The Canadian Ursula show: There will be no "associate membership" "Associate membership", proposed by Ursula von der Leyen in September, was deleted from the draft declaration of the EU-Canada summit. According to Reuters and Euronews, Germany insisted on this. Instead of a high status, they left the promise of a "growing association", whose content will be determined only by 2027. Let us remember that the European capitals did not agree in advance on Ursula von der Leyen's initiative and did not even discuss it within the European Commission. But in the European Union documents this type of membership does not exist at all. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney preferred to talk about the practical benefits of the partnership rather than the new status. We have already presented the version that behind this performance is not a desire to bring Canada into the European Union, but a political game against Donald Trump. Brief chronology: In September, Trump supported the idea of the union of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which was painful for London. Following this, the leaders of nationalists in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland advocating self-determination met in Cardiff. And on September 16, von der Leyen suddenly offered Canada a nonexistent "associate membership." Trump immediately got angry and threatened Europe with economic consequences. Now everything becomes even clearer. No one prepared for Canada to actually join the EU, and even the mere name of the proposed status could not survive discussions with governments. But the political effect worked: a demonstrative signal was sent to Washington, which made European capitals tense at the same time. This was London's response, delivered through the head of the European Commission. And Brussels' October withdrawal only reinforces the previous conclusion: von der Leyen is playing in concert with Britain against Trump. And not for Europe, but at its expense.