I don't think he/she is hard to understand at all. Europe is a continent. The EU is the political entity. If we are talking anything "made in Europe" then we are talking about the continent. But if the French claim the European continent does not extend out to the UK, which would then even include Northern Ireland, obviously the Republic of Ireland would not get included in their continent definition. Obviously the right course of action is to more correctly state "made in the EU" because else we risk not only including the UK but we also include the non Siberian part of Russia, the Thracian part of Turkey and even Iceland.

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andresil 5 points 23 days ago

It most certainly is on the continental plate of Europe (which is a little hard to define anyways). It's not the mainland part of the continental plate, but still on the continental plate of Europe.

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Auli 1 point 23 days ago

But "continents" as we typically use them are just made up anyway. Or can any asain country join the EU since the are on the same plate? India gets lumped in with Asia when it is on its own plate. The boundaries are all made up so if they don't want Britain to be a part of Europe they're free to do it.

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randombullet 3 points 23 days ago

Are you confusing the British Isles vs UK?

Ireland is not part of the UK but is part of the British Isles.

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