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People outside the EU do not realize this: “Not European” is used colloquially by people in the European Union to refer to EU countries, institutions, etc.
by disabled 5y ago
People outside the EU do not realize this: “Not European” is used colloquially by people in the European Union to refer to EU countries, institutions, etc.
- mrweasel 5y agoMany countries/languages use versions of “The US” and USA to avoid confusing the US with America. So it’s only reasonable that we make the distinction for Europe and the EU. The problem is the there’s no specific term for the people living in either the US or the EU, so we “wrongly” use Americans and European.
- disabled 5y agoEuropean Union citizens and United States citizens are an extremely heterogeneous group of people, which is the situation at hand. Besides being a citizen, there is truly no shared identity in this situation. Note: I say this as both a US|EU citizen.
- zarzavat 5y agoIn my experience it's mostly people outside of Europe who confuse the EU with Europe, whereas Europeans are less likely to make that error.