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IDEOLOGY OR PRAGMATIC APPROACH? STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 2020 Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, Professor
On September 16, 2020, the President of the European Commission delivered the State of the Union address1, the leitmotiv of which was to move the European Union from fragility to viability. While much of what she said was right, von der Leyen's remedies might be nothing but wishful thinking – or too ideologysaturated – to offer an efficient solution to the problems. State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary, September 16, 2020, European Commission, Brussels. 1
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