Macron and Carney Announce Closer Canada-France-EU Ties

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron announced deepened cooperation on energy, defence, space and critical minerals in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, tied to a new EU "associate member" status for Canada proposed by Ursula von der Leyen. The move follows Carney's Strasbourg speech seeking resilience against US pressure amid an ongoing tariff war, with Trump warning EU alignment could be treated as a "hostile act." It illustrates how friction with Washington is drawing non-EU states into closer European defence, space and economic structures.