If we're going to be pedantic, then "bard is still not available in europe" is not true as it's available in the UK which is in Europe. I get the general point

If we're going to be pedantic, then "bard is still not available in europe" is not true as it's available in the UK which is in Europe. I get the general point, but I would say that "everywhere but the EU" is very much "widely available".