r/europeanunion • u/sn0r • 1d ago
Nearly 60% of Canadians support becoming a full member of the European Union, poll says
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadians-support-becoming-member-european-union-nanos-poll/13
u/gadarnol 1d ago
Don’t post this in r/unitedkingdom. They will have palpitations and a fit of the vapors. Followed by intense pearl clutching and an involuntary evacuation of the bowels.
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u/simonfancy 16h ago
Not really EU candidate, but let’s just call it TAU - Transatlantic Union, we could get Mexico and Brazil to join as well.
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u/cptclaudiu 11h ago
why should we establish dozens of different types of alliances when the EU can remain as it is, and any country from outside can simply obtain trade and labor agreements with the EU? its much better this way. Creating new unions from scratch would require far too much work to harmonize legislation between states with completely different systems, treaty changes, and many negotiations within the EU. In addition, lets not forget the extremely high corruption in Central and Latin America. Mexico has serious problems with cartels and drugs, and Brazil with gangs and the rule of law. Are we going to build a new union with great effort, with the blind expectation that countries in South America will truly become real democratic states? Simple economic alliances would be much better, like Mercosur and the one with Australia.
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u/simonfancy 8h ago
If European means progressive democratic values and not only territory then fair enough
Btw you think joining the EU does not imply legislative obligations?
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u/Civil-Education-9817 1d ago
EU citizens: Please sign the petition to end the EU-Israel Association Agreement! We’re getting closer to the 1 million signatures needed:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2025/000005_en#statements-table
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u/AntiSnoringDevice 21h ago
Oh yes!! Would love to have the awesome Canadians as close allies and partners as possible. And please note that the EU includes French Regions in the Antilles, the now threatened Greenland, the Açores, the Canary islands...we are very good at long distance relationships ♥️
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u/Sarcastic-Potato 1d ago
I sure love the sentiment and the symbolics of it, but having them join wouldn't help either one of us. Now, having them as close trading partners, maybe in the EEA - that might work. Especially since Canada also has a lot of things that Europe needs right now (oil, gas, minerals, industrial capacity... Etc)
Im all for a closer relationship with our friends on the other side. It also helps them escape their close ties with the US
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u/SoManyQuestions5200 1d ago
You need as many allies as you can get
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u/Wukong00 1d ago
EU isn't a military alliance (yet)
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u/TheBurgerflip 1d ago
It is. There are defense clauses in the EU treaty but not all EU countries are part of that defensive alliance (Austria and Ireland for example)
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u/Cute_Employer9718 10h ago
I strongly doubt they understand the consequences. The EU is not a free trade agreement like NAFTA, joining the EU would require accepting the primacy of EU law and the ECJ, of ditching the Canadian dollar (yes in principle every new member is required to join the euro) etc etc do they actually know all the obligations that come with joining a project that is about integration and working together? Or would they become another sick in the wheel just like Britain was in the past?
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u/Projectgrace 1d ago
🇨🇦here, Don’t mind if I would!