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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by pcrh on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:51PM (#35415070)
>There's no 'average european culture

Where do you live? Are you not aware that there is a very active and ongoing war in Europe which was triggered by the desire of a certain country to be more "European", and opposition to that desire.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by seydor on Sunday April 02, 2023 @05:02PM (#35415174)
ukraine was and is a european country. it wanted to be allied to the west and nato though
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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by pcrh on Sunday April 02, 2023 @06:14PM (#35415842)
Indeed, it recognised that being "European" was more than a geographical concept.

Note that in 2014 it was "Euro-maiden" not NATO-maiden, or West-maiden.

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