This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister has been asked if Australia has any plans to join the EU, after the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, welcomed the offer of Canada becoming the EU’s first associate member.Anthony Albanese says “we’re a long way from Europe, of course”, but after it is pointed out that Canada is too, he says:Our relations, of course, are also in areas that Canada doesn’t have. So Asean, for example,