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And a \u200bbattle of \u200bnarratives is seeking to \u200bweaken confidence in Europe,\" von der Leyen said. \u201cThe fate of Europe must remain in the hands of Europeans,\u201d said von der Leyen. \u201cIn the cold fragility of today\u2019s world, only Europe can provide true sovereignty to Europeans.\u201d The EU chief also called for the 27-nation bloc to fight back against \"the ultranationalists or the anti-Europeans\" who want to undermine it.\u00a0 \"Do we let our democracies be undermined by the proxies and puppets of authoritarians?\" von der Leyen said in a keynote speech. \"They despise our values, and they want to shatter our European unity. So let's not only fight back against that, let's fight together for our European idea.\" Addressing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was the special guest for this year's SOTEU address, von der Leyen said the EU is opening the door for Canada to \u200bbecome \u200cthe first associate member, \u2060a status that does not \u200cexist under the bloc's treaties. \"Partnerships \u2060are a strategic choice for Europe. But they also \u200brespond to the \u200cfracture in the international rules-based system,\" said von der Leyen.\u00a0 \"We see the world with the same \u200beyes: from AI to \u200bclimate change, from the \u200bArctic to geopolitics. And we have \u200bstood together: on Ukraine, on defence, on raw materials and on supply chains. But above \u2060all ... Europe and Canada believe \u2060in democracy,\" she said. \n Watch EU chief's full speech to European Parliament\n \n \n \n \n To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.\n \n\n One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n Cover image: \u00a9 France 24 \n1:22:00 \n \n \n \n \n\n European Security Council and new 'playbook' against hybrid attacks Von der Leyen\u00a0proposed creating a European Security Council that could \u200bbring \u200ctogether the \u2060EU and partners such as Canada, \u200cBritain and Norway and establishing \u2060an \"emergency security protocol\" to allow EU members to \u200btrigger discussions to respond \u200cto crises. \u201cEurope needs its own counter-hybrid playbook,\u201d said von \u200cder Leyen,\u00a0referring to so-called \u200bhybrid attacks such as sabotage \u200battempts. Read moreNATO jets down drone over Lithuania as Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopter \"When triggered by \u200bone member state, all member \u200bstates would convene to coordinate a European response, to deter further escalation and to mitigate \u2060the impact,\" she said of \u2060the \u200bproposed protocol. She went on to pledge\u00a0that the EU would give its \"strongest-ever support to \u200bUkraine\" \u200cover the forthcoming \u2060winter, which she said would \u200cbe the toughest of the war \u2060triggered by Russia's invasion. \"Together with our partners, we \u200bwill provide humanitarian aid \u200cand reinforce Ukraine\u2019s supplies of power and heating,\" she said.\u00a0\"Second, we will strengthen Ukraine\u2019s \u200bair defences,\" she added. While acknowledging that US \u200bPatriot interceptor missiles \u200bneeded to be delivered urgently, von der Leyen also noted that, \"we \u200bmust also jointly reduce our dependence on a single supplier\" by developing with Ukraine \"an affordable, \u2060modular missile-defence system\". EU to use all tools to cut 'unsustainable' China trade deficit In her SOTEU address, von der Leyen said the bloc will use \u200bevery possible means to reduce its \"unsustainable\" trade deficit trade \u200bwith China. Von der Leyen said that the imbalance, with \u200ba \u200cgoods trade deficit of \u20ac1 billion ($1.15 billion) a \u2060day last year, had reached a tipping point and that Europe \u200cwas already suffering from the second China shock through \u2060deindustrialisation. EU leaders called on the European Commission in June to produce results from dialogue with China \u200band to ensure the bloc has all \u200cthe instruments it needed to defend its interests. European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, leading the talks, said he wanted \u200cto achieve tangible results by October. Von der Leyen said\u00a0the European Parliament that it was in both sides' interests to work together to \u200bfind a solution. \"Let me be clear: we will \u200buse all the tools at \u200bour disposal to rebalance our relationship. Words are good. But deeds are better,\" she \u200bsaid. Von der Leyen also highlighted the EU's reliance on China for many critical minerals, notably rare earths. \"We need to urgently procure and build up our reserves,\" \u2060she said, adding the EU would establish a new European Corporation on \u2060critical raw \u200bmaterials to help the 27-nation bloc obtain and stockpile what it needed. Climate insurance alliance Von der Leyen\u00a0also promised\u00a0a new \"heatwave plan\"\u00a0after the continent faced a deadly summer with record temperatures. Read moreWestern Europe experienced hottest June and July ever recorded The EU will create \u200ba \"climate insurance alliance\" aimed at increasing insurance cover \u200bfor \u200cextreme \u2060weather events, she said. \"Today, only around \u200b25% of catastrophe \u200closses in Europe are covered by private \u200cinsurance. This means \u200bthat, far too often, national budgets become the insurer \u200bof last \u200bresort. We need \u200bto take action to close \u200bthis gap,\" von der Leyen told\u00a0the European Parliament. The future of the bloc depends on how it manages climate change and Artificial Intelligence (AI), she noted. \"Our future prosperity and security will greatly depend on how we manage the tipping points of our time: climate change and AI,\" said the European Commission president as she called for a push for the bloc to help \"pace the frontier\" of AI development. Frontier labs to hold talks on tackling AI risks The EU chief said she will invite the main frontier AI labs to discuss efforts to tackle the risks \u200bposed \u200cby AI. Von der Leyen's \u2060comments came \u200camid growing worries about the potential danger posed \u2060by artificial intelligence. The dangers were underscored by Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon who resigned and accused \u200bboth the company and OpenAI of racing toward \u200cself-improving superintelligence without acting responsibly. He had previously worked at OpenAI. \"I will invite the main frontier labs \u200cfor a discussion on how we can support ongoing industry efforts to \u200bpace the frontier,\" Von der Leyen told EU lawmakers. Anthropic and OpenAI are the leading frontier labs which build the \u200bmost advanced, powerful and cutting-edge AI models \u200bin the world. Some researchers want \u200bAI to slow down. Von der Leyen said landmark EU rules governing \u200bthe use of AI adopted recently puts Europe in the position to shape global efforts to tackle the risks. She is also proposing a social media ban for \u2060under-15s, saying that platforms have to prove that they are safe \u2060for children. Read moreSchool without screens: Will France's high school phone ban fly? \u201cI am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree,\u201d said the EU executive. \u201cWe do not have to accept addictive features. We do not have to accept children being drawn into ever more extreme content. We do not have to accept that girls have their photos used for AI-generated sexualized images,\u201d she said. Von der Leyen said that under her proposal \u201cmini accounts\u201d chaperoned by guardians would be granted to kids aged 13-15. 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