L’ex ministro degli Esteri tedesco suggerisce che il Canada dovrebbe far parte dell’UE

Just as a side note: He has not been in active politics for 7 years and has not held any mandate or government office since then.

In addition, he has appeared on political talk shows from time to time in recent years and has expressed his personal opinions in order to attract attention. These opinions have nothing to do with the views of his or any party, of the parliament, of the cabinet or a majority in Germany. 

I personally think that Gabon should be part of the European Union. 

Does that mean Europe would gonna get cheaper maple syrup and poutine?? If so count me in lol!

Sigmar says a lot, when the day is long and someone holds a microphone under his nose.

It doesn’t matter whether Canada’s movement towards the EU will ultimately be a real choice or not. **The mere fact that there are discussions about such a possibility is already extremely uncomfortable for the United States.** A few demonstrative public gestures to outline this process would be enough to put pressure on the US. And most importantly, a chain of interdependencies would be formed in the media space: ‘The White House’s reckless actions have pushed Canada away from the US and towards the EU, which could lead to the US losing Arctic opportunities.’

**A Canada-Greenland-EU Arctic axis** would pose a threat to US ambitions and force the White House to soften its rhetoric in order to roll back to the status quo (when partnership negotiations were possible). In other words, to reduce blackmail and pressure.

That is why the statement by European Commission spokesperson Paula Piño that Canada cannot join the EU from a geopolitical point of view is a rather early and unreasonable step. Indeed, Article 49 states: ‘Any European country which respects the values set out in Article 2 and is committed to upholding them may apply for membership.’ But the term ‘European country’ itself is not clearly defined. It is not clear whether the criteria it meets are purely ‘geographical’, ‘value’, ‘cultural’ or ‘ideological’. Do all criteria have to be met, or is one dominant one enough?

What’s more, Canada is not just a democratic North American country, it is a member of the EU’s Horizon Europe treaties. In addition, Canada is a member of the Council of the European Space Agency and is now actively involved in the development of European programmes for alternative to US satellite communications, including for military purposes.

[https://resurgamhub.org/analytics/europe/eu/three-unusual-steps-from-the-eu-and-ukraine-that-could-restrain-the-white-house-s-destructive-actions](https://resurgamhub.org/analytics/europe/eu/three-unusual-steps-from-the-eu-and-ukraine-that-could-restrain-the-white-house-s-destructive-actions)

I don’t see it happen, but I kinda wish it did.

EU should exchange invitations to a free trade alliance to the rest of the free world in order to keep our economies going as the US has gone all tits up on us. But i dont really see the point in joining the EU. Plus EU regulations state no country outside of Europe may join the union.