Is England a European country and why, as it is not part of the European continent?

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alexstutely

Yes, England is a country, and yes, it is 'in' Europe (north-western Europe to be precise).

Geographically, it is true that England is not physically joined to "continental" Europe (the English Channel separates England from France by a distance of about 21 miles), but there is no requirement that countries have to be attached to each other by land in order to be a part of the same continent. The Philippines, for example, is a country in Asia although it is separated from China, Malaysia and Indonesia by water.

Politically, England (as a part of the United Kingdom) is a member of the European Union.... and this is perhaps the most modern way of defining a "European" country.

Europe from a geographical perspective:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

Europe from a political perspective:
http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm

Snail

Great Britain is regrettably a part of Europe. Forever they have been trying to annex us, the Spaniards sent their Armada and it ended up at the bottom of the sea, the French had designs on us, but we told them where to go at the Battle of the Nile, Waterloo and Trafalgar, the Germans tried it in 1914 and 1939 but our navy and the RAF sent them elsewhere - to hell? . Now, because of traitors within, they think they've got us hooked into the EU. The EU doesn't include all Europe, Norway is doing fine outside and so is Switzerland. Time for us to send them back to hell. We are the continent of Great Britain. This precious stone set in a silver sea.

Maybe YAP again

there are 1000's of islands belonging to a continent...even 1000's of islands belonging to only one country: eg: The Philippines has more than 7000 islands.

Trevor

England is acountry in it's own right. It's also one of the three countries that make up Great Britain and one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Continents aren't single land masses. Hawaii and Alaska for example, are part of the United States but not attached to the 'mainland'.

All continents included many islands. Some of the larger European islands include Great Britain, Iceland, Crete, Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and many thousands of others.

The reason it's not part of mainland Europe is that rising sea levels at the time the last ice age ended caused it to become cut off from the mainland.

carina

Yes England (and the rest of the United Kingdom) are very much part of Europe.

We are physically attached to Europe and at one time it was all above water. Then the ice melted and sea levels rose (not just recently, a few thousand years back). And it flooded the lower-lying bits, one of which we now refer to as the English Channel which appears to separate us from France. It only appears to cut us off, but we're still joined under the water, otherwise how could they have built the Channel Tunnel.

And if that's not enough for you, the people who inhabit England (i.e. the Celts, the Saxons, the Normans etc etc) all came over from the continent.

Emma

England is a European Country because it is in the United Kingdom & the United Kingdom is in Europe.

fel t

it is in both cases. you're not overly clever are you?

ashley

My general knowlege says its very much a European country, its a part of the European continent and its also a part of European Union. Only excpetion is that its a not a part of schengan contract and it does not accept Euro

Ryujin

ermmm yes it is.....maybe you just think it isn't because they don't use te Euro...

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