| Is this being requsted as a ccTLD or as gTLD? If ccTLD - it breaks the
| existing model of ccTLDs limited to countries or islands and not
| representing regions.
This is just a manifestation of the European Union as a proper state,
which obviously some people will accept with fewer reservations than others.
If one can accept that the EU has competence in other international bodies
as a state or state-like entity, then .EU as a ccTLD seems straightforward.
Sean.
