EU should expand to 40 states – including Canada • Hacker News Board

It would be more natural to add Turkey than Canada, provided that Erdogan dies or otherwise loses power. (At this moment, I don't believe in him losing power peacefully.) At least it is contiguous with Europe and even though majority Islamic, the population isn't fanatic about it and there is a clear cultural continuity with Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus.

Canada as a EU member makes as much sense to me as Australia or Argentina, so much less.

Re: EU should expand to 40 states – including Canada

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Post by vsviridov » Thu, Jun 04, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

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Post by 827a » Thu, Jun 04, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

Didn’t the UK not six years ago vote to leave the EU? Is he suggesting that there’s demand from Britain to reverse that? Or is he suggesting they be forced to rejoin?

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Post by SyneRyder » Thu, Jun 04, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #2

This makes as much sense as having Australia on Eurovision.

I had to upvote this, even though I'm loosely connected to various people involved in Australia being part of Eurovision :)

You do know Eurovision Asia begins this November and was announced as part of the telecast? And that Canada is expected to be part of Eurovision next year?

(Yes, I do know you were making a joke and don't particularly care! ;) )

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Post by Hamuko » Thu, Jun 04, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

827a wrote: post #6

Didn’t the UK not six years ago vote to leave the EU? Is he suggesting that there’s demand from Britain to reverse that? Or is he suggesting they be forced to rejoin?