Europe is at a “tipping point,” according to Ursula von der Leyen. In her State of the Union address on Wednesday, the Commission president warned that the bloc had reached a watershed moment on several levels — from trade with China to climate change and artificial intelligence. The EU is “the strongest it has ever been,” even though it could equally “feel as precarious as it has ever been,” said von der Leyen. POLITICO analysis of the speech shows that commonly mentioned themes included Ukraine, threats to defense and security, energy prices and artificial intelligence, as well as this summer’s heat waves and pressure on the bloc’s external borders.
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