Talk:Transatlantic relations

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Contents 1 Things to do 2 Humorous intro sentence 3 Boeing subsidies? 4 "Transatlantic bridge" 5 Assessment

[edit] Things to do

Things to do:

• History
• Cultural issues
• abortion
• Find a few images

-- Joolz 07:55, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Humorous intro sentence

The intro sentence formerly read as follows:

Transatlantic relations are the relations between the United States and countries in Europe on either side of the Atlantic Ocean.

There are countries in Europe on either side of the Atlantic Ocean? Who knew? :) I have fixed the sentence to make it clearer what is actually meant, but I found the way the old sentence was written humorous enough to read that I thought it worth remarking on this talk page. —Lowellian (talk) July 2, 2005 23:31 (UTC)

It does sound rather silly - I originally wrote it to say "... the United States and countries in Europe, either side of the Atlantic Ocean" but it must've got changed at some point :> -- Joolz 3 July 2005 00:01 (UTC)

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Transatlantic relations do not only exist since the Second World War and surely didnt have to "extend" into Continental Europe! The UK has a special status in transatlantic relations but it is not the beating core of relations!

Feb, 12 2006

[edit] Boeing subsidies?

The article blithely states that both Boeing and Airbus recieve subsidies. Boeing does not recieve subsidies. I'd really like to see a citation for these subsidies. In the meantime I'm going to change the wording to reflect that both companies are *accused* of bennefiting from subsidies which is certainly true.

Zebulin 16:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I found a good source for subsidies that aren't tax breaks or military contracts or other inappropriate concepts of 'subsidies' and placed the citation in the article.

Zebulin 17:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Transatlantic bridge"

That is NOT what the picture is representing. The structures on Europ Banknotes are meant to represent European achievements, not crossing the atlantic. Zazaban 05:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree. They all have building of some type. That's it. Not other secret message. Kevlar67 02:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I think it may have been added by a Euroskeptic trying to make it look like the EU was a ploy to integrate with the US. Zazaban 22:38, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

I have assessed this as Start Class, as it contains a fair amount of detail and organization, although it requires expansion and referencing. I have assessed this as mid importance, as I feel most readers would have general, though not specific, knowledge of the topic and it is broad in coverage. Cheers, CP 02:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)