Thread

EU Floats Canada Becoming the Bloc's First 'Associate Member'

83 points · 170 comments · helsinkiandrew

ocd · 1789548510 · focus · HN ↗
As stated by Carney, this is not exactly true, but something like this has been expected. From a legal and sovereignty standpoint, EU membership of any kind does not make sense. A novel bloc of nations centered around military and economic cooperation that includes the EU and Canada however, does.
1. gizajob · 1789548702 · focus · HN ↗
  It certainly does not make sense seeing as Canada is not in Europe.
  1. vrganj · 1789549468 · focus · HN ↗
    One could argue that it is European by founding and history though.
    Founded by Europeans, still mostly populated by people of European ancestry, with laws written by Europeans and based on European ideas.
    European isn't just a geographic descriptor :-)
    gizajob · 1789550254 · focus · HN ↗
    You could argue even more effectively that it was British by founding and a British colony, with a big influence from the French. And we know what happened with Britain and the EU.
    vrganj · 1789558865 · focus · HN ↗
    Britain, too, is European. They were even a part of the EU at one point ;)

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.