# EU leaders “walking into a family fight” amid Plamondon’s Canada-EU summit boycott

https://mins.news/en/video/122626

- Global News, 2026-10-30 14:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH6-HowaSjs

> The Canada-EU summit opened in Montreal with senior EU leaders attending a series of meetings. Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stayed away, saying he would not accept being a “spectator” without a chance to speak or negotiate for Quebec; discussion continued to focus on his absence.

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