# EU offers Canada a path to become the bloc’s first associate member

https://mins.news/en/video/60900

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-16 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcDREGIn3Z0

> European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening a route for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member. Trump’s tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. state have driven Ottawa to pursue closer economic and security ties with Europe.

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