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The State of the Union 2016: Towards a Better Europe – A Europe that Protects, Empowers and Defends

EU News 298/2016

Strasbourg, 14 September 2016

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker today delivered his 2016 State of the Union address, before the Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, taking stock of achievements of the past year and presenting his priorities for the year ahead. He outlined how the Commission will address the most pressing challenges the European Union is facing.

President Juncker said today: "The next twelve months are decisive if we want to reunite our Union. Europe is a cord of many strands – it only works when we are all pulling in the same direction: EU institutions, national governments and national Parliaments alike. And we have to show again that this is possible, in a selected number of areas where common solutions are most urgent. I am therefore proposing a positive agenda of concrete European actions for the next twelve months."

President Juncker's speech in the European Parliament was accompanied by the adoption of concrete initiatives by the European Commission on investment, the Digital Single Market, Capital Markets Union and security, putting words immediately into action.

State of the Union Address 2016
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-3043_en.htm?locale=en

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3042_en.htm?locale=en

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