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

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nephihaha · 1789556222 · focus · HN ↗
The EU is running out of Europe. I thought Turkey or North Africa would be the next steps. Maybe Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
1. graemep · 1789556630 · focus · HN ↗
  > I thought Turkey or North Africa would be the next steps. Maybe Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
  Not white enough for the EU. There is a lot of opposition to even Turkey, which is already in customs union, joining and talks are dead specifically because EU countries do not want immigration from Turkey.
  1. arethuza · 1789557100 · focus · HN ↗
    Fear that Turkey would be "imminently" joining the EU was one of the scare stories used by the Brexit campaign in the UK.
    nephihaha · 1789565854 · focus · HN ↗
    There are already quite a few Turks in the UK, but I don't remember Turkey being used as a specific scare story.
    Either way, it's clear that UK migration levels have not been diminished by Brexit, and much of it is coming from outside the EU... So whatever one thinks of the issue it is bigger than Europe.
    arethuza · 1789567921 · focus · HN ↗
    Dominic Cummings said that the Turkey immigration scare tactic was an important factor in the Brexit result:
    <a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2021/08/12/cummings-brexit-confessions-reveal-the-hollow-heart-of-a-hallowed-project/" rel="nofollow">https://bylinetimes.com/2021/08/12/cummings-brexit-confessio...
    The warnings before Brexit that it would increase immigration - and look what happened!

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