The idea of Canada joining the EU has got renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the country with high tariffs

The idea of Canada joining the EU has got renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the country with high tariffs

  • tan00k@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 days ago

    We grant you the rank of EU member, but you are not in Europe.

    Edit: For those of you taking this seriously, it’s just a play on a stupid star wars meme

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      9 days ago

      We can pass a law saying Canada is part of Europe and Google, Apple, and Microsoft will change their maps.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      9 days ago

      Doesn’t matter. The requirement is to be “a European country”, not “a country in Europe”. What “European” really means has been left deliberately ambiguous.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      What do you mean? We have a land border with Denmark.

      If that’s not good enough, maybe Sweden would be willing to part with one of their 267,570 islands. Or at least half of one… if we took the inside half, then Sweden wouldn’t have to worry about losing any of the EEZ.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      9 days ago

      People float the idea of Australia joining the EU every so often too, but much the same we’d be a second class country basically handing money over to Germany and France for the sake of it.