Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Canada-EU alliance: as a blueprint for a ‘middle-power bloc’ it has a lot of hurdles to overcome

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par Martin Waehlisch, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham

The dream of a Canada-EU “middle-power bloc” has hit its first serious obstacle. At the Montreal summit, Brussels failed to deliver on the promise of associate membership for Canada, despite the enthusiastic backing of European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.

Instead, the EU offered the hollow consolation of “an ever-closer association”, raising an uncomfortable question about whether the middle powers can overcome their own divisions to become a serious geopolitical force.

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