The EU is known for its melodrama and its control-freaking; so this news isn’t actual news. It is theater.

And France is the one of three countries that objects to the “Associate Member” paper crown, which I find interesting.

Their economic standing has taken quite a hit since many African nations (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast) have kicked them to the curb, meaning they cannot exploit their natural resources.

And France created a pecking order with these nations with France being on top of it.

Canada has a lot of natural resources for the EU to exploit.

Associate Member sounds to lofty. Let’s kick Canada down a few notches in order to groom them into thinking they don’t hold all of the cards.

Old gambit, new sucker…