European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc’s treaties.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc’s treaties.
There was never a window for Tunisia and Egypt, because they aren’t white.
EU associate status is exclusively for white-majority countries. Over the next ten years I expect them to offer it to more and more associate members, this seems like a good way to grow the EU’s power, but we’ll see the same preference for whiteness as we see here.
If Israel lasts into the next decade they’ll probably get a spot.
You can call it “white majority” if you want to be cynical, or you could also call it compatibility with a country that was pretty much built (in current incarnation) with a strong origin in European immigration, and still has many citizens who have strong roots/ties back to Europe with strong overlaps in law and common culture. The origin influences the skin color yeah but that doesn’t mean the skin color itself is the deciding factor.
The idea that there’s some kind of “European” culture is racist gibberish. Europe is made up of many cultures and languages and national identities, it wasn’t that long ago that they couldn’t stop killing each other, and now you want me to believe there’s something that unifies all Europeans that doesn’t apply equally to countries in Asia or Africa?
The idea that Europe even exists is racist. It’s not a real continent, just look at it! It’s an Asian subcontinent, but Europeans were too racist to share a continent with Asians, so they made up “Europe” for their maps.
Well, yes, that is the obvious but cynical trajectory. But I’m getting tired of cynicism. It’s too easy. I’d much rather normalize utopian thinking and talk as if the solarpunk Mediterranean union is a real possibility. Only things that can be imagined can be built.