# EU chief suggests ‘associate membership’ for Canada

https://mins.news/en/item/60689

- TRT World, 2026-09-16 09:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/dadbf2db7273

> EU chief Ursula von der Leyen suggested that Canada could become an “associate member” of the European Union while delivering her State of the Union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

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