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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addressed the parliament in Brussels, with MEPs socially-distancing in the chamber (Photo: European Parliament)

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The State of the Union speech - digested

In her debut speech laying out the State of the Union, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called for unity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and doubled down on her flagship green policy.

On Wednesday(16 September), the 61-year old former German defence minister, who only narrowly won the support of MEPs last year to become commission president, outlined not a vis...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addressed the parliament in Brussels, with MEPs socially-distancing in the chamber (Photo: European Parliament)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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