Ukraine may be facing the toughest winter of the war. We have been preparing, repairing & insulating homes, delivering generators & portable power stations & providing essential supplies. Our humanitarian & civil protection support will continue, more strongly than ever. #SOTEU #Ukraine #HumanitarianAid #WinterWar #UA
My message after SOTEU 2026 is simple: Europe’s free-trade agenda is still unfinished. @vonderleyen I want the EU to build a much wider network of trade agreements with strategic partners: USA, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the African Union/AfCFTA and the GCC-6 — https://t.co/IVnqeeVGdI #FreeTrade #EUStrategy #GlobalPartnerships #USA #TW #BD #PK #LK #AF #GCC
75% growth in goods trade in less than a decade - that's not luck, that's 🇪🇺🇨🇦 CETA. And we're not stopping there. Digital trade negotiations are well underway. #SOTEU2026 @vonderleyen https://t.co/Y3YpFqQKfY #CETA #DigitalTrade #TradeGrowth #EU #CA
Prosperity isn't just built at home - it's built by trading with the world. Most recently, India, Mercosur. Mexico, Australia, Indonesia. 80+ countries and counting. We're not slowing down. We've become the greatest trading power on the planet. #SOTEU2026 @vonderleyen https://t.co/Vqh5kwJQb5 #Trade #GlobalEconomy #EconomicGrowth #IN #MX #AU #ID
We are setting up a new 🇪🇺 group of first responders to improve our response to wildfires & bring recommendations. Today we honour Rune Kyndal, an EU firefighting pilot, and all those who lost their lives saving others. #EUpreparedness #SOTEU #EUpreparedness #FirstResponders #WildfireResponse #EU
We're also rolling out a new Heatwave Plan, strengthening our health preparedness. And as water scarcity grows, a new European Water Initiative. 🧵 #SOTEU #HeatwavePlan #WaterInitiative #HealthPreparedness #EU
This summer was the hottest we've lived through, and a warning for the years ahead. The @EU_Commission is launching a new Climate Resilience Framework, mapping the 100 🇪🇺 most vulnerable regions. #SOTEU🧵 #ClimateAction #Heatwave #Resilience #EU
SOTEU 2026 🇪🇺 @vonderleyen Europe’s defence and strategic independence are at the centre of this year’s State of the Union. The Commission highlights stronger European defence, continued support for Ukraine, reduced strategic dependencies, global partnerships and protection of https://t.co/MWJroiHePf #SOTEU2026 #EuropeanDefence #UkraineSupport #EU #UA
Ursula von der Leyen acknowledges her failure in Gaza, but turns the divisions into an excuse to do nothing. 1.3 million European citizens gave her the mandate to suspend the EU-Israel agreement under its Article 2. Words will never replace actions. #SOTEU (translated)
Another important announcement in #SOTEU: a 🇪🇺Heatwave Plan This summer showed extreme heat’s impact on people, hospitals&care systems. We need better early warnings, stronger health resilience&more protection for the most vulnerable. Climate resilience is also health resilience. #ClimateResilience #Health #HeatwavePlan #EU
Ursula von der Leyen wants to provide Europe with a new "Security Council" & associate Canada with the EU. But did she even lift a finger when Trump threatened Greenland & Canada? No! She rolled out the red carpet for him and signed a free trade agreement! #SOTEU (translated)
One Europe One Market Plan at the core of #SOTEU in Strasbourg. It is a strategic and wise choice. In the world of giants 🇨🇳🇮🇳🇺🇸, EU 🇪🇺 has to scale up and integrate. Otherwise the single European countries can only be colonies. @DelorsInstitute @iespega @IEuniversity #OneEurope #SOTEU #EIntegration #CN #IN #US #EU
Von der Leyen exclaims, a few meters away from an exhibition comparing abortion to murder organized by a group from her own majority: "Women will not give up their places, we will defend our rights." We will not count on her to defend our rights. (translated)
Von der Leyen exclaims, a few meters away from an exhibition comparing abortion to murder organized by a group from her own majority: "Women will not give up their places, we will defend our rights." (translated)
Care is not a privilege. Housing is not a privilege. These are rights, and we must ensure their enforcement for Europeans - @vonderleyen during #SOTEU (translated)
"Our path is clear - to build an independent Europe that will be capable of acting," says @vonderleyen during the address. (translated)
#SOTEU Von der Leyen: "To put it bluntly, our budget concerns our future. And every modern budget needs new own resources." This means new EU taxes that will go directly to the community budget. Centralization and the takeover of further national competences. (translated)
