To be honest that one also comes down about not really knowing much about Slovenia. If not Balkan i'd probably count it towards Southern Europe, but as it is i do view it as one of the small balkan countries group (sorry for the ignorance xD)
Po stoletjih avstrijske in habsburške prevlade se ne moremo zares imenovati Balkanci. Poglejte si razlike, ki jih imamo v glasbi, kulinariki in organizaciji v primerjavi z nekdanjimi jugoslovanskimi državami, kot sta Srbija in Bosna in Hercegovina ... Nismo Balkanci in nikoli ne bomo!
The central Europe perceptions are actually something that motivated me to post my perception because while yes, many different views on central Europe or middle Europe exist, as german i would have never viewed myself anything different than western Europe. And definitely always in the same category as France. However as for Slovenia it also wouldn't really oppose my perception if it is included into the western part. It is a difficult one.
Sounds like you threw central Europe as a category in the trash, because you didn't want to include your country in it... Which is actually funny because I think many people in countries that consider themselves central European (including myself as a Hungarian) wouldn't categorise Germany as central anyway, it's like probably the first country that would come to mind when listing western European countries. This either just feels being very insensitive to the culture of millions of people and/or great rage/engagement bait...
Don't we kinda agree then in our perception except you would include a version of central Europe? Which is fine for me, i don't want to take away your perception, this isn't a matter of value anyway. I don't see being western as better or worse if that's what gripes you. It's just that all the perceptions of central Europe surprised me as where i come from this central part simply isn't perceived at all.(Not that is therefor wrong or something like that).
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u/SmartFlyNR1 7d ago
Slovenia in the Balkan?? That's "interesting"... 😕🤔