Carney heads to Europe on Sunday for NATO, Canada-EU summits
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM AND THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, JUN 17 – Prime Minister Carney will discuss expanding trade, defence, and security ties and advancing Canada’s NATO defence spending to 2% of GDP, officials said.
- From June 22 to 25, 2025, Mark Carney will attend summits in Brussels and The Hague, representing Canada at the Canada-EU and NATO meetings.
- Carney planned this trip after expressing concern that Canada relies heavily on the United States, whose reliability as a defence partner is diminishing, and that too much of Canada's defence budget is being spent there.
- At the summits, Carney will meet European leaders to deepen Canada-EU relations across trade and defence sectors and engage allies on evolving threats.
- Canada currently spends about 1.45 per cent of GDP on defence, below the two per cent NATO target worth approximately $62.5 billion annually.
- Carney said Canada will accelerate military spending to meet NATO's two per cent GDP target and address global defence challenges in a more dangerous world.
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Carney heads to Europe on Sunday for NATO, Canada-EU summits
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Europe on the weekend to attend summits on NATO and Canada-EU relations. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed Carney's travel plans today, after he wrapped up the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta. Carney will head to Brussels on Sunday to meet with European leaders....
Carney Heads to Europe on Sunday for NATO, Canada-EU Summits
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Europe on the weekend to attend summits on NATO and Canada-EU relations. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Carney’s travel plans today, after he wrapped up the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta. Carney will head to Brussels on Sunday to meet with European leaders. The Prime Minister’s Office said the leaders will work to “deepen the Canada-EU relationship across all sectors,” including trade and defence. Carne…
Mark Carney will travel to Europe from Sunday to Wednesday to attend the Canada-European Union (EU) Summit and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit.
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