Australia, New Zealand could follow Canada as 'associate members' of EU, European Parliament president hints (www.abc.net.au)

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[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

We're practically EU members already, what with Eurovision and all that. Might as well make it official.

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago

So is Israel. Please don't admit Israel until they stop their genocide, make reparations and remove the maniacs in charge.

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

... remove the maniacs, stop their genocide and make reparations. would be a more fruitful order to do those things in. Also please kick these genocidal maniacs from the EBU until then.

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, that's the logical order. Mine was more in priority of necessity...

[-] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't want to share a border with Zionists, ever.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Always with the banger entries too. I didn't watch this year as we were boycotting but I heard it was another good one from down under.

[-] deadbeef79000 13 points 3 weeks ago

Yay.

Though the EU did get uppity about our local feta cheese, because it's not made in the pedantry region of Greece.

[-] Meruten@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

Even as an associate member, it would still be a requirement for your local version of feta to be named something else, I imagine.

[-] deadbeef79000 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, that was the kerfuffle a couple of years ago. Now they're all called feta-style or some such nonsense.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

It'd be funny Britain: "we want to leave to traid with australia" Britain leaves australia joins

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder if it helps the UK left the EU, somehow I feel the commonwealth countries want to belong to the rest of 'the west' but also don't want to be too close to London either. If that's true, that's another Brexit benefit for the non-brits.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aside from CPTPP, Five Eyes, AUKUS, Australia signing the first free trade agreement after Brexit?

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Most people don't seem to know what 'third world' actually mean. Back in the days of the cold war, the 'first world' was the US and its allies (NATO), the 'second world' was the USSR and its allies (Warsaw Pact), and the 'third world' was every other bugger. At that time, the third world was mostly economically poor and pre-industrialized countries.

So, perhaps it's time to revive the original meaning, and have all of Europe, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (and anyone else who wants to join us - Africa, South America, you guys in?) proclaim loud and proud that we are all third world countries!

[-] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Why don't we all join NAM instead

[-] aim4harmony@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is interesting. The EU.. with a stretch.

[-] Brokentooth@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

What's been taking them so long?

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