BRUSSELS – A small group of European Commission officials is working through the summer to give the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen enough to announce in her annual State of the European Union speech, which is scheduled for 16 September, Politico reports today. Among these priorities are early benefits for EU candidate countries. Other priorities include […] The post Early benefits for EU candidates among priorities for von der Leyen’s September announcements appeared first on European Western Balkans .