as a blueprint for a ‘middle-power bloc’ it has a lot of hurdles to overcome
The dream of a Canada-EU “middle-power bloc” has hit its first serious obstacle. At the Montreal summit, Brussels failed to deliver on the promise of associate membership for Canada, despite the enthusiastic backing of European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. Instead, the EU offered the hollow consolation of “an ever-closer association”, raising an uncomfortable […]
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