European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the Union address delivered a courageous and hopeful vision for a sustainable future of welfare and wellbeing. However, the EU’s environmental ambitions and targets still fail to live up to this rhetoric. On Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen presented her first State of the Union address during which she looked back over her remarkable first year at the helm of the European Commission, which was marked with a groundbreaking European … Continue reading State of the European Union: Brave vision must be matched with bold action