Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States.
France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.
Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Barrot argued that the EU is increasingly attracting partners far beyond its borders as geopolitical tensions soar.
Barrot’s Canada remark was not presented as a concrete policy proposal, but rather as part of a broader argument that the EU is emerging as a “third superpower” capable of balancing the rivalry between the United States and China.
It’s more that I would like to ability to devalue the currency when needed. Don’t want to end up like Greece
ELI5? I know Greece has/had economic struggles, but don’t know what part the euro played in it.
Or maybe I’m misunderstanding your comment?
E: formatting
Joining the euro made it so greece couldn’t devalue its own currency or set its own interest rates.
Valuable economic tools that get replaced with cheap credit.