Former New Zealand PM: Associate membership with Brussels "very interesting" for the country

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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said associate membership of the European Union would be an interesting option for New Zealand. She pointed to potential single-market access as a benefit for the geographically distant trading nation.

Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, says a form of associate membership of the European Union, similar to the proposal for Canada, would be “very interesting”. She highlights access to the single market as a potential key benefit for a “distant trading country” such as New Zealand.