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Wait Europe Led in science before the EU. In fact Europe advanced far faster prior to the EU. EU military would be a Bureaucratic Hell of Catch 22 proportions. European countries as do not pay their fair share of NATO defense funding. The majority of EU nations military Leader have no true field experience. EU intelligence and security is antiquate. The only reason the EU has successful is the US supports the EU Militarily and Economicly.
*Is Ayatollah Merkel literally Hitler?* *Answer:* _While Ayatollah Merkel, the current fascist dictator of Germany, does have traits from Adolf Hitler, she isn't 100% Hitler. Ayatollah Merkel is actually a mix of Adolf Hitler and Abu Bakr al-Bagdhadi._
"If you disagree with this, you're not my enemy, you just have a different opinion. We live in the same boat after all" is a concept less and less people know these days.
I think Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said it best: ''The EU is not and never will be perfect. But it's the best damn thing I can think of.''
@Sebbo h No. Many people, not just Italians "because of Salvini", are against the EU because of what the EU has done, especially since 2015. I hope other countries will fight back like Poland and Britain. In the V4 countries the disgust with the EU grows each year, as the EU not only does not acknowledge their faults, but also their turning a blind eye to the criminal aspects as a result of the numerous aspects the EU promotes and takes 0 responsibility. in fact, they try to silence and convince others of their crooked ways.
@Sebbo h If you are informed and live in the eu, you know. If you aren't, you won't believe me anyway. If you do live in eu, and don't see what has been happening these past years, then I really wouldn't know where to begin. Maybe advise you to watch some Paul Joseph Watson videos
Peace between countries comes with free trade and movement. It's not worth it to go to war with your business partner. It's a massive regulatory superblock necessary to achieve that?
As a Colombian guy living in Germany, I was a sock when I see the EU from inside the first time. You always hear stories about the EU and why they decided to create these Union among the founders and so on, but when I saw the border, the healthcare, the security and the enormous advantages that has the EU citizens over me, it makes really hard for me to understand how there are people who wants to eliminate the EU seeing all these Incomings only for being a EU citizen. I have lived my whole childhood in a war, I have seen what the war has made in my country and how the culture of my country has changed because of the narcotraffic. I have seen so many people without a job and opportunities that break my heart. It was damn hard for me to be in Germany, because of all the things that I need to do and to have in order to get a residence here and all of them worth the shot for live in the EU. I have known a lot of stories of Immigrants trying to get in the EU, for friends who struggle to find something to do in order to stay and so many more. I just hope that every EU citizens at least heard one of those stories before saying that the EU does not worth it, because there are so much people trying to get what you have gotten for granted.
I'm really sorry for you, nobody should experience these things. Hopefully you can live in peace now and stay here. Too many people don't realize that they were lucky to be born here. Or they just don't care about the rest of the world. Anyway: Willkommen in Deutschland und alles Gute für dich!
Pues hay gente que no le importa porque finalmente estén o no estén en la unión Europea seguirán teniendo beneficios , salud gratuita , educación, etc los más afectados serían los países más pobres de la unión europea, de todos modos me parece que es mejor que siga unidad ya sus Ciudadanos pueden andar libremente sin trámites.
In short many people living in the EU never had to experience the sort of things you did and simply dont know how good they have it, yet they love to complain about the "worst" things in their lives even though in the grand scheme of things those are basically nothing. Sorry to for what you and your country had to go through. But happy to have you here!
The EU needs to be reformed, not abandoned. It has to become more transparent and democratic. We need the EU, because without it, we have no chance against world superpowers like the US, Russia or China. Europe needs to become a superpower for itself, independent from America but this is only possible with the EU.
No, Switzerland is in the middle of countries in the EU and we have treaties, people can pass the borders without getting controlled i.e. EU is absolutely tra*h and not needed
@@GreatReplacement imagine unironically thinking that a cluster of nations with vastly different political climates can "just get along" without any overarching geopolitical guidelines or mutual, _enforcable_ commitments. I, for one, stand for a united, powerful Europe, over a weak, pathetic Holy Roman Empire sequel.
@@GreatReplacement yes, but we can probably agree that "avoid another league-of-nations type worthless institution" is one of them, given the consequences of fundamentally weak international bodies in the past.
@@barrystubbs983 No, I don't think so. Even tho these countries are all in the EU, some of them have different currencies and others are still working on making there economic situation better.
Together we're stronger. Just imagine if the EU ceased to exist: different currencies, non-stop immigration queues, visas and bureaucracy. The EU isn't perfect, of course. But as one of the comments I've read said: when a system with benefits has its flaws, you change it, don't end it. Long live Europa! - a proud Italian/EU citizen
The EU would protect/ameliorate the European countries in case of a economic war of sanctions that US has been keen of using against others that might overtake them. Even Germany cannot sustain an economic sanction/war with the US. And by the way, if the US sanctioning the EU seems a ridiculous idea, Germany has been threatened with sanctions. The US had sanctioned EU aluminum and steel. The EU is the best weapon for European security against any threat.
immigration queues? Sign me up, we don't need immigrans, they can stay wherever the fuck they are. And no, eu is delibetary trying to weaken its own countries.
The world is complicated in general. So too are countries. We do our best to muddle our way through, not take a can of petrol to our problems and burn it all down like what Brexiteers advocate.
I feel as European as I feel Italian. We share so much history, so many values, and so much of our culture is intertwined. Also, one of the biggest blessing for Europeans is the ability to work in any EU country. And as as big union we have much more power against big companies like Facebook than we would have as individual countries. This doesn't mean we can't improve it. But hey nothing is perfect anyway
It's cool being from the EU when you're lucky to be from one of the "good" countries, but EU is like a high school, there are jocks, the football players, everyone likes them and they bang the hot chicks, they're influencial, and then there are the outcasts that no one likes or have prejudices about, mostly Eastern Europe (I mean everyone says "wow such a beautiful country I love it here" when they visit but they wouldn't want to actually live and survive here)
@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 im part romanian and part italian and have lived for a long time in romania, but i've never heard people "outcasting" eastern european countries, i've only heard a few stereotypes but that's it.
@@bcfed I have a cousin who's exactly like you except he lived in Italy all his life, romanian is his second language, but that didn't stop him from being bullied at school for it I'm not saying everyone is bad, but there is definitely some xenophobia present in western europe
This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less political and economic integration, some want more of it. Some want to stop immigration, others want better integration instead. Some want an EU army, others want to disband Nato. And most will have a collection of different opinions about all of that. It’s the same for our team, we don’t all share the same vision for Europe and the world. We tried our best to present different sides and view points, while being fair and as neutral as possible. But obviously we can’t go into too much detail in a video that is only 7 minutes long. We also clearly marked where we are stating our opinion. The sources we used are in the video description. The last year has taught us that we have to try our best to get everybody back to the table again and stop screaming at each other. We all could have done a better job at this in the past, Kurzgesagt too. Everybody comes from a different place and has different ideas of where the world should go and how to tackle our problems. And as long as we are trying to base our opinions on facts then that is completely fine. In the end we all have to share this planet with each other. SOURCES: population EU: bit.ly/2mMm4Cy GDP EU: bit.ly/2ouh1mL largest Market EU: bit.ly/1FhL3jv creation of the European Union: bit.ly/2cnX6Dg Franco-German Rivalry: bit.ly/2nw7uxC easy travel: bit.ly/2neE9oT cheap telecommunications: bit.ly/1MfZsRZ bit.ly/2nUsOKj EU vs. Apple: bit.ly/2bOwMln reut.rs/2cafPTv EU vs. Microsoft: bit.ly/2nwfYVr econ.st/2oTo0d1 EU vs. Facebook: bit.ly/1FUc1iu bit.ly/2olVXA2 Number of scientists and research output: bit.ly/2nqHkek bit.ly/2neJEnD go.nature.com/1d1HQWc bit.ly/2mMfcFc Election turnouts: bit.ly/1OK06oG bit.ly/2oXzQTi Transparency: bit.ly/2ouxsPR bit.ly/2o1SicC Civil Society Europe: bit.ly/2oTW4pA refugee crisis: bit.ly/2bOZCn4 bit.ly/1Nkj485 Oxford Refugee Studies Centre: bit.ly/2nA1INa Why Muslims fail to integrate in christian heritage societies: amzn.to/2o96mhB The Failure of Multiculturalism: fam.ag/1R3ibj1 France and its Muslims: fam.ag/1jBLUCm Immigration and the Challenges of Integration bit.ly/1RqJot8 Don't Fear Muslim Immigrants: fam.ag/2kHbjfb News deeply: bit.ly/2ij4j8n Economist: econ.st/2nULVnD some countries have accepted more refugees: bit.ly/1A4Ljx8 Discrimination of immigrants: EU Agency for Fundamental Human Rights: bit.ly/1Mj4A7F Princeton: bit.ly/2o2JGiY Challenges for the EU EU development beyond NATO: bit.ly/2kvZ73G Third largest military in the world: bit.ly/2neTaXP bit.ly/2o2122s Trade boost: bit.ly/2nIbnQv bit.ly/1TNJ5dn 12% higher GDP: bit.ly/2nwzGAE Eurostat/ Economy: bit.ly/23kKY7L cost of labour: bit.ly/1PPLTU2 shares in economy for production: bit.ly/2o2fxn9 shares in economy for tourism: bit.ly/2nwFav1 shares in economy for fishing: bit.ly/2ouKFbq forestry in the EU: bit.ly/2nIbPOV Eurozone crisis: bit.ly/2ouGJY5 Explanation of the debt crisis by The Balance, a financial advice website: bit.ly/2o7kbjW Eurocrisis Monitor: bit.ly/2oUaXYH Future of Europe: bit.ly/2mKCPJV
I wholeheartedly support the EU. And I believe we must listen to the skeptics - if anyone can see the EU's potentially catastrophic flaws, it's those who are looking at it without any rose-colored glasses. And these flaws must be fixed as soon as possible.
Dorijan Cirkveni as an Englishman I’m depressed that we left, I think the EU was made with the best of intentions. And sure it may have flaws, but pulling out makes life far more difficult.
Marzuq Ahmed I couldn’t agree more. I think Northern Ireland will join Ireland and Scotland will leave the UK. I don’t think Wales will though, they’re too small. Even so, none of this will happen with the disgusting government we have now, they’re slaughtering our country.
frederick dinsdale I kind of agree. I feel like getting a good deal (or really any deal) is making the best out of a bad situation, but no deal is making a bad situation oh so much worse.
@Jacob Scrivener I'm talking about the old Austrian empire where the armies were made of a lot of different peoples with their own languages and cultures making communication almost impossible
I'm italian. For centuries Italy didn't exist as a country. Our hymn says: "We had been for centuries / Mistreated, mocked / Because we aren't a people / Because we are divided. But we existed for a long time as a nation. A book from 1300 tells a story about a merchant from Venice and another one from Genoa meeting in a foreign country. Genoa and Venice for a long time hated each other and so the people, but the book says that they were both happy "to see another italian". In the 1300. Why am I a european? Because when I will travel to another country, I will be happy to meet another european. Because that's my people.
