It would be absolutely hilarious if it ends up being easier to enter the EU via Australia than the UK.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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Absolutely deserved though.
It already is—it’s been much easier for Australians to move freely round Europe for some time. We have friends with dual uk / au passports, and they always use their au docs when travelling in Europe.
Lets hope so, anything bringig the world closer together is a good thing.
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We're one step closer to eliminating the challenges faced by people who accidentally flew to Austria or vice versa
This is hilarious!
Please dear God, anything that gets us closer to the EU and away from America
I'm gonna laugh so hard if Canada and Oz join and start using the Eunie
I would be surprised but hell I'll take it at this point
let me rephrase if y'all call it the euro i'm gonna make fun of y'all you can do better.
Oh like a cultural nickname or something? I mean we'd figure out a few things but I don't think we refer to money that much by name, just the flat numbers. Like we only call them dolleyrdoos because that one Simpsons episode is a cultural icon.
We should get the prime minister of Canada and the prime minister of Oz to put they head together and come up with a perfectly cromulent turn of phrase like chazzwozzer or malungagoolachuck
Yeah, same...
Unfortunately that you are so far away from the EU, but we like you anyways.
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Australia is in the inner circles of UKUSA. I doubt the intentions of your government. Then again, EU is more and more pro-citizens-spying too.
British exit
brexit
Australian entrance
austrance
It is a bit funny that the EU/Australian trade deal is much better than whatever thing the UK/Australia trade deal was.
How so? Loads of UK legal firms have opened up offices in Australia since
I wish they'd let Canadians do the same that would solve so many problems for me
I know, it's a no brainer. And it would have the added benefit of us further decoupling from shithole USA.
If Australians can do it, it's hard to think of reasons why Canadians shouldn't be able to as well.
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If we get enough countries over time and the EU ends up encompassing the whole world it could become the Everybody Union and that would be cool.
Idk man, sounds suspiciously close to a New World Order... /s
Even a few countries, it drastically devalues other trade currencies.
That's not a European Union, this is a European Union.
No it’s not, that’s a spoon.
What are ya, a Galah? It's clearly an EU, do ya really think I'd take a spoon on walkabout? Piss off with this spoon nonsense.
Huh, with the sheer volume of Aussie bartenders and waiters I've met here in Copenhagen I assumed there was already an open border agreement in place.
Happy to hear they'll be free to bring more great banter from down under.
They often have families in the UK and are able to get a passport that way. When UK was in EU they could then travel and work in other countries.
Yeah we go backpacking and do work visas a lot. It’s not just a thing done here, a few of us like to do it as well.
I know a couple of Aussies working in Europe, ones on a travelling or working visa, the other’s mother is European entitling them to dual citizenship.
Even our Queen is from down under! :D
First, Eurovision, then free movement/trade...soo...ya gonna join the EU club at some point, no?
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Makes me mad that our previous government ended our deals with France for subs. Would much rather have strong trade ties with the EU over anything related to the USA at all.
Scomo is a disgrace for that.
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They need to clear it with the prime minister first.
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"Oi!! Mista Prioome Minista!!"
"Anthony!"
I would very much want to see the same for Canada. But Canada would have to first change it's open border policy with the chuckle-fucks to the south. Don't want to give those nut-jobs an easy round-about into the EU. MAGALAND --> CANADA --> EU
No visa travel with the US isn't the same as no passport. They need their passport to visit and they would be travelling to Europe on it.
If anyone wants to come claim the USA as part of this, the key is under the rock to get in. We will need help removing the current and unwanted occupants, but a large number of us would gladly accept open trade and work with the EU.
- also, it seems that some idiot landing in a boat some 250 years ago and claiming the land, doesn’t really matter. So, remove the pests and claim it as new Europe.
Great!?! Don't the Europeans know how many ski-resort jobs will be taken away by immigrants now? (Massive /s)
Austrian, Australian, who gives a fuck, it's all the same.
Climate crisis already took care of that anyways.
Mozart would be proud.
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