COLUMN. The Canadian prime minister has called for an alliance of middle powers to stand up to the world's great powers. This is a compelling idea, and one that Europe has been pursuing for 60 years, writes Le Monde columnist Pascal Riché.

The Canadian prime minister has called for an alliance of middle powers to stand up to the world’s great powers. This is a compelling idea, and one that Europe has been pursuing for 60 years, writes Le Monde columnist Pascal Riché.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t like the thought that the EU is limited by semantics. They started out as an alliance of European nations, but why should they be limited to that just because of their name? (Also, I’d argue Canada and the US are European by culture, but not by geography.)

    If you can make an actual argument about it being useful or not then do that. The US proximity thing is the start of an argument, though I’d argue it isn’t a smart, forward-thinking reason. If the US expands (or another antagonistic nation), should membership be rejected or removed to satisfy them? That’s how WWII started.