maam@feddit.ukM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoFinally. Europe Has a Vision - And Canada’s Invitedwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11
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minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMaastricht Treaty Article 49
minus-squareLauchmelder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYou just proved their point. Article 49 opens with Any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union. Which, yeah, does say they must be European, but as far as I can tell the term “European” isn’t further specified
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoCanada is not European unless the word is meaningless.
minus-squareLauchmelder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoit is meaningless because it isn’t defined. edit: I’m not saying Canada is European, I’m just saying that there’s some room for interpretation
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago‘European’ in this article clearly refers to a system of values.
minus-squarephneutral@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoCanada is a former French and British colony. One could argue that the country is of European descent.
Maastricht Treaty Article 49
You just proved their point. Article 49 opens with
Which, yeah, does say they must be European, but as far as I can tell the term “European” isn’t further specified
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Canada is not European unless the word is meaningless.
it is meaningless because it isn’t defined.
edit: I’m not saying Canada is European, I’m just saying that there’s some room for interpretation
‘European’ in this article clearly refers to a system of values.
Canada is a former French and British colony. One could argue that the country is of European descent.