Europe

[[File:Europe satellite globe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Satellite image of Europe.]]
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[European Union]], the economic and political bloc within Europe.}}
{{cquote|What has made the European family of nations an improving, instead of a stationary portion of mankind? Not any superior excellence in them, which, when it exists, exists as the effect, not as the cause; but their remarkable diversity of character and culture. Individuals, classes, nations, have been extremely unlike one another: they have struck out a great variety of paths, each leading to something valuable; and although at every period those who travelled in different paths have been intolerant of one another, and each would have thought it an excellent thing if all the rest could have been compelled to travel his road, their attempts to thwart each other's development have rarely had any permanent success, and each has in time endured to receive the good which the others have offered. Europe is, in my judgment, wholly indebted to this plurality of paths for its progressive and many-sided development.|||[[John Stuart Mill]], ''On Liberty'' (1859), Chapter III. Of individuality, as one of the elements of well-Being, p.136}}
'''Europe''' is allegedly a 
Swedish glam metal band
 continent (in a political/cultural sense) at the western end of the Eurasian landmass, usually defined as being west of the Ural mountain range and north of the Caucasus. Many European countries, but not all, are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].

It's an understanding between Europeans that you need to go blow each other up every few decades. Then you remember why that was a bad idea and repeat it again in a few decades. If you're [[United States|American]], you need only sit it out until everyone else is exhausted. Then you sweep the leg and become a world superpower.  Notably, the process is usually 2-3 decades of the worst warfare you've seen followed by 6-8 decades of peace, and by coincidence all of Europe's regions aligned such that the 1910s to mid-1940s was everyone's period of war and it's now about 8 decades since that all ended, so [[Ukraine|Russia]] decided to take one for the team and start the whole process, but the rest of Europe is a bunch of pansies who refuse to properly join in on the fun.

Pretty much no
 
some
 
most
 ''All'' countries in Europe are [[Red-baiting|Commu]]-[[Godwin's law|Nazi]]-[[Social Democracy|''leebral'']] [[Secularism|godless]] hellholes! [[Europhobia|Let us learn nothing from them.]]

