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 (2 replies)

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 (3 replies)

Isn't France already a bit inside Canada?

lemmyng@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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 (2 replies)

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 (2 replies)

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 (3 replies)
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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 (1 reply)

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.