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State of the Union Address 2026 by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: statement by René Aust, Co-Chair of the Europe of Sovereign Nations Group of the European Parliament

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To continue in servitude of the.

The State of the Union can be described.

By a loss of borders and losing competitiveness on the economic front as well.

Since the 2nd of July, for seven weeks we've had an onslaught,

an attack on European borders.

And the situation has been dire indeed,

but there's no Nothing is going on in order to deal with that particular situation.

In the Arab and African world, they are coming in this direction.

The fortress Europe is no fortress at all, and something has to be done immediately in order to protect our borders,

to know who is coming into the union in other regions of the world.

Well, many of the things that they're discussing are things that we have heard today.

Deconstructing, taking apart bureaucratic, getting rid of bureaucratic structures, getting rid of red tape,

and moving forward effectively and with climate policy, the packaging regulation,

and so forth, we've seen just the opposite.

We've seen more red tape and an increase in prices of energy,

deindustrialization.

At the same time, patriotic parties throughout Europe are gaining ground.

They are fighting against Olof that which you have so spouted out about today.

In the AFD in Germany,

we've seen indeed the wonderful rise of European patriots taking Gaining ground and moving forward effectively.

Media information
ID I-293072
Date 16/09/2026
Duration 01:56
Personalities René Aust
Institution European Parliament
Views 24

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