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Von der Leyen's State of the Union, and the Irish ministers who went to listen.

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TL;DR
  • He opens on who was in the room. Von der Leyen gave the address in Strasbourg to MEPs on the first day the Dáil resumed after the summer holidays, he says, and a number of Irish government members chose to go and listen to what he calls their master from Brussels instead. She began with the Dickens line about the best of times and the worst of times, and he agrees with it in his own way: the worst of times for working people facing austerity, the cost of living and energy costs, and the best of times for multinationals, billionaires and those who profit from the war machine.
  • Then security. He says the push is towards a European Security Council modelled on NATO, with NATO Article 4 to be implemented if there is a drone incursion into any member state. Simon Harris responded that this will not impact Ireland's military non-alignment and will be positive for cooperation between member states, and Dooley calls it the slippery slope of Irish neutrality into EU militarism. He credits Iceland with the common sense to oppose restarting talks with the EU, and says the stronger independent Europe she described is a vassal state of the US.
  • He moves to energy and money. On her claim that the toxic dependency on Russian fossil fuels is ending, he says Europe now depends on LNG from across the Atlantic at about three or four times the cost of Russian energy, and he raises Nord Stream. Her industrial policy, in his reading, is about the military industrial complex and the 800 billion Re-arm Europe plan. He says record low unemployment hides a race to the bottom on cheap labour through mass immigration, and that her talk of accessing the rich pool of savings means going after people's savings for rearmament, through the capital markets union and the savings and investment union.
  • He finishes on the rest of the speech and on her. He sees the proposed social media ban as digital ID by the back door under the premise of protecting children, and says anyone who cared about children would deal with homelessness and hospital waiting lists first. Regulating AI, he argues, serves the big tech bosses. He calls her the unelected, unaccountable head of the EU, points to the Pfizer contracts and the text messages with the CEO, Albert Bourla, that she has not released, and says Simon Harris was happy with the speech because he is a yes-man for the EU establishment.
Transcript
00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Ursula von der Leyen gave her state of the Union address in Strasbourg today in front of MEPs and a number of members of the Irish government. Remember this is the first day the Dáil resumed following their lengthy summer holidays. But a number of members of our Irish government decided to go off and listen to their master from Brussels speak in the state of the Union address. She started off by saying that this is the best of times and the worst of.

Times. Coming straight from Charles Dickens. Well, it's the worst of times for workers, for ordinary working people right across Europe in terms of austerity, in terms of the disastrous cost of living, energy costs going through the roof as well. And at the same time, suppose it's best of time for the corporations, the multinationals, the finance capitalists, and the billionaires, and those who are going to profit from the war machine. So, probably quite right there, von der.

Leyen. But in the context of it, she went on to speak about Europe as being the strongest ever. But we are in a very precarious situation. Here's what it's all about, isn't it? Security. They've pushed this agenda towards having a European Security Council model on, wait for it, surprise, surprise, NATO. NATO Article 4 will be implemented if there is any drone incursion into any member state of the European Union. And Simon Harris responded today by saying.

That this won't impact Ireland's military non-alignment, but will have an impact in terms of a positive basis for cooperation between European Union member states. The slippery slope of Irish neutrality into the militarism of European Union continues. She also said there was great possibilities but great perils ahead. Well, great perils within the European Union we all know. At least Iceland had the common sense to oppose restarting conversations with the European Union.

And also she also said that a stronger independent Europe is now emerging. Well, as a vassal state of the US no doubt but she won't mention that. She said the toxic dependency on Russia Russian fossil fuels is ending. Well, we'll now have the toxic dependency on the LNG coming across the Atlantic at about three or four times the cost of Russian energy. We all remember the Nord Stream and the greatest terrorist attack and environmental disaster on European.

Well, as a vassal state of the US no doubt but she won't mention that

02:43

Territory since the Second World War

Territory since the Second World War. She said it's time now to transform industrial policy. And this wasn't blamed on the cheap energy coming from Russia previously. This was the sentence of the industrialization of Europe. This is down to boosting the security complex, the military industrial complex and the industry that's going to come from this and diversify towards arms part of her golden goose the famous 800 billion re-arming Europe plan that von der Leyen has in store.

She also said unemployment is at record low. Well, we can all attest to the reality to what's taking place in in our society with mass immigration being pursued by those globalists like von der Leyen about race to the bottom in terms of cheap labor. And she also said that we have to be kick-starting the economy by accessing the rich pool of savings. Here we go. Looking for people's savings now for this re-arming Europe plan. So we.

