cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44418560
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.
I’ll pass but thanks, Santa!
Ok. That’s the connection.
A gift of a link is nicer than an instruction to perform a task, regardless of whatever connection you’re trying to make.
Ok. Here’s a link. I don’t think it is that much to search these days, but I could be mistaken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada?wprov=sfti1
Oh thanks for that link. Goes on a lot about a King, less about a Queen.
Anyway not entirely sure how it’s related to my initial comment in this thread, unless the connection being made is the British Empire being marginally similar to the European Union in that it is a collection of countries that may or may not be geographical neighbours? I think the whole bit about one of those collections being voluntary and the other… less so.
But I appreciate the contribution all the same, I’ll put it in the guest room.
Ta-ta
Thanks. It is about the Monarchy. The search led to that Wikipedia page. Read the very top of page. It redirects to that page.
I suggested to search, which brings up a lot more information about the Queen. You wanted a link. Have a nice weekend.