Canada and the United States are in a trade war, each taxing the other's goods, and Washington has repeatedly questioned Canadian sovereignty. Europe faces its own US tariffs. Both sides needed a hedge, and each is the other's most natural one: Canada wants buyers and allies it can rely on, and Europe wants Canadian energy, minerals and defence industry. The courtship was underway by mid-2025; the trade war turned it urgent.
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Would an Alliance for the Future need every one of those same 27 ratifications to bite?
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Which member state becomes the first to formally back, or formally block, an invented status for Canada?
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If the US relationship warmed again, would this push slow down, or has it built its own momentum?
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What is the first legal text this new relationship produces, and what does it actually grant?