I'm Danish. That's the fundamental element of my nationality. I see myself as having a different nationality to Spain, Germany, etc. But when I travel and trade with these countries, they are safe brothers that I can trust. That's what the EU makes me feel as a person, and I think that's quite cool
Spanish over here. Same. Generally people against the EU are people that either haven't lived in a different Union country, or don't have business in the EU. It makes things really easy if you need to travel or trade with other countries.
It just makes everything so smooth and simple. People that voted Brexit were mainly doing so to 'kick out the immigrants' (mostly non-EU nationals) or regain some imagined idea of sovereignty that we've somehow given up to the EU - despite the fact we can leave.
@Fabian N-E. I agree with this, but the EU forces us (the UK) to take too many refugees for the size of our country E.G. France has the same size of population than us, but over twice the land mass, it isn't fair for us to be forced(by the EU) to take the same amount of refugees. Its all good and well to say "all of the refugees need homes, so they can come here" but we need to think of ourselves, I know this might seem selfish, but with the current amount of money we give to non-working people, it could very easily negatively affect our economy and cost the taxpayer. Sorry for the paragraph XD
Although I myself am very pro-EU, there's an important thing here that bothers me. You're blaming the fact that many people don't trust the EU on a disconnect, lack of transparency and lack of knowledge about how the EU works. By doing this, you avoid all actual criticism on the workings of the EU by implying that if only the EU was better at communicating, no one would have any problems with it. The way the EU works at this point is very undemocratic. The only part of the EU that is elected is the European parliament, which has a fundamental lack of power and even its election process is the subject of a lot of criticism (unfair seat division by country, inability to vote on parties outside your country). Things like this make me hesitant about a European army and thus giving military power to an institution that has democracy-issues. Please focus on the actual EU criticism instead of implying it's just a matter of marketing. It's belittling to those with legitimate concerncs.
Well guess what, you don't need to 'vote' for the other important institutions because you already have. In the Council and in the European Council you find those that you've voted for in national elections. True, we could vote for the members of the Commission, but 1) good luck with that, we're talking about 30k people 2) top-roles in the Commission are decided by the Parliament, so you do (indirectly) have control over them 3) the Commission is main promoter or further European integration, it acts in a supranational way and so it's stupid to let decide of its composition by the peoples who are gonna vote for their national interests and not for the interest of the EU as a whole. If you're referring to other institutions (e.g. ECB), let me remind you that you cannot vote for the Central Bank of your own country either, so why the big deal? Although I agree with you that the EU has big structural problems, I don't think its 'democratic legitimacy' is one of those. The EP does not lack power at all (at least since the Lisbon Treaty), but you're right in saying that its election process could be improved. Keep in mind, however, that first you have to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces at the elections, so in order to make any changes (improving the functions of the EP), you first have to get people to 'be more interested' in the way the EU works and to be more active in their role of voters.
You are right, I would not suggest the Commission, the Council or the ECB to have seperate elections for them. That was not how I meant my statement. I didn't mean to imply that the EP shouldn't be the only part that is directly elected and I apologize if it appeared that way. I used "only" just to point out how important it is that this institution works well because it's the only elected part. So I don't disagree with most of your first paragraph. What I meant to say is that the EP being the one part that is directly elected has very little power. And it does. The fact that, as the legislative power, it still doesn't possess any legislative initiative is very strange and in my opinion: wrong. This alone is a massive lack of power for a parliament to have. Then, the fact that the European Council consists of people voted in nationally, means the EP doesn't have the power to hold them responsible or send them home if they lose trust, despite the Council having so much influence on the direction of the EU. This can only be done nationally, meaning one does not have a say in what happens to a Council member from a different country. Also, I'm not convinced with your order of doing things. You want to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces first and only then make any changes to how it functions. I'd suggest the reverse. Improving the way the EP and its elections function is the way to get more people interested in it. If military power is given to the EU, I'd want a strong EP (voted for in a way where every European has the same voting power and can vote for the same people) which is able to intervene when the executive power does something with this military power that the EP doesn't like. Right now, this is simply lacking. Despite that, I'm still very pro-EU, admire all it has achieved and optimistic about its future. I just wish actual criticism was addressed in the video.
Etrandir, your last post was automatically removed as spam and not visible to most people and I am not able to recover it. Try posting it a second time without naming a certain historic leader of Germany (which is probably what triggered it). You made solid points, so it's a shame otherwise.
"We", "us" and "ours" just really makes me feel I'm in the same team as Kurzgesagt, and that feeling like "together we are strong and significant" like that moment when you finally realize in which team you are, making you proud for being a part of it.
I think there are a lot of people who stand to benefit from the EUs disbanding, none of them being the people of European countries. The US would want the EU to disband to create better and more subservient clients. Russia would want the EU to disband to assert it's influence over Europe, especially former Soviet nations. China would want the EU to disband to reduce its global influence and to build state owned facilities in its land to extract tribute from it. There's nothing a superpower hates more than a group of small nations banding together to form a unified economic and military bloc.
Reforms. There will be so many reforms. As long as people like you and me are around, this project will continue to improve itself - slowly but surely,
Yeah, doesn’t make me optimistic. Everyone is in conflict. My perspective from the U.K: people are so heavily divided on left wing and right wing politics, labour voters absolutely despise conservatives and there’s almost an instant hatred in some cases. Then on a bigger scale England is in conflict with Scotland, where there’s constant argument and talks of splitting up. Then of course you have all the conflict in the EU which seems to be falling apart at the seems. Globally we can’t even establish effective policy to literally preserve our species and where we live, it’s like people care more about their opinion and having it their way rather than working together. I just don’t understand.
@@NormanWasHere452 I think the situation is less dire than you think. Sure, there is conflict but in times of change, battles ( rhetorical or otherwise ) are natural. The EU in particular is a fairly young institution that is still moving relatively fast considering how difficult negotiations tend to be. Change is usually very slow when it comes to politics. In regards to the survival of our species - even if a 4 billion people were to die in rapid succession in the next 100 years, there would still be more than enough for the rest. Technological advancements will also fix a lot of issues and if things get too dire, 2 child policies will prevent an implosion. Europe is creating a new form of state that in and of itself is revolutionary as a political construct. We use diplomacy instead of firepower or economical threats. That's a less flashy way of doing things but as far as I can see it, we have had 70 years of peace, are wealthier than ever before and still moving forward. The press has a way of spelling out doom that can make things seem worse than they actually are and it is not bad that they do this ( most of the time ) for fear and anger in the right doses make the people want to work for the things they believe in and get things done. Giving up when we are pretty much third place in the global superpower ranking would seem like a very unwise decision.
@@Arcaryon I understand your points. In terms of the species thing, it was more about how we're destroying all these ecosystems and not managing the global commons, but you're entirely correct in that it's very difficult to wipe out the entire species (doesn't mean that we're not vulnerable to a poorer standard of living if we don't act with consideration of the future). In terms of press I'm typically very aware of that, I study geography and economics in school and read about it in my free time so I'd like to think I'm at least slightly above average when it comes to those sorts of things. As a whole I think things are better now than they used to be but there are also issues like never before. I certainly think we shouldn't give up but it's definitely far from simple.
I'm going to set four simple questions. Do you live in a democratic country in the EU? Did you elect the leaders of the EU or even know who they are? Do you think it is okay that these people control the size, shape and colour of fruit that can be sold, how to sell packaged goods or countless other miniscule laws which the majority are oblivious of? Is this democracy?
@@gorrthebutcher4696 but not permanently. Btw, GERMANY, SWEDEN, SPAIN, FINLAND, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA , LUXEMBOURG, ITALY, GREECE and IRELAND have a better passport and they can stay indeterminately within the schegen zone.
comment not necessarily about this video in particular, but about the whole of kurzgesagt. after receiving understandably limited amounts of info about a topic delivered in such high quality that it sparks my interest 20x more than it would if it weren't for the insanely high quality of kurzgesagt videos, i would always love to dig deeper into topics but i always fall into the mistake of expecting THIS high of quality from other info sources as well, and it always leaves me disappointed, lol :D in short, kurzgesagt's video qualitites are above and beyond anything i've ever seen and i pity anyone who hasn't got a taste of what valueable information delivered in an enjoyable way feels like
What I understand, they should have led Greek default, it would have been better in long run. Problem was the big lender Germany didn't want this. Sadly Euro and EU are flawed systems that are barely hold together. I doubt it can resist US and China.
Regional blocks are the best way to prevent superpowers from meddling into small nations local affairs. Latin America should definitely do this, consdiering all the advantages from a cultural and historical perspective it has.
im from the us and im still shocked by how they created this union of peace right after a world war amongst themselves OMG guys I cant believe this got so many likes!!! tysm
Well, you have also to consider that the ww2 starded because 2 nationalistic dictators (Hitler and Mussolini) had expansionist visions and want of revenge for the ww1 peace acts, these mindset where not shared by the majority of the population so after their regime fell all the anger disappeared with them. The peace was easy because people don't want war, only the nationalistic leaders want it not the people.
@@denisrizzardo2722 germans and italians(Less than germans) wanted war so Hitler and mussolini give them it and they lost. Communistic countries also tried to conquer others nations , imperialist/globalistic nations also did it. Nationalism isn't about expansion (usually) only about intepedence . After ww2 communist rise in west and we see efects , these effects boosting modern "counter-revolution"
@SpangeBab ofc there has to be a judgemental european that thinks all Americans are ignorant. Even though there are stereotypes about europeans, I don't judge nor approve until I go and experience it for myself.
Jeroen Bollen Lies by omission. They didn't address the huge problems of sovereignity of states and the undemocratic nature of EU Commission, which is the only actor in the EU able to propose new laws but what is not elected by the Demos of Europe. Also stating that EU is nothing but good for the economy while omitting the fact that overbearing regulations actually pulls down small-time entreprenuers who have to bend to the regulations just like the big multinationals.
It's the lack of democracy within the European Union that makes it impossible to support for me. I love the idea of freedom of movement,trade and decent central standards for workers rights/safety etc but the system under which the EU operates is intrinsically flawed, and there seems to be no intention to improve this. I remember reading Gorbachovs autobiography and his explanation of how the soviet political system worked to deny the general public any say in the policies it pursued, and the EU is organised pretty much exactly like the old USSR (sounds a little melodramatic, but read Gorbachov, he explains it a lot better than i ever could). I really hoped Britain threatening to leave would lead to some sort of reform of the parliament and how the powers are distributed and regulated, but unfortunately not, and i just can't see the EU ever reforming without some total collapse that forces them to.
