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EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

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softwaredoug · 1789557035 · focus · HN ↗
I’m not sure this is a good thing for Canada.
The EU feels like an incomplete experiment. Not strong enough to actually be a single market. But still able to create additional annoying regulations on top of nation level ones.
The EU needs to be truly Federal to succeed economically. That might create uniform regulations with more uniform regulations and actually make Europe competitive.
1. lnxg33k1 · 1789557188 · focus · HN ↗
  I am not sure, if I see the example of US as federation, it might work well for corporations only, but people have nothing, uniformity doesn't work because not all populations have the same needs/expectations
  1. bitcurious · 1789563789 · focus · HN ↗
    > I am not sure, if I see the example of US as federation, it might work well for corporations only, but people have nothing,
    What does this mean, concretely? What do the people not have? Who are those people? What would they have in the EU?
    There is this odd fatalistic attitude about the US in this thread that seems divorced from the reality I’ve experienced in my travels.
    lnxg33k1 · 1789564415 · focus · HN ↗
    universal healthcare, paid time off just to cite two
    work/life balance?

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