European Union member states have blocked a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to grant Canada a special status as an “associate member” of the bloc.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several other EU leaders pushed to remove the term from a draft declaration ahead of a two-day EU-Canada summit beginning Thursday in Montreal, according to diplomats cited by the dpa and AFP news agencies.
Instead, the revised document calls for a plan to establish “closer ties” between
I didn’t bring this up, OP of this thread did. You commented and I commented. It is called a conversation. No one is forcing you to get “off topic” if that is really what you believe.
I honestly did not see where OP brought it up, article does not mention it and OP’s body text does not either.
Fair enough.