SOTEU

The current President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will end her term next autumn. It remains to be decided whether she will run again, but her strong State of the Union speech puts her in an favourable position. Žiga Faktor, director of the EUROPEUM Institute's Brussels office, commented on the current situation for Aktuálně.cz.

EUROPEUM Institute analyst Vít Havelka commented on Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech, in which the European Commission President covered a number of key topics for the current and future development of the EU.

Žiga Faktor, director of the EUROPEUM Institute's Brussels office, commented on the latest State of the Union speech by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

The outgoing President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen prepares for her State of the Union speech. Žiga Faktor, Director of the EUROPEUM Institute's Brussels office, assessed her tenure and achievements for Czech Television.

We would like to invite you to watch the online State of the Union speech by EC President Ursula von der Leyen. The speech will be streamed online on our Facebook page on Wednesday 13 September at 9:00.

In an article by the Czech News Agency (ČTK), two of our experts - Kateřina Davidová and Jana Juzová - comment on the speech of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Davidová evaluated mainly the content of the speech concerning energy, while Juzová focused on the issue of strengthening democracy on the European continent and the EU's enlargement towards the Western Balkans.

We would like to invite you to the next debate in the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic "State of the Union Address - what lies ahead for the EU in the current difficult times?" The debate will take place on 14 September 2022 in person at the European House in Prague at Jungmannova 745/24.

Our researcher Vít Havelka participated in a debate focused on the future presidency of the Czech Republic in the Council of European Union. The debate answered the questions: what are and what should be its priorities? How does he want to fulfil them? And is it ready to do so?

We kindly invite you to another debate within the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic: "State of the European Union speech 2021 - how does young generation evaluate the direction od the EU?"

Our researcher Vít Havelka wrote an article for the server Info.cz about today's speech by Chairwoman von der Leyen, who gave her second speech to MEPs on the state of the Union, in which, among other things, she further elaborates the concept of strategic autonomy.

Experts from EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy comment on the State of the Union address (SOTEU) given by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on 15 September 2021.

Our research fellow Zuzana Stuchlíková commented on the priorities of the new Commission in an article for the Euractiv server. Ursula von der Leyen mentioned these priorities in her recent State of the Union Address 2020.