Spain is western than the Netherlands... Those are bs media definitions just to create some sensational news and nationalist politics. In all this bs definitions, for instance, uk is not even "western Europe", because they are just the exceptional empire.

Each country has similar stuff that doesn't makes sense.

Western Europe at the center of europe, while real west Europe (Portugal, Spain, France and uk) are not western, but central europe is west... Just because historically "west" sounds rich and civilized, since western roman empire.

It is a definition for poor journalism and political rhetoric.