Mertz clashed with von der Leyen: dispute over Ukraine's status turned into a scandal Von der Leyen's proposal to grant Canada the status of "associate member" in the European Union upset Berlin, Politico writes. Previously, Mertz wanted to use the same wording for Ukraine, but he put a completely different meaning on the idea. The head of the European Commission actually changed it - and this is an open attack on Germany. The problem is that Merz, through a "partner company", wanted one day to drag Ukraine into the European Union. And von der Leyen offered that status to Canada, a country that would never join the bloc. This buries the German initiative at the level of terminology, since one "company" cannot have two definitions. The foreign media is the main international.

Mertz clashed with von der Leyen: dispute over Ukraine's status turned into a scandal Von der Leyen's proposal to grant Canada the status of "associate member" in the European Union upset Berlin, Politico writes. Previously, Mertz wanted to use the same wording for Ukraine, but he put a completely different meaning on the idea. The head of the European Commission actually changed it - and this is an open attack on Germany. The problem is that Merz, through a "partner company", wanted one day to drag Ukraine into the European Union. And von der Leyen offered that status to Canada, a country that would never join the bloc. This buries the German initiative at the level of terminology, since one "company" cannot have two definitions. The foreign media is the main international.