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EU Observer (16 September 2026)

Andrew Rettman

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be laughing at the EU after European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s annual State of the Union speech in the European Parliament on Wednesday (16 September).

Her answer to spiralling Russian aggression was … one new strategy document and two new sets of meetings.

Her answer to Israel’s killing spree in Gaza and the West Bank was … to call it “unacceptable”.

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