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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said ⁠the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc's ‌treaties.

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[-] bigmamoth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

European treaty work as opt in. It s the default. Not all country follow every eu law.

[-] Jiral@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

That is just false. A small number of member states has opt outs from specific areas, not treaties. Generally those were negitiated during joining. Obviously such things need unanimous support from all member states. A single member state cab't just choose to ignore this or that toda,.

[-] bigmamoth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The opt out is from treaties. That doesn't mean anything from specific area. Where are u from ? Cause your education system failed you. Eu is an economic alliance not a super state where her authorities surpass the one of the country

Look at negotiated opt out. The basis is by treaties and not just when u first join. U can do this on litteraly every treaty

[-] Jiral@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Only 3 out of 27 member states have any opt outs at all: Ireland, Denmark and Poland. Only a single one has an opt out on something that has a status similar ti an EU treaty and tgat is Poland with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. All those opt outs had to be voted by all other member states into power and they are all either result of joining negotioations or were agreed during expansion of EU competences.

There is no general opt-in of EU treaties. It is only that for these 3 member states with existing opt outs that some of those opt outs also have opt in provision.

Guess why those are so rare. Why should every other member state vote for privileging another member state?

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