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[-] Fabian@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

I would support stronger ties to Canada, but Canada is not exactly in Europe

[-] Muffi@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago

Why would that matter? It's a political and economical union, not a geographical one.

[-] Fabian@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As the parliament says

In order to apply for EU membership, a country has to be European and respect the EU's democratic values

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20180126STO94113/enlargement-how-do-countries-join-the-eu

Since according to Article 49

The applicant country must [...] be a European state;

https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/0ae670d2-1ece-4994-b1e3-adda39e1c6de.0006.03/DOC_1

[-] Pixelnator@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

As mentioned in the post above, what constitutes as European is decided by the European Council and European Commission. You are correct in that it is a requirement but there is nothing stopping them from going "Canada is European, as it shares our values, ideals, and ideologies". The decision does not have to be geographical.

It's unlikely and kind of a "the rules don't say a dog can't play basketball" type move but it's technically valid.

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