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Eh - for the world's audiences: EU is not Europe. I geddit how/why why people equate eu == europe - it would simplify things for all, one niggle less to conside
by ljosifov 1y ago
Eh - for the world's audiences: EU is not Europe. I geddit how/why why people equate eu == europe - it would simplify things for all, one niggle less to consider. But - it ain't so, for better or worse. There are countries in Europe, that can't be members of the European Union, or could be, but don't want to be members. (e.g. UK, probably Island, Switzerland, some of the Nordics) There are no countries in the European Union, that are not part of Europe. So EU <= Europe. (unsurprisingly)
- rusk 1y ago> probably Island ?
- DroneBetter 1y agoi think they meant Ireland, which is a member of the EU and has a populace that strongly desires to continue to be, according to https://gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/press-releases/continued-support-for-irelands-eu-membership-welcomed-by-minister-thomas-byrne/ https://gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/press-releas...
- rusk 1y ago> that strongly desires to continue to be Can confirm
- ljosifov 1y agoIceland - sorry for the confusion. (poor spelling)
- physicsguy 1y agoCyprus isn't in Europe geographically, it's in Asia. There are also the various territories of larger countries that aren't - French Guaiana in South America, Canary Islands are off the coast of Africa.