The "European" argument.. "I am a Southern European. I feel emotionally, physically, culturally closer to most if not all European countries than I feel to any non-European Mediterraneans."
The "Mediterranean" argument.. "I am a Southern European. I feel emotionally, physically, culturally closer to other Mediterranean countries, regardless of continent, than I feel to non-Mediterranean Europeans.
If you pick the former, you feel closer to Poles, Finns, Russians, Germans, Dutch, Brits etc. than you feel to Lebanese, Israelis, Tunisians, etc. If you pick the latter the reverse is true.
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