Why does Europe use commas instead of periods?

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1. #countries
2. #while
3. #integral
4. #comma
5. #europe
6. #general
7. #before
8. #separate
9. #decimals
10. #number
11. #other
12. #european
13. #period
14. #decimal
15. #separator