00:00Long live Europe. Thank you so much.
00:03The State of the European Union address has become a difficult political balancing act in front of a polarized chamber.
00:10But it is still also an opportunity for the President of the European Commission to bring as many MEPs as possible on her side.
00:18To do that, Ursula von der Leyen reached out to the center and the left.
00:22She was seeking unity. She was convincing on defense, on security, on the need to innovate the internal market.
00:30And finally, she said some meaningful things and proposal on Gaza.
00:38In response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Ursula von der Leyen proposed suspending the trade section of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel.
00:47She also proposed sanctioning extremist ministers in the Israeli government, as some member states have already done.
00:55For the Social Democrats, however, the proposal comes too late and remains too weak.
01:00She is still sticking to, or at least saying she is sticking to the Green Deal.
01:05To 2040 and also to 2050.
01:19Not least to assure her existing coalition, the President insisted on staying on course with her climate objectives.
01:25She is still sticking to, or at least saying she is sticking to the Green Deal, to 2040 and also to 2050.
01:32And seeing that, I hope EPP will also understand it.
01:37Unsurprisingly, the far right was not at all convinced.
01:40Oh, it's a very weak speech.
01:42It's a speech that does not bring answers.
01:45Only weak solutions to problems that already exist, meaning there is no new horizons, no new futures, no new anything.
01:53The centrist majority that supports Ursula von der Leyen might be heartened by today's speech,
02:01but her political enemies are poised to attack the Commission,
02:07with the far right Patriots for Europe Party seizing the day of her speech to present a motion of censor to be discussed and vote in October.
02:18Vincenzo Genovese, Euronews, Strasbourg.
02:23Vincenzo Genovese, Euronews, Strasbourg.
02:24Agen lat in the 1950s.
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02:32Dolph ĐžŃie- swamped by today's bipolar healing Leo Boch.
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