Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a historic advance in relations between Canada and the European Union (EU). Alongside President Costa and President Von Der Leyen, the Prime Minister announced that Canada and the EU were going to forge an ambitious and global partnership. Anchored in common values and in the international system based on rules, the new EU-Canada Strategic Partnership for the future The strategic objective of the continuation of common interests.
Canada and the EU will soon launch global negotiations in order to enhance cooperation and tighten links in multiple areasin particular trade and economic security, digital transition as well as the fight against climate change and environmental deterioration. They thus seek to create more economic outlets and to promote long -term prosperity for workers, businesses and citizens of Canada and the EU.
As part of this new strengthened relationship, Canada and the EU have signed today Security and Defense Partnershipwhich establishes a framework for dialogue and cooperation in the fields of security and defense. For Canada and EU member states that are NATO allies, this partnership will achieve capacity objectives in a faster and economical way. This new partnership is the first deliberate approach undertaken by Canada to join the Agir for Security Initiative in Europe (SAFE), an instrument of the Rearm Europe/Preparation on 2030. Thanks to its participation in this initiative, Canada will have access to important possibilities of defense supply and major industrial outlets.
In an increasingly dangerous and divided world, the new Government of Canada seeks to strengthen and diversify its international partnerships. We will work with the EU and other allies to set up a new international system based on rules that will build a safer and more prosperous world.
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“The new Government of Canada’s mandate is to diversify and strengthen its international partnerships. To this end, we have taken a historic stage today in the tightening of relations between Canada and the European Union. Thanks to increased cooperation in defense and commerce, we will increase prosperity, security and stability on both sides of the Atlantic. »»
Protruding facts
- In Belgium, Prime Minister Carney also met the Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart de Wever, in order to tighten bilateral ties and advance joint priorities. The two leaders visited the Schoonsof military cemetery in Antwerp in Antwerp to pay tribute to the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who lost their lives during the first and the Second World War.
- Unveiled at the beginning of the year, the Rearm Europe/Preparation plan on 2030 has been drawn up by the European Commission in order to stimulate defense financing in Europe, in particular through the loans granted within the framework of the Act for Security Initiative in Europe (SAFE). This initiative provides up to 150 billion euros in loans to EU member states, EU single market members and Ukraine to support defense investments, emphasizing joint supply projects.
