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.
Otherwise known as please Canada bring your production capacity to Europe since we’re both getting divorced from the US
Increasing trade between the EU and Canada just makes perfect sense, with or without full membership. They bring the raw resources, we bring the equipment to extract those raw resources. It’s a pretty sweet deal for both parties.
It absolutely is, If I was Ursula I’d have a second home in Ottawa.
I’m not Ursula buy I’d like a second home in British Columbia.
I’m just looking to afford a first home.
Decathlon has some nice tents
I’ve never been so offended by something I 100% agree with.
I’m with you on that
Joining the EU might be suboptimal (and unrealistic), but some kind of trade agreement would be awesome.
Yeah, that’s a great idea. They should call it something like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement.
Brilliant!
And defence agreement
Since we are both in the northern part of the Atlantic… we could name it after that?
The Gulf of European Union?
The gulf of European union and canada treaty organization. geucto, for short
…also the "striking appeal’ of Canada
nice to be the belle of the ball
Of course they can.
They’re whites. Maybe we can invite australia and new zeland too.
Correlation =/= causation
In general yes. Here the common denominator is that canadians are british and french colonists who never kicked their invaders.
Also the EU is corrupted as shit. And trust me, I know about it first hand, i work for them. I know your western propaganda makes you think we’re friend because we’re the goodies and they’re the baddies. I can imagine the reader, shaking in hate as his worldview shatters. Still, give me one reason why canada would enter the european union before, say, turkey or bielorussia.
Because they’re civilized, aka white.
In general yes. Here the common denominator is that canadians are british and french colonists who never kicked their invaders.
They are the invaders. Just like the US. The difference is they didn’t decide to go independent.
Any examples of the corruption you’ve seen first hand?
Also the fact von der leyen is immune from belgian police search in her multiple corruption affairs.
Nepotism. My mum got a job by dating an eurocrat.
Uh…messy divorce, then Canada in 15 years: fuck you Brussels, you’re not my real dad!
Yes they’ve been trying. I believe Denmark was the hold out. Which is weird stance considering Greenland’s situation. And the trade route like right there. Honestly don’t really understand why all of EU aren’t jumping on this as hard as the US is.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-eu-partnership-deepening-ties-1.7570680
Carney already said no pretty clearly, so I’m not sure why this guy “floats the idea” again.
