Warm Words on Canada’s EU ‘Associate Membership’ but No Guarantees

Warm words on Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ but no guarantees

Warm words on Canada's EU 'associate membership' but no guarantees

There is no certainty that the idea will ever get off the ground, let alone become a blueprint for other countries, writes Katya Adler.

Details emerge on Canada’s ‘associate membership’ EU offer, as Brexit UK left looking on

EUobserver understands that Ursula von der Leyen did not consult EU governments before making the offer to Canada and there is anxiety in some EU capitals that cosying up to Mark Carney could inflame Donald Trump into re-starting his tariff war with Europe.

The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain

Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision that is lacking in post-Brexit Britain There is no “associate membership” of the European Union, nor any blueprint for what such a thing might involve. It is a political hypothesis, describing…