[TulliusCicero]

When people talk about the EU, they don't necessarily mean the EU proper, just like many "US" problems are more at the state or local level. People often mean "within the EU", including national regulations that may be widespread.

[trinix912]

Then they should say that, not bash on the EU as a whole.

[TulliusCicero]

And yet, people will still say that the US has shit public transit, even if NYC is mostly fine.

If you expect generalizations to be perfect all the time, you'll be persistently disappointed, and probably a hypocrite to boot.