FoxtrotDeltaTango3d ago

Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57072433

Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says - sh.itjust.works

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44418560 [https://lemmy.world/post/44418560] > Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States. > > France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal. > > Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Barrot argued that the EU is increasingly attracting partners far beyond its borders as geopolitical tensions soar. > > Barrot’s Canada remark was not presented as a concrete policy proposal, but rather as part of a broader argument that the EU is emerging as a “third superpower” capable of balancing the rivalry between the United States and China.

Show threadJoshuaFalken3d ago
Sure does feel weird to think about a country not on the European continent becoming part of the European Union. Also, loosing the looney and the toonie from Canada’s currency would be a global tragedy.
Show threadsanta
Search “Queen of Canada”
Mar 20 at 3:56amWeb
Show threadJoshuaFalken2d ago
I’ll pass but thanks, Santa!
Show threadsanta2d ago
Ok. That’s the connection.
Show threadJoshuaFalken2d ago
A gift of a link is nicer than an instruction to perform a task, regardless of whatever connection you’re trying to make.
Show threadsanta2d ago

Ok. Here’s a link. I don’t think it is that much to search these days, but I could be mistaken.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada?wprov=sf…

Monarchy of Canada - Wikipedia

Show threadJoshuaFalken2d ago

Oh thanks for that link. Goes on a lot about a King, less about a Queen.

Anyway not entirely sure how it’s related to my initial comment in this thread, unless the connection being made is the British Empire being marginally similar to the European Union in that it is a collection of countries that may or may not be geographical neighbours? I think the whole bit about one of those collections being voluntary and the other… less so.

But I appreciate the contribution all the same, I’ll put it in the guest room.

Ta-ta

Show threadsanta2d ago
Thanks. It is about the Monarchy. The search led to that Wikipedia page. I suggested to search, which brings up a lot more information about the Queen. You wanted a link. Have a nice weekend.