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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

284 points · 354 comments · witweb

attendant3446 · 1789663704 · focus · HN ↗
It's all over the news, but nobody really knows what an 'associate member' of the EU is
1. b112 · 1789675778 · focus · HN ↗
  Strangely, I've heard this a lot, yet everyone describing it lays out their goals, and what they think it should be.
  And talks of working towards those goals.
  Nothing is mysterious here, it's just a new thing. We'll work it out, and once we do, we'll go from there.
  As Buckeroo Bonsai said,
  "No matter where you go, there you are!"
2. niyikiza · 1789691801 · focus · HN ↗
  To be fair hardly anybody really knows what it means to be a regular member either.
3. brimwats · 1789953166 · focus · HN ↗
  seems like it's a relationship all parties want to define together & in conversation with each other. this sort of thing seems better to do slowly and openly rather than behind doors and try to force

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