Re: [ICANN-EU] .EU

[Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>]

Dear Jefsey,

sorry to disagree once more! ;)

> 1. The .eu string was ill chosen and never discussed. As considered on the
> icann-fra ML the Brussels document asked question about
>      the management of ".eu" never on the choice of ".eu". In French and
> spanish "EU" means Etats Unis or Estados Unidos, ie. USA.
I think, in Spanish the USA abbreviation is EEUU.
Additionally, e.g. .FR is not an abbreviation, but the 
/beginning/ of the word FRance. Same applies to .DEutschland,
.ITalia, .ESpaņa. So .EUrope would not be that illogical...

> [...]
> (http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/new02_00.html) 

> This means that the ".eu" is not actually a country but a money. Denmark
> and UK are supposed not to be confused withe Euro.
The reserved code element /was/ meant for the money, but 
now it is to be used for the European Union. That is the
advice the ISO 3166-1 maintenance agency gives.

> 4. As a general comment, I disagree with the use of the ISO 3166 as a
> formal reference. 
> [...]
>  ccTLD have to
> be perpetual (you do not change the address of millions of people).
Well, I have heard there still are some .su (Soviet Union) addresses
around, but if a country e.g. splits up, in most cases the ccTLD
will also split up. There may be a period of transition, but the
ISO codes and hence ccTLD names should reflect the real world.

Best regards,
/// Alexander