So are many parts of the Netherlands or France, for example
Local residents are not Europeans, they don’t necessarily even use euro despite their mainland countries doing just that, but they are residents of the European Union.
True, but ‘being in the EU’ is actually not that simple, and these territories have special statuses and and are not part of the ‘core EU’. Here is a simple visualization
I would support stronger ties to Canada, but Canada is not exactly in Europe
Why would that matter? It’s a political and economical union, not a geographical one.
It’s literally one of their requirements.
As the parliament says
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20180126STO94113/enlargement-how-do-countries-join-the-eu
Since according to Article 49
https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/0ae670d2-1ece-4994-b1e3-adda39e1c6de.0006.03/DOC_1
Canada does share a land boarder with Denmark.
We do where. Seems Denmark is really far away.
I think they’re referring to Greenland but I’m not aware of a land border
Greenland is part of Denmark, we share a border with them through Hans Island
What if we just take Canada and move it over a little?
Thinking outside the
boxcontinent. I like itSo are many parts of the Netherlands or France, for example
Local residents are not Europeans, they don’t necessarily even use euro despite their mainland countries doing just that, but they are residents of the European Union.
True, but ‘being in the EU’ is actually not that simple, and these territories have special statuses and and are not part of the ‘core EU’. Here is a simple visualization