04 Dec 2022

Speech by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

14:00

The College of Europe was pleased to welcome Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. President von der Leyen delivered a speech to a select audience of students and participants of the European Diplomatic Academy at the Bruges campus.

The speech of President von der Leyen was on "Europe's competitiveness in a new context: accelerating the clean transition with a strong industrial base". 

The event took place on Sunday, 4 December 2022, 14h00.

It was a closed event.

Press overview: FranceInfo, Politico, Financial Times, Zeit online.

Read the full speech here.

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Speech by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.4 December 2022

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