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Could Canada join the EU? Unlikely … but not impossible. (www.politico.eu)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the EU and newspapers should focus on the realistic and useful e.g kicking Hungary out of the EU, strengthening EU bonds, making life across the EU as pleasant as possible, and rooting out anti-democrats.

Canada in the EU, while a nice thought experiment, is a detraction from much more important topics. If Canada had a free trade agreement with EU and free movement of its citizens, that would be an amazing start. Wouldn't mind being able to just move to Canada and find a job there without having to pay thousands for a VISA first.

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Finally, green-lighting Canada’s EU membership could frustrate some countries, such as Turkey, which have been queueing up for, literally, decades.

Lol, Turkey has a quasi-dicatator at the helm. They'd need fair and free elections first. Even if Canada hypothetically joined the EU, who cares what Turkey thinks? If they can't and won't fulfil conditions for joining, too bad for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Since the EU has been trying to get rid of Hungary for years and years, I'm not sure how realistic that is. They're safe as long as one other country supports them, unless there's a reboot of the whole project.

Canada in the EU, while a nice thought experiment, is a detraction from much more important topics. If Canada had a free trade agreement with EU and free movement of its citizens, that would be an amazing start. Wouldn’t mind being able to just move to Canada and find a job there without having to pay thousands for a VISA first.

I've never understood why they're framed as mutually exclusive. There's many forms of integration. EU membership is just the highest one, and the only one that would be procedurally hard.

We do have a free trade agreement (CETA), it just isn't fully ratified by each European country yet and so is acting provisionally. Joining the Schengen would be politically hard here because it'd mean more barriers with the US, which I think is mentioned. Likewise, a defence agreement would be hard for the EU because Canada has little to militarily offer.

Lol, Turkey has a quasi-dicatator at the helm. They’d need fair and free elections first. Even if Canada hypothetically joined the EU, who cares what Turkey thinks? If they can’t and won’t fulfil conditions for joining, too bad for them.

Some of the other EU applicants are better examples. That being said, the other Europeans I've talked to about this didn't seem too concerned about angering them, either.