European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said EU is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-member bloc.

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union or halt trade with the bloc entirely if it proceeds with the plan.

The proposal signals a significant shift in the EU, which had been lukewarm to Germany’s proposal in May of an associate membership for Ukraine.

  • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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    2 days ago

    Declare a “special operation” against the major holders of their debt ?

    Remember than last time the US shutdown, military in Europe were told to go to eat to the soup kitchens…

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        21 hours ago

        True, but this is not a thing you can try with a European country, you would need to kidnap too many people at basically the same time.