Subject: Re: EU or not?
Date: Sep 16, 2002 @ 08:24
Author: marco_polito ("marco_polito" <marco_polito@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "anorak222" <listen@w...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "marco_polito" <marco_polito@y...> wrote:
> > 2) Guyane Française, Martinique, Guadeloupe, La Réunion, Açores,
> > Madeira, Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Penon de Velez de la
> Gomera,
> Penon de Alhucemas and the Chafarinas Islands are the only non
> > European territories that are part of EU.
>
> A quibble: Acores & Madeira are considered to be part of Europe
> geographically. (I'm aware that the definition of continents is a
> convention only, but the convention I'm familiar with includes
those
> islands).
>
> Regards

I agree; Madeira cannot be considered anything but Europe, Açores are
on the mid-atlantinc ridge so they cannot be said as belonging to any
continent.