Bruh, Spain stopped a lot of factories and production to join to the EU and to not compete with France if i remember well, Germany continues loaning money, knowing that spanish politicians Will literally steal It xd
As a Hungarian, I can say that our government often goes against the EU, but it's really our only way of survival in this world. We're only powerful if we keep together.
Yeah, in case of my country our government also often goes against EU (mostly to turn the attention of the citizens from their own failures and blame them on the EU).
As a lawyer (from India), I really respect the CoE and EEC/EU for its anti-trust and competition laws, human rights laws and personal data protection laws. Were it not for the initiative and lead taken by the CoE and EU in protecting personal data, multimillion mega corporations would've chewed us all alive by now, not that they've given up, but at least the European Courts and regulators try to make them behave.
That was a common complaint, remain was entirely based around fear mongering, lies and nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people brexit was fear mongering, lies and nothing to do with ordinary people. It just meant people went with what they originally thought.
....even as a German I have to agree - my only critisism would be the description of the € countries and not mentionening the strenghs for future - if all Euro countries agree there shall be a common fund financed by all - making it impossible for hedgefunds to speculate against Greece, or Italy, or Spain or whoever within the EU - just because of the sheer power of some 300 million behind that. Hoping Macron is succesful here and Merkel will give in.
No Uk had plenty of reasons, just the government saying they do not want to do all these thing that we voted to leave for (Ill list them if you want to(Even though it is a wast of time ) )
As a resident of a country that was part of the Soviet, EU provides the people so much freedom that was unimaginable 50-30 years ago. It really was horrible, because it pushed people to their limits - horrible, unpaid, unfair hard work, while still trying to keep your integrity and soul not exchanged for money or gone missing. I like that it supports us, even though we don't offer much. We've always been with open hearts for differences, and I personally appreciate the efforts made
You're still recovering, I for my part can't wait to see the immense potential of the east once you've fully embraced your potential! Good luck with that from the west.
Olliver Tjon Soei Len Did we watch the same video? There are many arguments critical of the UE. But if what you want is "THE UE IS TYRANNY BURN IT ALL" then indeed this is not the place for it.
@@stefanoiacobitti3809 if the eastern countries behaved they would get looked after but you misbehave this is what you get *cough* Poland, hungry *cough*
I saw 2 people from the eu start cursing out some guy because he said article 11 and 13 are bad actually everyone there was from the eu just yelling at him
@@BossKnight WTF, I don't understand how are there people that think that articles 11 and 13 are ANY good (except from the music labels that will benefit from this).
if the eu was structured better it wouldn't collapse into either dust or tyranny.(just copy paste the US constitution and do slight changes then it would be somewhat competent currently there are to many tyrannical loopholes and byzantine bollocks)
@@hokahoka420 yes. our republic is stable enough to survive this bullshit European attempts to build a republic always end in an absolute monarch. despite democratic governors attempts to demand trump do their jobs for them he has refused at every turn.
Even if you don't change eu in the slightest it still has measuresble being its that far outweigh its negatives. Even if the only bienfit was the scientific output I would be for a stable eu rather then a bunch of states smashing there heads together
Honestly, 2017 when this was released was just a year after the Brexit vote, and the hight of the catastrophically handled migrant crisis was still on everyone’s fresh memory, and different exiteers were popping up everywhere, than the times in Europe were turbulent indeed. Now, despite Covid, exiteering isn’t that much of a popular thing anymore, with even Le Pen abandoning the Frexit idea and Salvini currently taking part in a strongly pro-European government. I think the fact, that even though the Comission completly screwed up the vaccine distribution, only two countries so far have purchased EU unapproved vaccines (and Slovakia’s government has almost fallen apart because of it and they never even properly used the vaccine), is absolutely incredible and would be unthinkable not that long ago. So its not so grim in this direction.
I mean it's not crazy, it hadn't happened yet. Shit was turbulent back then, and it got worse. So he was truthfully just commenting on how it was then, it's not any kind of prediction
@@endered3498 Then why a lot of anti-EU protests erupted since 2020 ? Even last week, there were a lot of protests across several European capital cities, some people even went to Brussels to destroy the headquarters of EU
Imagine an EU army: -The overambitious goals of the Germans -The supply situation of the Italians -The clusterfuck of the Balkans -The morale of the French -The infighting of the Spanish -The shenanigans of the Austrians -The trust of the Poles. -The alcohol problems of Ireland -The budget of Greece *Switzerland in the corner making sure nothing bad happens to the money of all parties involved*
@@rattler_boss1101 I drove to Trebišov- iňačovce for 3 years a lot of roads are in a catastrophic condition (Rimavská sobota, Bátka, Rožňava etc) , the shock absorbers of my car say: Au au au for what ?.
Jarod Farrant Well beliving will never get you far, maybe get some hard facts that can prove to people that eu is a good thing. The idea of european countries being a union will never work, period.
I find very useful and necessary cooperation for single European countries. Congratulations for 80 years without war ! I hope it continues like that. From Turkiye...
I mean, 80 years without war isn't quite accurate. Just 80 years without war in europe. And even that is no longer true, since.... you know.... Ukraine-Russia happend. Edit: I just noticed that even then it's not true. War within Europe happend in that 80 year span too so...
@randomdude4207 But Europe and the EU are some very different things. Also, even then, EU members were involved in wars during those 80 years. Falklands (Britain) and Kosovo (pretty much everyone in NATO).
@@andrejzlall joke about wanting to leave the EU, there are genuine reasons the tories are psychopaths, but it was just for effect. “Idiots” would have been more apt.
It doesn't help when people refer to world peace and egalitarianism as pipe dreams. It definitely won't be instant, maybe not even in the near future, but it's not impossible.
France and Germany almost fought another war over which country should host EU lol, bad thing for hosting NATO though especially after the end of cold war when it was meant to be against Soviet Union which doesn't exist anymore, creates more trouble and continues of allowing the USA to enslave Europe while playing you against USA's enemies when it shouldn't be your business
@@trollmcclure2659 Tbqh I think the only thing that kept Europe peaceful against the East block countries and big mom Russia was the power of the USA. When it comes to war these days, the EU doesn't hold a candle against Russia and its allies or China (even though historically China always kept its influence in Asia).
@@dennisengelen2517 I wouldn't really put faith in the USA while it does have one if not the biggest military spending it many uses it on new toys and all together has a bad track record in wars especially if you don't count world wars.
Can't remember who said it, but I have found the quote: "The EU is made up of small nations and nations that don't realize that they are small yet". A country of 10-60 million doesn't have the influence (as in possible market) needed on the world stage to promote it's values and protect it's citizens from countries and corporations alike.
@Jake Sangria First of all drinking vodka does not make you an alcoholic and I'm not sure what exactly you meant by "from European". But maybe you should stop spreading lies and have your fun somewhere else? Am I asking too much?
While I understand that some people disagree with the copyright directive, the false information being spread about articles 11 and 13 (current articles 15 and 17) is staggering. A short summary of the most prevalenr incorrect claims that I have seen is that no linking will be allowed (linking to news articles will be allowed, though not together with long extracts), that "filters" will hurt smaller businesses or start-ups (article 13 (now 17) applies to larger commercial sites that have been running for more than three years) that it will murder internet-culture (memes and GIFs are excluded), and that strong lobbying has not been carried out on both sides. Some of these have changed during the course of the legislative process and some have allways remained the same. Everyone are still free to disagree with the implementation of these rules, but it should be based on facts and not on inflammatory rethoric.
I love being part of EU, started PhD in another country, worked with ESA, Erasmus, healthcare anywhere in EU, many opportunities. I hope EU would have more power to help people when extremist alt-right leaders (that fuel hate and bend laws for their personal agendas) come to power, as it happened in Slovenia. :/
The alt-right/far-right who are the ones who push the "euro-scepticism" no less, and who are funded by Putin's regime (La Pen for example). A few years back I would at least give euro sceptic arguments the benefit of the doubt, until I discovered that it's every alt right party and political figure spouting their hyper nationalistic nonsense in a more roundabout way.
Well, I won't comment rn on your own strengths/flaws/whatnot, it's yours primarily, but can you please keep from dreaming of ruling your old colonies again? Something's brewing in Parliament lately and Neumann is donning conquistador armor, fancying for herself lands and servants to keep.
@@MelkorPT These are the same old peeps doing the same old habits to other countries. If you still can't accept this, then I guess no one can make you.
@@Moepowerplant wtf are you talking about? You're mewling about us "dreaming of ruling our old colonies again" and I'm telling you that in 45 years I've never met anyone who gave a shit about "taking back the colonies". My father was forced to go fight in the jungle for 3 years and _he_ didn't give a shit about the colonies, absolutely *_no one_* is eager to take over some 3rd world countries especially when their rightful inhabitants have made it crystal clear they didn't want us to rule over them.
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This morning I was serving as a cashier here in Italy, when a really old guy came to me to talk, and then said, smiling: "You know, when I was thirteen, I had a Winchester rifle and got into the Resistenza as a young partisan! There was war, but it ended: EU better be tight and strong during these difficult days." I was deeply honored to have the chance to meet a real Partigiano. I will keep his words in mind.
@Eason Cheng Seems you have capabaility to have conversation only with yourself. Your arrogance and pettiness make discussion quite difficult and pointless, so i'll leave you in your imaginary world where in mysterious way you know me better than I do. So take care, grow up and tell your imaginary friends I said hello.
@Oof Man sometimes it can feel like that, I know. But wether it be with EU or not, peace and cooperation is what we must seek in our continent. Anyway, that partisan fought and risked his life for peace in Europe, and that was his opinion, which I highly considered.
Everything worth having is a lot of work. Us American's are feeling the work pile up on us with Trump and boy is that a turd that needs polishing. But we will manage like EU will manage, I'm sure.
The population of the EU could definitely improve the goal of one unique EU with one language and military if enough people, and i am talking about millions of people would sign one petition in the web.
If we continue the EU we as the people of europe need more say in the government, instead of this fake institution and calling it a "democracy" . Not a single party/ group of ppl should be kept out of the government just because their ideals happend to be diffrent then others. Oh and all media in the EU must be politically unbiased no "oh trump isn't the president we wanted so were only going to talk negatively about him at every oppotunity" no. give us the facts and let me make my own opinion instead of EU throwing it's opinion at us. Maybe the media will get the trust of the younger generation back with being unbiased.
@@zemom.a.8171 Maybe because it is equally screwd by all? God dammit shit I dont know why. As far as I know PiS was screwed by EU Court 2mln times. And as always shitheads from PiS party smiled after leading to screwing them as a punishment for fucking around with Poland and Polish people.
honestly as an indonesian, we south east asian countries are trying to follow the food steps of EU. we may still have bad blood between countries but we are going closer. EU really does a lot of good. but most people only see the bad effects of it. it may not be perfect but you guys are getting closer! keep strong EU
I mean I may be wrong, but the nations of the ASEAN would benefit more from a concept of a better EU, than Europe itself. I mean, no offence, but your cultures are pretty similar, correct me if I'm wrong.
