BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc’s treaties. “Partnerships are a strategic choice for Europe. But they also respond to the fracture in the international […]
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BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc’s treaties.
“Partnerships are a strategic choice for Europe. But they also respond to the fracture in the international rules-based system,” von der Leyen said in her annual State of the European Union address in Strasbourg.
“We see the world with the same eyes: from AI to climate change, from the Arctic to geopolitics. And we have stood together: on Ukraine, on defence, on raw materials and on supply chains. But above all … Europe and Canada believe in democracy.”
(Reporting by Julia Payne, Yves Herman, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)