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Yes, but why would Canada want the EU? it's just a complete fantasy from the economist, I don't see why a country that's already wealthy would want to join the

Yes, but why would Canada want the EU? it's just a complete fantasy from the economist, I don't see why a country that's already wealthy would want to join the EU, especially when it's a country that basically is completely dependent to the US. It makes as much sense as Norway wanting to join NAFTA when most of its trade is in Europe.

dragonwriter 2y ago
> I don't see why a country that's already wealthy would want to join the EU, especially when it's a country that basically is completely dependent to the US. Reducing the degree of dependency on the US would be one obvious reason.
senko 2y ago
> it's just a complete fantasy from the economist It's par for the course for Charlemagne (the column in The Economist). It's not meant to be an actual realistic analysis and reporting (the way their non-columnist articles are, even if they all have an editorial streak). Mostly it comments on the topic of the week/month in some irreverent way[0], or entertains a modest proposal[1] like this one, in a "ha ha wait a minute" sort of way. [0] https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/19/we-need-to-talk-about-europes-kevins https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/19/we-need-to-talk-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal