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All for this. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

EU already said this can't work. It said in the rules only European countries can join the EU. But something can be worked out, no doubt.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Canada becomes a France province, easy.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or France becomes a Canadian one and switch to English as the primary official language. It would solve a ton of issues and I'm sure the French would be okay with it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Membership of the European Economic Area - same as Norway - for example.

    Comes with being part of the EU Internal Market, Freedom Of Movement (both ways, of course) and exceptions in a couple of areas (such as fishing rights not being decided by the EU, which I suspect is something that Canada would rather have) but without voting power within the EU.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    You have to be "substantially European", which includes Cyprus, which is fully in Asia and half Turkish. Also, Greenland and to a degree Iceland aren't geographically European.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Neither Greenland nor Iceland are in the EU.

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