The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed, on Wednesday 16 September, the importance for Europe to assert its presence in the world, in her first ever State of the Union address to the European Parliament.
“There is no doubt that Europe must take a clear position and act quickly on international issues”, she argued, saying that the need to revitalise and reform the multilateral system had never been more urgent. But, beyond fine words, Mrs von der Leyen...