English was European before the EU existed and will still be after it is gone the EU tries very hard to conflate itself with "Europe", but it is not Europe it

English was European before the EU existed and will still be after it is gone the EU tries very hard to conflate itself with "Europe", but it is not Europe it is a political entity that happens to be based in Europe, and one that does not even represent a majority of the European population it does not get to decide what is and what is not European