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Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea (cheknews.ca)

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A further 58 per cent indicated it was a proposal worth exploring further

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[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

That application was in 1987. A lot has changed. In 1987 Spain only just joined (1986). There has been for a very long time dispute about the Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco and from where a lot of previous inhabitants/resistance have since lived in Spain. It was at that time and I think it still is also just an easy excuse to not include an officially Muslim country. And a Moroccan border would be a lot harder to guard against than current borders. Little of this kind of stuff with Canada, they'd just blab about historical ties and historical times requiring historical steps etc and make it happen. Biggest obstacle would be Hungary, USA, Russia, not geography.

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