# EU drops ‘associate membership’ from Canada declaration

https://mins.news/en/video/120314

- euronews, 2026-10-29 07:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rjyhlzMbs

> After objections from Germany, the EU removed “associate membership” from the draft EU-Canada summit declaration and replaced it with “ever closer association”.

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