EU is a synonym for Europe in colloquial conversation the same way USA is a synonym for America.

Except for in one EU country wherein English is a native language, "America" is a not a country but a very large continent.

Das musst du jetzt aber mal den Amerikanern erklären ;-)

Oder... sie könnten jemanden aus Süd- oder Mittelamerika fragen, was das Wort „Amerika“ für ihn bedeutet.

	▲	vrganj 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Entiendo como se sienten los otros Americanos. But it doesn't change the fact of the matter that in English (and not only English! German, too, as demonstrated), these words have different meanings.

this is just wrong