Kick-start the economy and it's all about growth, isn't it? She also went on to speak about the one Europe, one market approach. And this is again part of the consolidation to the capital markets union and savings and investment union. And we all know about that. The move towards the overarching totalitarian state needs the money, doesn't it? So, she went on and spoke also about the future is electric in Europe. And we need homegrown green energies.

So, more of the same nonsense being pushed by Von der Leyen as they drive towards this totalitarian dystopia. She also spoke about a social media ban. Here we are digital ID from by the back door under the premise of protecting children. Well, if they really cared about children, they wouldn't worry about homelessness. Many thousands on hospital waiting lists here in Ireland and across the European Union. You can multiply that by multiples in terms of people that are.

Suffering from many crises and children that are suffering because of the gross inequalities in European society. And she also spoke about AI and said it should be regulated. This is always the answer, isn't it? Regulate AI for the big bosses and those big tech guys who are calling the shots as well, who care who claim to say they care about humanity. Don't think so. So, with more of the same nonsense being pushed by Von der Leyen during her.

05:22

Speech in front of the assembled members of the

Speech in front of the assembled members of the European Parliament. And as I said, members of the Irish government who were there in attendance. And uh Simon Harris was um quite happy with what he spoke about today. Well, he would be, wouldn't he? Being a yes-man for the European Union establishment. So, there we go. The European Union federal state is upon us. Von der Leyen, the unelected, unaccountable head of the European Union. We all know her dealings with the.

Pfizer contracts, her own dealings with the CEO, Albert Bourla, and those investigations, which she hasn't released those text messages about those multi- billion euro contracts to benefit her friends in big pharmaceutical. So, this is what Europe works for. Big corporations against the interests of ordinary people. And she claims to talk about democracy and disinformation as well. The world's biggest purveyors of it is the establishment in Europe.

So, uh thanks for all the support of my videos. Thanks for sharing my videos. Thanks for subscribing also to my channel. So, from Dublin this evening, so long for now. I'll talk to you all soon. Take care. Bye-bye.

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16 Sep 2026 · Sovereignty · 6:34

Von der Leyen's State of the Union, and the Irish ministers who went to listen.

Dooley goes through Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address in Strasbourg, delivered on the day the Dáil came back from its summer break while members of the Irish government sat in the audience. He takes her lines one by one: the security council modelled on NATO, NATO Article 4 for drone incursions, the end of dependency on Russian fossil fuels, record low unemployment, tapping the pool of savings, a social media ban and regulating AI. Simon Harris said the security plans will not affect Ireland's military non-alignment, and Dooley calls that the slippery slope of Irish neutrality continuing. He closes on the Pfizer text messages and argues the EU works for big corporations against ordinary people.

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He opens on who was in the room. Von der Leyen gave the address in Strasbourg to MEPs on the first day the Dáil resumed after the summer holidays, he says, and a number of Irish government members chose to go and listen to what he calls their master from Brussels instead. She began with the Dickens line about the best of times and the worst of times, and he agrees with it in his own way: the worst of times for working people facing austerity, the cost of living and energy costs, and the best of times for multinationals, billionaires and those who profit from the war machine.
02
Then security. He says the push is towards a European Security Council modelled on NATO, with NATO Article 4 to be implemented if there is a drone incursion into any member state. Simon Harris responded that this will not impact Ireland's military non-alignment and will be positive for cooperation between member states, and Dooley calls it the slippery slope of Irish neutrality into EU militarism. He credits Iceland with the common sense to oppose restarting talks with the EU, and says the stronger independent Europe she described is a vassal state of the US.
03
He moves to energy and money. On her claim that the toxic dependency on Russian fossil fuels is ending, he says Europe now depends on LNG from across the Atlantic at about three or four times the cost of Russian energy, and he raises Nord Stream. Her industrial policy, in his reading, is about the military industrial complex and the 800 billion Re-arm Europe plan. He says record low unemployment hides a race to the bottom on cheap labour through mass immigration, and that her talk of accessing the rich pool of savings means going after people's savings for rearmament, through the capital markets union and the savings and investment union.
04
He finishes on the rest of the speech and on her. He sees the proposed social media ban as digital ID by the back door under the premise of protecting children, and says anyone who cared about children would deal with homelessness and hospital waiting lists first. Regulating AI, he argues, serves the big tech bosses. He calls her the unelected, unaccountable head of the EU, points to the Pfizer contracts and the text messages with the CEO, Albert Bourla, that she has not released, and says Simon Harris was happy with the speech because he is a yes-man for the EU establishment.
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Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Ursula von der Leyen gave her state of the Union address in Strasbourg today in front of MEPs and a number of members of the Irish government. Remember this is the first day the Dáil resumed following their lengthy summer holidays. But a number of members of our Irish government decided to go off and listen to their master from Brussels speak in the state of the Union address. She started off by saying that this is the best of times and the worst of.

