Europhile

Not to be confused with Urophile or Herophilos.
This article is about positive attitudes towards Europe in general. For support for the European Union, see Pro-Europeanism.

A Europhile is a person who is fond of, admires, or loves European culture, society, history, food, music etc.[1][2] In its narrower, and often pejorative sense, the term europhile is most often used in Europe itself in a political context, that is, in the context of an uncritical attitude towards the European Union. It refers to organizations and individuals with explicitly unquestioning pro-European attitudes, as opposed to Eurosceptics and Europhobes.

  1. ^ "Europhile", English Collins Dictionary. "A person who admires Europe, Europeans."
  2. ^ A Glossary of the European Union, by Alistair Jones, pg.69. "A Europhile .. is likely to enthuse over European culture and society."