Originally Posted by
jez d
[my bold]We Brits are also Europeans, residing in Europe. This is why the European Aviation Safety Agency became the EU Aviation Safety Agency when it was pointed out to them that not all European nations are members. Sorry for the pedantry.
I have no idea where you got this idea from. There are of course some Brits who may have residency in a single European country, but in general Brits are not considered European for the purposes of licencing.
Geographically, yes. Politically or licence-wise, no.