[ljosifov]

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)

[physicsguy]

Cyprus 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.

[rusk]

> probably Island

?

[DroneBetter]

i 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-releas...

[ljosifov]

Iceland - sorry for the confusion. (poor spelling)