Times. Coming straight from Charles Dickens. Well, it's the worst of times for workers, for ordinary working people right across Europe in terms of austerity, in terms of the disastrous cost of living, energy costs going through the roof as well. And at the same time, suppose it's best of time for the corporations, the multinationals, the finance capitalists, and the billionaires, and those who are going to profit from the war machine. So, probably quite right there, von der.

Leyen. But in the context of it, she went on to speak about Europe as being the strongest ever. But we are in a very precarious situation. Here's what it's all about, isn't it? Security. They've pushed this agenda towards having a European Security Council model on, wait for it, surprise, surprise, NATO. NATO Article 4 will be implemented if there is any drone incursion into any member state of the European Union. And Simon Harris responded today by saying.

That this won't impact Ireland's military non-alignment, but will have an impact in terms of a positive basis for cooperation between European Union member states. The slippery slope of Irish neutrality into the militarism of European Union continues. She also said there was great possibilities but great perils ahead. Well, great perils within the European Union we all know. At least Iceland had the common sense to oppose restarting conversations with the European Union.

And also she also said that a stronger independent Europe is now emerging. Well, as a vassal state of the US no doubt but she won't mention that. She said the toxic dependency on Russia Russian fossil fuels is ending. Well, we'll now have the toxic dependency on the LNG coming across the Atlantic at about three or four times the cost of Russian energy. We all remember the Nord Stream and the greatest terrorist attack and environmental disaster on European.

Well, as a vassal state of the US no doubt but she won't mention that

Territory since the Second World War

Territory since the Second World War. She said it's time now to transform industrial policy. And this wasn't blamed on the cheap energy coming from Russia previously. This was the sentence of the industrialization of Europe. This is down to boosting the security complex, the military industrial complex and the industry that's going to come from this and diversify towards arms part of her golden goose the famous 800 billion re-arming Europe plan that von der Leyen has in store.

She also said unemployment is at record low. Well, we can all attest to the reality to what's taking place in in our society with mass immigration being pursued by those globalists like von der Leyen about race to the bottom in terms of cheap labor. And she also said that we have to be kick-starting the economy by accessing the rich pool of savings. Here we go. Looking for people's savings now for this re-arming Europe plan. So we.

Kick-start the economy and it's all about growth, isn't it? She also went on to speak about the one Europe, one market approach. And this is again part of the consolidation to the capital markets union and savings and investment union. And we all know about that. The move towards the overarching totalitarian state needs the money, doesn't it? So, she went on and spoke also about the future is electric in Europe. And we need homegrown green energies.

So, more of the same nonsense being pushed by Von der Leyen as they drive towards this totalitarian dystopia. She also spoke about a social media ban. Here we are digital ID from by the back door under the premise of protecting children. Well, if they really cared about children, they wouldn't worry about homelessness. Many thousands on hospital waiting lists here in Ireland and across the European Union. You can multiply that by multiples in terms of people that are.

Suffering from many crises and children that are suffering because of the gross inequalities in European society. And she also spoke about AI and said it should be regulated. This is always the answer, isn't it? Regulate AI for the big bosses and those big tech guys who are calling the shots as well, who care who claim to say they care about humanity. Don't think so. So, with more of the same nonsense being pushed by Von der Leyen during her.

Speech in front of the assembled members of the

Speech in front of the assembled members of the European Parliament. And as I said, members of the Irish government who were there in attendance. And uh Simon Harris was um quite happy with what he spoke about today. Well, he would be, wouldn't he? Being a yes-man for the European Union establishment. So, there we go. The European Union federal state is upon us. Von der Leyen, the unelected, unaccountable head of the European Union. We all know her dealings with the.

Pfizer contracts, her own dealings with the CEO, Albert Bourla, and those investigations, which she hasn't released those text messages about those multi- billion euro contracts to benefit her friends in big pharmaceutical. So, this is what Europe works for. Big corporations against the interests of ordinary people. And she claims to talk about democracy and disinformation as well. The world's biggest purveyors of it is the establishment in Europe.

So, uh thanks for all the support of my videos. Thanks for sharing my videos. Thanks for subscribing also to my channel. So, from Dublin this evening, so long for now. I'll talk to you all soon. Take care. Bye-bye.

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