Not exactly.
When I think Euro-Liberal I think of the UK Liberal Democrats.
They are further left than the Democratic Party on most social issues and similar to the average Democrat fiscally... maybe slightly to the right. Also the only major party in England against the Iraq war to the extent that the Democrats are.
They are basically what the Democrats would be without the pandering to social conservatives and populists. They can only exist because Labour Party takes those elements as its own... Of course the LibDems never win either.

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The only difference between left and right is “WHO” they allow to feed at the government trough first.

ok, so left is left, but liberal is right and conservative is left, while in america it's that the liberals are left and the conservatives are right. Or am i mistaken and should it be the democrats who are right outside america and the replublicans who are right inside america?

Democrat and Republican are uniquely American parties, but the rest of what you said is roughly accurate.

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actually the term democrat and republican is also used outside of the USA, but basicly your saying that they have no link.

actually in europe, a republican is someone who is pro republic (ie. with one chosen head of state) a democrat is someone who is for a chosen party.

To put it more simply the Democratic Party in the US... what US use as the compass for liberalism... is a combination of the usual European liberal party and the usual European
labo(u)r/socialist party.
As such the Democrats are right of the average left-wing party and more populist than the average liberal party.
The Republicans on the other hand are a mix of conservatives and the furthest right of Euro-liberals, and as such are right of the average conservative party or liberal party.

All in all, there was a video on the Economist website showing that on most issues most Americans (conservative or liberal) are to the right of the British (who are far from being the most left-wing of European countries)... and it appeared to me that the Democrats matched up most closely with the LibDems.

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the way i see it is that the labour/socialist parties are nearly not represented in the american 2 party system

ok so left is left and right is right, the same outside america as inside america

yes, that's what i thought.

Well... it depends.
Not so much real socialists. And these days the unions are losing power...
But I think they do lean a little more toward short-term "relief" type programs that I see as more populist than liberal.

As I understand liberals they (unlike our right-wingers) believe in using Keynsian economics to a certain extent and use of the welfare state provided it is efficient and well-targeted... but are not protectionist in international trade and frown upon short-term "solutions".
When liberals push "fair trade" measures, it's about making sure the third world is developed rather than exploited and that no human rights are violated.

The Democrats have a larger protectionist wing that has a more nationalist sentiment ("fair trade" is more about protecting American jobs than third world exploited) and have a tendency (due mostly to the political necessity) of backing a lot of short-term relief subsidies that can have detrimental effects. In this sense the labour elements have representation.

But I think that when people claim the liberals elsewhere are "opposite" American liberals they have some wrong-headed assumption that liberals are "pro-business". As I understand it, liberals are most concerned with human rights and view free markets simply as the best way to ensure a capacity for protecting them... and are willing to bring in government where the private sector fails.
Our conservatives (albeit some Republicans could be considered liberals) are pro-business and break down government programs primarily to relieve the businesses of taxes, without regard for the actual effects- often downplaying the importance of public programs.

I can't imagine a European liberal backing the Republicans.

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I have heard this fallacious argument ("Fox News in the most watched News Network, with the highest viewer rating! That means people turn to it for fair and balanced news coverage over all others") many times before. The logic is just as fallacious as it ever was. High viewer rating is NOT an indicator of "balance."

Point made^^^ I told you he doesn't know the difference.