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[-] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Might be some geographical issues (perhaps of the ocean variety) with this proposal

Well, Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean. Canada is just a slightly bigger island, slightly further away...

[-] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

There is French territory just off the coast of Newfoundland too (see Saint Pierre and Miquelon), also Denmark is right next door because of Greenland. So while still pretty far fetched, there is some precedent for European territory in North America.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Canada shares a land border with Greenland on Hans Island.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean.

The Celtic Sea is not an ocean.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

Maybe canada can be the first member of a post-European EU. I guess we'll need a new name.

[-] SenorBlanco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago
[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a football club that has no one to play against.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago

Cyprus is already the first non-European EU member.

[-] NewDay@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Earthed Union the EU.

[-] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

White supremacist imperialist conglomerate (non-US version)?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Once again, we are forced to raise the lingering question: Are Italians White?

[-] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

new caledonia and french guiana are laughing it up from the southern hemisphere

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