'of Europe' vs 'from Europe'

[daemon99]

1) People of Europe are very friendly and helpful by nature.
2) People from Europe are very friendly and helpful by nature.

What's the difference between the sentences above?

Does sentence #1 suggest that you are an outsider living in Europe at the time of making this comment?

Does sentence #2 suggest that you are making this comment by observing people who came from Europe and are living in your continent ?

[David L.]

2) People from Europe are very friendly and helpful by nature.

Does sentence #2 suggest that you are making this comment by observing people who came from Europe and are living in your continent ?


1) People in Europe are very friendly and helpful by nature.

Does sentence #1 suggest that you are an outsider living in Europe at the time of making this comment?
It could also be a statement made by anyone in the world who has formed a picture of Europeans as being 'friendly and helpful'.

3) People of Europe : the War is over!

The use of 'of' here is similar to when you say, The Government of India.
For a person to say (3), it would be part of an oration by some political leader.