cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44418560
Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States.
France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.
Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Barrot argued that the EU is increasingly attracting partners far beyond its borders as geopolitical tensions soar.
Barrot’s Canada remark was not presented as a concrete policy proposal, but rather as part of a broader argument that the EU is emerging as a “third superpower” capable of balancing the rivalry between the United States and China.
A lot of countries in the European Union keep their old currencies. It is not mandatory.
But it would insulate Canada from the United States manipulating it. They absolutely should take on the euro.
I’m no expert but given the trade between the two nations, I don’t think a currency change would do a whole lot to provide insulation from economic bullying the United States is capable of.
Maybe Canada could build a moat haha.
Oh for sure, I just meant the euro would insulate them from future plays on their currency, led by the administration and their parasitical business buddies, in the future when elections are firmly fixed, borrowing is getting maxed out, and they rig the numbers and news to prop up the failing economy.