Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States.

Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States.

France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.

Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Barrot argued that the EU is increasingly attracting partners far beyond its borders as geopolitical tensions soar.

Barrot’s Canada remark was not presented as a concrete policy proposal, but rather as part of a broader argument that the EU is emerging as a “third superpower” capable of balancing the rivalry between the United States and China.

      • toad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 day ago

        In general yes. Here the common denominator is that canadians are british and french colonists who never kicked their invaders.

        Also the EU is corrupted as shit. And trust me, I know about it first hand, i work for them. I know your western propaganda makes you think we’re friend because we’re the goodies and they’re the baddies. I can imagine the reader, shaking in hate as his worldview shatters. Still, give me one reason why canada would enter the european union before, say, turkey or bielorussia.

        Because they’re civilized, aka white.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yes they’ve been trying. I believe Denmark was the hold out. Which is weird stance considering Greenland’s situation. And the trade route like right there. Honestly don’t really understand why all of EU aren’t jumping on this as hard as the US is.

  • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Otherwise known as please Canada bring your production capacity to Europe since we’re both getting divorced from the US

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Increasing trade between the EU and Canada just makes perfect sense, with or without full membership. They bring the raw resources, we bring the equipment to extract those raw resources. It’s a pretty sweet deal for both parties.