This reminds me a lot of the founding of the USA and many questions we Americans still have on how power should be split between states and the federal government
Thats not even a question, the federal government shouldnt have nearly the power that it does, small government, all power to the states, just like in the federalist days... America was a much better place, big government always makes things worse.
It's scientifically proven this channel is the best thing on the Internet! Kurzgesagt, if you have it somewhere in your scope... Since migration crisys in Europe is heated and emotional topic most of the time I would really appreciate your take on it.
@@OUAAAAAAAA what? what? refugees by law are people who run away from war in their country to closest country without war. If they pass that country and travel to another they are immigrants by law
I think that it's pertinent to think also how we the EU, as the US are been built our wealthy a "peaceful" bubles at expenses of other countries resources and feeding certain conflicts with our weapon industry. We really need to think how fits all that in our European Identity.
@@ondrejtomsu8304 Eastern European countries started almost all at the same base. Can you name me one eastern European country that is today better off as anyone that joined the EU?
fun fact about lithuania: it was somewhat of a great power of eastern europe even before its personal union with poland, correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure poland was carried by lithuania for a few hundred years then occupied for the rest of its history, im probubly wrong but if i am, tell me
At least your country isn't overshadowed by history as much as we bulgarians are. Trust me, we have done a lot of things in history but almost no one talks about them.
@@vijandplays3151 lets be honest here, lithuania is only commonly mentioned in 1 of 3 instances 1. Russia is invading Lithuania 2. Lithuania is revolting against Russia 3. Polish-Lithuanian Commenwealth
As a Brit, I am really sad that we are leaving the EU. I spent years working in environmental policy for the UK government and I know just how vital the EU has been in ensuring we apply the right of protections for our native species and habitats. I shudder to think what this Tory government will try once we are no longer subject to EU scrutiny of our wildlife legislation. Sad times.... 😔
The UK has only left the EU in name. They are still a de facto EU member economically. Negotiations are to be in about half a year from now, but I bet it will be delayed because of the coronavirus.
@@Tribune_of_Italia NO WE'RE NOT. We will make our own trade agreements, and have our own rules. We will not be brow-beaten by some petty officials in Brussels any more. We're leaving the sinking ship that is the EU, and good riddance to the whole stinking mess.
@@Tribune_of_Italia We have to abide by EU rules until 31/12/2020 when we LEAVE the interim period. Then, if there's no free trade agreement, we switch over to WTO rules, which suit us just fine, given the trade imbalance. Goodbye, EU - no regrets from me.
In the future, there are gonna be tons of potential problems to solve. Hence, having a corporation like this will help us a lot. Logically, when we work in a group, we will try to help others; in contrast, when we work seperately, we will ignore others.
They say nothing Will happen just as we see the biggest censorship campaign era since the cumunist crimes against humanity . Pro life sites getting blacklisted rigth Next to hardcore porno. You ONLY take it and even defend these people because you believe in utopia , people like you are the ones who are Taken out first. Usefull idiots they call . There are no such thing as doing a little harm to make good on a larger scale . That is allways the line that well intented vilains use to justify their dreadfull actions.
Sami Sund is that a treath?? Calling me crazy does not Change the facts asshole. Beign a economic migrant explains your position , why don't you go to your country and make it great again? Ah ... Socialists just like other people stuff. Wellfare state Will eventualy end , read gulag arquipélago , get close to reallity .
@@jordondeannon5501 No it doesn´t but it kinda could Technically open the door for future attempts to bypass Free Speech. The whole censoring Thing was always the weakest Argument. But I totally Agree Article 13 is so fucking stupid. Just not for this particular Reason.
Love the ending about, different opinions: "you're not our enemy, you just have a different opinion. Let's have a fact based! discussion about it" This is thé way to solve problems, fact based discussions. Unfortunately this doesn't happen that frequently anymore the political minefield of so called " post-truth politics". Could you guys maybe make a video about post-truth politics? I'm a bit late with responding, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway😶😂 thank you in advance ...
@@Ron-tc4wu It seems like *technically* The Netherlands don't have any tanks. The tanks they use, the Leopard 2A6, are "owned by Germany but operated by Dutch personnel under German command." So they don't really own any tanks themselves, but they do use them.
@@garyinthecolehouse in 2010 sold to Turkey I believe now rental/lease from Germany so we do have tanks for what ever reason,you said we did,t ,,,LOL,,
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Can you make a video about only one country in the world?
Wait Europe Led in science before the EU. In fact Europe advanced far faster prior to the EU.
EU military would be a Bureaucratic Hell of Catch 22 proportions. European countries as do not pay their fair share of NATO defense funding. The majority of EU nations military Leader have no true field experience. EU intelligence and security is antiquate.
The only reason the EU has successful is the US supports the EU Militarily and Economicly.
@@jeremysnead9233 soooooo how does the US support the EU when it is made up of multiple countries and looks pretty stable
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Great video kurgesagt
Explaining everything with chickens makes things easy to understand.
Jovan Janevski because everything is better with chickens
Jovan Janevski THEY ARE DUCKS ARRRGH
*TRIGGERED*
Jovan Janevski Yeah. These birds are not chickens, at least not all of them. Let's argue violently about this. FITE ME M8
I thought they are birds
Did you just assume their species?!
It's funny how, nearly three years on, this video is exactly as relevant as it was when it was made in 2017.
Well yea, because it's only nearly three years on, not thirty fucking years
*Is Ayatollah Merkel literally Hitler?*
*Answer:* _While Ayatollah Merkel, the current fascist dictator of Germany, does have traits from Adolf Hitler, she isn't 100% Hitler. Ayatollah Merkel is actually a mix of Adolf Hitler and Abu Bakr al-Bagdhadi._
@@yoma2977 😂😂😂😂😂 IM HOLLERING ODed ddjdjfjfj
@@icehot900 lol i'm so funny. srsly how old is this dude, 5? Cuz then 3 years feels like a long fuckn time
@@duncanhw how about now buddy ?
When you see flaws in a system with benefits, you don't end it, you change it
Fax
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@@northscrow9316 cuz u didnt bother to search them up, dumbass
@@northscrow9316 That's the most stupid thing I've heard in a while
@@4tbf616 couldn't have said it better
"If you disagree with this, you're not my enemy, you just have a different opinion. We live in the same boat after all" is a concept less and less people know these days.
I think Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said it best: ''The EU is not and never will be perfect. But it's the best damn thing I can think of.''
YES!
THE PERFECT COMMENT THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! GREAT BUT NOT PERFECT!
Bruh that's awesome
@Sebbo h No. Many people, not just Italians "because of Salvini", are against the EU because of what the EU has done, especially since 2015. I hope other countries will fight back like Poland and Britain. In the V4 countries the disgust with the EU grows each year, as the EU not only does not acknowledge their faults, but also their turning a blind eye to the criminal aspects as a result of the numerous aspects the EU promotes and takes 0 responsibility. in fact, they try to silence and convince others of their crooked ways.
@Sebbo h If you are informed and live in the eu, you know. If you aren't, you won't believe me anyway. If you do live in eu, and don't see what has been happening these past years, then I really wouldn't know where to begin. Maybe advise you to watch some Paul Joseph Watson videos
How much does space EU have since the United Kingdom left?
1GB
Good one
Good joke, but the UK and GB are different things
Giga-Brit
That is actually a good one. (might want to rearrange "does" and "space" though)
Stochomack - The Ebony Eagle Space EU.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together :)
if you want to go steady and far, go alone, and be independent
@@flyingminecraft7178 If you want giant debt to china. Go american
if you want to do something well, do it yourself
@@roskavaki Unless you don’t have the available resources to do so.
@@roskavaki but if you can't to it better hand it to someone else
The fact that they even looked up and animated the correct fighter jets for the different EU countries really shows their passion for quality!
Germany, Hungary sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands
Havent seen a comment section this calm in a long while.
D. R. Hahaahha
@D. R. Brother! Get the Flamer! The HEAVY Flamer!
@D. R. EXTERMINATUS IT IS THEN!!!
Anyone who supports the EU Caliphate is a confirmed pedophile
-mountainous port, 2019
“Since it looks like the UK is leaving the EU.....” big lol from 2019
Indeed
A dozen of potatos and a fat cat smelling them ?????
@@sargonavocado4582 It wasn't me
The will of the people means nothing.
Italy too, yes?
Just the fact that almost 100 years have passed without a major war across Europe is something worthwhile...
NO we DON'T..!
War is sweet to those who have no experience of it
Peace between countries comes with free trade and movement. It's not worth it to go to war with your business partner. It's a massive regulatory superblock necessary to achieve that?
@I_Can See_You 👓 dum dum
Yugoslavia be like: Am I a joke to you?
As a Colombian guy living in Germany, I was a sock when I see the EU from inside the first time. You always hear stories about the EU and why they decided to create these Union among the founders and so on, but when I saw the border, the healthcare, the security and the enormous advantages that has the EU citizens over me, it makes really hard for me to understand how there are people who wants to eliminate the EU seeing all these Incomings only for being a EU citizen.
I have lived my whole childhood in a war, I have seen what the war has made in my country and how the culture of my country has changed because of the narcotraffic. I have seen so many people without a job and opportunities that break my heart. It was damn hard for me to be in Germany, because of all the things that I need to do and to have in order to get a residence here and all of them worth the shot for live in the EU.
I have known a lot of stories of Immigrants trying to get in the EU, for friends who struggle to find something to do in order to stay and so many more. I just hope that every EU citizens at least heard one of those stories before saying that the EU does not worth it, because there are so much people trying to get what you have gotten for granted.
I'm really sorry for you, nobody should experience these things. Hopefully you can live in peace now and stay here. Too many people don't realize that they were lucky to be born here. Or they just don't care about the rest of the world.
Anyway: Willkommen in Deutschland und alles Gute für dich!
Willkommen in Deutschland mein Freund !
Pues hay gente que no le importa porque finalmente estén o no estén en la unión Europea seguirán teniendo beneficios , salud gratuita , educación, etc los más afectados serían los países más pobres de la unión europea, de todos modos me parece que es mejor que siga unidad ya sus Ciudadanos pueden andar libremente sin trámites.
In short many people living in the EU never had to experience the sort of things you did and simply dont know how good they have it, yet they love to complain about the "worst" things in their lives even though in the grand scheme of things those are basically nothing.
Sorry to for what you and your country had to go through.
But happy to have you here!
You story should be spread.
The EU needs to be reformed, not abandoned. It has to become more transparent and democratic. We need the EU, because without it, we have no chance against world superpowers like the US, Russia or China. Europe needs to become a superpower for itself, independent from America but this is only possible with the EU.
