United Kingdom, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Norway and Iceland are all part of Europe.

United Kingdom voted to leave Europe and there was a years long ugly divorce. UK is a North Atlantic state alongside the US.

UK voted to leave the European Union. UK remains in Europe Continent obviously.

UK is an island, not part of the continent.

Gibraltar...

... is not part of the UK itself. But it is under British sovereignty.

Which of the 7 geographical continents do you consider it to be part of then?

Obviously the English Channel separates the continental mainland and the UK. Geographically the UK is part of the British and Irish Isles. The UK is generally not considered as part of "continental Europe", but some definitions of Europe also include the UK geographically. It is debatable but I draw a line where the Atlantic Ocean clearly separates it from the mainland.

"North Atlantic" as a label for countries just a combination of Europe and North America north of the US-Mexico border. UK is "North Atlantic" (like most of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in that it is part of Europe.

EU =/= Europe

How is it possible to actually move the entire landmass? I didn't know we had the technology!

The definition of Europe is not a fixed historical constant. Including various islands in particular continents is an essentially arbitrary choice.

Europe as a geographic feature is a distinct concept from Europe as a sociopolitical entity. It is clear that Europe and the UK have been diverging culturally, socially, and politically for some time now.

UK does not have the political connections, open borders, collectivization of resources, harmonized regulations, shared currency, or really any other connection to the rest of the Europeans beyond memory.

politically yes - culturally or socially I don't see it a divergence. Very similar to rest of Europe

The UK may have left the EU, but it definitely didn't leave Europe.

Cough, a couple of those countries are in Europe..

> Not just Europe, also no [mostly European countries]

EU is not Europe.

Also, Bulgaria is part of EU

Ok for Bulgaria my bad, I got confused because of their status with regards to Schengen. I was wrong.

Site-note, literally quoting Bard:

Here's a statement that definitively proves that Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union:

"Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union."

For other countries, I thought the original message was making reference to the stricter regulations of the European Union but I wanted to emphasis that the issue was beyond EU ("Europe"), as it affects Canada, Switzerland, etc.

>Site-note, literally quoting Bard:

>Here's a statement that definitively proves that Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union:

>"Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union."

Why did you remove the link showing you instructed it to not tell you the truth about Bulgaria being part of the EU under any circumstances to save face because you didn't know the difference between the EU and Europe?

This looks like a list of countries that:

- have digital partnerships with the EU where the DMA or very similar regulation is/may be in effect or soon to take effect (e.g. Canada, Switzerland).

- countries where US companies are limited in providing advanced AI tech (China)

- countries where US companies are barred from trading, or where trade is extremely limited (Russia). Also note the absence of Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, North Korea, etc.