When the US president hears a real threat when you hear the transfer of Canada’s annexes?
The United States is an ally and kind country, as Canada, therefore it is very difficult to believe that these claims are serious for Europeans. We talk to our Canadian friends and they are a joke because the words are constantly repeated. But what I say is that for us, the territorial integrity of Canada is indisputable. It is the same going to Greenland. It has words, as we have seen with customs duties.
The hostility of the White House pushes Canada to strengthen relations with Europe. Canada can be converted to 28e EU member state?
When I came here, I heard about it, my ambassador told me that the EU membership in Canada is very high (44%1). We accept positive and this is good. Of course there is a connection in the Arctic (Canada and Denmark shared a small Island since 2022) However, if we speak serious about membership, there is only a criterion that Europe can join the EU. I do not think that you can really say in Europe, geographically.
Like Canada, Europe currently pays American customs duties. EU called the Canadian price response to improve?
I will start saying that we are not winning in the Trade War and we do not want. When you take advantage of the US trade war against Canada, Mexico, EU and Japan? China. I do not think that everyone’s interests – historically commercial wars lead to economic depression. As for cooperation with Canada, yes, we have only exchanged our records.
Here, in La Malbaie, you also discussed this proposal for a reconciliation in Ukraine. Do you believe in Vladimir Putin as a critical violence violence?
Ukraine, in turn, is ready to do the necessary work and is an exchange of information on military assistance and the United States. However, what we see yesterday (Thursdays) is that Russia has created conditions instead of confusion of cards instead of saying yes. This indicates that it doesn’t really want peace and does not really change their goal. You must take this into account. President Trump said that in case of an effective refusal, Moscow will put pressure on economic pressure.
At the same time, Washington also weakens NATO, which plays an important role in Ukraine. Can the union collapse and be replaced by another European force?
We are talking about a very good organization for 75 years consisting of 32 different armies. Need a parallel organization? I don’t believe it. Because NATO is actually chain of command. We will not know who is already responsible for the two parallel force during the crisis. This is a very dangerous thing during this period. And NATO actually works very well. Better than the start of the war in Ukraine. I am optimistic about the fate of NATO.
Kaja Kallas is a high vice president of the European Commission and a high representative of the European Union’s Foreign Ministry. Interview on Friday Press The G7 was revised for clarity and complications about the training session.
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