NOOOO, NO MORE COLONIES IN EUROPE
No, Switzerland is in the middle of countries in the EU and we have treaties, people can pass the borders without getting controlled i.e. EU is absolutely tra*h and not needed
@@GreatReplacement imagine unironically thinking that a cluster of nations with vastly different political climates can "just get along" without any overarching geopolitical guidelines or mutual, _enforcable_ commitments. I, for one, stand for a united, powerful Europe, over a weak, pathetic Holy Roman Empire sequel.
@@kagakai7729 not all european nations have the same goals that is the problem 🤦♂️ this is an utopia...
@@GreatReplacement yes, but we can probably agree that "avoid another league-of-nations type worthless institution" is one of them, given the consequences of fundamentally weak international bodies in the past.
I think all of us Europeans can say that having access to live and work in any country of the EU is a blessing.
Aaron Lozano as long as all work pay rates are equal in member states ?
@Kristian Well if you wanna live in another country you also have to put your part
@@barrystubbs983 No, I don't think so. Even tho these countries are all in the EU, some of them have different currencies and others are still working on making there economic situation better.
well.. come in Italy
you could do it with visa too, but be worth it at least.
Video content aside, these animations are so beautiful and brilliant (as always)!
Agreed
Same, I absolutely love it!
athenaatwar475 what's wrong with them looking childish? It makes it easier for most people to understand fully (including myself) in my opinion.
its a style and i love it
Together we're stronger. Just imagine if the EU ceased to exist: different currencies, non-stop immigration queues, visas and bureaucracy. The EU isn't perfect, of course. But as one of the comments I've read said: when a system with benefits has its flaws, you change it, don't end it. Long live Europa! - a proud Italian/EU citizen
Perfectly said.
The EU would protect/ameliorate the European countries in case of a economic war of sanctions that US has been keen of using against others that might overtake them.
Even Germany cannot sustain an economic sanction/war with the US.
And by the way, if the US sanctioning the EU seems a ridiculous idea, Germany has been threatened with sanctions.
The US had sanctioned EU aluminum and steel.
The EU is the best weapon for European security against any threat.
Germany and EU sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands
Germany and EU sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands
immigration queues? Sign me up, we don't need immigrans, they can stay wherever the fuck they are. And no, eu is delibetary trying to weaken its own countries.
7:15 : Do you want stars in your flags?
all super powers : YES!
Hehe a common theme
Ooooh, that's gotta burn for the RF
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Russia
@Fatih BEKTAŞ USSR's flag had a red star and all soviet army equipment had the red star.
UK has left the chat
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@@JohnSmith-ou5un Why
R idk
Thank fuck 🇬🇧
George No u r much dumb kid
"It's complicated" The de facto motto of the EU xD
Well it is tho and very serious
The world is complicated in general. So too are countries. We do our best to muddle our way through, not take a can of petrol to our problems and burn it all down like what Brexiteers advocate.
More like "Its too complicated for the rubes to understand, so we wont let them vote"
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The EU flag is literally ten asterisks.
I feel as European as I feel Italian. We share so much history, so many values, and so much of our culture is intertwined.
Also, one of the biggest blessing for Europeans is the ability to work in any EU country. And as as big union we have much more power against big companies like Facebook than we would have as individual countries.
This doesn't mean we can't improve it. But hey nothing is perfect anyway
It's cool being from the EU when you're lucky to be from one of the "good" countries, but EU is like a high school, there are jocks, the football players, everyone likes them and they bang the hot chicks, they're influencial, and then there are the outcasts that no one likes or have prejudices about, mostly Eastern Europe (I mean everyone says "wow such a beautiful country I love it here" when they visit but they wouldn't want to actually live and survive here)
@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 im part romanian and part italian and have lived for a long time in romania, but i've never heard people "outcasting" eastern european countries, i've only heard a few stereotypes but that's it.
@@bcfed I have a cousin who's exactly like you except he lived in Italy all his life, romanian is his second language, but that didn't stop him from being bullied at school for it
I'm not saying everyone is bad, but there is definitely some xenophobia present in western europe
Exactly how I feel
@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 lol, in most cases are the romanian who bully there
This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less political and economic integration, some want more of it. Some want to stop immigration, others want better integration instead. Some want an EU army, others want to disband Nato. And most will have a collection of different opinions about all of that. It’s the same for our team, we don’t all share the same vision for Europe and the world.
We tried our best to present different sides and view points, while being fair and as neutral as possible. But obviously we can’t go into too much detail in a video that is only 7 minutes long. We also clearly marked where we are stating our opinion. The sources we used are in the video description.
The last year has taught us that we have to try our best to get everybody back to the table again and stop screaming at each other. We all could have done a better job at this in the past, Kurzgesagt too. Everybody comes from a different place and has different ideas of where the world should go and how to tackle our problems. And as long as we are trying to base our opinions on facts then that is completely fine. In the end we all have to share this planet with each other.
SOURCES:
population EU:
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GDP EU:
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largest Market EU:
bit.ly/1FhL3jv
creation of the European Union:
bit.ly/2cnX6Dg
Franco-German Rivalry:
bit.ly/2nw7uxC
easy travel:
bit.ly/2neE9oT
cheap telecommunications:
bit.ly/1MfZsRZ
bit.ly/2nUsOKj
EU vs. Apple:
bit.ly/2bOwMln
reut.rs/2cafPTv
EU vs. Microsoft:
bit.ly/2nwfYVr
econ.st/2oTo0d1
EU vs. Facebook:
bit.ly/1FUc1iu
bit.ly/2olVXA2
Number of scientists and research output:
bit.ly/2nqHkek
bit.ly/2neJEnD
go.nature.com/1d1HQWc
bit.ly/2mMfcFc
Election turnouts:
bit.ly/1OK06oG
bit.ly/2oXzQTi
Transparency:
bit.ly/2ouxsPR
bit.ly/2o1SicC
Civil Society Europe:
bit.ly/2oTW4pA
refugee crisis:
bit.ly/2bOZCn4
bit.ly/1Nkj485
Oxford Refugee Studies Centre:
bit.ly/2nA1INa
Why Muslims fail to integrate in christian heritage societies:
amzn.to/2o96mhB
The Failure of Multiculturalism:
fam.ag/1R3ibj1
France and its Muslims:
fam.ag/1jBLUCm
Immigration and the Challenges of Integration
bit.ly/1RqJot8
Don't Fear Muslim Immigrants:
fam.ag/2kHbjfb
News deeply:
bit.ly/2ij4j8n
Economist:
econ.st/2nULVnD
some countries have accepted more refugees:
bit.ly/1A4Ljx8
Discrimination of immigrants:
EU Agency for Fundamental Human Rights:
bit.ly/1Mj4A7F
Princeton:
bit.ly/2o2JGiY
Challenges for the EU
EU development beyond NATO:
bit.ly/2kvZ73G
Third largest military in the world:
bit.ly/2neTaXP
bit.ly/2o2122s
Trade boost:
bit.ly/2nIbnQv
bit.ly/1TNJ5dn
12% higher GDP:
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Eurostat/ Economy:
bit.ly/23kKY7L
cost of labour:
bit.ly/1PPLTU2
shares in economy for production:
bit.ly/2o2fxn9
shares in economy for tourism:
bit.ly/2nwFav1
shares in economy for fishing:
bit.ly/2ouKFbq
forestry in the EU:
bit.ly/2nIbPOV
Eurozone crisis:
bit.ly/2ouGJY5
Explanation of the debt crisis by The Balance, a financial advice website:
bit.ly/2o7kbjW
Eurocrisis Monitor:
bit.ly/2oUaXYH
Future of Europe:
bit.ly/2mKCPJV
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I wholeheartedly support the EU.
And I believe we must listen to the skeptics - if anyone can see the EU's potentially catastrophic flaws, it's those who are looking at it without any rose-colored glasses. And these flaws must be fixed as soon as possible.
Dorijan Cirkveni as an Englishman I’m depressed that we left, I think the EU was made with the best of intentions. And sure it may have flaws, but pulling out makes life far more difficult.
@@edwardlawrence4428 Honestly I hope it leads to the break up of the uk. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should just join the eu.
Marzuq Ahmed I couldn’t agree more. I think Northern Ireland will join Ireland and Scotland will leave the UK. I don’t think Wales will though, they’re too small. Even so, none of this will happen with the disgusting government we have now, they’re slaughtering our country.
frederick dinsdale I kind of agree. I feel like getting a good deal (or really any deal) is making the best out of a bad situation, but no deal is making a bad situation oh so much worse.
Lana Joy they’re like England’s drunken fun uncle
"Soldiers from 27 different counties serving one purpose"
*Austrians* : Aw Sh*t here we go again
@Jacob Scrivener I'm talking about the old Austrian empire where the armies were made of a lot of different peoples with their own languages and cultures making communication almost impossible
@@mutedunknown2734 now everyone can speak english
@@sirtrix. dude, you are hella wrong
@@sirtrix. just look at the Kazakhstan
@@sirtrix.they are worst at english by far
I'm italian. For centuries Italy didn't exist as a country. Our hymn says: "We had been for centuries / Mistreated, mocked / Because we aren't a people / Because we are divided. But we existed for a long time as a nation. A book from 1300 tells a story about a merchant from Venice and another one from Genoa meeting in a foreign country. Genoa and Venice for a long time hated each other and so the people, but the book says that they were both happy "to see another italian". In the 1300.
Why am I a european? Because when I will travel to another country, I will be happy to meet another european. Because that's my people.
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THIS.
I'm Danish. That's the fundamental element of my nationality. I see myself as having a different nationality to Spain, Germany, etc. But when I travel and trade with these countries, they are safe brothers that I can trust. That's what the EU makes me feel as a person, and I think that's quite cool
That was how I felt as a Briton, but clearly others thought otherwise.
yes same, I'm Bulgarian and also feel that
Spanish over here. Same. Generally people against the EU are people that either haven't lived in a different Union country, or don't have business in the EU. It makes things really easy if you need to travel or trade with other countries.
It just makes everything so smooth and simple. People that voted Brexit were mainly doing so to 'kick out the immigrants' (mostly non-EU nationals) or regain some imagined idea of sovereignty that we've somehow given up to the EU - despite the fact we can leave.
@Fabian N-E. I agree with this, but the EU forces us (the UK) to take too many refugees for the size of our country E.G. France has the same size of population than us, but over twice the land mass, it isn't fair for us to be forced(by the EU) to take the same amount of refugees. Its all good and well to say "all of the refugees need homes, so they can come here" but we need to think of ourselves, I know this might seem selfish, but with the current amount of money we give to non-working people, it could very easily negatively affect our economy and cost the taxpayer.
Sorry for the paragraph XD
Although I myself am very pro-EU, there's an important thing here that bothers me. You're blaming the fact that many people don't trust the EU on a disconnect, lack of transparency and lack of knowledge about how the EU works. By doing this, you avoid all actual criticism on the workings of the EU by implying that if only the EU was better at communicating, no one would have any problems with it.
