Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting Exchange of views on the outcome of the EU-Canada Summit
3 November 2026
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AFET European Parliament
Follow its sittings00:04 - 02:10
Speaker 1
So hello. Good morning, everyone. We're going to start now. We were waiting few minutes while still some people to come in. So if there is no objection, I propose to adopt the agenda.
Our meeting today is as usual being webstreamed and we have interpretation available in the full AFET language profile, except for Danish. So, we are here in our exchange of views on the outcome of the EU-Canada Summit of 29-30 December October 2026 and I want to give a very warm welcome to this extraordinary AFET meeting. Our discussion today is very timely because it takes place immediately after, as just said, the EU-Canada Summit of 29th and 30th of October. It is a great pleasure to welcome our guests to our committee for today's exchange of views. And before giving the floor to our guests, let me begin by reaffirming our strong commitment to deepening the partnership between the EU and Canada.
Last March, we adopted a recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation. These recommendations called for more intensive dialogue at all levels. It is encouraging to see progress in this regard over recent months. There are more frequent exchanges between the EU and Canada, including at ministerial level. We also see Canadian representatives taking part in informal Council meetings.
These developments are a positive sign of our shared commitment to a stronger partnership and to even more ambitious cooperation. The relationship between the EU and Canada builds on a comprehensive framework of agreements and cooperation initiatives. This includes the Strategic Partnership Agreement, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, the Security and Defence Partnership and Canada's participation in EU programmes, to name but a few. However, we want to go farther.
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