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The 28th state? Carney's Canada draws closer to European Union

16 Sep 2026, 18:19 GMT By François PICARD
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Article The 28th state? Carney's Canada draws closer to European Union
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With a US president who talks of making Canada the 51st state, its leader in Europe where it’s not quite the EU's 28th state on offer, but something the president of the European Commission is calling ‘associate membership’. We’ll ask what that means, how it differs from the close status afforded to the likes of Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK which Carney’s also visiting ahead of his own Strasbourg speech Thursday before the European Parliament.