The way the EU works at this point is very undemocratic. The only part of the EU that is elected is the European parliament, which has a fundamental lack of power and even its election process is the subject of a lot of criticism (unfair seat division by country, inability to vote on parties outside your country). Things like this make me hesitant about a European army and thus giving military power to an institution that has democracy-issues.
Please focus on the actual EU criticism instead of implying it's just a matter of marketing. It's belittling to those with legitimate concerncs.
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Well guess what, you don't need to 'vote' for the other important institutions because you already have. In the Council and in the European Council you find those that you've voted for in national elections. True, we could vote for the members of the Commission, but 1) good luck with that, we're talking about 30k people 2) top-roles in the Commission are decided by the Parliament, so you do (indirectly) have control over them 3) the Commission is main promoter or further European integration, it acts in a supranational way and so it's stupid to let decide of its composition by the peoples who are gonna vote for their national interests and not for the interest of the EU as a whole. If you're referring to other institutions (e.g. ECB), let me remind you that you cannot vote for the Central Bank of your own country either, so why the big deal?
Although I agree with you that the EU has big structural problems, I don't think its 'democratic legitimacy' is one of those. The EP does not lack power at all (at least since the Lisbon Treaty), but you're right in saying that its election process could be improved. Keep in mind, however, that first you have to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces at the elections, so in order to make any changes (improving the functions of the EP), you first have to get people to 'be more interested' in the way the EU works and to be more active in their role of voters.
You are right, I would not suggest the Commission, the Council or the ECB to have seperate elections for them. That was not how I meant my statement. I didn't mean to imply that the EP shouldn't be the only part that is directly elected and I apologize if it appeared that way. I used "only" just to point out how important it is that this institution works well because it's the only elected part. So I don't disagree with most of your first paragraph.
What I meant to say is that the EP being the one part that is directly elected has very little power. And it does. The fact that, as the legislative power, it still doesn't possess any legislative initiative is very strange and in my opinion: wrong. This alone is a massive lack of power for a parliament to have. Then, the fact that the European Council consists of people voted in nationally, means the EP doesn't have the power to hold them responsible or send them home if they lose trust, despite the Council having so much influence on the direction of the EU. This can only be done nationally, meaning one does not have a say in what happens to a Council member from a different country.
Also, I'm not convinced with your order of doing things. You want to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces first and only then make any changes to how it functions. I'd suggest the reverse. Improving the way the EP and its elections function is the way to get more people interested in it.
If military power is given to the EU, I'd want a strong EP (voted for in a way where every European has the same voting power and can vote for the same people) which is able to intervene when the executive power does something with this military power that the EP doesn't like. Right now, this is simply lacking.
Despite that, I'm still very pro-EU, admire all it has achieved and optimistic about its future. I just wish actual criticism was addressed in the video.
This is a very good comment, unlike most of them.
Etrandir, your last post was automatically removed as spam and not visible to most people and I am not able to recover it. Try posting it a second time without naming a certain historic leader of Germany (which is probably what triggered it). You made solid points, so it's a shame otherwise.
"We", "us" and "ours" just really makes me feel I'm in the same team as Kurzgesagt, and that feeling like "together we are strong and significant"
like that moment when you finally realize in which team you are, making you proud for being a part of it.
You just told my thoughts and this wonderful feeling of being able to say "we" or "us"
@@Illus1ongmr exactly that! and... wow 44 likes?! cool thanks guys!
Well, they are Germans. Of course they want the Anschluss :P
@Jacob Scrivener Ooo i got it! Yea kind of... but is not like- in relation with US and UK?
Yeyeye 110 likes! thanks
I think there are a lot of people who stand to benefit from the EUs disbanding, none of them being the people of European countries.
The US would want the EU to disband to create better and more subservient clients.
Russia would want the EU to disband to assert it's influence over Europe, especially former Soviet nations.
China would want the EU to disband to reduce its global influence and to build state owned facilities in its land to extract tribute from it.
There's nothing a superpower hates more than a group of small nations banding together to form a unified economic and military bloc.
with a nato dress or not, france or germany or any other irrelevant country is a submissive b*** from the the US
EU: "Passes Article 13"
EU citizens: *DAAA, IT'S VPN TIME*
EU: *blocks VPNs*
when you realise russia isn't part of the EU
@@daemoh3696 russians are not the only ones to use "da"
@@skulldaren ok fair enough, but for western europe english is the most spoken language
They block the VPNs sites, there is no escape.
As an european, hearing _or should we end it_ its kinda blow to the heart
Reforms. There will be so many reforms. As long as people like you and me are around, this project will continue to improve itself - slowly but surely,
Yeah, doesn’t make me optimistic. Everyone is in conflict. My perspective from the U.K: people are so heavily divided on left wing and right wing politics, labour voters absolutely despise conservatives and there’s almost an instant hatred in some cases. Then on a bigger scale England is in conflict with Scotland, where there’s constant argument and talks of splitting up. Then of course you have all the conflict in the EU which seems to be falling apart at the seems. Globally we can’t even establish effective policy to literally preserve our species and where we live, it’s like people care more about their opinion and having it their way rather than working together. I just don’t understand.
@@NormanWasHere452 I think the situation is less dire than you think. Sure, there is conflict but in times of change, battles ( rhetorical or otherwise ) are natural. The EU in particular is a fairly young institution that is still moving relatively fast considering how difficult negotiations tend to be. Change is usually very slow when it comes to politics.
In regards to the survival of our species - even if a 4 billion people were to die in rapid succession in the next 100 years, there would still be more than enough for the rest. Technological advancements will also fix a lot of issues and if things get too dire, 2 child policies will prevent an implosion.
Europe is creating a new form of state that in and of itself is revolutionary as a political construct. We use diplomacy instead of firepower or economical threats. That's a less flashy way of doing things but as far as I can see it, we have had 70 years of peace, are wealthier than ever before and still moving forward.
The press has a way of spelling out doom that can make things seem worse than they actually are and it is not bad that they do this ( most of the time ) for fear and anger in the right doses make the people want to work for the things they believe in and get things done.
Giving up when we are pretty much third place in the global superpower ranking would seem like a very unwise decision.
@@Arcaryon I understand your points. In terms of the species thing, it was more about how we're destroying all these ecosystems and not managing the global commons, but you're entirely correct in that it's very difficult to wipe out the entire species (doesn't mean that we're not vulnerable to a poorer standard of living if we don't act with consideration of the future).
In terms of press I'm typically very aware of that, I study geography and economics in school and read about it in my free time so I'd like to think I'm at least slightly above average when it comes to those sorts of things.
As a whole I think things are better now than they used to be but there are also issues like never before. I certainly think we shouldn't give up but it's definitely far from simple.
@@NormanWasHere452 Agreed. Our time will be difficult but if we make the right decisions, we will have a great chance at longlasting success.
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Kurzgesagt: YOU!
Bird: ME?
Also Bird: **Does Backflip in a chair**
My favourite scene! :D
xD.
Ahahahahahah
Everything is flawed but peace is never a bad thing.
"Let's have a civilized, fact based discussion about politics."
...
....Where do you think you are?
Redimus This... is... RUclips!
civilized? REEEEEEEEEE GET OFFF MY RUclips!!! REEEE I'M TRIGGERED
I'm going to set four simple questions.
Do you live in a democratic country in the EU?
Did you elect the leaders of the EU or even know who they are?
Do you think it is okay that these people control the size, shape and colour of fruit that can be sold, how to sell packaged goods or countless other miniscule laws which the majority are oblivious of?
Is this democracy?
Redimus A uncivil society based on opinions
Well don´t get your hopes up, it´s youtube after all.....
Worth it. I’ve visited every EU country with only my italian passport.
i can visit every country in the world on my uk passport
@@gorrthebutcher4696 Lies, you ain't getting into North Korea with it.
@@gorrthebutcher4696 but not permanently. Btw, GERMANY, SWEDEN, SPAIN, FINLAND, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA
, LUXEMBOURG, ITALY, GREECE and IRELAND have a better passport and they can stay indeterminately within the schegen zone.
@@Animatron11 yes i can
@@gorrthebutcher4696 nice bait
I'm proud to represent Bulgaria: the European lowest minimum wage at 2 euro per hour.
Браво
that isn't fair
@@Monkey-bz8ul That's former communism
@@mishobankata8980 or it's called colonialism
Same here in Romania , neighbor.
comment not necessarily about this video in particular, but about the whole of kurzgesagt. after receiving understandably limited amounts of info about a topic delivered in such high quality that it sparks my interest 20x more than it would if it weren't for the insanely high quality of kurzgesagt videos, i would always love to dig deeper into topics but i always fall into the mistake of expecting THIS high of quality from other info sources as well, and it always leaves me disappointed, lol :D in short, kurzgesagt's video qualitites are above and beyond anything i've ever seen and i pity anyone who hasn't got a taste of what valueable information delivered in an enjoyable way feels like
“You just have a different opinion, and that’s fine”
Twitter: hold my *c a n c e l c u l t u r e*
Facebook: I agree
No, it only is illegal to make up things or to actively hurt someone. Everything can be said if respect, education and empathy remains.
@@perlyax that's it my friend, everybody get hurt so easily in those times... that i don't care anymore.
Worst app ever made
Donald Trumps be like:
Every time I watch a video about EU and they say about the Greek crisis, I feel... UNIQUE 😂😂 GREETINGS FROM GREECE.
Good luck pal, and I hope you can make things better in Greece.
Greece borrows more money from Germany 😂
@@zidan40o0wow I never thought of that
What I understand, they should have led Greek default, it would have been better in long run. Problem was the big lender Germany didn't want this.
Sadly Euro and EU are flawed systems that are barely hold together. I doubt it can resist US and China.
Greetings from Monaco
Who else watching after the UK left?
Me, but I'm not European
Me, and I hope my country will leave as well within a few years!
@@133col unlikely
Haha, VERY likely :). The UK was the first - and certainly not the last.
@@133col czech ?
Regional blocks are the best way to prevent superpowers from meddling into small nations local affairs. Latin America should definitely do this, consdiering all the advantages from a cultural and historical perspective it has.
im from the us and im still shocked by how they created this union of peace right after a world war amongst themselves
OMG guys I cant believe this got so many likes!!! tysm
Well, you have also to consider that the ww2 starded because 2 nationalistic dictators (Hitler and Mussolini) had expansionist visions and want of revenge for the ww1 peace acts, these mindset where not shared by the majority of the population so after their regime fell all the anger disappeared with them.
The peace was easy because people don't want war, only the nationalistic leaders want it not the people.
peace always the answer
@@denisrizzardo2722 Nationalist leader are now trying to exploit our nationalism.
