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The Chancellor's press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Carney Expanding the transatlantic partnership

Germany - Federal Government

Federal Chancellor Merz received Canada's Prime Minister Carney in Berlin. The talks centred on Germany's economic and foreign policy cooperation with Canada - and the question of what peace would look like in Ukraine.

Transcript of press conference
Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Following the meeting at the G7 summit in Calgary, Canada, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to Berlin. Germany shares a large overlap of common interests and values with Canada, said Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the press event.

That is why the aim is to further intensify economic and foreign policy cooperation. The heads of government emphasised that both countries stand firmly by Ukraine's side and are working together to achieve a lasting and just peace that protects Ukrainian and Euro-Atlantic security interests.

The most important points in brief:

• Expansion of cooperation: Germany and Canada want to expand their cooperation in the defence industry and economically. To do so, the economics ministers are signing a declaration of intent on cooperation in the commodities sector.
• Peace in Ukraine: both countries support the US President's peace efforts and are holding extensive discussions on the specific details of the peace process. "The result must be a just and lasting peace that protects Ukrainian and Euro-Atlantic security interests", the Chancellor emphasised. This would require strong, reliable security guarantees that Germany and Europe would also participate in.
• Together on NATO's eastern flank: Canada and Germany are jointly securing NATO's eastern flank. Canada is the lead nation in Latvia, and Germany has started building up a brigade in Lithuania. "This shows that our alliance is and will remain transatlantic", said Chancellor Merz.