==Countries==
<div style="position: relative; float:right">[[File:Europe_topography_map.png|frameless|right|800px|link=]]
<div style="position: absolute; left:100px; top:500px;">[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|20px|center|link=Spain]] <small><center>[[Spain]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:35px; top:490px;">[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|20px|center|link=Portugal]] <small><center>[[Portugal]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:190px; top:400px;">[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px|center|link=France]] <small><center>[[France]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:170px; top:480px;">[[File:Flag_of_Andorra.svg|20px|center|link=Andorra]] {{hint|Andorra|<small><center>Andorra</center></small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:160px; top:270px;">[[File:Flag_of_United_Kingdom.svg|20px|center|link=United Kingdom]] <small><center>[[United Kingdom|United<br>Kingdom]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:110px; top:275px;">[[File:Flag_of_Ireland.svg|20px|center|link=Ireland]] <small><center>[[Ireland]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:232px; top:305px;"><small><center>[[Netherlands]]</center></small> [[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px|center|link=Netherlands]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:175px; top:350px;"><small>[[Belgium]]</small> [[File:Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg|20px|link=Belgium]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:248px; top:362px;">[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px|center|link=Luxembourg]] {{hint|Luxembourg|<small><center>LU</center></small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:282px; top:342px;">[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px|center|link=Germany]] <small><center>[[Germany]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:235px; top:273px;"><small>[[Denmark]]</small> [[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|20px|link=Denmark]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:255px; top:415px;">[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|20px|center|link=Switzerland]] <small><center>[[Switzerland|CH]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:240px; top:465px;">[[File:Flag_of_Monaco.svg|20px|center|link=Monaco]] {{hint|Monaco|<small><center>Monaco</center></small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:342px; top:540px;">[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|20px|center|link=Italy]] <small><center>[[Italy]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:315px; top:472px;">[[File:Flag_of_San_Marino.svg|20px|center|link=San Marino]] {{hint|San Marino|<small><center>SM</center></small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:282px; top:518px;">[[File:Flag_of_the_Vatican_City_(2_by_3).svg|20px|right|link=Vatican]] <small>[[Vatican]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:332px; top:612px;">[[File:Flag_of_Malta.svg|20px|left|link=Malta]] {{hint|Malta|<small>Malta</small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:285px; top:415px;">[[File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|20px|center|link=Liechtenstein]] <small><center>[[Liechtenstein|LI]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:330px; top:405px;">[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|20px|center|link=Austria]] <small><center>[[Austria]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:337px; top:365px;">[[File:Flag_of_Czechia.svg|20px|center|link=Czechia]] <small><center>[[Czechia]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:378px; top:332px;">[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px|center|link=Poland]] <small><center>[[Poland]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:390px; top:390px;">[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|20px|left|link=Slovakia]] {{hint|Slovakia|<small>Slovakia</small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:385px; top:415px;">[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|20px|center|link=Hungary]] <small><center>[[Hungary]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:332px; top:438px;">[[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|20px|center|link=Slovenia]] <small><center>[[Slovenia|SI]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:358px; top:438px;">[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|20px|center|link=Croatia]] <small><center>[[Croatia|HR]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:376px; top:468px;">[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|20px|center|link=Bosnia and Herzegovina]] <small><center>[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|BA]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:399px; top:478px;">[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|20px|center|link=Montenegro]] {{hint|Montenegro|<small><center>ME</center></small>|dotted=no}}</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:395px; top:520px;">[[File:Flag_of_Albania.svg|20px|center|link=Albania]] <small><center>[[Albania]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:440px; top:560px;">[[File:Flag_of_Greece.svg|20px|link=Greece]] <small>[[Greece]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:430px; top:500px;">[[File:Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg|20px|center|link=North Macedonia]] <small><center>[[North Macedonia|MK]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:410px; top:460px;">[[File:Flag_of_Serbia.svg|20px|left|link=Serbia]] <small>[[Serbia]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:445px; top:420px;">[[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|20px|center|link=Romania]] <small><center>[[Romania]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:455px; top:480px;">[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|20px|center|link=Bulgaria]] <small><center>[[Bulgaria]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:505px; top:510px;">[[File:Flag_of_Turkey.svg|20px|left|link=Turkey]] <small>[[Turkey]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:495px; top:410px;">[[File:Flag_of_Moldova.svg|20px|left|link=Moldova]] <small>[[Moldova]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:510px; top:350px;">[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|20px|center|link=Ukraine]] <small><center>[[Ukraine]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:465px; top:290px;">[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|20px|center|link=Belarus]] <small><center>[[Belarus]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:422px; top:272px;">[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px||link=Lithuania]] <small>[[Lithuania]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:420px; top:250px;">[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|20px|link=Latvia]] <small>[[Latvia]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:425px; top:220px;">[[File:Flag_of_Estonia.svg|20px|link=Estonia]] <small>[[Estonia]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:589px; top:595px;">[[File:Flag_of_Cyprus.svg|20px|center|link=Cyprus]] <small><center>[[Cyprus]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:100px; top:61px;">[[File:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|20px|center|link=Iceland]] <small><center>[[Iceland]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:286px; top:178px;">[[File:Flag_of_Norway.svg|20px|center|link=Norway]] <small><center>[[Norway]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:331px; top:188px;">[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|20px|center|link=Sweden]] <small><center>[[Sweden]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:410px; top:158px;">[[File:Flag_of_Finland.svg|20px|center|link=Finland]] <small><center>[[Finland]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:575px; top:250px;">[[File:Flag_of_Russia.svg|20px|center|link=Russia]] <small><center>[[Russia]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:650px; top:440px;">[[File:Flag_of_Georgia.svg|20px|right|link=Georgia]] <small>[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]</small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:739px; top:427px;">[[File:Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg|20px|center|link=Azerbaijan]] <small><center>[[Azerbaijan]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:709px; top:459px;">[[File:Flag_of_Armenia.svg|20px|center|link=Armenia]] <small><center>[[Armenia]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:710px; top:285px;">[[File:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg|20px|center|link=Kazakhstan]] <small><center>[[Kazakhstan]]</center></small></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:40px; top:178px;"><center>''[[Atlantic Ocean|<span style="color:steelblue">Atlantic<br>Ocean</span>]]''</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:170px; top:570px;"><center>''[[Atlantic Ocean|<small><span style="color:steelblue">Mediterranean Sea</span></small>]]''</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:570px; top:455px;"><center>''[[Atlantic Ocean|<small><span style="color:steelblue">Black Sea</span></small>]]''</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:373px; top:265px;"><center>''[[Atlantic Ocean|<small><span style="color:steelblue">Baltic<br>Sea</span></small>]]''</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:745px; top:382px;"><center>''<small><span style="color:steelblue">{{hint|Caspian Sea|Caspian<br>Sea|dotted=no}}</span></small>''</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:42px; top:620px;"><center>{{hint|Morocco|Morocco|dotted=no}}</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:160px; top:615px;"><center>[[Algeria]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:255px; top:615px;"><center>{{hint|Tunisia|Tunisia|dotted=no}}</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:662px; top:585px;"><center>[[Syria]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:755px; top:598px;"><center>[[Iraq]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:769px; top:495px;"><center>[[Iran]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:634px; top:610px;"><center>[[Lebanon]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:612px; top:630px;"><center>[[Israel]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:662px; top:630px;"><center>[[Jordan]]</center></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:712px; top:633px;"><center>[[Saudi Arabia]]</center></div>

