Some reservations. Broadly positive, but some reservations nevertheless. This is how I would characterise my view of the very first debate on the State of the Union at the European Parliament, starting with a speech by the president of the Commission, followed by the beginnings of a debate. I am perplexed about the attempts to reproduce exactly what happens in the state of the union event in the United States. The USA is a federal state, the US president heads the executive and the Congress...