Unpacking von der Leyen’s state of the EU

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered her third state of the European Union speech on September 14th before the European Parliament, giving sight of her priorities for 2023 and using a rare public platform to speak more directly to audiences beyond the immediate EU stakeholders. 

This week on the podcast, Ana Martínez, Practice Director; Alessandro Gangarossa, Associate Director; and Jasbir Basi, Senior Associate, look at the main takeaways. How the commission is planning Union-wide measures to tackle the energy crisis, from short-term interventions to wider market reform? And what does von der Leyen's address tells us about the commission's plans to put open strategic autonomy into practice?

This is a recording of a Global Counsel expert briefing held on September 16th. To register for upcoming events, please event our event page.