Overview

• Far‑right and radical‑left groups filed separate censure motions after her State of the Union, moves considered unlikely to pass given center‑right and centrist numbers.
• MEPs must still decide in the coming weeks on EU duty reductions tied to the Turnberry agreement, with Socialists threatening to vote no and the EPP signaling reluctant support.
• In her speech, von der Leyen proposed financing Ukraine with cash balances and interest from frozen Russian assets for a new repair loan without seizing the assets themselves.
• She urged sanctions on Israeli “extremist” ministers and a partial suspension of the EU‑Israel association on trade matters, drawing an immediate rebuke from Israel’s foreign minister.
• Public discontent remains high over the deal that caps US tariffs at 15% and commits massive US energy purchases, with surveys reporting majorities calling the accord humiliating and urging her resignation.