{"id":365414,"date":"2025-08-22T19:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365414\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:39:19","slug":"carney-says-trip-to-germany-aimed-at-intensifying-talks-on-key-projects-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365414\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney says trip to Germany aimed at \u201cintensifying\u201d talks on key projects &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Craig Lord<\/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 August 22, 2025 2:47 pm\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>Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon travel to Europe in a bid to deepen economic and security ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/search\/Germany\/?type=news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a>.<\/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 told reporters Friday he will meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada has a good partnership with Germany. It\u2019s been built up over the years, but it can be much, much better and I\u2019m confident that with this chancellor, and the focus of our government, that it will,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carney said that he will be \u201cpicking up discussions\u201d started with Merz in the spring when the pair met in Rome and later at the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11246276\/g7-summit-canada-carney-joint-statements-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G7 summit<\/a> in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Carney said he will be looking to deepen opportunities under Canada\u2019s trade pact with the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/?s=European+Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a> \u2014 the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a broad range of areas, from <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11260771\/critical-minerals-canada-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical minerals<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/?s=Canada+Energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11261376\/nato-defence-spending-infrastructure-canada-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defence and security<\/a>, where we are intensifying our discussions with Germany,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Carney announces removal of retaliatory tariffs on US goods compliant with CUSMA'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CARNEY_VMS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:04<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 announces removal of retaliatory tariffs on US goods compliant with CUSMA\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\/11343767\/plague-california-lake-tahoe-flea\/\" 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\/08\/lake-tahoe-plague.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia resident tests positive for plague after camping near Lake Tahoe\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11344109\/us-border-phone-searches-data\/\" 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\/08\/1755891558_91_CP167040379-e1755798872507.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMore phones being searched at the U.S. border than ever before, data shows\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Defence Minister David McGuinty and Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly will accompany Carney on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The German government announced the planned meeting ahead of Carney\u2019s press conference Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin\u2019s statement said the two leaders are expected to discuss current foreign and economic policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>The European trip comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11338373\/us-russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempt to broker peace in Ukraine intensify<\/a>. The war ramped up this week after <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11336338\/ukraine-trump-putin-summit-alaska-stakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peace talks in Alaska failed<\/a> to secure a ceasefire and Russia launched one of its a heaviest bombardments against Ukraine in weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Carney has been a part of multiple virtual meetings of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, a bloc of nations including Canada and Germany that seeks to bolster Ukraine in its war with Russia.<\/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 Craig Lord The Canadian Press Posted August 22, 2025 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[943,1700,2000,299,1824,2129,285,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-365414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-mark-carney","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115074116219490568","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}