They wouldn't give the U.S. more than one region and that's an incredibly diverse area. Why should Europe get two in a row? Make a region from somewhere else in the world please.
Maybe because the US is a single country whereas Europe is an entire continent?
This sounds like a Nostalgia fest to me so it seems this will be more about embracing the old along with some new.
To me it sounds like a heap of merchandise tied in with spin off central. I shudder at the thought.