{"id":21998,"date":"2026-09-16T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21998"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:27:50","slug":"eu-chief-pitches-associate-member-status-for-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21998","title":{"rendered":"EU chief pitches &#8216;associate member&#8217; status for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>EU chief\u00a0Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc\u2019s first \u201cassociate member\u201d, as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, as democracies face a \u201cfracture in the international rules-based system\u201d, Brussels and Ottawa needed to pull closer together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,\u201d von der Leyen told the Canadian prime minister, who was attending her annual keynote speech \u2014 drawing a standing ovation in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Carney has been pursuing closer ties with the European Union, as both seek to pivot away from a hostile United States under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The first non-European head of government to attend the annual \u201cState of the European Union\u201d speech \u2014 before addressing the parliament himself the next day \u2014 his visit is meant to act as a catalyst ahead of an EU-Canada summit in Montreal next month.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen said it was time to move from cooperation based on trade to a broader \u201calliance for the future\u201d and \u201cbring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work on intelligent manufacturing. We will create a tech alliance. We will integrate defence industrial bases. We will make the Arctic a flagship joint project,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She listed energy, critical minerals, batteries, AI, cyber and economic security as other fields of cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a partnership not against anyone else, but for our common strength,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But both the EU and Canada have been buffeted by tariffs and territorial threats from the US and competition from China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a more dangerous and divided world, Canada is forging stronger relationships with trusted partners,\u201d Carney\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions with von der Leyen focused on areas including critical minerals, energy, defence, research and development, and advanced technologies, it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 What\u2019s in a name \u2013<\/p>\n<p>While EU treaties do not envision the possibility of becoming an \u201cassociate member\u201d, the idea was first floated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this year vis-a-vis Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under that plan, which met a cold reception from a country pushing for full membership, Ukraine would have been allowed to attend the bloc\u2019s summits and have a representative in the European Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It would have also benefited from parts of the EU budget, but without full voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really know yet what it means,\u201d said Tobias Cremer, a centre-left European lawmaker from Germany and the main sponsor of a resolution urging stronger EU-Canada cooperation, after von der Leyen\u2019s \u201cassociate membership\u201d pitch.<\/p>\n<p>But a closer alliance \u201cinherently\u201d made sense, he added. \u201cNot just because we share values and history but because we share common interests, we share a strategic vision,\u201d he told AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Shared future\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Under EU rules, member states have to approve any form of partnership with a third country and it was unclear how much support von der Leyen\u2019s proposal would receive from capitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brussels and Ottawa already enjoy a considerable level of cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The CETA free-trade agreement that abolished almost all tariffs has been credited with boosting trade in goods and services by more than 80 percent since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>And this year Canada became the first non-EU country to join a flagship defence loan programme.<\/p>\n<p>After holding talks with von der Leyen Wednesday, Carney was to fly to Britain for his first meeting with Britain\u2019s new prime minister, Andy Burnham.<\/p>\n<p>He will also attend a football match between Everton and Wolverhampton before returning to Strasbourg ahead of his Thursday speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that power does not belong to the strongest, the richest or the loudest \u2014 but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work,\u201d von der Leyen said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share one ocean, one set of values, one way of seeing the world. 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