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@silkester "Macron made an offer to Carney"

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the hardest.

@Veza85UE

According to "Canada Now" it happened on a morning run in Helsinki.

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This might just as well be a hoax. I still find it interesting that a channel is selling it as news, as if a no from Carney would be an affront to Europe.

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@silkester I mean, it makes sense that Canadian media wouldn't have the context to see why this is absurd, but trust me... no French President is EVER handing a veto over EU decisions to any non-European country (and if they could help it, they'd probably never hand another one to any European country either).

@Veza85UE
Uhm? EU-veto... what do you misunderstand here?

In an informal setting one diplomat raised a question to another and it was rejected. This was not a formal invitation by the entire EU.

This has nothing to do with any EU-veto.

@silkester Oh, but it does... That's how the EU works (unfortunately). Whatever Barrot was joking about, EU membership is not going to be offered to any non-European country, not in an informal setting, not ever. Because membership would give countries like Canada a veto over EU law. France was quite happy to see the back of the UK and get rid of THEIR veto (and they were right), it's NOT giving that veto right to non Europeans just because they have a friendly PM for a couple of years.

@Veza85UE

Some things are not happening because there is a serious consideration but just signaling to other foreign powers. This might have been such a case.

Like I think France offering Nukes to Germany with autonomy to use them as Germany sees fit, was signaling to Putin, rather than a serious offer.

@silkester This was a joke. The ahole guy from The Economist started it and Barrot just went with it for shits and giggles.

France extending the nuclear umbrella to the rest of the EU, not just Germany, is a dead serious offer that Macron has been working on for years and again, if you had context and knew what Art. 42.7 is, it would make a lot more sense.

@Veza85UE

FYI I just remebered an example: Rest is Politics interview with the Spain PM.