{"slug": "climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union", "title": "Climate and AI to loom large in von der Leyen’s State of the Union", "summary": "European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's upcoming State of the Union address on Sept. 16 will prominently feature climate and artificial intelligence, according to two officials. The themes were discussed at a Friday meeting of cabinet chiefs in Jodoigne, Wallonia, where departments pitched priorities for the speech.", "body_md": "Climate and artificial intelligence are set to feature prominently in Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address, according to two officials.\n\nBjoern Seibert, the European Commission president's powerful head of cabinet, discussed the likely themes of the speech with the other 26 commissioners’ chiefs of staff at their traditional post-summer meeting on Friday, held this year in Jodoigne, Wallonia.\n\nThe gathering included a session dedicated to the Commission president's Sept. 16 address, which is currently being drafted, where cabinet heads pitched Seibert their departments' priorities for inclusion in the speech.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union", "canonical_source": "https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-migration-ai-ursula-von-der-leyen-state-of-the-union-speech/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication", "published_at": "2026-08-28 17:11:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-28 17:20:00.264713+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Ursula von der Leyen", "European Commission", "Bjoern Seibert"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/climate-and-ai-to-loom-large-in-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union.jsonld"}}