Debate on the 2025 State of the Union Address
On September 10th, 2025 at 9:00, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her first SOTEU speech of her second mandate to the European Parliament. During a speech that...

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* Pierpaolo Settembri is an official of the European Commission. He writes in a personal capacity.