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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. DemocracyFTW2 · 1789626135 · focus · HN ↗
    1) what everyone else replied; but also 2) where do you think Europe is? You're probably wrong, cf. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa#/media/Datei:Mitglieder_in_Europaeischen_Organisationen.svg" rel="nofollow">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa#/media/Datei:Mitglieder...

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