Ah, interesting, it seems that border regions in particular seem to identify more with the region than the country, right? I noticed because the German border region I grew up in is orange, which doesn’t surprise me in the least. Saarland historically went back and forth between France and Germany and was even kind of independent for a little while so the people there feel more “Saarländisch” than German. Same story for Alsace and similar for other border regions, I’d presume. Bavaria is an outlier.
Ah, interesting, it seems that border regions in particular seem to identify more with the region than the country, right? I noticed because the German border region I grew up in is orange, which doesn’t surprise me in the least. Saarland historically went back and forth between France and Germany and was even kind of independent for a little while so the people there feel more “Saarländisch” than German. Same story for Alsace and similar for other border regions, I’d presume. Bavaria is an outlier.