EU-Kanada-Gipfel: Kanada wird vorerst kein assoziiertes EU-Mitglied
Kanzler Merz und andere Regierungschefs bremsen von der Leyens Kanada-Pläne. Mehrere EU-Staaten haben Zusagen für eine engere Anbindung des Landes abgeschwächt – kurz vor dem Gipfel.
The EU summit meeting with Canada has failed, with Canada not being granted associated EU membership at present. According to diplomats in Brussels, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several other EU heads of state removed the terms "associated membership" and "associated member" from the draft of the planned final declaration of the EU-Canada summit starting on Thursday.
Initial promises for financial market integration and mutual preferential treatment in economic security measures were also weakened. Instead, the text now discusses developing a concept for a "closer connection between Canada and the EU" by the EU-Canada summit next year. This was approved in writing by EU nations on Wednesday night and is set to conclude the two-day summit in Montreal on Friday.
At the Montreal meeting, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had intended to officially launch "associated membership" for Canada, proposing it in September during a speech alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, which garnered significant attention. Besides Carney and von der Leyen, EU Council President António Costa and numerous EU commissioners and commissioners also attend the summit in Montreal.
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