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Former German minister Gabriel in favour of Canada joining the EU
orf.at/stories/3389723/
The former German foreign minister and current chairman of Atlantik-Brücke, Sigmar Gabriel (SPD), has once again raised the possibility of Canada joining the EU. ‘I would offer the Canadians to become a member of the European Union,’ Gabriel told the Bremen-based ‘Weser-Kurier’

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#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity

#CEUM

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And #SigmarGabriel is right!

#Canada and #Mexico, while having a lot of indigenous roots, AS well as Asian and African, the majority of people have ancestral roots on the European continent and speak one of its languages.

But things should not be hastened, the #EuropeanUnion did not start as such.

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IMO, starting with a fast-track implementation of a free-trade area...

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@HistoPol I believe we need to see more French nuclear submarines surfacing in Halifax and English as well. An increased presence in the Northwest passage would be welcomed while assuring Canada's right to administer that seaway (#Canada needs to immediately deploy passive listening and active defence assets underwater to the passage). #France #England #EU #Europe #USA #USPol #Russia #Putin #Trump #Greenland #Denmark
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@LoranJohn

#CEUM

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That sounds very reasonable to me. Including the #US, there are so many things that unite all of the #Americas and the #European continent.

Why is my two-sided approach, one ever-deepening #FTA and a #DefensUnion, for further integration in #CEUM the right approach? --Because #DefenseSpending entails enormous costs that can only be borne by thriving economies.
The founding fathers of #NATO understood this and that's why there is Art. 2,...

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@LoranJohn
#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity

#CEUM

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... way before the much cited Art. 5.:

"Article 2

The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, 👉and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being...

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@LoranJohn
#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity

#CEUM

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... They will seek to eliminate conflict in their international economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration between any or all of them.👈"

The #TrumpTariffs that will result in #TrumpeanTradeWars, if this collision course is maintained, are the complete opposite of what the founding fathers had in mind.
#tRump is...

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@LoranJohn
#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity

#CEUM

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.. taking a wrecking ball towards the #West.

If the rest of the 🌍 globe, in particular #CEUM, work much stronger together, there is a good chance that the #TrumpeanTariffs'-induced #GlobalDepression2.0 might yet be averted.

However, this is not only a war of trade and...

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#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity

#CEUM

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... conventional weapons.

As in the 1930's, a #fascist movement has been siwing division where there should be unity.

We must never forget, as in any war, the war that's being fought against #Authoritarianism is a #hybrid one.

The #FourthEstate...

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@HistoPol and the fifth column - shoot Bezos, Musk and the weird dude in Hawaii and they'll haul their horns in. I don't suffer fascism without a violent response. See the "paradox of tolerance" for my rationale. If it were up to me I'd take every Trump appointee and give them the chance to denounce him and explain their allegiance to Russia or take a bullet - same for the #GOP members who celebrated the 4th of July in Moscow - these are traitors, end of story.