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
Closer ties - it’s still something ig? just not so much not too fast as many would wish. But no big drama ig?
It was bold move from the start, such needs taken lots of care. Still good they going nice direction of growing, even if slower.