By Editorial Staff | 11 September 2025
Von der Leyen’s “Independence Moment” faces reality check
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a high-stakes State of the Union on Wednesday.
A team of journalists and professionals in communication and institutional relations. The editorial staff of The Watcher Post, led by Piero Tatafiore, follows and reports on EU and member states' institutional, socio-economic and industrial developments. The Watcher Post and its editorial staff hold the same belief that Charles Foster Kane had about his "Inquirer" in Citizen Kane: "I've got to make the New York Inquirer as important to New York as the gas in that light."
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