# All smiles in Strasbourg, but uncertainty clouds Canada’s EU membership plan

https://mins.news/en/item/62949

- The Guardian, 2026-09-17 15:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/smiles-strasbourg-uncertainty-canada-eu-membership-plan-mark-carney

> Mark Carney received a warm welcome in the European Parliament after endorsing a proposal for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member. Yet the term has no legal definition, leaving member states to determine its substance, while trade ratification, single-market rules and competing buy-national policies pose further obstacles.

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