https://3v.org/tags/europe/ Recent content in europe on 3V.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://3v.org/2026/04/09/what-holds-europe-together/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://3v.org/2026/04/09/what-holds-europe-together/ The question of what holds Europe together has no clean answer, which is precisely why it keeps being asked. Economic integration explains the structure. NATO explains the security architecture. But neither explains why people in Lisbon and Tallinn — sharing no language, no climate, no cuisine, no living memory of each other — can nonetheless recognize something common between them. European identity is not a legal category. It cannot be conferred by passport or treaty.