> "Not a category that provides any meaningful utilitarian value." The point is membership of the EU is not what qualifies a country as European. Even if it's

> "Not a category that provides any meaningful utilitarian value." The point is membership of the EU is not what qualifies a country as European. Even if it's stating the obvious it's worth stating as some people seem to think being anti-EU is being anti-European. Furthermore, the EU is not the only pan-European organisation. Heard of the Council of Europe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe Or the OSCE? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_... Both are important pan-European institutions, and neither of them require their members to be members of the EU.