Cool. I’m not offended by that. 28th member sounds respecta. 51st state, not so much. 😂
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Nah we just need a fancy team name for the not-absolute-fuck-head countries.
I mean EU is Europe and I fucking love you guys but down here in Australia we can’t just up and move the continent to Europe.
I don’t think the name should be dependent on membership like BRICS or whatever because you don’t want to have to rebrand when you kick someone out or let someone in.
I think it should include a word like collaborative because honestly, that’s what it’s about - we’re better off working together.
It’s also important to choose a name with a catchy acronym that isn’t already taken.
Maybe Collaborative Union of Nice Terran States.
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EBU EU whats the difference?
If Australia can be part of the Eurovision song contest so It can be of the EU. Also everybody already asume anyway that you are just Austria.
Let’s go CUNTS!
I like “Commonwealth”.
But I re-read your comment and the initialism is a solid option.
How about “The Commonsense”?
Yeah but commonwealth has connotations that don’t apply.
How about just, free world. The rest are fascist dictatorships anyway.
We’re also democratic, we should call it the free democratic coalition of states.
Its not like there is any bad precedent in using names like this, like democratic republic of korea, or just referring to USA as “land of the free”…
Canada joins EU, blue states join Canada. Bada bing, bada boom
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.
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W name in this context lmao frfr ong
It would mean replacing The CAD with the EUR, would be kinda funny to see EU flags on the border between the US and Canada though…
In fact, the following EU countries do not (yet) use the euro, but their own currency:
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Romania
SwedenAlso Denmark.
Denmark has a dispensation they arranged when forming the EU.
Sweden and the other countries does not.
When joining the EU you are commited to switching to the Euro when you have fullfilled the criteria for doing so, Sweden has decided to not fullfill the criterias required and will therefore keep the Krona for the forseeable future.
In theory they’re legally obligated to switch one day. In practice Romania is being blocked by other EU members.
You can still decorate your Euros how you want, so we could keep our beavers and loons.
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If Canada joins EU, should we change its name? Any suggestions?
We could name it the UE. United Earth.
Why not EU (earth united)
Federated union of nations.
Super Earth. Our home.
Northern Union? Atlantic Union?
Honestly keeping it the EU might be the easiest.
Let’s do it.
I completely forgot that this guy was our foreign minister for over a year.
What, you forgot all about Siggie den Grätenlosen, Siggie the Fishboneless?
From the limited stuff I know about Canada, please no. They only seem reasonable because they are only ever compared to usa.
lol wut? This is the first anti-Canadian comment I’ve ever heard. Canadians are unreasonable? “I do not know much about them, but in my self-admittedly ignorant opinion I think they are an unreasonable people”. Wouldn’t that make us fit right in if everyone in EU was like you?
lmao. I’m going to be laughing about your comment for the rest of the day. Thank you.
Treatment of the indigenous people is the first thing that comes to mind. 5 eyes, black face, (re?)electing a crack smoker.
Just the 5 eyes thing is a deal breaker for me.
Treatment of the indigenous people
That’s fair, and IMO should be the deal breaker. (edit: how unreasonable of me)
5 eyes
We’re a junior partner and net recipient. Our judiciary flat out prevents most of our participation, and we’d likely leave it to join,
black face
That thing that originated in Europe? Or the American version that isn’t us?
(re?)electing a crack smoker.
He might have been re-elected as a Ward councillor, but I don’t think it is fair to hold an entire nation responsible for 1 city’s stupidity. A nation that for the most part considered them a laughing-stock.
Regardless, I’m not actually in favour of joining the EU directly but fully support bolstering our alliances.
black face
That thing that originated in Europe? Or the American version that isn’t us?
They’re probably talking about that time Justin Trudeau, our former PM, did something stupid and racist at a party decades ago. Actually he seems to have done it more than once. It was pretty bad, but it’s a weird thing to judge a whole country on.
Oh snap I completely forgot about that. Well, I’ll hold the behaviour of our historical leaders up against the EU’s any day. TBF they’ve had far longer to put stupid shit on record than we have ofc.
Yeah, exactly. He’s not even in charge anymore.
What’s the internet regulation like in Canada? What’s fiber penetration like? What about public transport? What’s Canada’s stance on green and renewables? How are votes counted? Is the Canada pro-regulation?
What’s the internet regulation like in Canada
What’s Canada’s stance on green and renewables
Is Canada pro-regulation?
We are a nation of ~40 million people, speaking two official languages, spread out amongst 10 provinces and 3 territories, encompassing the 2nd largest land area behind russia. We have 4 ‘recognized’ parties (Conservatives, Liberals, New Democrats, and Bloc Quebecois) and the Greens are an up and coming party that have members in the House. We are too diverse to say ‘we are all pro anything (except maybe Hockey)’. That said, we are a Social Democracy so regulate far more than the US despite (perhaps in spite of) their economic influence.
Something you didn’t ask about but I think you’d likely be interested in is our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
I wonder what you’re thinking of. On just about every issue there’s somewhere in Europe further right or further left. Since this is Lemmy you probably don’t mean we like immigrants too much.
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The far right is currently collapsing here, and was never as prominent as in France or Germany in the first place.
The geese took that personal.
Don’t worry, they physically can’t get any angrier. The people on the other hand mostly support the idea of joining.
Nothing personnel kid
