In the Abacus poll, 46 per cent of respondents said they would support Canada becoming a member state of the EU, and 44 per cent said the Canadian government should definitely or probably look into joining it.
I mean if Cyprus and French Guiana can join so can Canada if we can meet the requirements. It’s a political alliance of values.
French Guiana is only part of the EU because it’s part of France, and even then it needs plenty of exceptions to make it work.
Cyprus was already aligned with the rest of Europe in economic laws.
Canada would need to redo half of its laws to join the EU, and Canadian companies would either need to produce two versions of everything or drop the US market altogether.
It’s more realistic to aim for a close bilateral treaty than for membership, at least for next few decades.
Yeah, but it’s a nice dream.
Yeah, these opinion polls really should be more taken as a desire to move closer (as the article says). I doubt the people voting actually know everything that joining the EU would entail, but it’s still valid as a general “getting closer to the EU”.
Yeah some kind of common wealth
How is Cyprus controversial as an EU member? Because it’s far enough to technically be Asia? Still very much European values, language, history etc. It’s also only a stone’s throw away from the nearest Greek island
- Tax heaven (together with Ireland)
- Part of the island occupied by Turkiye
And Malta, Luxembourg, Monaco, Andorra, Jersey… Etc. Basically any small nation
Monaco and Andorra are not in the EU though.
Some people claim that “a country cannot join if they’re outside the continent”
I mean french guiana is literally a part of france. Its an overseas territory so its handled as an island or whatever not a colony. The most disgusting thing isnt that canada is in north america but that the eu would need to border the usa…
I mean poor Norway, Finland, Poland and The Baltics already have to deal with Russia.
I would see a northern wall in the future if this happened. I could honestly see it even if it never happened, the US doesn’t trust Canadian or EU immigration policy.
In what way is Cyprus comparable to Canada?
I love these “nearly half” declarations of support the media likes to gin up.
So…“less than half”, then?
It’s more about the trend. Last year almost no one thought it would be a good idea. So the implications is “shortly more than half might want to join the EU” or “Canadians are approaching the majority threshold”
That’s a very fair point.
Well, you are not wrong. But if you think about it it’s still a pretty significant percentage considering Canada is one ocean distant from Europe, and has always had historically relations, economically and politically with the USA, obviously given the fact they share their only border with them. So in my opinion the number gets more weight, maybe. Probably some years ago it was much lower, or they didnt asked themselves the question at all.
the glass is half flempty
Not sure how that would work since they aren’t on European continent, but then I remembered we have Australia in Eurovision so I’ll allow it. Just because Canadians are cool.
The EU is already in the Caribbean and South America, might as well be in north too.
“Its all Europe?”
🔫👨🚀
“Always has been”
2125: and today the citizens of Luna have concluded their referendum and voted in favour of joining the European Union
I welcome the Canadians into the European Union!
Is what I would say, but I really, really, REALLY don’t want a border with the US. Russia alone is bad enough.
The US already has military installations all over Europe. It wouldn’t change much.
My brother/sister in christ, you are already occupied militarily and economically by the US. Do you really not understand why Mark Rutte kisses Trump ass? Do you think capitulating to Trumps demands and kissing his ass is 3D chess?
As an American, I endorse the idea. It would make it harder for Canada to be attacked, or worse, destroyed by Dogey America. Plus, it would allow the Free States of America to have a potential ally or trading party, better means for non-coms to flee from the conflict, and so forth.
It also works out for Canada, since that means having stronger trade connections with Europe. Considering that Dogey America is going to be an annoying prick and no longer a viable partner, having a solid trade network would help keep Canada prosperous.
Okay not a direct comparison but if I was playing a Paradox grand strategy game and the neighbor country started getting all fascist / authoritarian, I would want to group with like minded nations for protection. Hey we’re already in a defense treaty with them why not make it a more inclusive type agreement? Personally I always felt culturally closer to the UK (yes I know not there anymore) than the US and thought many of our policies mirrored the US due to location and held us back.
if we see the EU and US as two polar opposites I would see the UK as the intermediary for the EU, and Canada be the intermediary for the USA. Realistically though the UK is much more pro-USA than Canada currently. Starmer is so scared of getting the UK back into the trajectory of EU membership, that he actively hurts the UK relations to the EU AND the USA by not picking a side. We don’t want the UK as a backdoor for the US to influence our politics again, we want a self-relying and souvereign United Kingdom back. Charles De Gaulle warned us in the 1960’s that a english membership would for the most part represent the interests of the americans on european soil. And with Starmer, we are seeing exactly what De Gaulle warned Europe about. So yes, we would love to take the UK back, but not as a puppet state. We already have Hungary and Slovakia being puppeteered by the cunt called Putin that we need to worry about and act upon. Currently I see canadians more as europeans than I see british people
Well I was more just meaning when I was growing up and this is going back to the late 80s - 90s. I saw a lot more British television than other European TV (in fact none of other) so didn’t exactly have much else to compare it to in the EU that was. From that and knowing they offered some good services such as post secondary education, healthcare etc it felt like a nicer fit for my ideas. Plus the amount of British words we tended to use.
I believe it will be a positive alliance for both Canada and the EU. Canadians are welcome!
…and the other half are Quebecois
is this true?
Only by comical historic actions.
Pas vraiment…
Vive la Nouvelle France!
Only good Canadians
I hope they get to join. Meanwhile, here in the UK, we are further along the Trump path.
Its almost like watching one of those animations of how pangea split into the different continents watching countries seperate and re-form - but politically instead, bringing some countries together and others splitting away.
Don’t tell the Republicans that. They think the planet is only 2025 years old
As a EU/French I vehemently oppose that idea unless we get to see the Canadian mounted police to parade here on the Champs Elysée, this next 14th July :p
Let’s start with Schengen zone membership and see how we feel after that. The currency would be a hard sell.
The UK was previously a member of the EU without ever having adopted the Euro.
True, but all new members sign an agreement that they will eventually join the eurozone. It’s not enforced and there is no pressure to do so, but on paper they agree to it.
The UK had special dispensation as a founding member of the EU; if they were to return to the EU today, they would have to give up the pound
They were not a founding member and even had their application vetoed by France before joining a decade later, but still well before the creation of the euro.
Go for it Canada and the EU should send an invitation. Perhaps they should start with EEC membership and later receive full membership. MAGA would shit and f-them.
It’s been a movement here for over a decade now, surprised support is so low
honestly anything but being close to the us. it’s bad enough they share a border.
Yeah but canucks in the EU means Europe now has a border with the US which raises concerns also
Europe is already occupied military by the US, wym 😂
Full circle
