2026年10月29日，欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔、加拿大总理马克·卡尼和欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩在魁北克省蒙特利尔参加圆桌讨论。
European Council President Antonio Costa, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen take part in a roundtable discussion in Montreal, Quebec, on October 29, 2026.
乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩表现出了决心。而面对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普日常挑衅的加拿大听众，则支持她的立场。周四（10月29日），这位欧盟委员会主席在蒙特利尔具有影响力的C.D. Howe研究所发表演讲时，再次重申了她极具政治意味的提议，即让加拿大成为欧盟的“准成员”。“这是‘不入盟的联系’，”她作了澄清，拥有“共同的雄心和愿景”。她的言论引来一阵强烈掌声，全场观众起立鼓掌。
Ursula von der Leyen showed determination. And the Canadian audience, faced daily with provocations from US President Donald Trump, supported her stance. In a speech delivered in Montreal on Thursday, October 29, at the influential C.D. Howe Institute, the European Commission president reiterated twice her highly political proposal to make Canada an "associate member" of the European Union "It is an 'association without accession,'" she said as a clarification, with "common ambition and vision." Her remarks drew a strong round of applause, with the entire room rising to its feet.
两小时后，代表国家元首和政府首脑的欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔，在蒙特利尔外交关系委员会（MCFR）——另一个汇聚加拿大顶尖企业高管的智库——也获得了起立鼓掌欢迎。“这是我第一次看到我们的嘉宾还没发言就受到如此欢迎，”MCFR主席威廉·乔治表示。科斯塔没有使用冯德莱恩偏爱的“准成员”一词，而是称其为“大胆的想法”，但向听众保证：“我分享她的雄心。无论我们使用这个术语还是另一个术语，有一点是明确的：我们的伙伴关系将是最紧密、最深度、最独特的。”这为他赢得了第二次起立鼓掌。
Two hours later, Antonio Costa, the European Council president representing heads of state and government, also received a standing ovation at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR), another think tank bringing together leading Canadian business executives. "This is the first time I've seen such a welcome even before our guest has spoken," said William George, MCFR's president. Costa did not use von der Leyen's favored term "associate member," calling it "a bold idea," but assured the audience, "I share her ambition. Whether we use this term or another, one thing is clear: Our partnership will be the closest, deepest and most unique possible." This earned him a second standing ovation.