# european (regional)

about the region Europe and the people who live in it

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: regional  ·  Arena: european

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [region](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-region.spatial), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [europe](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-europe.region), [live](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-live.biological)

**Through:** the region and its people together form a single entity shaped by their ongoing coexistence

**Novel properties:**
- shared regional identity
- cultural interdependence
- collective geographic belonging

## Examples
- The Schengen Agreement allows passport-free travel across 27 European countries since 1995. *(institutions)*
- The Eurotunnel connects France and the UK under the English Channel, operating since 1994. *(engineering)*
- The European Court of Human Rights ruled on the 2010 case of Oliari v. Italy regarding LGBTQ+ rights. *(law)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-european.regional*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-european.regional.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*