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EMU vs. MU vs. CM[edit]

Currently the page for economic and monetary union (EMU) includes mostly Monetary Unions/Currency Unions (MU), but this is wrong. Not every MU (even if its name is "economic and monetary union of ...") includes common market/single market (CM) provisions. So, most of the listed here are no EMUs, just MUs. Alinor (talk) 12:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC) Still no explanation of the new arrangement... But I see in EXISTING Economic and Monetary Unions the entry for "SUCRE (currency)"... Maybe we should revert the FTA/CU/Single Market/EMU/MU pages and lists to their previous structure already? (see also here and here. Alinor (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, too few people are interested in the subject and/or are capable editing this article. I would propose, before reverting to actually describe the difference between the economic and monetary union and the monetary union. And reference that. They could anyway live in the same article, for the better understanding by the readers. See also here. Emilfaro (talk) 14:09, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is silly having loads of currency unions listed on a page which starts out stating that it is about EMU not CU, but as the CU list is important I am going to revert the title back to currency union.- J.Logan`t: 13:52, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, better to split. We can maintain this article for EMU data only, minus the long list. Who can confirm exactly what is EMU and what isn't?- J.Logan`t: 19:00, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I sorted most of the organizations to the applicable lists (Economic union, Customs and monetary union, Economic and monetary union, etc.) - eg. listing each only once, at its "highest" level, as the lower levels have a note about what higher levels contain the respective arrangement (eg. on single-market-list is written that EMUs also have single markets). I haven't checked yet the lowest levels (FTA and customs union lists) and there are some minor things to correct on EMU and MU lists, but will do this soon. Alinor (talk) 22:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Van den Noord's comment on this article[edit]

Dr. Van den Noord has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:


I have some issues with the qualification of EMU as \ "trade block". This is not correct because: (1) the single market applies not only to EMU but to the whole of the European Union as well as the European Economic Area, (2) the single market encompasses not only free trade, but also the free movement of capital, labour and services. The term "customs union" is also misplaced, as a custom union refers to an arrangement where internal borders have been removed for trade while each member has its own trade arrangements with trading partners outside the block. In the EU, in contrast, external trade arrangements are uniform for all members and handled by a supra-national executive (the European Commission in this case).


We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.

We believe Dr. Van den Noord has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:


  • Reference : Paul van den Noord & Boris Cournede, 2006. "Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain: The Impact of Structural Reform on Fiscal of Outcomes in EMU," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 522, OECD Publishing.

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NAFTA / NATO?[edit]

Does NAFTA count as an economic and monetary unions? I see that the Gulf council is on the list. Seems like NAFTA fits the description. --Francisco Fredeye (talk) 00:08, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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