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Carney and Macron deepen ties as Canada turns toward Europe and away from US dependence
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SAINT-PIERRE, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron moved Sunday to deepen a strategic partnership spanning space, defense, energy and business, another step in Canada’s accelerating turn toward Europe as relations with the United St…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that she wants Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member
The overture comes as Trump’s tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st state have pushed Ottawa to seek closer economic and security ties with Europe.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the EU and Canada saw the world with the same eyes. At her annual State of the Union address, she said the bloc was dealing with an "openly hostile world."
Von der Leyen told Carney in her Sept. 16, 2026 SOTEU speech she wants Canada as the EU’s first associate member, a status undefined in the treaties and needing all 27 states’ approval.
Commission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values Europe live – latest updates The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, told the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, on Wednesday that she wants to open the door for his country to…
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc's first "associate member', as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney.
European Commission president’s comments were made during her state of the union address and are the first formal acknowledgment of a push to build closer Canada-EU ties.
Roughly 70% of Canadian exports go to the United States, and Carney has called for a “unique alliance” with the EU as Canada seeks to reduce that dependence.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed making Canada the European Union’s first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs drive Ottawa closer to Europe.
By Lex Harvey, Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Canada becoming the bloc’s first “associate member” Wednesday, a move aimed at shoring up their economies in the face of increasing trade tensions with the United States.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first "associate member" to integrate supply chains amid U.S. tariff tensions.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the 27-nation bloc wants Canada as its first associate member, a new effort to strengthen ties between the two as relations with the United States sour.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the offer during her annual State of the Union address, with Canadian PM Mark Carney in attendance
