> Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada.
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Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped the German politician from launching a tenacious, one-man campaign that he readily describes as “aspirational”: to have the North American country join the EU.
“We have to strengthen the European Union,” said Streit, who last year was elected as a member of the European parliament. “And I think Canada – as its prime minister says – is the most European country outside of Europe.”
I'm not against strong EU-Canada relation, but let's not rally behind a politician who's never been to Canada. Especially not a German one who launched a one-man campaign he himself describes as aspirational.
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Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped the German politician from launching a tenacious, one-man campaign that he readily describes as “aspirational”: to have the North American country join the EU.
“We have to strengthen the European Union,” said Streit, who last year was elected as a member of the European parliament. “And I think Canada – as its prime minister says – is the most European country outside of Europe.”
I'm not against strong EU-Canada relation, but let's not rally behind a politician who's never been to Canada. Especially not a German one who launched a one-man campaign he himself describes as aspirational.
I'm confused, what's wrong with this guy being German?
"especially a German one"
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I'm confused, what's wrong with this guy being German?
"especially a German one"
You really need an explanation?
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You really need an explanation?
Yes, I do, as I am not German, nor European and do not have "common knowledge" of the goings-on in the EU, vis-a-vis politicians and their rhetoric.
