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![Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) states that any European country that respects the principles of the EU may apply to join. While Canada is geographically located in North America, the EU has stated that the interpretation of this criterion is "subject to political assessment" based on additional factors such as culture or political terms,[63] by the Commission and the European Council. Example for these interpretations subject to political assessment of the Commission and the European Council is Turkey with its European part that accounts for only 3 percent of its entire territory.[64]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wh6xssqrag4sqko26tfu4idx/bafkreifq62ur5jv4rug6v5dijxs3qwkgsnzmnlxl4zf7nikacyt2d2ujuu)
![Miffy celebrated her 50th birthday in 2005. This was marked in cities across the globe, for example, at the Manchester Art Gallery in the United Kingdom. She also serves as a "celebrity character spokesperson" for UNICEF.[26]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wh6xssqrag4sqko26tfu4idx/bafkreiciemesmaqmfx3pwoadnnzoqdfhfjhrarwkr6x7svhkh7eoileoje)
![The 16th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Reginald Stubbs, was first given a particularly distasteful Cantonese translation for his name. 史塔士 or Sí Taap Sí was the original Cantonese translation, literally meaning "history; a tower; a vassal". However, the first and the third characters of 史 and 士 share the same archaic pronunciation of the character 死 (sí), meaning "to die", and more troublesomely, the same pronunciation of the character 屎 (sí), meaning "shit".[10] Also, Cantonese speakers sometimes call a toilet bowl 屎塔 (sí taap), being homophones to the first two characters of his newly translated name.[5] Thus, Stubbs's first Cantonese name translation rendered a wide variety of somewhat unpalatable translations and interpretations, like "toilet bowl's shit", "shit tower's death" etc.[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wh6xssqrag4sqko26tfu4idx/bafkreifew5vx23fwnghcjqkw2uh2d7iuf7m5gvcadj6yewtw27sbodqywi)
