Will It Be Europe First?
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Will it be Europe first?
In her very first State of the Union address in 2020, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted that European leadership was “not about Europe first.” Six years later, the message has hardened: “the fate of Europe must remain in the hands of Europeans.” Invoking Charls Dickens’s “best of times, worst of times,” describing the French Revolution, von der Leyen captured Brussels’s reading of the current age of disruption: pandemic…
President von der Leyen's 2026 State of the Union Address – Decoding the Competition and Foreign Investment Implications
On September 16, 2026, European Commission President von der Leyen opened her annual State of the Union address with the warning that “[a] fight for industrial capacities is shaping global competition“. Her speech indicated how the European Commission intends to respond to concerns about European competitiveness and economic security. Those priorities already appear in reforms...
By Kostis Pitsilloudis At the beginning of her speech, von der Leyen said that the EU is stronger than ever, but pointed out, however, that in reality this image is not reflected in the everyday lives of many citizens. She admitted that the cost of living, the difficulty of finding housing, expensive energy and high interest rates continue to burden families […] Social promises in the shadow of armaments and competitiveness
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