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In the Abacus poll, 46 per cent of respondents said they would support Canada becoming a member state of the EU, and 44 per cent said the Canadian government should definitely or probably look into joining it.

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[โ€“] [S] 61 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I mean if Cyprus and French Guiana can join so can Canada if we can meet the requirements. Itโ€™s a political alliance of values.

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  • [โ€“] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    French Guiana is only part of the EU because it's part of France, and even then it needs plenty of exceptions to make it work.

    Cyprus was already aligned with the rest of Europe in economic laws.

    Canada would need to redo half of its laws to join the EU, and Canadian companies would either need to produce two versions of everything or drop the US market altogether.

    It's more realistic to aim for a close bilateral treaty than for membership, at least for next few decades.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, these opinion polls really should be more taken as a desire to move closer (as the article says). I doubt the people voting actually know everything that joining the EU would entail, but it's still valid as a general "getting closer to the EU".

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  • [โ€“] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    How is Cyprus controversial as an EU member? Because it's far enough to technically be Asia? Still very much European values, language, history etc. It's also only a stone's throw away from the nearest Greek island

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
    • Tax heaven (together with Ireland)
    • Part of the island occupied by Turkiye
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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I mean french guiana is literally a part of france. Its an overseas territory so its handled as an island or whatever not a colony. The most disgusting thing isnt that canada is in north america but that the eu would need to border the usa...

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