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Countries of Europe include:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="100" |Countries of Europe
|- style="text-align:center"
| '''Western Europe''' || '''Southern Europe''' || '''Central Europe''' || '''Northern Europe''' || '''Eastern Europe'''
|-
| Benelux:
* {{cf|be}} [[Belgium]]
* {{cf|lu}} Luxembourg 
* {{cf|nl}} [[Netherlands]]
| rowspan="2"|Balkans:
* {{cf|al}} Albania 
* {{cf|ba}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] 
* {{cf|bg}} [[Bulgaria]] 
* {{cf|hr}} [[Croatia]] 
* {{cf|cy}} [[Cyprus]]{{efn|Perhaps perceived as part of the [[Middle East]] and not Europe, it is culturally and historically similar to [[Greece]] and is a member of the [[European Union]].}} 
* {{cf|gr}} [[Greece]] 
* {{cf|xk}} [[Kosovo]]
* {{cf|me}} Montenegro
* {{cf|mk}} [[North Macedonia]]
* [[File:Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg|frameless|40px]] [[Northern Cyprus]] (disputed)
* {{cf|ro}} [[Romania]]
* {{cf|rs}} [[Serbia]] 
* {{cf|si}} [[Slovenia]] 
* {{cf|tr}} [[Turkey]]{{efn|Most of its modern territory is in the [[Middle East]], but eastern Thrace with its capital Istanbul (historically known as Constantinople) is considered geographically and historically European.}}
| rowspan="2"|Germanic countries:
* {{cf|at}} [[Austria]] 
* {{cf|de}} [[Germany]]
* {{cf|li}} [[Liechtenstein]] 
* {{cf|ch}} [[Switzerland]]
| rowspan="2"|Baltic countries:
* {{cf|ee}} [[Estonia]]
* {{cf|lv}} [[Latvia]]
* {{cf|lt}} [[Lithuania]]
| rowspan="2"|Ex-Soviet countries:
* {{cf|by}} [[Belarus]]
* {{cf|kz}} [[Kazakhstan]]{{efn|A small portion of which is technically in Europe, depending on who you ask.}}
* {{cf|md}} [[Moldova]]
* {{cf|ru}} [[Russia]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Transnistria_(state).svg|frameless|40px]] [[Transnistria]] (disputed)
* {{cf|ua}} [[Ukraine]]
|-
| British Isles:
* {{cf|ie}} [[Ireland]] 
* {{cf|uk}} [[United Kingdom]] 
** {{cf|en}} [[England]]
** {{cf|scot}} [[Scotland]]
** {{cf|cymru}} [[Wales]]
** [[File:Ulster_Banner.svg|frameless|40px]] [[Northern Ireland]]
** {{cf|im}} [[Isle of Man]]
** {{cf|je}}{{cf|gg}} [[Channel Islands]]
|-
| Iberia:
* {{cf|ad}} Andorra
* {{cf|gi}} [[Gibraltar]] ([[United Kingdom|U.K.]])
* {{cf|pt}} [[Portugal]]
* {{cf|es}} [[Spain]]
| rowspan="2"|Italic countries
* {{cf|it}} [[Italy]] 
* {{cf|mt}} Malta
* {{cf|sm}} San Marino 
* {{cf|va}} [[Vatican]]
| rowspan="2"|Visegrád Group:
* {{cf|cz}} [[Czechia]]
* {{cf|hu}} [[Hungary]] 
* {{cf|pl}} [[Poland]] 
* {{cf|sk}} Slovakia
| rowspan="2"|Nordic countries:
* {{cf|dk}} [[Denmark]]
** {{cf|fo}} [[Faroe Islands]]
* {{cf|fi}} [[Finland]] 
** {{cf|ax}} [[Åland Islands]]
* {{cf|is}} [[Iceland]] 
* {{cf|no}} [[Norway]]
* {{cf|se}} [[Sweden]]
| rowspan="2"|Caucasus:
* [[File:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg|frameless|40px]] [[Abkhazia]] (disputed)
* {{cf|am}} [[Armenia]] 
* {{cf|az}} [[Azerbaijan]] 
* {{cf|ge}} [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
* [[File:Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg|frameless|40px]] [[South Ossetia]] (disputed)
|-
| France:
* {{cf|fr}} [[France]] 
* {{cf|mc}} Monaco
|}

