Associate membership for Canada: a slogan in search of a status
Von der Leyen’s “associate membership” offer to Canada is undefined, unprepared and politically costly. The alliance both sides want does not need it
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Carney in Strasbourg: not associate membership, a forest
The Canadian prime minister thanked Ursula von der Leyen for opening the door - then described a much larger structure, and never once named Donald Trump
Trump weighs how hostile Canada’s drift toward the EU really is
PM Mark Carney’s main public events in Strasbourg today are an address to the European Parliament plenary
SOTEU fallout: incremental ambition, familiar limits
Critics from Bardella to Varoufakis say von der Leyen’s State of the Union offered new labels, not the leap Europe’s crises demand
EU-Canada, toward an ever-closer partnership: Carney special guest in Strasbourg
Before the visit the Canadian PM said his country is seeking a “unique” alliance with the EU, while ruling out formal membership
