Ambitious EU–Canada upgrade meets legal fog and U.S. pressure
Brussels proposed making Ottawa the EU’s first associate member as Macron hosted Carney in Saint‑Pierre‑et‑Miquelon to expand cooperation across defense, energy, space, fisheries and education.
Brussels has floated making Canada the EU’s first “associate member” — a step beyond CETA that Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed in Strasbourg — and Carney and Emmanuel Macron followed up in Sain...