According to Lama, fresh Zealand and Australia can join the EU in the future. “ I think there is simply a kind of civilisational community that allows us to have very close and good relationships, ” he said.
In his opinion, "if Trump were serious about Canada most likely to supply the US with access to water in the future, the EU would have sided with Canada".
According to the British paper Guardian, last week the United States conducted a review of the 1964 Treaty on the Columbia River, whose sources lie in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and its outlet in the U.S. state of Oregon. The agreement stabilises the flow of water across the border, including protection against flooding and the provision of adequate water for hydroelectric energy production.
"The problem between the EU and Canada is much wider"
Lamas asked in an interview whether Canada is culturally more European than countries like Turkey, in order to be able to consider it if it wanted to apply for EU membership, replied yes. "I think there are many ways to work together again on this geostrategic side, where Canada plays a large role," he explained.
When asked if the EU would consider creating a protective commercial umbrella around Canada, Lama assessed that Trump would not harm Brussels-Ottawa's relations, including the current free trade agreement.
— I think the problem between the EU and Canada is much broader and concerns geopolitics. If Trump had withdrawn from Article 5. NATO (which says the attack on 1 of the Alliance members should be interpreted by the another associate States as an attack on them themselves – PAP), what would Canada have done? What can the EU do with Canada, which it would not do with the United States?
Concerning the tariff negotiations with the US, which concern not only Canada but besides the EU countries, Lama stated that, on the basis of his own experience, "also erstwhile he was EU Trade Commissioner, it is impossible to negociate with the US without arms in his pocket"