==Religion in Europe==
===Eurobarometer Poll 2005===
Participants were asked if they believed that "there is a God", if they believed that "there is some sort of spirit of life force", or if they "didn't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf</ref> 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country ||"I believe there <br>is a God" || "I believe there is some <br>sort of spirit or life force" || "I don’t believe there is any <br>sort of spirit, God or life force"
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|mt}} Malta || 95% || 3% || 1%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|cy}} [[Cyprus]] || 90% || 7% || 2%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|gr}} [[Greece]] || 81% || 16% || 3%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|pt}} [[Portugal]] || 81% || 12% || 6%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|pl}} [[Poland]] || 80% || 15% || 1%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|it}} [[Italy]] || 74% || 16% || 6%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|ie}} [[Ireland]] || 73% || 22% || 4%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|sk}} Slovakia || 61% || 26% || 11%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|es}} [[Spain]] || 59% || 21% || 18%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|at}} [[Austria]] || 54% || 34% || 8%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lt}} [[Lithuania]] || 49% || 36% || 12%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|de}} [[Germany]] || 47% || 25% || 25%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lu}} Luxembourg || 44% || 28% || 22%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|hu}} [[Hungary]] || 44% || 31% || 19%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|be}} [[Belgium]] || 43% || 29% || 27%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|fi}} [[Finland]] || 41% || 41% || 16%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|uk}} [[United Kingdom]] || 38% || 40% || 20%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lv}} [[Latvia]] || 37% || 49% || 10% 
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|si}} [[Slovenia]] || 37% || 46% || 16%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|fr}} [[France]] || 34% || 27% || 33%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|nl}} [[Netherlands]] || 34% || 37% || 27% 
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|dk}} [[Denmark]] || 31% || 49% || 19%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|se}} [[Sweden]] || 23% || 53% || 23% 
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|cz}} [[Czechia]] || 19% || 50% || 30%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|ee}} [[Estonia]] || 16% || 54% || 26%
|- bgcolor=#E0E8EF
| {{cf|eu}} [[European Union|'''EU25''']] || '''52%''' || '''27%''' || '''18%'''
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|ro}} [[Romania]] || 90% || 8% || 1%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|bg}} [[Bulgaria]]  || 40% || 40% || 13%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|hr}} [[Croatia]]  || 67% || 25% || 7%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|ch}} [[Switzerland]]  || 48% || 39% || 9%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|is}} [[Iceland]]  || 38% || 48% || 11%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|no}} [[Norway]]  || 32% || 47% || 17%
|- bgcolor=#F8F8F8
| {{cf|tr}} [[Turkey]]  || 95% || 2% || 1%
|}
{{hatnote|[[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Croatia]] were not members of the [[EU]] at the time; [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]] joined in 2007 and [[Croatia]] in 2013. The [[United Kingdom]] [[Brexit|left]] in 2020.}}

