L’ex ministro degli Esteri tedesco Gabriel propone l’adesione del Canada all’UE
https://www-deutschlandfunk-de.translate.goog/frueherer-bundesaussenminister-gabriel-schlaegt-eu-mitgliedschaft-kanadas-vor-102.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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Original German Link: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/frueherer-bundesaussenminister-gabriel-schlaegt-eu-mitgliedschaft-kanadas-vor-102.html
Classic Eurovision move. Australia next?
Just give me second, i just have to look at a map.
Strange
Canada don’t seem to be located in Europe.
Maybe my map is wrong.
As a Dutchman, I can only say we would always welcome our Canadia bros.
Then they should rename it in World Union. I would be a fan tbh.
Sounds strange at first but Canada and the EU has more common things than with the USA. The universal health care, the social system, the work-life balance mentality. Mentality of Canada is much more similar to the EU than to the USA.
Great idea. Canadians are mint!
As a Canadian, only if we get cheap $20 Ryanair flights to the Greek islands
Not something I‘ve ever considered, but there are dumber ideas, even if done purely to spite the 🍊
Shengen with Canada sounds cool
Will Canada get access to German pastries?
But lets alsi build a bridge to them 😁
Canada, Costa Rica, Uruguay, maybe Chile would do nicely in the EU. Full democracies and solid quality of life for their respective regions.
Sounds cool.
Bring timmy’s to EU
I don’t mind the Canadians at all, but isn’t it kind of ridiculous to invite nations from outside of Europe into the EU?
EUROPEAN union.
I have actually researched this topic before as a Canadian out of curiosity. It really seems like the EU and Canada naturally could solve alot of issues for each other.
For example the EU lacks a stable country to trade with that can supply a large quantity/quality of raw materials, such as rare earth minerals, uranium, potash and energy. Canada could also add some other small perks like making France feel like they have another francophone friend, greater access to artic trade routes in the future, a larger market area etc.
Canada would gain some much needed trade diversity and a much greater market access.
There would be some issues though like interacting with the EU bureaucracy, power balance changes, protectionism and cultural differences.
Something tells me though if this ever became serious America would fight really hard to block it though.
Someone else suggested this weeks ago. It wont work.
Canada and the EU already have a new trade agreement and the vast majority of benefits for both Canada and the EU will come from that. The rest is difficult to achieve. It will take decades to sychronize food safety standards, protocols, labelling, regulation, inspections, etc. to allow fully unimpeded trade, so why the rush to get Canada to join the EU when there is already so much trade that is still under utilized?
Canada already has to manage to intergrate with US product standards, reviews, trade restrictions, etc..Also trying to do so with EU regulations makes it even more cumbersome. Further, the US wont like Canada being used as a springboard for EU companies to export products “built” in Canada to compete with American jobs through NAFTA.
Canada, as part of NAFTA, would equally become a trojan horse to allow cheap American products to enter the EU and bypass US trade agreements with the EU. Canada wont ever agree to join the EU without maintaining our US ties which account for a majority of our exports. It becomes inevitable that the EU would need a free trade agreement with the USA, which is impossible.
Further intergration will have huge headaches. Canada’s raw materiels become problematic if they do get more integrated. This became an issue duing trade negotiations. A common market inevitably means Europe having to compete with cheap, large scale, farming, lumber industries etc. Go look at the quotas in the Canada-EU free trade agreement and you can identify the barriers. You guys wont even let Ukraine export grain, how are you going to manage all Canada’s raw material exports in a completely intergrated market?
Canada’s laws often allow an effective veto for legislation from Aboriginal groups for things like joing the EU, this is a huge hurdle.
The Jay Treaty. How are you going to manage that border issue?
Political issues. The EU already has a ton of countries with separatist elements, do they want to add one more?
Immigration. Canada takes in millions of immigrants and support has declined considerably. They wont want the EU trying to force them to take more during an immigration crisis.
That was just off the top of my head. It wont happen.
Just call it “The Union”
Lowkey, it would be awesome. Would love that. Give them immediate schengen access. They’d have the 5th largest number of MEPs. Let their parties join their respective equivalances in the European Parliament. Would be lit.
Canadian here. I would love for us to be part of the EU.
‚Union of the sane Western Hemisphere.‘
But first, throw Orban out. He can fck with Donald.
First sensible thing he said in years
Do we get a discount on maple syrup?
I don’t know how are supposed to to trust Canada. I keep hearing how Poutine keeps interfering in elections.
Canadian here. Most of us came from there at some point anyways so it’s like meeting up with long lost family members. We love our European brothers and sisters and wouldn’t hesitate to be closer to you both politically and economically. ❤️ We also have a ton of resources that fuel economies so it’ll be mutually beneficial. And the best part is it’ll come from a stable and friendly country, not from one like bipolar bully (USA) or that big enemy to the east lol.
“Yeah I know it’s another Anglosphere country, but this one has a French bit!”
Yeah I’m sure EUs overbearing bureaucracy and laws will be welcomed by Canadians
Revealed finally: Project ENAU – The European and North American Union
1. Canada
2. California-Oregon-Washington west coast
3. New England Six and New York
I would love free travel and being able to use european driver license there .
– a truck driver 😀
Lets go!!!!
As a Canadian this is ridiculous.