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Yes, Canada has a legal path to E.U. membership – but would it want this?

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can the EU expel member states?

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My understanding is no - but a long term suspension might be better anyways, since the effect seems to be that the member state is still forced to comply with EU rules without getting any of the benefits like voting.

That being said, I wonder if they could suspend Hungary, then have the rest vote and approve an amendment to allow expulsion - which would pass unamiously since Hungary can't vote against it as it's suspended, and then they expel Hungary under the new amendment...?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

It may not be an issue anymore (I don't recall hearing about it in a while, but I'm not sure how long), but it used to be the case that there were two countries that were often regarded as EU troublemakers, and by working together, even though they didn't agree much of the time, they could veto any attempts to undermine each other. I think the other troublemaker was Poland, and I think it may have been before their last election, but that's a lot of unsurity.

Suspension, fwiw, requires unanimity apart from the country in question, so one single dissenter can prevent it.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks so much. Food for thought. Latent consequences to be searched out and explored.