It concerns me that we don’t have any formal mutual defence clauses outside of NATO. I would certainly like France, UK, Denmark, and Norway to defend Canada, but as it stands, there is no “must.”
One of the reasons I’d love to see Canada as a full EU member is that the EU has its own mutual defence clause, which would protect Canada in the event of a US invasion and collapse of NATO support.
Interestingly enough, the founding document does not define the actual boundaries of Europe, only that you have to be in whatever “Europe” happens to be. Currently the boundaries of “Europe” are set loosely by convention, and can be changed at the discretion of the EU.
It concerns me that we don’t have any formal mutual defence clauses outside of NATO. I would certainly like France, UK, Denmark, and Norway to defend Canada, but as it stands, there is no “must.”
One of the reasons I’d love to see Canada as a full EU member is that the EU has its own mutual defence clause, which would protect Canada in the event of a US invasion and collapse of NATO support.
They can’t be a full EU member without being a European nation, as in, on the European continent. It’s part of the EU’s founding document.
Interestingly enough, the founding document does not define the actual boundaries of Europe, only that you have to be in whatever “Europe” happens to be. Currently the boundaries of “Europe” are set loosely by convention, and can be changed at the discretion of the EU.
That’s a good point, the definition of “Europe” is potentially open to interpretation.