@@denisrizzardo2722 germans and italians(Less than germans) wanted war so Hitler and mussolini give them it and they lost. Communistic countries also tried to conquer others nations , imperialist/globalistic nations also did it. Nationalism isn't about expansion (usually) only about intepedence . After ww2 communist rise in west and we see efects , these effects boosting modern "counter-revolution"
@SpangeBab ofc there has to be a judgemental european that thinks all Americans are ignorant. Even though there are stereotypes about europeans, I don't judge nor approve until I go and experience it for myself.
Just wanted to say that this topic is near to impossible to cover, especially in a 7 minute video, but you guys have done a great job at it. :)
The negativity in the comment section is real though. Maybe they should have gone into more detail.
Maybe not dishonest, but I think it's basically impossible to make a political video without being a bias.
Laughing Tree How were they dishonest? List some examples.
Jeroen Bollen Lies by omission. They didn't address the huge problems of sovereignity of states and the undemocratic nature of EU Commission, which is the only actor in the EU able to propose new laws but what is not elected by the Demos of Europe.
Also stating that EU is nothing but good for the economy while omitting the fact that overbearing regulations actually pulls down small-time entreprenuers who have to bend to the regulations just like the big multinationals.
It's the lack of democracy within the European Union that makes it impossible to support for me.
I love the idea of freedom of movement,trade and decent central standards for workers rights/safety etc but the system under which the EU operates is intrinsically flawed, and there seems to be no intention to improve this.
I remember reading Gorbachovs autobiography and his explanation of how the soviet political system worked to deny the general public any say in the policies it pursued, and the EU is organised pretty much exactly like the old USSR (sounds a little melodramatic, but read Gorbachov, he explains it a lot better than i ever could).
I really hoped Britain threatening to leave would lead to some sort of reform of the parliament and how the powers are distributed and regulated, but unfortunately not, and i just can't see the EU ever reforming without some total collapse that forces them to.
Europe Union may not be the best thing,but it is one of the best solutions we have come to agree so far.
Bruh, Spain stopped a lot of factories and production to join to the EU and to not compete with France if i remember well, Germany continues loaning money, knowing that spanish politicians Will literally steal It xd
I agree, I voted remain here in the UK and even though we have left I wish the EU nothing but success and hope they go from strength to strength
@@mikeykm1993 I don't really know, why did people want the brexit?
@@whitezombie10 because they where stupid and now everyone here has to deal with the consequences
@@neonspark5084 ok
we watched this video in class! loved it, very nicely done.
As a Hungarian, I can say that our government often goes against the EU, but it's really our only way of survival in this world. We're only powerful if we keep together.
hungria is in eu ? xd
@@rosariolomas3630 not really xd. Hungary is the bloodsucker of eu.
@@mazloumkobani2392 Hungary is back in Transylvania!
Yeah, in case of my country our government also often goes against EU (mostly to turn the attention of the citizens from their own failures and blame them on the EU).
@@tomaszzalewski4541 same in Hungary. Our government doesnt take the responsibility for anything
As a lawyer (from India), I really respect the CoE and EEC/EU for its anti-trust and competition laws, human rights laws and personal data protection laws. Were it not for the initiative and lead taken by the CoE and EU in protecting personal data, multimillion mega corporations would've chewed us all alive by now, not that they've given up, but at least the European Courts and regulators try to make them behave.
Yes, true, I'm so goddamn thankful for that
This video had more content than the campaigns for the UK brexit referendum
It's got a very diluted points for such a complicated issue. Okay in a nut-shell but quite biased.
That was a common complaint, remain was entirely based around fear mongering, lies and nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people brexit was fear mongering, lies and nothing to do with ordinary people. It just meant people went with what they originally thought.
....even as a German I have to agree - my only critisism would be the description of the € countries and not mentionening the strenghs for future - if all Euro countries agree there shall be a common fund financed by all - making it impossible for hedgefunds to speculate against Greece, or Italy, or Spain or whoever within the EU - just because of the sheer power of some 300 million behind that. Hoping Macron is succesful here and Merkel will give in.
No Uk had plenty of reasons, just the government saying they do not want to do all these thing that we voted to leave for (Ill list them if you want to(Even though it is a wast of time ) )
So did the UK really leave the EU? Because in Plague Inc. there are achievements on "Brexit"
As a resident of a country that was part of the Soviet, EU provides the people so much freedom that was unimaginable 50-30 years ago. It really was horrible, because it pushed people to their limits - horrible, unpaid, unfair hard work, while still trying to keep your integrity and soul not exchanged for money or gone missing.
I like that it supports us, even though we don't offer much. We've always been with open hearts for differences, and I personally appreciate the efforts made
You're still recovering, I for my part can't wait to see the immense potential of the east once you've fully embraced your potential! Good luck with that from the west.
Holy shit, the Kurzgesagt visuals are so sick!
Robert Larsen yup, mostly pro-enstablishment. They didn't make any anti-EU argument.
Olliver Tjon Soei Len Did we watch the same video? There are many arguments critical of the UE. But if what you want is "THE UE IS TYRANNY BURN IT ALL" then indeed this is not the place for it.
Olliver Tjon Soei Len Then make your own! Jesus, they can't please everyone in a seven minute video.
"Strong health standards"
Me in hungary: 👁👄👁
They mean Western Europe in like this whole video
@@habib6499 🤣
well, Hungary is now also under economic sanctions for anti-civil rights policies, if it were a little more progressive you wouldn't be so bad
@@stefanoiacobitti3809 if the eastern countries behaved they would get looked after but you misbehave this is what you get *cough* Poland, hungry *cough*
@@habib6499 exactly, that's what i said and i think is fair
I really liked that last sentence, "let's have a fact based discussion about our future". :))
I saw 2 people from the eu start cursing out some guy because he said article 11 and 13 are bad actually everyone there was from the eu just yelling at him
@@BossKnight WTF, I don't understand how are there people that think that articles 11 and 13 are ANY good (except from the music labels that will benefit from this).
Hi, i'm from Spain and I am proud of the European Union and the great work it does to make life easier for its citizens 🇪🇸❤🇪🇺
“unrestricted travel”
Corona virus: I’m about to ends this mans whole career
if the eu was structured better it wouldn't collapse into either dust or tyranny.(just copy paste the US constitution and do slight changes then it would be somewhat competent currently there are to many tyrannical loopholes and byzantine bollocks)
“Finland closed there borders”
“Oh that’s sad”
“I know no one can cross the Finnish line
@@vladthecon are you sure about what you said? US is leading in coronavirus infections and deaths, since they have the government they have
@@hokahoka420 yes. our republic is stable enough to survive this bullshit European attempts to build a republic always end in an absolute monarch. despite democratic governors attempts to demand trump do their jobs for them he has refused at every turn.
lmao
I'm pro fixing the EU, abandoning it would be a disaster.
That would mean Brussels giving away all the power to reform it. And they are too addicted to holding power.
Funny thing is Brussels power is actually very small.
Even if you don't change eu in the slightest it still has measuresble being its that far outweigh its negatives. Even if the only bienfit was the scientific output I would be for a stable eu rather then a bunch of states smashing there heads together
Lukas Bliss did verhofstadt send you
Why do you think you can't fix it?
It's crazy that he was talking about turbulent times in 2017 not knowing that just 3 years later we'd have even crazier times
Honestly, 2017 when this was released was just a year after the Brexit vote, and the hight of the catastrophically handled migrant crisis was still on everyone’s fresh memory, and different exiteers were popping up everywhere, than the times in Europe were turbulent indeed. Now, despite Covid, exiteering isn’t that much of a popular thing anymore, with even Le Pen abandoning the Frexit idea and Salvini currently taking part in a strongly pro-European government. I think the fact, that even though the Comission completly screwed up the vaccine distribution, only two countries so far have purchased EU unapproved vaccines (and Slovakia’s government has almost fallen apart because of it and they never even properly used the vaccine), is absolutely incredible and would be unthinkable not that long ago. So its not so grim in this direction.
I think 2020 was actually proof of why EU is good and useful.
And now war between Russia and the UK is closer than we think, truly unique times
I mean it's not crazy, it hadn't happened yet. Shit was turbulent back then, and it got worse. So he was truthfully just commenting on how it was then, it's not any kind of prediction
@@endered3498 Then why a lot of anti-EU protests erupted since 2020 ? Even last week, there were a lot of protests across several European capital cities, some people even went to Brussels to destroy the headquarters of EU
Imagine an EU army:
-The overambitious goals of the Germans
-The supply situation of the Italians
-The clusterfuck of the Balkans
-The morale of the French
-The infighting of the Spanish
-The shenanigans of the Austrians
-The trust of the Poles.
-The alcohol problems of Ireland
-The budget of Greece
*Switzerland in the corner making sure nothing bad happens to the money of all parties involved*
And uk just sips the tea
There will never be an EU army. The EU will never be able to agree on who should be the commander in chief.
Europe union really helps Slovakia . Without them , we will be still driving on mud roads
You still driving on the mud roads....
@@DAVIDsubert1995 we have asphalt almost everywhere
@@rattler_boss1101 I drove to Trebišov- iňačovce for 3 years a lot of roads are in a catastrophic condition (Rimavská sobota, Bátka, Rožňava etc) , the shock absorbers of my car say: Au au au for what ?.
@@DAVIDsubert1995 yes . But they are not from mud
@@DAVIDsubert1995 i see . But it's not important road to have asphalt on it . Just ordinary rural road
I believe the EU is a great thing
However I strongly believe that it needs reform.
Wow thank i never got so many likes thanks 😊
Agreed it's a good concept however there are some problems like the fact that it can bypass democratically elected officials
I agree. Just because something is flawed doesn't mean we should get rid of it entirely. It's like cutting your whole arm off to get rid of a cut.
Jarod Farrant Well beliving will never get you far, maybe get some hard facts that can prove to people that eu is a good thing. The idea of european countries being a union will never work, period.
Matthew Augart-Peponis there are good reasons for that tho. (☁️Remembers Nazi Germany☁️)
yoink person Shut up you close-minded, individualist a-hole.
I think the eu should be reformed, but not dissolved.
how?
@@tomm3103 he is not to say the solution but he's opinion no matter if it's achievable or not.
@@tomm3103 direct democracy like in switzerland
I think It should dissolve.
@@magyareuro2173 why tho?
I find very useful and necessary cooperation for single European countries.
Congratulations for 80 years without war !
I hope it continues like that.
From Turkiye...
I mean, 80 years without war isn't quite accurate. Just 80 years without war in europe. And even that is no longer true, since.... you know.... Ukraine-Russia happend.
Edit: I just noticed that even then it's not true. War within Europe happend in that 80 year span too so...
@@palaius Well, no major european war is what they meant. And neither Russia nor Ukraine are in the EU so it still was successful in that regard.
@randomdude4207 But Europe and the EU are some very different things.
Also, even then, EU members were involved in wars during those 80 years. Falklands (Britain) and Kosovo (pretty much everyone in NATO).
4:37
Who else tried to find their own flag, and smiled when saw it?
Me
what?
