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- Europe
- cross-posted to:
- Europe
In the Abacus poll, 46 per cent of respondents said they would support Canada becoming a member state of the EU, and 44 per cent said the Canadian government should definitely or probably look into joining it.
The UK had special dispensation as a founding member of the EU; if they were to return to the EU today, they would have to give up the pound
They were not a founding member and even had their application vetoed by France before joining a decade later, but still well before the creation of the euro.