Under pressure, EU’s von der Leyen gives key speech: Did State of the Union deliver?

It was a keenly awaited speech and the theatrics did not disappoint. Boos and heckles punctuated EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s key address of this new political season, the 2025 State of the Union. At one point the president of the European Parliament had to intervene and threaten some of the more vocal MEPs with expulsion from the chamber.