Von der Leyen State of Union: EU Stronger Yet More Threatened

In her State of the Union address, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen framed the EU as both stronger and more threatened, citing internal and external actors weaponizing genuine concerns to divide the bloc. The speech signals a hardening stance on internal cohesion and external resilience, though specific policy proposals remain unspecified. This matters as it sets the EU's political tone ahead of upcoming institutional decisions.