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State of the Union Address 2025 by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: statement by Manon Aubry, Co-Chair of the Left Group (GUE/NGL) of the European Parliament

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Now I give the floor to the co-chair of the Left Group, Manon Aubry. Der Leyen. President von der Leyen.

In your speech you didn't say anything about the cost of living, and yet this is what concerns the people of Europe the most.

People are paying €100 to fill up their cars.

People are spending a fortune on their homes.

What are you going to do at this time to stop the prices rising and to stop the price gouging by the energy companies?

I don't think we're on the same planet if you think €3 for a liter of petrol is normal.

All you talk about is growth and competitiveness,

but basically what you're talking about is deregulation.

You talked about a summer of truth, and yet your omnibus package is all about deregulation. You want a scorched earth policy. You think environmentalism.

Is To blame for everything we have to tax the rich.

We have to cap the prices of essential goods.

We have to invest massively in public services, and we have to stop these free trade agreements.

We have to favor billions of human beings and not the billions in profits. You celebrate the.

You celebrate the equality between men and women,

and yet your own friends from the extreme right have put up an exhibition here,

comparing abortion with murder. We don't want your fortress Europe either.

We're not going to cede an inch to the fascists, whether they're called Trump or Netanyahu,

and now you want to Give us a European Security Council and turn Canada into an associate member,

but who has given you a democratic mandate to do that?

Where were you, when Trump was threatening Canada and Greenland?

Yes, you were signing a free trade agreement with Donald Trump.

Last year in your speech you said what was happening in Gaza was unacceptable and nothing has happened,

no sanctions against the state of Israel, no suspension of the association agreement despite the genocide continuing.

You hide behind a divided Europe, but the problem is your inaction.

Basically you've been talking to yourself,

so I'm going to address the people of Europe and the world, be resolved not.

Media information
ID I-293071
Date 16/09/2026
Duration 03:21
Personalities Manon Aubry
Institution European Parliament
Views 42

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