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Western = Anglophone? I suspect cultural norms are quite different in Italy, Greece, Spain and other countries.

These cultural norms might be less widespread in Italy, Greece, Spain, but I would say they're closer to being norms in those countries than outside of Europe. Especially with younger parents. They're certainly norms in most of the non-anglophone EU.

That said, I guess a lot of that could potentially be connected to outsized anglophone/US influence in developed countries.

Do you have a lot of experience with multiple EU countries?[1] Or are you just using “outsized influence” to extrapolate that non-English speaking countries can be neatly categorized as being a homogeneous contrast to English-speaking countries?

[1] The only anglophone EU country is Ireland.

> Do you have a lot of experience with multiple EU countries?

Yes.

> The only anglophone EU country is Ireland.

Technically, though I would still tend to think of the UK here too given the recent-ness of its membership.

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