Former German Foreign Minister Gabriel proposes Canada's EU membership

[philpo@feddit.org]

Looked it up,no,they wouldn't. There are provisions for these cases (same for the UK and Ireland with their driving sides) in these regulations and most EU regulations in that regard are based in ISO anyway.

They might get funding for it from the EU, though,so it might be a fun thing to calculate the costs.
Very likely it would be cheaper for Canada to slowly transfer away from it, anyway, as the rest of the world is not using it and with the US putting tarrifs on,it might be the better option.

Tbh, the "EU regulations" are often not that bad actually for the smaller user(and I work in healthcare where the medical device regulations seem nightmarish at first - once you understand them they are FAR easier than what we had before and FAR cheaper to follow than the US rules. My former employer - the world leader in their field- e.g. refused to sell in the US for that reason).

[philpo@feddit.org]

You grossly misunderstood what the single market means - there are of course absolutely different local regulations and customs that are used.
Ireland (and the UK before they left) drive on the other side of the road, trains systems vary by nation, even electrical standards do - the single market in terms of norms means that they just have to all follow a general market admission will follow the same rules - e.g. a product needs to fully comply with the basic marke wide ruleset.

[friendlymessage@feddit.org]

We would have to change it already if we cared

[friendlymessage@feddit.org]

Well, we have our fair share of "red states" in the EU unfortunately...

[pubquiz@lemmy.world]

As Canada is a country roughly the size of Poland it would seem to be beneficial to join the EU (pop. 441m) with a balance of right- and left-wing views. Better than being economically and culturally tied to the death-cult in the US.

[veroxii@aussie.zone]

Yeap. Look at us here in Australia. In Eurovision and we don't belong to shit.

[woodscientist@sh.itjust.works]

AHEM!

[woodscientist@sh.itjust.works]

While we're making crazy changes to the timeline, can I suggest one more? Let's get Britain to finally depose the monarchy. With nowhere else to go, the House of Windsor flees to North America. We now refer to, "Charles, King of Canada."

[thebrideworecrimson@sopuli.xyz]

Ukrainian regulations were/ are all aligned with Russian ones, take a guess how the future looks like for that arrangement.

[jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de]

And after 3 years of negotiations and Ukraine being probably the fastest country to adapt their laws in the history of enlargements they are still nowhere near close to be aligned with the EU on internal market rules.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

But then we Europeans would have a border with the USA.

Not sure if I want that.

[felixcress@lemmy.world]

Sorry, I didn't have my microscope with me.

[5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You mean they'd elect someone to say that the European Atlantic Union should be a US state or else?

[tudsamfa@lemmy.world]

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

Perhaps a line comprised of the northernmost US states could form a separate country as a buffer zone.

"The Union of Somewhat Less Barbaric United States of Northern America" or something

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

Spain too, please. He can go "rule" Nicaragua or something, idk

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

Content Delivery Network

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

Dominion of the Europeans and their former colonies?

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

Céline please.

[jenesaisquoi@feddit.org]

What about Russia? I mean hypothetically, if they weren't being utter cunts, of course. What makes Russia Russia is entirely in Europe, but the country is so stupidly big, 2/3 of its land is still in Asia.

Similar question for Turkey. They have East Thrace in Europe, and around half of their biggest city, but almost everything that makes Turkey Turkey is in Asia. They're arguably much more Asian than Russia but somehow they'd be considered for application if their government were to become civilised.