Can't play with friends on EU servers
The “Join in” button is only used to join in the same overflow.
You are talking about guesting but as far as I know it has not been implemented yet.
Some more info about guesting: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guesting#Guesting
If your party member is on another server than you are, then you will have to be a little patient. Guesting – visiting other servers – is going to be an option eventually but it isn’t ready yet
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Oh, okay. Does anyone know when guesting will be implemented?