"I'm not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great power rival, only with better manners,” Carney quipped, addressing E.U. lawmakers about the deepening alliance between Canada and the European Union.

Von der Leyen also proposed a new system to coordinate responses to so-called hybrid incidents, often attributed to Russia, that ‌fall below the threshold of conventional military attacks ‌but undermine European security - such as sabotage,