EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks
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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Americas category. Published on October 28, 2026 • Originally reported by Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels and Leyland Cecco in Toronto. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Americas category. Published on October 28, 2026 • Originally reported by Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels and Leyland Cecco in Toronto. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
Watered-down version of statement to be issued at end of Montreal summit instead offers ‘ever closer association’
The EU has backed away from its offer to Canada to start talks on becoming an “associate member” after disagreements between members states just as an EU-Canada summit was set to begin in Montreal.
A draft of a joint statement to be issued after the end of the summit, which runs Thursday and Friday, showed a watered-down version offering “an ever closer association of Canada to the EU, short of full membership itself”.
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