Hi All, The Latest Europe Dispatch with @alanderminna.bsky.social just appeared. She looks at the increasingly important direct relationship between Canada and European states--should Canada join the EU? open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Canada should forget about the USA. The USA won't "recover" from Trump/MAGA madness for decades.
aug 27, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
You would almost think that Canadians lost their lives helping Europe beat the last dictator.
aug 27, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes!!!
aug 27, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
I am Canadian and fully support either EU or Canzuk...or both.
aug 27, 2025, 3:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Trade more with them ✅ Join the EU ❌ Politics don't change geography. We would get the short end of the stick just for being 5000 km away.
aug 30, 2025, 6:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe
aug 27, 2025, 3:28 pm • 0 0 • view
RE: the note on Albertans wanting to join the US: no they don't. Support for that, even in Alberta, is only around 10%. Even Albertan separatists (close to 1/3) don't want to be Americans. Support in the rest of the country is mid-single digits - vapour. dailyhive.com/canada/alber...
aug 27, 2025, 4:45 pm • 0 0 • view
The juice is not worth the squeeze for either side, in terms of actual membership.
aug 27, 2025, 12:53 pm • 0 0 • view
We can have strong ties and agreements without Canada really be a member. I’mnnot sure what would be the benefits for either EU or Canada atm.
aug 27, 2025, 10:27 am • 4 0 • view
I think it’s both to Canada’s & the EU’s benefit. The USA is proving itself under the trump administration to be an unreliable partner in many areas.
aug 27, 2025, 1:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Accession to the EU: 1. It must be a European state. enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-...
aug 27, 2025, 8:10 pm • 1 0 • view
EU needs to reform itself first, change that they need every bodies vote for every minor thing. Like one single country can block progress of any matter and extort some special conditions for itself. And then if they are serious about Ukraine, they have lots of work to do there, maybe UK again too?
aug 27, 2025, 10:36 am • 6 0 • view
Sigh- at the highest -level it is a consensus system. That is by design and is not going to be reformed. At lower levels, it’s consensus majority system, which works quite well. Canada would be smart to join the EU.
aug 27, 2025, 12:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Consensus system works well when you have a few members like-minded. This isn't the case for EU for a long time, imagine Canada having total different needs then Croatia or Malta. It will only get worse. Same point as people ignoring how many difficulties EU will face integrating Ukraine.
aug 27, 2025, 12:35 pm • 2 0 • view
The “consensus system” imho works better than a singular veto system which is operative in the UN.
aug 27, 2025, 1:33 pm • 1 0 • view
What's the difference in practice?
aug 27, 2025, 1:37 pm • 3 0 • view
The EU has successfully negotiated ‘abstentions’ from troublesome nations (Hungary, Slovakia) as a work around for many policies. However, of course, new members must be voted in by all. 🤷🏻
aug 27, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view
We love them already. 😍
aug 27, 2025, 10:36 am • 0 0 • view
We must push 🇷🇺 over the edge !! #RussiaIsATerroristState committing a full-scale genocide in plain sight. It is our duty towards Humanity to help 🇺🇦 win the war. Whatever victory takes, right now 🔥 #SlavaUkraïni 🇱🇹🇩🇰🇳🇱🇸🇪🇫🇮🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇴🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
aug 29, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view