Is Canada joining the EU? Brussels hails ‘like-minded partners’ amid trade war with US
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Interest in Canada joining the EU has increased amid US tensions, with 44% of Canadians supporting the idea. While the EU acknowledges shared values, Canada's geographic distance and historical precedent present challenges for membership.
The EU is not a geographical union despite it's name. Even then, Canada and Europe share a common border; the Atlantic Ocean. Also it's part of the Commonwealth, Has a strong economy, social politics, The Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian tradition. And they speak the two most common European languages.
Canada makes more sense than Türkiye if you disregard distance. -
Interest in Canada joining the EU has increased amid US tensions, with 44% of Canadians supporting the idea. While the EU acknowledges shared values, Canada's geographic distance and historical precedent present challenges for membership.
I can't imagine it and my gut feeling is that it's a terrible idea for the same reason as having the US be our military was a terrible idea. Geolocation matters, and Canadas location means it has interests that are fundamentally different from the EU. A major thing is that it doesn't have Russia breathing down its neck.
It also feels like a slippery slope where we'll eventually have Mexico and, god forbid, the US joining as well. Then suddenly the will of European countries is overshadowed by these North American giants.
That said, Canada is cool and joining forces against the US is good.
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Canada actually shares a land border with the EU.
There are so many regulatory hurdles, especially in farming and agriculture.And Canada has its own hurdles within its own regions to overcome too.
Not sure how that works, but it's their federation system or something. -
Interest in Canada joining the EU has increased amid US tensions, with 44% of Canadians supporting the idea. While the EU acknowledges shared values, Canada's geographic distance and historical precedent present challenges for membership.
Yeah, all for it.
We can thank Stephen Harper and Pierre Polievre for ignoring Europe for so long when we should have been there for you guys, helping you separate from Putin's oil and gas.
Hopefully Carney will remedy that situation, and we can all get rid of the despotic sycophants.
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Weeeeeelllllllllllllllllll Greenland isn't in the EU afaik. We do share a maritime boarder with France though!
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Can’t we use our close proximity to Saint Pierre and Miquelon as a foot in the door?
Can't wait for Brazil to join the EU on that basis.
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Someone should get the internet and search things.
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I can't imagine Canada joining like a normal EU member country would. But I do hope Canada enters into special cooperation and trade agreements if possible.
CETA has been around for ages. Now if only taxes weren't applied on imported goods, we'd be set.
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Can't wait for Brazil to join the EU on that basis.
Sounds good to me.
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Canada actually shares a land border with the EU.
There are so many regulatory hurdles, especially in farming and agriculture.While technically correct. I don't think the existence of Hans Island, an uninhabited speck between Greenland and Canada really counts as a land border between the EU and Canada. Any trade would happen by ship or plane directly between the continents. Not a border corssing on Hans Island.
Although, if EU rules require some kind of land border... Hans Island might be important after all.
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The EU is not a geographical union despite it's name. Even then, Canada and Europe share a common border; the Atlantic Ocean. Also it's part of the Commonwealth, Has a strong economy, social politics, The Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian tradition. And they speak the two most common European languages.
Canada makes more sense than Türkiye if you disregard distance.Even then, Canada and Europe share a common border; the Atlantic Ocean.
- land border with Denmark
- sea border with France.
If the UK can join the EU, then Canada can join the EU.
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So you're saying Canad should became a tributary to the Kingdom of Denmark? lfg!
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Sounds good to me.
"Wait, it's all the European Union?"
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I can't imagine it and my gut feeling is that it's a terrible idea for the same reason as having the US be our military was a terrible idea. Geolocation matters, and Canadas location means it has interests that are fundamentally different from the EU. A major thing is that it doesn't have Russia breathing down its neck.
It also feels like a slippery slope where we'll eventually have Mexico and, god forbid, the US joining as well. Then suddenly the will of European countries is overshadowed by these North American giants.
That said, Canada is cool and joining forces against the US is good.
We're only one border removed via Alaska (which might as well be Russia if things keep going this way). And with the arctic ice melting, Russian warships & subs could directly threaten our north and west coasts.
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Canada and the EU already have a trade agreement in place since 2017:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement
I believe that it has been violated recently, so is no longer strictly valid.
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I can't imagine it and my gut feeling is that it's a terrible idea for the same reason as having the US be our military was a terrible idea. Geolocation matters, and Canadas location means it has interests that are fundamentally different from the EU. A major thing is that it doesn't have Russia breathing down its neck.
It also feels like a slippery slope where we'll eventually have Mexico and, god forbid, the US joining as well. Then suddenly the will of European countries is overshadowed by these North American giants.
That said, Canada is cool and joining forces against the US is good.
If you are trying to say that Canada doesn't have Russia breathing down its neck, then you are wrong. Tensions over the Arctic have been high for years.
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Interest in Canada joining the EU has increased amid US tensions, with 44% of Canadians supporting the idea. While the EU acknowledges shared values, Canada's geographic distance and historical precedent present challenges for membership.
I think full membership is very unlikely, but maybe Canada can join the EU Customs Union or even the Schengen Area at some point in the future.
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I can't imagine it and my gut feeling is that it's a terrible idea for the same reason as having the US be our military was a terrible idea. Geolocation matters, and Canadas location means it has interests that are fundamentally different from the EU. A major thing is that it doesn't have Russia breathing down its neck.
It also feels like a slippery slope where we'll eventually have Mexico and, god forbid, the US joining as well. Then suddenly the will of European countries is overshadowed by these North American giants.
That said, Canada is cool and joining forces against the US is good.
Canada isn't really a giant in any sense of the word. I mean it is one of the world's top economies, but so are Britain, France and Germany. Mexico is economically even smaller. The US should absolutely not be allowed to join, though, yeah.
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Even then, Canada and Europe share a common border; the Atlantic Ocean.
- land border with Denmark
- sea border with France.
If the UK can join the EU, then Canada can join the EU.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon is right off the coast of Newfoundland.
