the announcement that roadmaps for the most advanced candidates will be presented "soon."
newunionpost.eu/2026/09/16/e...
@2eubrussels.bsky.socialOne threatened EU country could bring all 27 together under the Emergency Security Protocol proposed by Ursula von der Leyen. The model is NATO Article 4-style consultation for threats below armed aggression — not an automatic collective-defence guarantee. #EUSecurity #SOTEU
@vonpardubitz.wsocial.euMember States EU Ambasadors didn't have the term "associate member" in their version of speech they got a day before and now they are all trying to figure out what that could mean. One way of achieving something is to set a term everyone has deal with. Well played, VDL...
Source: Politico
#SOTEU
@ueenchile.bsky.socialHoy, la Presidenta de la Comisión Europea, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, presentó ante el Parlamento Europeo su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión 2026.
Discurso completo👉 link.europa.eu/nv9Vvj
@sophieintveld.bsky.socialThe ambitions set out in #SOTEU are laudable but not new. Most EU grand plans ended in paralysis. Not the objectives are wrong, but the current intergovernmental EU is unable to deliver. Without reform, ambitious words remain hollow. My blog sophieintveld.substack.com/p/soteu-need...
@maartendejager.wsocial.euWow wow wow.
Tad bit too late. But what amazing news from SOTEU today.
Canada as an associate member!
Yes please!
@euroefe.bsky.socialVIDEO | La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, ha enviado este miércoles un mensaje de apoyo al pueblo español tras la crisis migratoria de Ceuta, al subrayar que esta ciudad autónoma «es España» y «es Europa», además de afirmar que «Europa está de su lado».
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@fantastikiss.bsky.socialAdesso il #Canada, l'#Australia è la prossima! Now Canada. Australia is next! #EU #UE #UnioneEuropea #EuropeanUnion #Geopolitica #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #RelazioniInternazionali #StateOfTheUnion #SOTEU #GlobalWest #Ottawa #MarkCarney #AustraliaPolitics #Canberra
@etiennesoula.bsky.socialEurope is a continent under siege, and this year's #SOTEU finally said so, naming Russian operatives behind the Leipzig drone attack.
But hybrid threats and FIMI stayed in separate boxes, and China's support for Russia's war went unmentioned.
My take, with GMF colleagues 👇
@heepst.bsky.socialI found #SOTEU pretty good this year.
It wasn't bad last year either. It just felt that we, as a union, weren't being entirely honest about how the world was changing, and as a result, lacked direction.
There is more of a sense of direction this year.
I'm left wanting more EU. More and faster.
@hjvd.wsocial.euA welcome signal at #SOTEU.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu opens the door for Canada to become the EU's first associated member, answering Mark Carney's call for a unique alliance.
A united Europe should partner with like-minded democracies. Canada is exactly that. And this is the start.
End Veto?
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