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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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temporallobe · 1789655931 · focus · HN ↗
My understanding is that an EU member state has to physically be in Europe unless they are an “extension” of a state already in the EU. I get that it’s supposed to be an “associate” state but I’m fascinated by what kind of legal hoops they’re going to jump through to make this happen.
They did make an exception for Cypress, so I suppose there’s some kind of precedent.
1. krenel · 1789678618 · focus · HN ↗
  Not the same, but the Canary Islands are part of Spain, and are clearly in the African continent, geographically speaking.
  In any case, I believe the EU can accommodate Canada or other like-wise counties. One of the goals for the EU is to unify smaller sovereign regions to have a greater power and be able to sit on the table having leverage with the bigger states layers. Growing by anexing Canada would increase that power.

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