VON DER LEYEN said threats are escalating on our soil. She described the Leipzig incident as an attack by Russian agents using military-grade materials on European territory.

Von der Leyen will say in Wednesday’s State of the Union that the EU and Canada plan a new trade-and-security alliance and she wants relations with Canada raised to the highest possible level. Canadian Prime Minister Carney will attend and speak Thursday. Carney’s government, hit economically by a US trade war, has made deepening ties with the EU a priority and is open to arrangements short of membership. Sources say Canada’s priorities include completing ratification of CETA, negotiated a decade ago but still not formally approved by ten EU countries.

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