Quebec premier boycotts Mark Carney’s EU summit
In a letter to European leaders, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon warns that agreements running counter to Quebec’s interests “will simply not be implemented.”
Quebec's separatist premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has stated he will skip the EU-Canada summit in Montreal on Thursday, expressing concerns that deals negotiated without his government's approval might not be applied in the province. He made his decision public in an open letter to the European delegation, posted on X, following a two-day exchange of public comments with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
St-Pierre Plamondon accused Ottawa of sidelining Quebec from the talks, stating that the absence of his government from the negotiations leaves his administration "neither a chair at the negotiating table nor the opportunity to speak." He also claimed that Ottawa withheld critical information from the negotiations. In response, Carney expressed hope that St-Pierre Plamondon would reconsider his decision.
Quebec's chief diplomat, Pascal Paradis, will attend the summit in the premier's place. The summit aims to launch a framework for shared prosperity and economic security in Europe. However, St-Pierre Plamondon's exclusion and the ongoing conflict with Carney have cast a shadow on the event's optimistic atmosphere.
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