Carney to host European Union officials as draft declaration avoids 'associate member' discussion
Draft declaration calls for closer Canada-EU ties and leaves out associate membership as officials continue talks until next year’s summit.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hosts a summit with the European Union in Montreal starting Thursday, six weeks after European Commission President Ursula von Leyen offered to make Canada an "associate member."
- Deeper ties to Europe serve Carney's strategy to reduce Canada's overwhelming reliance on President Donald Trump, following his imposition of tariffs on Canadian imports.
- Von Leyen's suggestion of "associate membership" faced opposition from European countries, with Germany leading a group that argued the concept lacked legal status and had not yet been fleshed out.
- A draft statement from officials now pledges "an even closer association between Canada and the EU," omitting the contentious term "associate membership" entirely.
- Work to define the relationship will continue until next year's EU-Canada summit, though Canada's efforts to draw closer to Europe risk angering Trump as trade talks persist.
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The term has been deleted from the draft joint declaration, to be issued at the end of the summit between Canada and the European Union on Friday.
Carney to host European Union officials as draft declaration avoids 'associate member' discussion
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting a summit with the European Union in Montreal starting Thursday, six weeks after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered to make Canada its first “associate member,” a mostly symbolic move that several European countries have already opposed.
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The European Union has removed the reference to “associate member status” from the latest draft of the joint declaration with Canada, which is expected to be
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