Europe isn't EU, EU isn't Europe.

Islands off the cost of a continent are still generally considered to belong to the continent. IE Japan is still in Asia, Cuba is still in North America, etc.

Why would you think that? Leaving the EU was not a geographical event

Just imagined on the day of brexit whole set of islands just started drifting few hundred kms towards west (or south-west given how canary islands often feels like british overseas territory?) to underscore the leaving part.

Dig up beaches on the east coast, dump as landfill on the west coast. Nothing's too much trouble for The Great Experiment.

Of course, Ireland will have to move out the way. (Wait, is this an actual metaphor for Brexit?)

Eh - for the world's audiences: EU is not Europe. I geddit how/why why people equate eu == europe - it would simplify things for all, one niggle less to consider. But - it ain't so, for better or worse. There are countries in Europe, that can't be members of the European Union, or could be, but don't want to be members. (e.g. UK, probably Island, Switzerland, some of the Nordics) There are no countries in the European Union, that are not part of Europe. So EU <= Europe. (unsurprisingly)

Cyprus isn't in Europe geographically, it's in Asia.

There are also the various territories of larger countries that aren't - French Guaiana in South America, Canary Islands are off the coast of Africa.

> probably Island

?

i think they meant Ireland, which is a member of the EU and has a populace that strongly desires to continue to be, according to https://gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/press-releas...

> that strongly desires to continue to be

Can confirm

Iceland - sorry for the confusion. (poor spelling)