On Jun 27, 12:41=A0pm, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
> Konstabel Els wrote innews:2b3217e1-dbfc-4c9a-=
bb94-fd0849d49d5d@n19g2000vba.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > wrong....Falkland Islands
>
> >> The Falkland Islands aren't in the EU
>
> >http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/others/index_en.htm
>
> > don't see what the difference actually is ?!
>
> The Falklands are correctly not shown on the EU map. They are not part
> of the UK proper, but an "Overseas Territory", so they do not
> automatically become EU territory just because the UK is. The
> relationship of the member states' overseas territories towards the EU
> varies. Some are officially part of the EU, but some are not. All of
> the UK's overseas territories are not in the EU, except Gibraltar.
> France has a different policy, it made about half of its overseas
> territories officially part of the EU which is why those are shown on
> the map. But some other French territories are not in the EU and
> therefore omitted from the map.
>
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I saw the EU gives the Falklands a bunch of development money though ! |