On Wednesday, von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first associate member -- a status that does not currently exist in the bloc's treaties and would have to be created.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2026
Associate membership doesn't currently exist as a formal category under EU treaties, and any such arrangement would need to be created and ratified by member states.
Civil litigation can drag on for years, frequently ending in settlements reached at the eleventh hour, just before a trial begins.
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Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2026
More ambitiously, the roadmap calls for the Bank of Russia and the Central Bank of Iran to develop the use of central bank digital currencies for cross-border settlements.
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