Life imitates art, and that art is the board game Twilight Struggle.
(It’s a Cold War simulator, played on a world map, and Canada counts as Europe for game purposes.)
Maybe call it something other than the European Union in that case?
We can have colonies in North America again.
Alright Britain, calm down now
Well Canada, you know what that means…:
Canadian Dominion btw, it’s not like they got the letters of “Canada” jumbled up their official name is just weird.
I would have loved to use CAN or CA instead, but that’s their international vehicle registration code and rules are rules… :)
Canadians are totally on board for this
#NichtDerPostillion #NotTheOnion
That would be so cool if I could visit Canada without any visa or other shit.
Most EU countries have visa-free entry into Canada IIRC. I know you have to submit an eta but those are cheap and quickly approved
Yeah, I would definitely appreciate it! I like the Canadians.
So you are saying LTT merch without tarifs? Nice!
Just gotta get those undies with the Linus Sex Tips rim for all my work besties, and cheap! /s
Our borders are sound, and we’re not at war.
We have a land border with Denmark and a Sea border with France.
Let’s go !
Okay everyone, time to get started working on a Eurovision entry.
Céline Dion once more, or Justin Bieber?
I mean, arguably, conditions permitting, you don’t necessarily need to be an actual, full fledged member of anything to participate. But in any case, yes, please do, we need new blood.
Eurovision is organized by the european broadcasting union, not the european union.
As Israel is taking part in the song contest, I can‘t see hurdles for Canada.
What, do you think Canada are planning to commit a genocide?
As said, EBU, not EU. Israel is member of EBU, Canada is not. And joining EU makes no difference.
Canada is associate member of the EBU. Thing is you can only be a full member if your territory falls within the EBA, which isn’t even defined by the EBU but the ITU.
There’s precendence for associate members to participate in the ESC, though, to wit, Australia, and if Canada were to become a EU member I bet they’d also be allowed in. I also very much doubt the organisers would deny Greenland entry.
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Finally an option that doesn’t involve “negotiating” with a dementia-ridden publicity whore. I’d vote YES!!!
The US offers sheer strength, but can no longer be counted on for security or reliability. The Canadian government is smart for examining their options.
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I’m not sure how the EU charter works for geographic limits, but Canada would be a phenomenal addition to the market, especially since the US is about to blow up NAFTA and other trade agreements with Canada and Mexico.
If I’m not mistaken, per article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, it can’t.
Any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union. The European Parliament and national Parliaments shall be notified of this application. The applicant State shall address its application to the Council, which shall act unanimously after consulting the Commission and after receiving the consent of the European Parliament, which shall act by a majority of its component members. The conditions of eligibility agreed upon by the European Council shall be taken into account.
The conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded, which such admission entails, shall be the subject of an agreement between the Member States and the applicant State. This agreement shall be submitted for ratification by all the contracting States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
For example, Morocco tried applying, but was rejected because it wasn’t considered an “European State”. So, from my point of view, either EU amends the article to allow non-European countries to join (maybe on the basis of cultural similarities? anyways, I don’t think it’s even feasible), or an special agreement/set of agreements to integrate it in the EU without actually making it part of the EU.
Georgia is a EU candidate and it’s neither in Europe nor bordering a EU state. It should definitely be possible.
Europe is not well defined, there are different opinions where Europe ends and Asia begins. Depending on the definition you choose, Georgia can be seen as partially or even completely in Europe.
On the other hand, there is not much discussion that the Atlantic is the western border of Europe, so Canada is definitely not in Europe.
It’s possible to change such treaties.
I know, but they are still uncahnged, so for now I guess it’s not possible.
You could argue for it being culturally European though
I’m pretty sure that the exact meaning of “European” is very precisely defined somewhere in the fine print. It’s an EU treaty after all.
I think originally it was meant to be focused on geographical Europe, they could use the "culturally European " reasoning as a loophole (or as the new meaning), though, but I don’t really know.
If Australia in in the Eurovision (European song contest), it may as well be in the Union too
European Union, European Broadbasting Union
They are the same picture.
it would be kinda funny if UKs former colonies joined after brexit
I literally screamed OH SHIT! as I saw this
As a Canadian I feel like this would be such a huge win for us.
Gonna be real the NAFTA 2.0/USMCA trade agreement seems shaky at best, horrendously unstable at worst so maintaining current trade relations doesn’t seem sustainable unfortunately.
Wait, so would this be in exchange for Greenland?
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