State of the Union (European Union)

Clearly, uncertainties and risks remain, not least outside the European Union.In Barroso's second address, on 28 September 2011, he called for a eurozone bond and a financial transactions tax to stem the eurozone crisis and came out against the Franco-German proposal for an intergovernmental economic eurozone government - stating that that role belonged to the Commission;[8][9] For the euro area to be credible – and this not only the message of the federalists, this is the message of the markets – we need a truly Community approach.

We need to really integrate the euro area, we need to complete the monetary union with real economic union.In Barroso's third address, on 12 September 2012, he called for a "decisive deal to complete the EMU", by which he meant a new European treaty to "move towards a Federation of nation states", ahead of the European Parliamentary election in 2014.

[10] He also acknowledged the need for "a serious discussion between the citizens of Europe about the way forward", calling in particular on all pro-European forces to be mobilised against the anti-European agenda of "the populists and the nationalists".

It was titled "Time for honesty, unity and solidarity" and opened with the "imperative to act as a union" in order to address the refugee crisis.

This is a matter of law and trust and good faith.Her 2021 address has been delivered on 15 September 2021:[4] Today, and against all critics, Europe is among the world leaders.