Oof, thats gotta hurt for the UK, now that they’re part of Antarctica.
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So, not Europe, but specifically The European Union.
I'm surprised that Sicilians are more connected to Country than region.
Whatever differences they may have, at least Europeans can rally around their true common interest: not being Americans. 🇪🇺 🥰
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Dear Europeans, recognise what you have before you let some insane populist convince you that you don't need the EU.
Over the channel, we're economically 8% down from where we would have been if we hadn't left, there's no money for anything and we've lost a chunk of consumer protection, a lot of data protection and our supreme court seem to be busily dismantling our equalities legislation, despite all that supposedly wonderful parliamentary sovereignty we were told we would regain. It's all fucked up. Don't do it. The EU is flawed, but you so very much want to keep in it, trust me.
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The map is wrong for Germany. It's their car.
the car, the dog, perhaps their football club, their partner, kebab prices, gasoline prices and then maybe their country.
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Budapest: HELLO BROTHERS!! I LOVE YOUUUUUU!!
The rest of Europe: Fuck off, dude, we just live in the same neighborhood.
A tiny bit of context:
~~Hungary just had national elections about 2 months ago, finally pulling the handbrake and getting rid of the previous government's 16 year old reign. The previous PM (Orbán) had been inching closer to Russia every year, and this year the elections were (among many other things) basically about showing loyalty to Europe instead of taking the final step on the slippery slope and becoming a Russian lapdog again. Since the opposition was the strongest in the capital city, chances are the (only?) red colour on the map represents this, and not Budapest's all-time excitement over the EU.~~
EDIT: Heh, I didn't realise the map is from 2021. While the situation has been the case for a while (Orbán announced the opening toward the East way back in the 2010's), there is a good chance I have completely missed the point.
Also, historical Hungary used to be larger at one point in history, which could (partially?) explain the regional colours in Western Romania and Eastern Austria. Not even necessarily because of the nationality in mind, but it certainly had an influence over culture and politics.
I'm not an expert on Germany, but ~~their regional divide might be in part due to the East-West divide after WW2~~ EDIT: I'm indeed not an expert on Germany. Please correct me if I'm wrong, since there's a good chance.
(also, OP, I think you wanted to spell 'feel' in the title)
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So European Union countries specifically?
The little text on the image mentions "the survey was only held in EU countries", the big text on the image doesn't care.
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'Attachment to Europe' appears maximum in countries neighbouring Russia
LOL true. But you can hardly blame Eastern Europeans. It is also the area with the most support for a united EU army.
Also countries that received big financial benefits and saw great economic improvements.
Came here to say this, lowest attachment in countries that pay in the most, highest attachment in countries that receive the most.
It's not perfect, some German areas around the Rhine seem to have a high attachment, as well as Luxemburg, but there is an undeniable pattern.
Not really, Germany is a much larger net contributor than France, yet European identification is a bit stronger. Also Bulgaria vs Romania etc. The correlation you are proclaiming is actually not that strong.
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Of course Åland feels most "regional attachment", they even have their own flag and ccTLD...
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countries that depend on the EU for money have a higher attachment.
I'm not surprised.
No. France vs Germany, Romania vs Bulgaria, Crotia vs Austria ...
Something about this comparison stinks. I don't know what it is, but it's statistics with an agenda. Something is implied and I don't like it.
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Ireland would probably be "region" if it was more fine-grained, nobody is attached to their 30-year old EU NUTS2 demographic division, they're attached to their counties.
Or at least Cork would be.
That's not Europeans, only EU.
*feel
Compare region pride to map of where best wines and beers are made.
I am pretty sure that attachment data in some places is split like 40% Europe / 50% country but this map doesn't show this nuance.
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TIL I'm not necessarily an outlier with Europe > Region > Country > State
You simply must admire Switzerland's commitment to neutrality.
*money
UK out here like “Doot doo doooo, de doo doot . . . Bahp bah be dah doot. . . Pfftfthfyh . . . Well, guess I’ll go sort my pens again.”
Hmm, I just realized that the Architect Sketch could also work as an interpretation of BrExit:
Based on a misconception, a complete meltdown and burning of bridges, followed by whiny begging to be let into the fold.
There isn't too much or outspoken whiny begging in the UK, but the sentiment is definitely there.
As always, Switzerland being radically neutral.
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