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[โ€“] 5715@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Morocco looking at this, be like: Ah yes?

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Turkey is way closer. Morocco is way far from meeting requirements. Absolutist Monarchy (parliamentary democracy in name only), way off in economic make-up...

[โ€“] Akasazh@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Turkey was on the route of joining the EU and then Erdogan came into power and single handedly destroyed their bid.

[โ€“] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

EU was keeping us hanging way before ErdoฤŸan. All he did was officially end the hazing and turn Tรผrkiye the paid garbage bin of the Europe.

[โ€“] 5715@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I agree, but Morocco was rejected once on the basis of not being European.

[โ€“] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Morocco shares a land border with Spain

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Three land borders, actually. Ceuta, Melilla, and Peรฑon de Vรฉlez de la Gomera.

[โ€“] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be against this idea. They could become suppliers if solar energy, maybe even data centres. Seems like a win/win to me. Power cable to Gibraltar and north? Seems even doable to me.

[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago

They applied for membership back in 1987, but were quickly rejected due to not being European.

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Southern France, Greece...) can provide all needed solar, wind, hydro, tide, and other renewable power to all EU. Actually tide is better in atlantic coasts. Why lay humongous cables (power is not data) across an ocean?

Canada can contribute many other things.