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14.09.2022 - #SOTEU State of the Union address
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On Wednesday 14 September 2022 at 9 AM the President of theEuropean Commission Ursula von der Leyen has delivered the State of the Union address.
The State of the Union Address is an annual event during which the President of the European Commission makes an analysis of EU actions and broadly presents the objectives for the following year. The speech is delivered in September before the plenary session of the European Parliament.
For the European Parliament, the State of the European Union debate is the key debate of the year: a time for reviewing the Commission's work to deliver what it has planned, in order to provide solutions for European citizens.
Video of the events that marked the Union year since SOTEU 2021
The speech was broadcast live across the EU on many national networks and by Satellite on EbS
"Our Union has shown that we can do things better when we do them together. This is our commitment for the year ahead."
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
In her State of the Union address on 15 September 2021, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen outlined the main initiatives the Commission intends to undertake in the coming year, including:
continue vaccination efforts in Europe and accelerate the vaccination campaign worldwide, as well as strengthen pandemic preparedness
trying to close the climate finance gap, together with global partners
drive digital transformation, which will create jobs and boost competitiveness, while ensuring technical excellence and security of supply
ensure fairer working conditions and better health care and enable young Europeans to benefit more from the EU's social market economy
intensify our security and defence cooperation and deepen the EU's relations with close allies
defend European values and freedoms and protect the state of law
The past editions on the State of the Union Address :
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