It doesn't really make sense for Canada to be a member of the EU simply because Canada isn't in Europe. What we could do is grant Canada a deal similar to what Norway has now. We're one of four members of EFTA, which are part of the EEA without being EU members.
I must admit that my knowledge of Canada is shallow at best but my impression is that its overall values align well with western European democracies.
This is exactly what I was thinking.
Nah we just need a fancy team name for the not-absolute-fuck-head countries.
I mean EU is Europe and I fucking love you guys but down here in Australia we can't just up and move the continent to Europe.
I don't think the name should be dependent on membership like BRICS or whatever because you don't want to have to rebrand when you kick someone out or let someone in.
I think it should include a word like collaborative because honestly, that's what it's about - we're better off working together.
It's also important to choose a name with a catchy acronym that isn't already taken.
Maybe Collaborative Union of Nice Terran States.
You just answered yourself. Just call it CUNAFHC - Collaborative Union of Not-Absolute-Fuck-Head-Countries
EBU EU whats the difference?
If Australia can be part of the Eurovision song contest so It can be of the EU. Also everybody already asume anyway that you are just Austria.
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But its about European values. Compassion, democracy, empathy, forgiveness and freedom
As a European, I don't think we can claim exclusive ownership of those concepts.
I still would not call them European values, it comes of as values that exist in Europe and nowhere else. And I'd rather have compassion, democracy etc everywhere.
How about just, free world. The rest are fascist dictatorships anyway.
We're also democratic, we should call it the free democratic coalition of states.
Its not like there is any bad precedent in using names like this, like democratic republic of korea, or just referring to USA as "land of the free"...
Not true, there's also we poor countries who can't afford hanging around with the nice guys in the block
Well who says you cant join up? An alliance like NATO doesnt have a price tag except for the 2% minimum defence limit, but it’s 2% subjective to your income. So you literally can afford that.
Yes but then you'd need NATO's approval. Remember how Erdogan put all sorts of 'but's to Finland and Sweden, countries with way more wealth (and more arguments to be included in NATO) than one like mine
Let's go CUNTS!
EU & Friends
Actually, the EU has a whole bouquet of options for countries that want to cooperate with it. It can be trade agreements, free trade area, currency union, Schengen Area and so on. Norway, Switzerland and Turkey are examples of different degrees of associated status.
But be aware that any full EU membership would non-negotiable include the right of not only companies but also people to move freely in the common area - yes, that would mean that any EU citizen has the right to move to and live in Canada, and vice versa, as long as these persons can support themselves.
Discrimination against people that can't support themselves.
Not really. It prevents countries from bearing the burden of maintaining other nation's unemployed, incapacitated, etc...
Cool. I'm not offended by that. 28th member sounds respecta. 51st state, not so much. 😂
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Canada joins EU, blue states join Canada. Bada bing, bada boom
The majority of people even in blue states were fine with Trump. No thanks, they can stay where they are.
As much as I like Canada compared to the US, they are not European by any stretch of the imagination. I'd be for free trade and free movement as a beginning, but part of the European Union is a bit much.
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W name in this context lmao frfr ong
And California, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii please 🙏🏼
Let's do it.
If Canada joins EU, should we change its name? Any suggestions?
Why change? Canada is a perfectly good name.
I didn't even realise this comment was a joke and was confused at OPs question, until I realized they were thinking about the EU.
We could name it the UE. United Earth.
Why not EU (earth united)
EEU (Europe Etc Union)
Super Earth. Our home.
Well you could say it's a treaty of organisations all located by the North Atlantic... TONA? I dunno, it could never work!
Should be something that works in most languages
Northern Union? Atlantic Union?
Honestly keeping it the EU might be the easiest.
From the limited stuff I know about Canada, please no. They only seem reasonable because they are only ever compared to usa.
I wonder what you're thinking of. On just about every issue there's somewhere in Europe further right or further left. Since this is Lemmy you probably don't mean we like immigrants too much.
I completely forgot that this guy was our foreign minister for over a year.
What, you forgot all about Siggie den Grätenlosen, Siggie the Fishboneless?
The geese took that personal.
Nothing personnel kid
Don't worry, they physically can't get any angrier. The people on the other hand mostly support the idea of joining.
With the increasing far-right influence in the EU, Canada should steer well clear. Unless that's something they'd like to contribute to themselves.
The far right is currently collapsing here, and was never as prominent as in France or Germany in the first place.
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