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[–] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Might be some geographical issues (perhaps of the ocean variety) with this proposal

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean. Canada is just a slightly bigger island, slightly further away...

[–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is French territory just off the coast of Newfoundland too (see Saint Pierre and Miquelon), also Denmark is right next door because of Greenland. So while still pretty far fetched, there is some precedent for European territory in North America.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Canada shares a land border with Greenland on Hans Island.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean.

The Celtic Sea is not an ocean.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

By that logic then Vancouver Island isn't an island because the Juan de Fuca is a strait not an ocean

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They didn't say Ireland wasn't an island because of it... But, for the record, Canada isn't an island anyway so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wasn't awake when I wrote that but I still think they meant to imply it doesn't make it an island. Poor reader here I guess.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Maybe canada can be the first member of a post-European EU. I guess we'll need a new name.

[–] SenorBlanco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a football club that has no one to play against.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago

Cyprus is already the first non-European EU member.

[–] NewDay@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Earthed Union the EU.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

White supremacist imperialist conglomerate (non-US version)?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Once again, we are forced to raise the lingering question: Are Italians White?

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

new caledonia and french guiana are laughing it up from the southern hemisphere