{"id":189349,"date":"2025-06-16T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189349\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:52:23","slug":"canada-to-sign-defence-procurement-pact-with-eu-officials-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189349\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to sign defence procurement pact with EU: officials &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Dylan Robertson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted June 16, 2025 10:34 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/european-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a> officials say Canada is likely to sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/defence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defence<\/a> procurement agreement with the continent when Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Brussels later this month.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carney is set to visit Brussels on June 23 for the Canada-EU summit, where he will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa.<\/p>\n<p>Attending the G7 summit in Alberta today, both EU leaders say Canada\u2019s involvement in what they call Europe\u2019s \u201crapidly evolving defence architecture\u201d is set to deepen.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Carney welcomes U.K.\u2019s Starmer ahead of G7 summit'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gn_tor.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarney welcomes U.K.\u2019s Starmer ahead of G7 summit\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11243479\/woodstock-raceway-new-brunswick-child-killed\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750089143_262_20221123121112-637e54b7da2f83e1e97116d2jpeg-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tChild killed after being hit by starting gate at horse race in New 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Europe initiative that Carney says he wants Canada to join.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen says the SAFE program can be joined by Europe\u2019s \u201cvery close allies, friends and partners\u201d and the deal this month will allow for negotiations on bringing Canada into the program.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2025 10:34 am 1 min read Descrease article 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