Thomas Byrne
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first heard May 2026
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any real way in the sense of like they're not gonna be part of the common agricultural policy or things like that.
It it's hard to see how you would even have free movement of people.
Um but look, let's see let's see what comes out of the discussions.
And the the the th this would have to go before I suppose the leaders um in at at the next European Council to see what the position is.
But there was huge want towards Canada and that's one thing I can say for sure and that's across the political divide.
Yeah, look, I mean this this this this will have to be decided by the governments.
I mean that's the way the EU works.
The Commission proposes something and then the governments and indeed the European Parliament decide.
Uh so we will obviously take forward whatever is proposed by the Commission on this.
The Irish Presidency will be, I suppose, leading on the discussions among this um between now and any summit between the EU and Canada.
Uh and I think it's a very, very exciting time.
But I'd say if you ask the German government directly, there would be very strong.
strongly in favour uh of the deepest possible relationship with Canada.
I can I mean that's that can only be a fact.
Well that's I mean that's the way the European system works, is that the Commission has the right of initiative of of of of proposals and then the Member States have to agree and the European Parliament has to agree and that's the same with every single proposal.
Um but I think what she's proposed already makes a lot of sense.
Um if you look at now this isn't directly relevant to Ireland, but if you look at the the the the globe, the map of the world, you know, the Arctic is very, very important, a very important commonality between Europe and Canada.
Um
And that's something I think that would be of huge strategic interest where we haven't done uh as much as we can with Canada.
Why is that important?
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