Discussions on enhanced cooperation and potential associate membership for Canada
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The relationship between the EU and the US is described as strained, which affects the EU's foreign policy priorities. Canada is being considered as a possible associate member.
A summit between the EU and Canada will be held on Thursday. An in-depth cooperation between the parties could be announced.
The meeting is held after the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, opened the possibility that Canada could become the EU's first associated member, among other things, after the increasingly strained relationship with the United States.
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