Football, Cars and Europe

What do football and cars have to do with Europe? Simply put: they play exactly the same role in European countries. People spend a significant amount of time being fan of a club, going to stadiums and getting involved in long discussion on why their club is better than the others and why the other clubs suck so much. I saw the same happening for cars today as the Volkswagen scandal got public. It’s really impressive to see Europeans go against each other for clubs as for cars. When this happens, you easily understand that Europe is not made yet. We are just a continent, a set of country together for economic reasons and not because we belong together. Europe has a long way to go.