The former German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel has proposed offering Canada partial membership in the European Union. "Maybe not fully integrated like everyone else, but maybe partially," the Social Democrat told the Bremen-based newspaper Weser-Kurier in comments published on Saturday. Europe must resist US President Donald Trump's push to make Canada part of the United States, said Gabriel, who was foreign minister from 2017-18 and vice chancellor from 2013-18 under then chancellor Angela M
  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    8 days ago

    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…

    • martin_uieafa@feddit.orgEnglish
      14·
      8 days ago

      In fact, the following EU countries do not (yet) use the euro, but their own currency:
      Bulgaria
      Czech Republic
      Hungary
      Poland
      Romania
      Sweden

    • lemonaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      I want this if only just to see Vance complaining about EU expansion at their border.

      No need for them to adopt the Euro though. Many EU countries are still on their original currency even now.