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CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 months ago

Brussels is ‘honored’ Canadians want to join the EU — but says it won’t happen – POLITICO

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Brussels is ‘honored’ Canadians want to join the EU — but says it won’t happen – POLITICO

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CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 months ago
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  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
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    The EU makes the rules for who can join the EU. If only they knew how to change the rules the EU makes for who can join the EU…

    • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
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      Right! French Guiana is part of the EU why not Canada. These politicians are not being consistent even by their current rules.

      • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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        France is part of the EU so all parts of France can be part of the EU. It’s not like French Guiana is a EU member on its own.

        Cyprus on the other hand is in Asia and Malta is in Africa. So the EU is willing to push the definition of Europe a bit, but Canada would be a big stretch.

        I empathize with Canadians but the EU can’t fall on the trap of trying to become the World Government, or worst, the Global White People Federation.

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          Malta is in Africa

          By what definition, plate tectonics?

          • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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            Yes.

            • geissi@feddit.org
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              Then we should start ascension talks with Korea immediately.

              • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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                But I don’t wanna ascend yet. Give me a couple more decades.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
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    Please my European neighbours tell them they’re wrong.

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      Duty #1: direct train connection to at least 2 other EU capitals.

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        • AAA@feddit.org
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          So it’s decided then!

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      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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        Does DB qualify as a “train connection”?

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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        St John’s to St Pierre, with a branch line to Miquelon.

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        Okay! Let’s make a Montréal-Paris train line and pass by Lisbonne!

  • gorillaNdaMist@lemm.ee
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    well then we need to change the article 49.

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.world
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    As Europeans, we have a duty to learn the Canadian national anthem and sing it to the heavens! Let our collective voice move the continents themselves!

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