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The western part of every continent is mild. Europe is no exception. Unlike North America, it has no north-south mountain ranges to block the mild oceanic air from penetrating further inland. Also unlike North America, it has an unusually warm current off its northwest coast. Other than those two factors, Europe is completely typical for being the western part of a larger landmass (Eurasia). The Western U.S. is much the same until you hit the mountain barrier which blocks ocean influence.
The reason for all of this is that air masses generally move from west to east.
I don't like the word "Eurasia", Asia is a part of a seperate continent.
It's still part of the same landmass though. You can drive from Spain to China if you really wanted to. And Europe being the western part of that landmass it's far milder than continental Asia.
That has absolutely nothing to do with being on the same landmass. Canada is foreign also but it's definitely on the same landmass as the US.
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