Alexander Stubb
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I think Canada, in terms of its whole composure, its value base, is so close to the European Union that the least we can do is to forge a really close strategic partnership.
And what that then leads to in the end with the EU, which started as six, ended up with 28, then after Brexit with 27.
I don't know.
I can envisage a much larger EU.
Whether Canada is a part of it or not is up to Canada to decide.
I don't think that America is President Trump.
I mean, President Trump is the president of America.
But millions of Americans voted for him.
Millions of Americans voted for him.
That's part of democracy as well.
And democratic elections, you don't always get what you want.
But I want to live with the reality that I think
The transatlantic partnership, the relationship between Europe and the U.S.
and, of course, Canada is super important.
So I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I obviously don't think that the situation is over, but the worst pressure has been diffused.
So we are in the bad, but not in the ugly stage.
We're not going to go in the ugly stage.
We're now somewhere between the good and the bad.
Of course, on the Greenland issue, I disagree with the president.