geography vs. politics
this map (found on http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm ) identifies EU countries (Cyprus presented as unified!), candidates (in the process of incorporating EU law into their law), potential candidates.
It also mentions those overseas territories , such as French Guyana, that are actually part of the EU despite being so far away from geographical europe.

My interest in borders is anthropological, borders as point of contact and separation between people, and when i ask myself the question of “who are we, the people of europe?” i am still very confused between EU and Europe. Turkey for example is mostly in Asia geographically speaking, and having travelled there many times I don’t feel Turkey shares a European culture at all. On the contrary, I found the people of Armenia to be remarkably similar to Italians!!

Europe, you confuse me!