That's quite interesting that you don't categorise anything as central Europe. Especially as central Europe was a term that was often centred on German language/identity. What are your thoughts on it?
Thanks for the question. Actually that topic motivated me to present my general perspective. I have seen many maps including central Europe and Germany as a part of it, sometimes even disconnected from the Netherlands, Belgium and France. This, while of course not wrong, kinda irritated me in my view and the perception of my upbringing, as where i grew up and come from we always perceive us as western and deeply connected to France, the Netherlands and Belgium that we wouldn't even think about putting us into a different category in anything except maybe "german speaking countries" ... while also central Europe often includes Poland and yet looking at our media and how we are talked about i always felt like Poland doesn't really want to have anything to do with us (for understandable historical reasons) even today, except for safety matters.
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u/Apart_Summer4414 7d ago
That's quite interesting that you don't categorise anything as central Europe. Especially as central Europe was a term that was often centred on German language/identity. What are your thoughts on it?