The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Mark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026. Photograph: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/APView image in fullscreenMark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026. It is a political hypothesis, describing a relationship of intimate strategic alignment with the EU, stopping short of actual membership, in ways that are significant but undefined.This week, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, invited Canada to be the first country to enjoy this putative status.
- ▪Mark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/APView image in fullscreenMark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026.
- ▪It is a political hypothesis, describing a relationship of intimate strategic alignment with the EU, stopping short of actual membership, in ways that are significant but undefined.This week, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission pr
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Mark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026. Photograph: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/APView image in fullscreenMark Carney arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 September 2026. Photograph: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/APOpinionCanadaThe Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for BritainEditorialMark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision that is lacking in post-Brexit BritainThu 17 Sep 2026 13.48 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 13.49 EDTShareThere is no “associate membership” of the European Union, nor any blueprint for what such a thing might involve.
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