Photo Illustration by POLITICO/ Source images by Getty State of the Union: As it happened European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker outlines key themes for the year ahead.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will deliver his State of the European Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, setting out the Commission’s priorities for 2018.

Speaking in an extended interview last month at his office in the Commission's Berlaymont building, Juncker laid out some of the thoughts that will feed into his speech, including a push for greater EU integration — without losing less enthusiastic Eastern European countries along the way.

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