A review of 40 actionable commitments from her 2025 State of the Union speech shows the Commission president fell well short of transforming Europe, but delivered on the basics.
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A review of 40 actionable commitments from her 2025 State of the Union speech shows the Commission president fell well short of transforming Europe, but delivered on the basics.
Ursula von der Leyen gives her State of the Union speech in Strasbourg, France on Sept. 10, 2025. | Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
September 13, 2026
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