MEPs kick off electoral campaign after Juncker’s State of the Union speech

Jean-Claude Juncker’s last State of the Union speech before the next European elections turned into a stocktaking of his mandate and a platform for political groups to set up their priorities for the electoral campaign.

Europe is going to the polls in May next year and the political groups are preparing for the campaign. During Juncker’s speech on Wednesday (12 September), they paid tribute to his ‘European spirit’, but rather than react to his proposal for the next few months, MEPs called for an alternative Europe in the upcoming elections.