Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty visited Luxembourg on 19 June 2026, the first trip by a Canadian federal minister in 81 years of diplomatic ties, advancing defence cooperation as Europe and Canada deepen security links.
At a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels on 18 June 2026, Luxembourg pledged an additional $30 million (about €26 million) to the alliance's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, which buys US-made weapons for Kyiv. The commitment lands as Luxembourg charts a fourfold rise in defence spending by 2035 toward NATO's new 5% target.
Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty made the first visit by a member of his country's federal government to Luxembourg in 81 years on Friday, deepening ties as the transatlantic alliance scrambles to fund rearmament. The trip sits against a thickening web of allied defence finance — the EU's €150bn SAFE programme, which Canada has joined; the Luxembourg-based EIB's expanding defence lending; and the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, which Canada will host.
Luxembourg is landlocked, but its finance and digital economy depend on submarine cables now treated as a front line. Here is the Grand Duchy's real stake — and its role.