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Former German foreign minister suggests Canada should be part of EU

www.yahoo.com Former German foreign minister suggests Canada should be part of EU

The former German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel has proposed offering Canada partial membership in the European Union. "Maybe not fully integrated like everyone else, but maybe partially," the Social Democrat told the Bremen-based newspaper Weser-Kurier in comments published on Saturday. Europe mu...

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As much as I like Canada compared to the US, they are not European by any stretch of the imagination. I'd be for free trade and free movement as a beginning, but part of the European Union is a bit much.
- It's not possible by current legislation aswell. You need to be on the European continent to join the EU.
  
  Fun fact: being located on the European continent is actually not a requirement. It is only mentioned that you need to be "European" which is open to interpretation (although, of course the continent comes to mind first). It basically says you have to have some relation towards being European, whether that is by politics, culture or by location (preferrably all of the above).
  The best example would be Cyprus, which is actually located on the Asian continent but is culturally closer to Europe than Asia.
  Canada feels like one of the more "European" leaning countries considering this. That said, I think the chance of them joining the EU in the close future admittedly feels pretty low. But you never know, maybe the EU evolves into something of a counter concept to whatever is happening in the USA right now.
  
  No, technically you just need to be "European", which is never strictly defined anywhere. It was being considered that Algeria join after all, but it didn't happen because of the civil war (from my understanding of the situation). Canada is one of the most European-like non Europe countries, so it would kinda fit.
  
  aswell
  Not a word, my dude.
  
  This is English, anything can be a word, it just has to be used enough, and understood aswell. I think it's perfectly cromulent.
  
  So fetch. And way comma-spliced.

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