Talk:Politics of the European Union

message: Why is this link incuded at bottom of the page? It has nothing to do with the subject matter - as do so many references to the USA in so many other articles.
:I'm not sure I understand. I don't see a link to USA Politics at the bottom (perhaps it was removed already). Though I disagree with your point; the article is entitled Politics of the European Union. Having links to politics of XXX organization seems to have enough relevance to have a link-to. But that's simply my opinion. --Novaprospekt 19:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Politics of the USA

message: Before anybody tries to expand this article (there is a request for expansion), what is this article intended to be about ?
It is either one of two things:
: The politics of the EU (i.e. the article title), in which case, the article needs expansion in respect of European Council politics between EU member states and discussions on the inherant faultlines in the EU - those between a "social Europe" and economic liberalism, and the fault lines between those favouring a deepening of supranationalism versus those in favour of more intergovernmentalism.
or
: The politics of the European Parliament.  This seems to be the content of the article at the moment.
Therefore, either there is significant room for expansion on other matters (option 1), or the article needs a change of title.
Personally, have no preference except a wish not to have the politics of the EU described only in terms of politics at the European Parliament.--jrleighton 00:44, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute 

message: I have removed this paragraph from the intro:
"In contrast to nations such as the United States, the European Union tends to follow a more socialist approach at home and a liberal approach abroad,Paradise & Power, Robert Kagan 2004 although it has tended more towards more economic liberalisation in recent history.EU Liberalization Legislation Its history of war and integration framing its political scene: a scene dominated by multiple figures from national leaders to the numerous EU leaders and their CFSP chief."
It looks like it was written by someone with a poor understanding of the European Union. Kagan is a mid-ranking US conservative; why his interpretations should take such prominence in the article is a mystery.--Nydas(Talk) 19:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes the paragraph is a mess, but on Kagan: the info state is generic, Kagan is just to give some backing to it - hence it is not necessarily him which is taking precedence but the contrast with the US. And Paradise and Power is a major theoretical book on comparisons between the US and EU, even if it has had some holes poked in it.- J Logan t: 20:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Kagan's book was about Europe, rather than the EU. Subtle but important difference.--Nydas(Talk) 15:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not about the EU! Joking, the principle of it was about the EU.- J Logan t: 16:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not at all; EU states practice socialism at home, and liberalism abroad ("abroad" being other EU states), but the EU as an institution is a big promoter of liberalism at home.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.152.170.253 (talk) 13:26, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Oddness from the intro

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :Politics of the European Union's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Parliament's powers":
From Council of the European Union: 
From Institutions of the European Union: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:23, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Politics of the European Union]] 

message: Has legislation granted 'competencies' to the EU or is it just some buzz word which has taken on new meaning. It reads like something out of a school exam and seems a strange word to use in this context. Why not 'authority' or 'responsibility' or some other less jarring word.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.233.172 (talk) 08:25, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Competencies? 

message: Unless I am terribly mistaken, the "European Council" in the diagram of the institutions should be the "Council of the European Union", not to be confused with what is called the "European Council". 2604:2000:6A90:3000:BC2F:C827:A1DB:A519 (talk) 14:06, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe you are mistaken. The Council of Ministers is the Council of the EU. --Boson (talk) 00:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  European Council = Council of the European Union?