Carney's High-Stakes EU Pivot: Behind the Scenes of a Grand Geopolitical Gamble

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a nearly 22-minute address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, formally welcoming the "ambition" to make Canada the EU's first associate member. Carney pitched deeper integration on defence, energy security, critical minerals, AI, and finance, and floated Canadian participation in the Erasmus+ student exchange program. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had extended the invitation a day...