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The European Union (EU) is not Europe. Europe is a continent containing many countries, most of which are in the EU. The EU does not cover the whole continent, it does not represent the whole of the continent and the British Government's Europe Minister doesn't form policy on the whole continent of Europe.

The Prime Minister, the British government and the EU itself should stop claiming the whole continent for the EU. The EU should not be referred to as "Europe" and the Europe Minister should be called the EU Minister. Similarly, the European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights should be known as the EU Court of Justice and the EU Court of Human Rights.

The Prime Minister should issue guidance on the use of the word "Europe", rename the Europe Minister to the EU Minister and petition the EU to name their institutions appropriately.

Current signatories

Stuart Parr, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Edmund Michael Holt
• John Botting
• Derek Bennett
• Andrew Reed
• dp
• Mark Wadsworth
• Kevin Wells
• Daniel Hewson
• Nat Queen
• Simon North
• John O'Leary
• Tony Eaves
• Richard Healing
• Andrew Hart
• Denis Allen
• David Grace
• John W P Lloyd
• Steve Bassett
• Derek Armstrong
• Robert Feal-Martinez UKIP
• John Smart
• john webb
• Daniel
• Terry Kendall
• Robert Marshall
• John Michael Ward
• Raymond Knight
• Glenys Gray
• Roger Rees
• Bella Allen
• Peter Edwardson
• Helen Daniels
• Chris Daniels
• Kenneth Bullman
• Benjamin Aldridge
• Nigel Brown
• alastair harris
• H Ward
• TD Copley
• Mike Lewis
• Alan Freeman
• Stephen Farndon
• Lawrence
• John Wallace -STOP THIS DECEIT BROWN!
• Daniel Oxley
• Ken
• David Richard Tobin
• Keith Simmonds
• Timothy Murphy
• John Lee Binnington
• A Connor
• John Thacker
• Matthew Mallen
• Tim Lockhart
• Anne Kasica, the-shg.org
• yvonne reeves
• Andrew Clarke
• PETER HOWARD