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When did the West become the EU? The EU is not the west.
The term “the West” refers to those nations that were opposed to the Soviet Union; they’re the nations of NATO. It’s a term of geography that includes nations that are not in “the West,” like Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. But I think you know this. And yes, the European Union is in the West. It’s the free world, the world you despise, unlike Putin’s world. That’s the world you admire.