Do we really consider ourselves European?

I am Irish, not European!

I consider myself both

What is it to be European, anyways?

JohnMarston wrote: »

frag420 wrote: »

I nearly choked on my croissant when I read that OP

Im as Irish as Guinness!!

:rolleyes:

I think your sarcasm detector may be defective

If you are asking if I have an Aperitif before dinner and a Digestifs after dinner then yes, unlike having drink for dinner as seems normal in this land.

I live in the continent of Europe - nearly every country in Europe has it's own culture and set of values of such, how can I possibly identify with them all

When I'm talking to people going on holidays they say what country they're going to, it's never ever "I'm going on holidays to Europe" - that answer only comes from Americans on TV who group all of Europe as one country and hence they perhaps think all of Europe has the same sort of values and traditions and such.

No one else holds that sort of attitude - if it wasn't for the economic bonds of the EU we'd have hardly a thing in common with anywhere in Europe bar the UK.

You might be able to group all of Eastern Europe together but then again most of the countries over there are less than 20 years old still and even still I'd imagine there' huge differences between some of those states. Most of the countries in Western Europe would be completely different as well also - France and Germany for example, you have things that are French and things that are German - you never seem to link French things to German things though and those countries are side by side. Then you have Scandinavia which is completely different again.

The only thing I can think of that links most of the rest of Europe is the fact they drive on the wrong side of the road. After that lanuage, food, culture, music etc etc are so different it's almost impossible to call something European and link it to all European countries.

I'm Irish and my only ties to the rest of Europe are from the economic link that is the EU plain and simple.

I don't think of 'European' as some homogeneous culture separate from Irish culture. Following from that I would think myself European simply because I am Irish.

It doesn't matter at this stage if we think ourselves as European citizens or not because the 'Irish' Government has decreed we ARE European by following a European bank agenda rather than looking after Irish people interests. So, by bleeding us bone dry, this has joined Ireland to the hip of European bank interests...

I'd consider myself Irish, not European. The only thing we share with others in Europe is economic.