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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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  1. jmatthews · · focus · HN ↗
    Without commenting on the EU, particularly, I would be concerned if I were a Canadian about Carney's commitment to globalism when the degenerate cases have become so common.

    It's a weird two-front war where people tend to answer the social question and ignore the economic one, but the economic question has not done any favors to the EU or the US for that matter

    1. garbawarb · · focus · HN ↗
      Can you share some of these degenerate cases?
      1. watwut · · focus · HN ↗
        Well, AfD winning elections, Hungary just getting rid of Orban, Slovakia being at risk, you know in general Trump like parties but in Europe.

        Ah, no who am I kidding. These usually worry about the opposite. What if EU manages to resist to those projects and remains liberal democracies?

        1. mordae · · focus · HN ↗
          Czechia electing Babis who invited nazis into coalition...

          But I don't think you can just elect Hitler in every nation and then get them to cooperate. They will inevitably want more and when they do they become aggressive. At which point I guess people will reconsider.

          Smells like a long-term attempt to break the EU from within TBH.

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