===Special Eurobarometer 2019===
Participants were asked if they considered themselves "Catholic", "Orthodox Christian", "Protestant", "other Christian", "Jewish", "Shia Muslim", "Sunni Muslim", "other Muslim", "Sikh", "Buddhist", "Hindu", "Atheist", "Non believer or agnostic" and "other". For conciseness, only "Atheist" and "Non believer or agnostic" will be represented in the table, "Remainder" being the subtraction of 100% from the aforementioned.<ref>https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/instruments/SPECIAL/surveyKy/2251</ref> 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country || "Atheist" || "Non believer <br>or agnostic" || Remainder
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|ro}} [[Romania]]  || 1% || 0% || 99%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|cy}} [[Cyprus]] || 1% || 1% || 98%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|gr}} [[Greece]] || 2% || 1% || 97%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|mt}} Malta || 1% || 3% || 96%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|bg}} [[Bulgaria]] || 3% || 2% || 95%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|pl}} [[Poland]] || 3% || 3% || 94%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|ie}} [[Ireland]] || 3% || 6% || 91%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lt}} [[Lithuania]] || 3% || 6% || 91%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|sk}} Slovakia || 6% || 5% || 89%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|hr}} [[Croatia]] || 6% || 5% || 89%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|pt}} [[Portugal]] || 4% || 8% || 88%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|it}} [[Italy]] || 5% || 9% || 86%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|at}} [[Austria]] || 4% || 12% || 84%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|si}} [[Slovenia]] || 14% || 4% || 82%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lv}} [[Latvia]] || 6% || 13% || 81%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|hu}} [[Hungary]] || 3% || 17% || 80%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|dk}} [[Denmark]] || 9% || 13% || 78%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|fi}} [[Finland]] || 10% || 14% || 76%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|lu}} Luxembourg || 10% || 16% || 74%
|- bgcolor=#E0E8EF
| {{cf|eu}} [[European Union|'''EU28''']] || 10% || 17% || 73%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|de}} [[Germany]] || 9% || 21% || 70%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|be}} [[Belgium]] || 10% || 21% || 69%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|es}} [[Spain]] || 12% || 20% || 68%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|uk}} [[United Kingdom]] || 9% || 28% || 63%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|ee}} [[Estonia]] || 15% || 23% || 62%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|fr}} [[France]] || 21% || 19% || 60%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|se}} [[Sweden]] || 16% || 34% || 50%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|nl}} [[Netherlands]] || 11% || 41% || 48%
|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF
| {{cf|cz}} [[Czechia]] || 22% || 34% || 44%
|}
{{hatnote|The [[United Kingdom]] [[Brexit|left]] the [[European Union]] in 2020.}}

==Continent or not?==

The definition of "continent" is actually more of a political definition than a scientific one.  In most of the world, Earth is believed to have 7 continents; Asia, North American, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.  However, the exact border between Europe and Asia is difficult to pin down, and has varied wildly throughout history.  In Eastern Europe and Russia, Europe and Asia are considered to be a single continent.<ref>[https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3925410 Polish Wikipedia</ref> Similarly, Central America and the totality of the American landmass (comprised of the sub-sections South and North America) can be described as continents.

The definition of continent predates the discovery of continental plates; notably, {{wpl|Plate_tectonics|Europe does not have a separate plate|.}}  In much the same way scientists didn't have a good definition of "planet", and when they did create one which resulted in [[Pluto]] not qualifying, geologists may one day declare Europe to not be a real continent.

==See also==

*[[Eurocentrism]]

==Notes==
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==References==

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