[albertzeyer]

I guess we are all in our own bubble, but in my circle of friends (all in Germany), it is rather the opposite: I and many of my friends feel quite European, and don't identify at all as being a German. I would consider myself even quite anti-patriotic. E.g. I would be quite happy if we can get rid of the countries (Germany etc) and have one unified big Europe (or EU) country, similar as USA. And this is not such an unusual view. You will definitely get many "we are all europeans" vibes. I think you will mostly see this in all the bigger cities and also all the university cities. Esp among students, this is very common.

[wink]

These are not mutually exclusive and highly depend on what criteria you look at and how you weight them.

I am not even sure how I feel, and less of trying to objectively decide what I am. I definitely feel stronger ties to Munich and Bavaria than to Germany (let's not speak about politics though) and I 90% agree with the concept of being European, but it's indeed so very abstract that I am not sure if I really feel European. Maybe it's more of a superficial look at cliches and seeing yourself in them.