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Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: “Canada is only 19km from France.”

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Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: "Canada is only 19km from France."

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Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca

1mo ago

Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: “Canada is only 19km from France.”

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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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.

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