{"id":947454,"date":"2026-05-09T03:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/947454\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T03:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:28:25","slug":"germanys-klingbeil-says-canada-ideal-partner-amid-global-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/947454\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Klingbeil says Canada &#8216;ideal&#8217; partner amid global tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/539bea01e14ba8b46a39c112b84bdbd7.jpeg\" alt=\"German Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil and his Canadian counterpart Francois-Philippe Champagne greet each other before their visit to the aerospace manufacturer Bombardier in Toronto. (zu dpa: \u00abGermany's Klingbeil says Canada 'ideal' partner amid global tensions\u00bb) Soeren Stache\/dpa\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"578\" width=\"800\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> German Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil and his Canadian counterpart Francois-Philippe Champagne greet each other before their visit to the aerospace manufacturer Bombardier in Toronto. (zu dpa: \u00abGermany&#8217;s Klingbeil says Canada &#8216;ideal&#8217; partner amid global tensions\u00bb) Soeren Stache\/dpa      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil called for closer economic cooperation with Canada on Friday, citing growing geopolitical tensions and the economic fallout from the conflict involving Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Speaking during a meeting in Toronto with Canadian Finance Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, Klingbeil said Europe needed to reduce strategic dependencies and strengthen its economic resilience and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">It is becoming clear that Europe must move away from dependencies and strengthen its resilience and sovereignty, Klingbeil said. &#8220;And Canada is an ideal partner for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The two-day visit is focused on expanding cooperation in areas including critical raw materials, defence and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Klingbeil also sought to encourage greater Canadian investment in Germany, describing the country as an innovative business location made more attractive through reforms and investment incentives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The two ministers also visited a facility operated by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Champagne highlighted his recent participation in meetings of EU finance ministers and the Eurogroup, saying closer ties with Europe were intentional and reflected a shared interest in strengthening trans-Atlantic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Klingbeil described Canada as a &#8220;partner in values.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil and his Canadian counterpart Francois-Philippe Champagne greet each other before their visit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[264367,943,147292,2000,299,50453,29803,1824,215398,264368,49697,82582],"class_list":{"0":"post-947454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-aerospace-manufacturer","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-economic-cooperation","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-francois-philippe-champagne","14":"tag-geopolitical-tensions","15":"tag-germany","16":"tag-global-tensions","17":"tag-ideal-partner","18":"tag-lars-klingbeil","19":"tag-minister-of-finance"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116542499724363104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947454","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=947454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}