Kathleen Van Brempt is a Belgian politician of the Flemish social democratic party Vooruit and a member of the European Parliament, where she sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. She was earlier a minister in the Flemish government.
We have documented 1 statement by Kathleen Van Brempt, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Member of the European Parliament, speaking for the S&D group in a plenary debate
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Van Brempt supports deepening the EU's partnership with Canada and says associate membership and the alliance for the future sound promising but must deliver more than a promise.
“That partnership recently has been given a lot of fancy names. You mentioned it: an associate membership, an alliance for the future – it all sounds very promising, but it must be more than just a promise.”
The case asks whether Canada should become an associate member of the EU. Van Brempt backs a closer partnership but conditions her support for the new arrangement on concrete results.
The European Commission president offered to open the door for Canada to become the European Union's first associate member. Mark Carney welcomed the ambition, Pierre Poilievre set red lines, and Donald Trump threatened tariffs. Nobody has defined what the status would mean.
