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Section size for European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic (36 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	769	769
Outbreak	9,909	9,909
European Council response	7,294	7,294
Control measures	21	27,011
Legal context	1,123	1,123
Timeline	1,904	1,904
European Commission coordination	3,949	5,217
Scientific Advice Mechanism	1,268	1,268
EU agencies and Directorate-General of the European Commission	1,340	9,856
ECDC agency	4,663	4,663
Risk assessment in the EU/EEA and UK	1,536	1,536
Recommendations for safe resumption of railway services in Europe	905	905
Eurostat	1,412	1,412
Border management	24	8,277
External border management	3,032	3,032
Border management with the UK	410	410
Border management with micro-states	174	174
Internal border management	4,637	4,637
Repatriations from outside the EU	613	613
Assistance to member states	32	12,952
Common debt and European Central Bank response	2,491	2,491
ECB proposal	2,681	2,681
Coronabonds controversy	5,435	5,435
Vaccines	2,313	2,313
Cooperation between member states	3,252	6,504
EuroMoMo project	3,252	3,252
Controversies	18	11,921
European External Action Service self-censorship controversy	2,967	2,967
Hungary emergency legislation	7,886	7,886
Resignation of Phil Hogan	1,050	1,050
Public opinion	292	2,422
European Council on Foreign Relations survey	911	911
Survey commissioned by the European Parliament	1,219	1,219
See also	58	58
References	30	30
External links	930	930
Total	79,800	79,800

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Relationship With The Article "2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe"

The article 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe seems to have plenty of useful data. This article having the data from it that pertains to the EU would be an improvement. 68.96.208.77 (talk) 19:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC) Constructive Feedback[reply]

Oddly it's been scrubbed on the same day that the BBC runs a story about the US death toll exceeding 41,000. Wouldn't it be useful to see how the EU is doing in comparison? 122.56.196.182 (talk)

Orphaned references in 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the European Union

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 2020 coronavirus pandemic in 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 "STPS numbers":

From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Denmark: "Udbrud med ny coronavirus COVID-19". ssi.dk (in Danish). Statens Serum Institut. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe: "Følg smittespredningen globalt, regionalt og lokalt". Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed (Ministry of Health) (in Danish). 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

Reference named "ECDC":

From Anders Tegnell: "Curriculum Vitae - Anders Tegnell" (PDF). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe: "Situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK". www.ecdc.europa.eu. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

Reference named "coronacount":

From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Oceania: "Coronavirus update (live)". 20 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa: "Coronavirus update (live)". 3 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
From 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe: "Coronavirus update (live)". www.worldometers.info. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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 ⚡ 07:47, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

COVID-19 Cases In Europe Chart

The chart showing COVID-19 cases in Europe is misleading because it implies a greater number of cases in the EU than exist as the data includes countries not in the EU such as Russia and Turkey. 68.96.208.77 (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2020 (UTC) Constructive Feedback[reply]

Just checked, and you're quite right. I've removed the chart. Capewearer (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 68.96.208.77 (talk) 20:37, 15 April 2020 (UTC) Constructive Feedback[reply]

Removing is easy, but it is not a "One fits all" solution. Appropriate information should be given.

For instance giving the number of EU cases and EU fatalities and comparing it to the ones of Europe, to explicit the difference.

20 May 2020, source ECDC
zone	cases by country definition	deaths	cases by country definition per deaths	cases %	deaths %
the EU	1 065 223	122 549	8.69
EU/EEA +UK	1 324 183	158 134	8.37
Europe	1 740 551	164 349	10.59

Difference Europe-EU	675328	41800		63.4	34.1
Difference Europe-EU/EEA+UK	416368	6215	66.99	31.4	3.9
Difference EU/EEA+UK-EU	258960	35585	7.28	24.3	29

Scope clarification

Right now, the article seems to be mostly about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on European Union institutions. Therefore, I'm proposing a rescoping and move to Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the European Union, in line with similar articles. I would argue that the current article scope is duplicative of 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, but an article on the policial and institutional impacts of the pandemic is certainly reasonable and meets WP:GNG. b uidhe 23:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This would make a longer title! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.136.155.241 (talk • contribs)

Why have you scrubbed the number of EU cases and EU deaths? What's your agenda? 115.189.95.17 (talk)

Article is not exactly duplicative because ECDC statistics were removed for both:

Removed from the Europe article, because they deal with the EU rather than with Europe
Removed from the EU article, because they deal with Europe rather than the EU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.136.155.159 (talk) 09:24, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another change which shows the scope clarification is needed: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Union_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic&diff=967639005&oldid=967636041 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.136.155.117 (talk) 19:11, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is ‎Change in consumption and external trade WP:OR?

‎Is ‎Change in consumption and external trade WP:OR? If so, why?

Merge from COVID vaccine dispute

There is a consensus against this merge. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 22:51, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Oppose merge: And in all events until the controversy has matured and stabilised. Djm-leighpark (talk) 22:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Djm-leighpark, do you think that a separate article is definitely better, or do you think that it's too early to know whether this should be a separate article? WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have the WP:CRYSTAL for this and it may be that it dies down quickly or it may be it has longer ramifications. The risk is it become WP:UNDUE in the parent article. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 22:37, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merge, though it may be appropriate to merge the COVID vaccine dispute article into an article on vaccine nationalism at some time in the future. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:17, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merge: this donnybrook not only involves the foreign and trade relations of the EU, but it also impacts the NI Protocol.
Oppose merge: For the reasons stated by Djm-leighpark and Cwmhiraeth. ACLNM (talk) 01:24, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merge: Per all the above, and this has nothing to do with the EU response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnotherEditor144 (talk • contribs) 17:48, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merge: As per above, could have wider global implications, so plenty of scope. Eastfarthingan (talk) 09:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Can a person with EU passport get covid-19 vaccination in another EU country without a local social security number?

For example, can one get vaccinated with a Finnish passport in other EU countries, without the vaccinator checking does one actually live in that other country?

--91.159.191.219 (talk) 01:05, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Legal Europe

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 January 2024 and 15 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Swimmer504 (article contribs).

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