Tiny French Outpost Off Canada the Unlikely Stage for New Transatlantic Courtship
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney will join President Emmanuel Macron for an official visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, marking the first time a Canadian prime minister has visited the 5,800-person archipelago off Newfoundland.
- The Elysee Palace said the visit will reaffirm "the same values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for the sovereignty of nations" as Carney seeks deeper ties with non-American allies amid rising protectionism in Washington.
- Macron is bringing company representatives to install satellite antennas and discuss a transatlantic data cable, while Carney will discuss partnership opportunities in aerospace, energy, critical minerals, and quantum computing.
- Canada was recently offered "associate membership" in the European Union economic bloc, signaling a warm reception as Carney pursues a broader alliance with the European Union.
- Macron, scheduled to leave office in about seven months, is the first French president to visit the islands since 2014; the archipelago remains a unique European territory in North America, part of France for more than 200 years.
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Immanuel Macron is expected on Saturday in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Ageing population, fishing crisis, climate change... The inhabitants of this French archipelago, located near Canada, expect answers from the Head of State. - Fishing, demography and "sovereignty of nations": the big stakes of Emmanuel Macron's visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (International).
Emmanuel Macron will travel on the archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon this Saturday, September 19th. He will visit the village of Miquelon-Langlade, the first French commune to have to travel entirely due to climate change. Vulnerable to hurricanes, coastal erosion and especially rising waters, 600 inhabitants are concerned.
Tiny French outpost off Canada the unlikely stage for new transatlantic courtship
A tiny piece of France just off Canada’s Atlantic coast will become the setting for a much bigger geopolitical story on Sunday, when President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The meeting brings Canada’s push for closer ties with Europe to a territory that has long sat at the crossroads of French, Canadian and US interests in the North Atlantic.
Macron hosts Carney on trip to outpost off Canada
French President Emmanuel Macron today embarks on a rare and symbolic visit to a remote French territory in the North Atlantic, hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a time of growing tensions with Washington.The three-day visit to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a three-island archipelago of le
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Emmanuel Macron travels from Saturday to Monday to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
The archipelago has only about 6000 inhabitants, but is strategically important. Why Macron and Carney meet in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of all places.
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