EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become the bloc's 1st associate member - World Byte News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada being the first associate member of the EU," von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during her annual State of the European Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
64% : "I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada being the first associate member of the EU," von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during her annual State of the European Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
57% : On Tuesday he said discussions would ramp up at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal in late October.
57% : On Tuesday he said discussions would ramp up at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal in late October.
56% : 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.
56% : Iratxe García Pérez, president of the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, praised Carney for showing "great courage confronting Donald Trump" and said allies were needed to defend "sovereignty, solidarity and international law.
56% : 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.
56% : Iratxe García Pérez, president of the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, praised Carney for showing "great courage confronting Donald Trump" and said allies were needed to defend "sovereignty, solidarity and international law.
55% : " Canada has already joined the EU's defense procurement program Von der Leyen said the expanded partnership would cover advanced manufacturing, technology, defense production, the Arctic, energy, critical minerals, batteries, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity and economic security.
55% : " Canada has already joined the EU's defense procurement program Von der Leyen said the expanded partnership would cover advanced manufacturing, technology, defense production, the Arctic, energy, critical minerals, batteries, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity and economic security.
49% : A Canadian official familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press last week that Ottawa was exploring ties with the EU that could stop just short of membership.
49% : Carney's office welcomed von der Leyen's proposal, saying Canada was deepening ties with the EU "to strengthen our sovereignty" and supported a move beyond their existing free trade agreement, known as CETA, to what she called an "Alliance for the Future."
49% : A Canadian official familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press last week that Ottawa was exploring ties with the EU that could stop just short of membership.
49% : Carney's office welcomed von der Leyen's proposal, saying Canada was deepening ties with the EU "to strengthen our sovereignty" and supported a move beyond their existing free trade agreement, known as CETA, to what she called an "Alliance for the Future."
40% : The EU has taken a different course with Washington, reaching a trade agreement that set a 15% U.S. tariff ceiling on the vast majority of EU exports while Europe eliminated tariffs on U.S. industrial goods.
40% : The EU has taken a different course with Washington, reaching a trade agreement that set a 15% U.S. tariff ceiling on the vast majority of EU exports while Europe eliminated tariffs on U.S. industrial goods.

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