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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      22 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.