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Because UK = Europe?

In some european countries refrigerate eggs too. Without washing.

In France, they're not refrigerated in stores, but at home, it depends from person to person. I think the fact that some refrigerators have some special compartments for eggs might have influenced people.

We always ever use them for pre cooked eggs. They are already packaged well, why move them to a tray?

Some people find the packagings dirty. I know some people that always remove the cardboard packaging of yogurts before putting them in the fridge for example.

In Germany you can find both variants. My local market switched from refrigerated to non-refrigerated a year ago. Personally I (and probably most people?) have them in the fridge.

This might be regional, but almost all people I know in Germany keep their eggs outside the fridge.

One important thing to note (which is mentioned in the article) is that once eggs have been refrigerated you need to keep them refrigerated, because the warming up after refrigeration makes the shell more permeable thus increasing the chance of salmonella entering the egg.

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