EU chief to lay out priorities and vision for tackling the bloc’s challenges in major speech
- On Wednesday, September 16, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her annual State of the European Union address in Strasbourg, outlining the Commission's priorities for the coming year.
- Following July's massive migrant influx into Ceuta, Spain, von der Leyen is expected to propose stricter asylum measures and announce the 'EU Kids Act' to regulate minors' social media use.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attends as special guest while von der Leyen highlights the 90 billion euro loan supporting Ukraine and calls on third countries to fill the remaining budget gap.
- EU diplomats indicate Canada may join the bloc's loan scheme on terms similar to the U.K., potentially addressing Ukraine's $27 billion budget hole as Brussels weighs additional energy infrastructure support.
- Member states remain divided on key issues including unanimity requirements and industrial policy, posing challenges to implementing the Commission's proposed legislative agenda despite von der Leyen's ambitious announcements.
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The head of the European Commission emphasised that Europe is becoming stronger and more independent as she prefaced her State of the Union address on Wednesday.
In the annual speech on the State of the Union the President of the Commission illustrates the challenges of 2027 for the EU starting from the efforts to find a recipe on artificial intelligence: "Stay in a crucial race for independence of the EU"
The President of the European Commission delivers her annual speech on the state of the Union on Wednesday in the European Parliament.
The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to strengthen the EU security architecture in all respects and, among other things, proposes to establish a European Security Council in which the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and Ukraine would also participate. In her State of the Union address to the plenary of the European Parliament, the President has set out her agenda for the second part of which will most likely be her last te…
What topics does the European Union intend to address in the near future? What plan does the German President of the Commission have? The state of the EU speech now live.
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