• CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The US is 50 countries in a trenchcoat really, some of which would go to war with eachother outside the coat.

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        11 months ago

        Then Europe is a bunch of countries wearing a bikini and lots of accessories. There’s no one part that covers all of it, some accessories strongly clash with each other and you have random bracelets everywhere.

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          11 months ago

          There’s no one part that covers all of it,

          So the EU parliament isn’t a thing then?

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            11 months ago

            The EU doesn’t include a bunch of countries on the continent of Europe

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              11 months ago

              A pedantic point. Europe has become a synonym for EU in journalism.

              It’s an EU strategy.

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                11 months ago

                What makes you think it’s some form of nefarious strategy and not simply lazy journalism?

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                  11 months ago

                  I didn’t mean “GET THE TIN FOIL! IT’S AN EU CONSPIRICY”. I meant “The article is discussing an EU development programme”.

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            11 months ago

            A lot of European countries aren’t in the EU. Turkey, the UK, Norway and a bunch more.