Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on September 17–18, 2026, in Strasbourg the launch of a new alliance between Canada and the EU rooted in common values. He proposed exploring an integrated market for financial services and joked about Canada as a 'third bloc with better manners.'
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Canadian PM Mark Carney: Canada and Europe are not bound by geography; we’re bound by an affinity, elective, chosen, renewed, and stronger.
Canadian PM Mark Carney: Canada and Europe are each strong; Europe and Canada are stronger together.
Canadian PM Mark Carney: Canada and Europe should consider exploring an integrated market for financial services.
Canadian PM Mark Carney: A Canada-EU alliance would create a beacon for other democracies, an alliance that’s not defined by what we oppose, but by what we are for: freedom, solidarity, prosperity.
Canadian PM Mark Carney: Canada is not in a position nor seeking to become a full member of the European Union.
Canadian PM Mark Carney: Our alliance with the EU is a positive process. That’s my response to Trump. It’s a positive thing. A stronger, more resilient, more sovereign Canada will be a more effective partner with the United States. And the same would go for the European Union.
Highlights from Canadian PM Mark Carney's speech in Strasbourg Reuters
Canadian PM Mark Carney: Yesterday in Strasbourg, we launched the process for a new alliance with the European Union, an alliance for the future. It's an alliance that's rooted in common values, freedom, solidarity, prosperity, sustainability. It's one that's dedicated to strengthening our sovereignty. So our citizens can flourish as free people on free ground.
Canadian PM Mark Carney performs Trump’s “accordion hands” gesture, drawing laughter from Canadian media.