QuickQuotes: Reaction to Carney’s Move to Strike New Alliance with the European Union
Carney called the proposal a new framework for deeper cooperation on defence, critical minerals and energy security, while saying Canada is not seeking full EU membership.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, welcoming the European Union's proposal for Canada to become its first 'associate member' to counter 'geopolitical rupture.'
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed 'opening the door' to the status a day earlier, though Carney clarified Canada is 'not in a position, nor seeking, to become a full member of the European Union.'
- President Donald Trump threatened 'very serious tariffs' on Europe on Wednesday if he considers the alliance a 'hostile act,' prompting Carney to respond that Canadians 'are united' against dictation of their international agreements.
- Any new arrangement requires agreement from all 27 European Union member states and could take years to implement; officials plan to 'drill down the details' at a Canada-EU summit in Montreal.
- Carney proposed pooling technological resources and deepening 'people to people ties' through the Erasmus programme, aiming to help societies resist the 'weaponisation of trade' and 'erosion of democratic norms' across the Atlantic.
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It was an unprecedented offer and immediately triggered tariff threats from the US president. Although Canada's Mark Carney insisted on Thursday that the alliance with the EU would not constitute a new "great power rival", he nevertheless used the press conference in Strasbourg to send a message to Trump.
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QuickQuotes: Reaction to Carney’s move to strike new alliance with the European Union
OTTAWA — In a historic address to the European Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he welcomes European Council President Ursula von der Leyen's ambition to see Canada become the first associate member of the EU. He said while the n...
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