European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said EU is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-member bloc.
Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union or halt trade with the bloc entirely if it proceeds with the plan.
The proposal signals a significant shift in the EU, which had been lukewarm to Germany’s proposal in May of an associate membership for Ukraine.
Would it though? I have doubts.
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Allowed. How benevolent of Russia.
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Declare a “special operation” against the major holders of their debt ?
Remember than last time the US shutdown, military in Europe were told to go to eat to the soup kitchens…
Well, they kidnapped presidents already.
True, but this is not a thing you can try with a European country, you would need to kidnap too many people at basically the same time.
I think people know.
NATO? Or the EU?
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And NATO.
Russia using potential NATO membership as an excuse to invade Ukraine is just that, an excuse. Ukraine was turning west, and Russia couldn’t accept that.
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Ukraine had the Budapest Memorandum and a strong military. Didn’t help much, especially when one of the guarantees refused to help and the other being the perpetrator.
What triggered the war IMHO was when Russias puppet Yanukovych was removed from power. It was then clear that Ukraine wanted to move west, and Russia wouldn’t have any of that.