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Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says
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Sure does feel weird to think about a country not on the European continent becoming part of the European Union. Also, loosing the looney and the toonie from Canada's currency would be a global tragedy.
Canada can poot anything they want on the backside of the Euro coins they mint. It's fun to sort through your change and see where the coins came from. Might see a maple leaf one day?
That's an interesting detail I didn't know. With this new knowledge I choose to live in the timeline where Canada puts a loonie on the back of the euro coin haha.
Well... Canada has a land border with Denmark...
Call me a rube but I'm more of a mainland enthusiast myself. Don't pay much mind to uninhabited islands that are closer in size to Vatican City than Tuvalu.
France is closer to Canada than it is to England
Interesting fact, though capital city to capital city, Canada is an order of magnitude further from France than it is to England.
Also,
^might be more beneficial to copy paste text than to upload screenshots of said text so the size and formatting can jive with whatever device or client a person is using to read the comment^
^cheers!^
Just didn't want to fuck around with formatting into block quotes lol, sometimes the laziness gets me
Here you go.
Thank you dear non lazy person
It was actually much easier than I expected since the mardown formatting came straight with the copy/paste!
A lot of countries in the European Union keep their old currencies. It is not mandatory.
But it would insulate Canada from the United States manipulating it. They absolutely should take on the euro.
I'm no expert but given the trade between the two nations, I don't think a currency change would do a whole lot to provide insulation from economic bullying the United States is capable of.
Maybe Canada could build a moat haha.
Oh for sure, I just meant the euro would insulate them from future plays on their currency, led by the administration and their parasitical business buddies, in the future when elections are firmly fixed, borrowing is getting maxed out, and they rig the numbers and news to prop up the failing economy.
I think it is funny that France's longest land border is shared with Brazil.
French guinea?
Yep.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil-France_border
French Guiana. I used to always get my Guineas and Guiana/Guyanas mixed up.
I didn't have "Canada joins EU" on my polymarket geopolitics multi-bet
Search “Queen of Canada”
I'll pass but thanks, Santa!
Ok. That’s the connection.
A gift of a link is nicer than an instruction to perform a task, regardless of whatever connection you're trying to make.
Ok. Here’s a link. I don’t think it is that much to search these days, but I could be mistaken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada?wprov=sfti1
Oh thanks for that link. Goes on a lot about a King, less about a Queen.
Anyway not entirely sure how it's related to my initial comment in this thread, unless the connection being made is the British Empire being marginally similar to the European Union in that it is a collection of countries that may or may not be geographical neighbours? I think the whole bit about one of those collections being voluntary and the other... less so.
But I appreciate the contribution all the same, I'll put it in the guest room.
Ta-ta
Thanks. It is about the Monarchy. The search led to that Wikipedia page. Read the very top of page. It redirects to that page.
I suggested to search, which brings up a lot more information about the Queen. You wanted a link. Have a nice weekend.
Countries can join the EU without switching to the euro.
They are legally bound to eventually adopt the euro. But they can deliberately fail to meet the convergence criteria, like Sweden does.
They have to commit to taking steps towards adoption and then they don't actually have to do anything.