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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the Union address during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen fired the starting gun for the 2024 European elections on Wednesday with this term’s final State of the Union address. Her speech, seen as a landmark in the political calendar that sets out the European Union’s policy priorities for the year ahead, was less far-reaching than those of previous years as it reviewed her record in managing the crises...
