EU president: Europe is the ‘global pioneer’ of citizen’s digital rights

Claims that the EC had delivered over 90% of the Political Guidelines the President had presented in 2019, addressing many issues, a number of them with relevance to research and innovation

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen gave her State of the Union (SOTEU) speech, her last SOTEU before the next European Parliament elections in June 2024.

Claiming that the EC had delivered over 90% of the Political Guidelines the President had presented in 2019, they addressed many issues, some with relevance to research and innovation.

These included the following:

The next phase of the European Green Deal is where industry should receive support. This includes a series of "Clean Transition Dialogues" with industry, a European Wind Power Package, and a continued focus on skills.

The President also addressed the issue of China (an EU-China summit is due to take place this year).