cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33942209
The European Commission isn’t strictly ruling it out either.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/canada-to-be-eus-28th-member-nearly-half-of-canadians-say-yes/
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Per your edit: Does joining the EU require retroactive compliance? Or is it just “follow these standards going forward”?
From The website, it seems as though we have change our regulations, then we can apply to join the EU (and also be a European nation, but that’s a different thing).
Good question I don’t know the answer to.