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/Open linkView original on lemmy.ca
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Canada also shares a border with Denmark. At this point Canada is basically Germany
Iceland isn’t too far as well.
Yeah, but Denmark and Canada where at war, so it might not be a good fit. Too soon....
Isn't France already a bit inside Canada?
Just the tip.
Juste pour voir ce que ça fait
La tip
Isn't this satire?
Yes it is
There is still truth in satire.
Frens
But Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon isn't part of the EU, so that argument doesn't make much sense.
and neither is Greenland, iirc
They aren't really self governing either.
Nah France and Canada are good neighbours. Only America wants to whine about land.
We know and they aren't in dispute.
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.