Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: “Canada is only 19km from France.”
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/minister-of-international-trade-says-canada-should-apply-for-eu-membership-canada-is-only-19km-from-france/
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Wfh@lemmy.zip · 60 pts · 1y
Canada also shares a border with Denmark. At this point Canada is basically Germany
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y
Iceland isn’t too far as well.
vandsjov@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 1y
Yeah, but Denmark and Canada where at war, so it might not be a good fit. Too soon....
Atlusb@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
Isn't France already a bit inside Canada?
lemmyng@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 1y
Just the tip.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Juste pour voir ce que ça fait
Atlusb@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
La tip
Jrockwar@feddit.uk · 21 pts · 1y
Isn't this satire?
llothar@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y
Yes it is
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
There is still truth in satire.
lennee@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
Frens
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
But Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon isn't part of the EU, so that argument doesn't make much sense.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
and neither is Greenland, iirc
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
They aren't really self governing either.
vatlark@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
Nah France and Canada are good neighbours. Only America wants to whine about land.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
We know and they aren't in dispute.
vatlark@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The article has several people quoted that didn't know the islands are french. I was attempting to play on that but my attempt clearly didn't land well.