Von der Leyen s’exclame, à quelques mètres d’une exposition comparant l’avortement au meurtre organisée par un groupe de sa propre majorité : «Les femmes ne céderont pas leurs places, nous défendrons nos droits».

Nous ne compterons pas sur elle pour défendre nos droits.

#SOTEU

🇪🇺 The greatest threat to Europe is no longer the lack of ideas. It's the lack of political courage.

The time for cautious steps is over. Europe must finally choose its future.

#UnitedStatesOfEurope #SOTEU

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The @EU_Commission has proposed in #SOTEU a social media ban for children under 13, "mini accounts

🇪🇺 Europe cannot face 21st-century challenges with institutions designed for another era. If we truly want strategic autonomy, we must be able to decide and act together—quickly and effectively.

#SOTEU #EuropeanUnion

🇪🇺 President von der Leyen's SOTEU contains important proposals. But Europe needs more. Political union, a common foreign policy and a genuine European defence are no longer optional. It's time to build the United States of Europe.
#SOTEU #EU

Von der Leyen åbner for et helt nyt transatlantisk forhold ved at sige, at Canada på sigt kan blive associeret medlem af EU. Hendes tale om Europas tilstand havde dog også flere farlige elementer.
Gennemgang af #SOTEU i morgendagens @information.dk #eudk

What went down in Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address?

Here is a collection of short analyses of the key issues of today's #SOTEU that I have edited for @foederalist.eu.

Many thanks to all the wonderful contributors!

Tonight on the France 24 Debate I talked about why President von der Leyen never named the United States in her #SOTEU state of the union speech this morning to the 🇪🇺Parliament, and why the contrast with Carney's rhetoric was stark.

Full episode here: youtu.be/zS27sXJwkXY?...

The idea of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to invite @mark-carney.bsky.social to make Canada 🇨🇦 an associate member of the EU 🇪🇺 is a good one but....

What does it really mean?
Will 🇨🇦 accept EU legislation? Free movement? Etc
Barrier had this "stairway to hell" for Brexit - a big gap to bridge!

#SOTEU

State of the Union 2026: A new security forum, a shift to climate adaption — and an offer to Ottawa. As it happened.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen h…

#UrsulaVonDerLeyen #EU #SOTEU #Security #AI #Climate #Business #Tech #Defence #Migration #Politics #Canada #Ukraine #Norway #UK

Digitale Souveränität gehört ganz oben auf die #EU -Agenda. Aktuell entscheiden eine Handvoll #TechBros und ihre Plattformen darüber, was wir sehen, wissen und glauben. Dagegen muss die EU-Kommission bestehendes EU-Recht konsequent durchsetzen und sich für ein globales #KI-Abkommen einsetzen. #SOTEU

Von der Leyen veut associer l’Europe au Canada et créer un « Conseil de sécurité ».

Qui a donné son accord à un tel engagement stratégique ? C’est aux peuples des États membres de se prononcer sur un tel enjeu de souveraineté.

#SOTEU

#SOTEU Die Europa-Union begrüßt die Ankündigung eines neuen Europakongresses zum 70. Jahrestag der Unterzeichnung der Römischen Verträge. Dieser darf jedoch nicht bei symbolischen Debatten stehen bleiben, sondern muss politische Konsequenzen haben. #SOTEU2026
👉 PM www.europa-union.de/ueber-uns/me...

#SOTEU Die Rede von Ursula von der Leyen zur Lage der EU 2026 hat wichtige Impulse gesetzt. Doch entscheidend ist, ob die angekündigten Vorhaben in konkrete Ergebnisse übersetzt werden – für mehr Sicherheit, Wohlstand und Vertrauen in Europa.
👉 Pressestatement: www.europa-union.de/ueber-uns/me...

Europa hat die Stärke, seine Zukunft selbst zu gestalten. Was fehlt, ist oft die politische Geschwindigkeit.

#SOTEU

EU leaders: Where were you?

This summer, Europe burned. Farmers lost billions. 35,000 lives were lost to heat. This is our climate emergency. Enough with the silence.

We demand action:
⛽️ phase out fossil fuels,
💰 tax polluters
🌱 fund real adaptation.

Now.

📽 @terryreintke.bsky.social #SOTEU

In today's #SOTEU, Ursula von der Leyen said online platforms will have to prove they are safe. But as she said herself, it is not only minors who are at risk. Safe-by-design must ask how a product could be used to harm women, and fix it before launch. With women in the room.
#endVAWG

What did this year’s #SOTEU deliver on Europe’s ambitions for more technological sovereignty?

Wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social about the announcement and asked experts what the speech means for the bloc's digital agenda 👾

www.techpolicy.press/what-von-der...

Sadly, health promotion didn’t make it into Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU speech today.

Yet this is precisely where the EU can make a difference: shaping the conditions that make healthier choices possible in everyday life.
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During today's #SOTEU, von der Leyen called for unity in the fight for our European project.

If unity is lacking, Europe does not stand a chance in this rapidly changing world 💬@gisellebosse.bsky.social echoed this message in one of our recent #EuropeChats 👉 youtu.be/rKmm-RegnFE