Florida man who crashed stolen BMW told cops he ‘teleported’ into it during arrest
(www.independent.co.uk)
Not your fault. Both are valid abbreviations for each other. Only E.U. would actually be concrete, but...
Saying the EU should be the European Union. Whereas just EU should signify Europe as you wouldnt say the Europe.
The context here made it obvious you meant Europe though, dont know how people missed that.