*cries in brexit*
@@shiloh1852 lmao
i tried to find my flag but I'm american so now i'm depressed. not depressed i couldn't find my flag; depressed I'm american.
I’m Scottish, it’s definitely worth it.
*get us away from these psychopaths*
Could you please explain how they’re psychopaths?
@@andrejzlall joke about wanting to leave the EU, there are genuine reasons the tories are psychopaths, but it was just for effect. “Idiots” would have been more apt.
@@andrew4363 I hope Scotland can one day rid themselves of English rule, you deserve better, in the EU
@@andrejzlall yeah, soon hopefully. They can dig their own grave, not ours.
I'm English but fuck brexit, and I sincerely hope you guys can become independent and hopefully rejoin the EU.
I just want humans to live peacefully together so we can all use our brains to get closer to becoming a type 3 civilization.
T Riley thank you very much, was looking for this comment, EU should stand for Earth Union
Gabriel Henrique Rodrigues Well I would want that but Europeans doesn't give a shit about rest of the world so it is almost imposible sorry...
That's quite the pipe dream.
Keep Up its easy to say "eu doesnt give a fuck" without any weight behind
It doesn't help when people refer to world peace and egalitarianism as pipe dreams. It definitely won't be instant, maybe not even in the near future, but it's not impossible.
As a Belgian, I'm happy our capital is seat of the EU and NATO. Everything better than being used as a fucking battleground AGAIN!
France and Germany almost fought another war over which country should host EU lol, bad thing for hosting NATO though especially after the end of cold war when it was meant to be against Soviet Union which doesn't exist anymore, creates more trouble and continues of allowing the USA to enslave Europe while playing you against USA's enemies when it shouldn't be your business
@@trollmcclure2659 Tbqh I think the only thing that kept Europe peaceful against the East block countries and big mom Russia was the power of the USA. When it comes to war these days, the EU doesn't hold a candle against Russia and its allies or China (even though historically China always kept its influence in Asia).
Flemish or waloon?
@@dennisengelen2517 I wouldn't really put faith in the USA while it does have one if not the biggest military spending it many uses it on new toys and all together has a bad track record in wars especially if you don't count world wars.
Brussels is a good reason to invade you again.
Can't remember who said it, but I have found the quote:
"The EU is made up of small nations and nations that don't realize that they are small yet".
A country of 10-60 million doesn't have the influence (as in possible market) needed on the world stage to promote it's values and protect it's citizens from countries and corporations alike.
@Jake Sangria Sources? Or maybe your only source is a nearly empty bottle of vodka?
@Jake Sangria First of all drinking vodka does not make you an alcoholic and I'm not sure what exactly you meant by "from European".
But maybe you should stop spreading lies and have your fun somewhere else? Am I asking too much?
Canada would like a word. Were part of the g7 and have a massive economy with 34 million people.
Jake Sangria Why won’t you rest your undereducated fata$$ in the nearest taco bell instead of spreading nonsense?
Thing is that European countries have more in common with each other than the US and China, so they ought to focus on their common goals/values.
4:39 i find it highly offensive that the Danish gun is bigger than the Swedish one
Haha
I see nothing wrong with this
Kristian nah they’re not even in the fucking video
@Kristian you do realise i made it as a joke?
Kristian even then Denmark still got a bigger gun
Article 13 be like: Yes it’s absolutely necessary
Everyone Else: ???
lol 69 likes
Your production was correct
Leg go
While I understand that some people disagree with the copyright directive, the false information being spread about articles 11 and 13 (current articles 15 and 17) is staggering.
A short summary of the most prevalenr incorrect claims that I have seen is that no linking will be allowed (linking to news articles will be allowed, though not together with long extracts), that "filters" will hurt smaller businesses or start-ups (article 13 (now 17) applies to larger commercial sites that have been running for more than three years) that it will murder internet-culture (memes and GIFs are excluded), and that strong lobbying has not been carried out on both sides.
Some of these have changed during the course of the legislative process and some have allways remained the same. Everyone are still free to disagree with the implementation of these rules, but it should be based on facts and not on inflammatory rethoric.
Scramelramel found the European trying to cover up his shitty laws
I love being part of EU, started PhD in another country, worked with ESA, Erasmus, healthcare anywhere in EU, many opportunities. I hope EU would have more power to help people when extremist alt-right leaders (that fuel hate and bend laws for their personal agendas) come to power, as it happened in Slovenia. :/
THIS!
What country did you get your PhD from?
@@tristanmorris9432 Austria and I am doing it now
More power to EU? No thanks.
The alt-right/far-right who are the ones who push the "euro-scepticism" no less, and who are funded by Putin's regime (La Pen for example). A few years back I would at least give euro sceptic arguments the benefit of the doubt, until I discovered that it's every alt right party and political figure spouting their hyper nationalistic nonsense in a more roundabout way.
I am European, and I love my continent!🎂🇪🇺🇪🇺
@Gregorio_S lol no.
@Gregorio_S lol give arguments
@Gregorio_S
I'm a failed project??!
:(
I'm sad now *sad eu sound*
@Dean S germany should rule the world (btw i am croatian)
@Dean S no, how you say so? Each country can deny any project just with their vote
As a portuguese citizen, I feel European and i believe in the EU project, even with its current flaws🕊️🇪🇺🇵🇹
Same from Spain 🇪🇺🇪🇸
Well, I won't comment rn on your own strengths/flaws/whatnot, it's yours primarily, but can you please keep from dreaming of ruling your old colonies again?
Something's brewing in Parliament lately and Neumann is donning conquistador armor, fancying for herself lands and servants to keep.
@@Moepowerplant it's 2020, no one gives a shit about colonies.
@@MelkorPT
These are the same old peeps doing the same old habits to other countries.
If you still can't accept this, then I guess no one can make you.
@@Moepowerplant wtf are you talking about? You're mewling about us "dreaming of ruling our old colonies again" and I'm telling you that in 45 years I've never met anyone who gave a shit about "taking back the colonies". My father was forced to go fight in the jungle for 3 years and _he_ didn't give a shit about the colonies, absolutely *_no one_* is eager to take over some 3rd world countries especially when their rightful inhabitants have made it crystal clear they didn't want us to rule over them.
*"Europeans are really good at war" - Kurzgesagt*
Not anymore
@@michaelbrown865 Try to start something with a French soldier, see what happens 😁
@@0d138 I hope you don't mean in the romantic sense 0 D !
@@michaelbrown865 Well France, UK and the Germany are in the top 10...
@@michaelbrown865 france top 5 best army uk 6 germany 9
Thank you very much, you are the best educational and informative channel on youtube, for me. I wish you good luck in the future, more new subscriptions and lot of views on your channel, because you deserve it. Great work..
Btw.: Sorry for my English :D
Kurz: If Europe combined its military, it would have one of the largest in the world
America: Hooooly, wait up.
Jacob L
Good point
America pooped their pants
America:*boosts it's military budget even more
“North American Union intensifies”
Who cares? Most of the countries are part of NATO so it’s just America and Europe vs the world
This morning I was serving as a cashier here in Italy, when a really old guy came to me to talk, and then said, smiling: "You know, when I was thirteen, I had a Winchester rifle and got into the Resistenza as a young partisan! There was war, but it ended: EU better be tight and strong during these difficult days." I was deeply honored to have the chance to meet a real Partigiano. I will keep his words in mind.
And reality proved that EU is weak.
@Eason Cheng At least i can refer to topic unlike some people.
@Eason Cheng Seems you have capabaility to have conversation only with yourself. Your arrogance and pettiness make discussion quite difficult and pointless, so i'll leave you in your imaginary world where in mysterious way you know me better than I do. So take care, grow up and tell your imaginary friends I said hello.
@Eason Cheng screw grammar old sport
@Oof Man sometimes it can feel like that, I know. But wether it be with EU or not, peace and cooperation is what we must seek in our continent. Anyway, that partisan fought and risked his life for peace in Europe, and that was his opinion, which I highly considered.
I watched this video 3 years after it got out, and I still think is lovely
Thank you so much..i have understood it in just a few minutes
Love from India ❤️❤️
When Kurzgesagt uploads twice in a month...
Is it just me or are there a lot of Russians spamming RUclips comments nowadays?
*shrugs*
First one I've seen this month
Well, to be fair, he's actully speaking French, but I'm sure his name is slavic, although I wouldn't conclude it to be particularly Russian.
ITS A DOUBLE UPLOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
"Let's have a fact based discussion about our future" and here weee go
faker nice nobody replied soo...
You did
It's youtube it's never gonna happen.
Am I the only one that noticed you are probably quoting "Death Battle?"
you tried
If done correctly it is very good, but at the moments it needs a lot of work!
Everything worth having is a lot of work. Us American's are feeling the work pile up on us with Trump and boy is that a turd that needs polishing. But we will manage like EU will manage, I'm sure.
The population of the EU could definitely improve the goal of one unique EU with one language and military if enough people, and i am talking about millions of people would sign one petition in the web.
Every massive centralized government is good if done correctly.
Just like communism.
If we continue the EU we as the people of europe need more say in the government, instead of this fake institution and calling it a "democracy" . Not a single party/ group of ppl should be kept out of the government just because their ideals happend to be diffrent then others. Oh and all media in the EU must be politically unbiased no "oh trump isn't the president we wanted so were only going to talk negatively about him at every oppotunity" no. give us the facts and let me make my own opinion instead of EU throwing it's opinion at us. Maybe the media will get the trust of the younger generation back with being unbiased.
Like not censoring the media
Like in the big familly. There are always some fights or love, but if we are together we are stronger ;)
Greatings from Poland.
“European institutions are not afraid to pick a fight with companies over tax evasion”
Ireland: “are you sure about that”
Netherlands whisperers to Ireland: “ I think they have no idea”
The dutch and luxembourg are laughing in the background
Every Eu nation screws the Eu one way or another and that’s a good thing
@@lemmino1846 how is that a good thing?
@@zemom.a.8171 Maybe because it is equally screwd by all?
God dammit shit I dont know why. As far as I know PiS was screwed by EU Court 2mln times. And as always shitheads from PiS party smiled after leading to screwing them as a punishment for fucking around with Poland and Polish people.
honestly as an indonesian, we south east asian countries are trying to follow the food steps of EU. we may still have bad blood between countries but we are going closer. EU really does a lot of good. but most people only see the bad effects of it. it may not be perfect but you guys are getting closer! keep strong EU
Andhy Wiratno ASEAN at November fam
Respectmy culture christian? Really?
A. guy yes I hope the EU continues
I mean I may be wrong, but the nations of the ASEAN would benefit more from a concept of a better EU, than Europe itself. I mean, no offence, but your cultures are pretty similar, correct me if I'm wrong.
PE. 663 yes practically were have a lot of similarities going for an EU like route would be beneficial for everyone
2:25 I love how the scientists are portrayed here
dancing dancing
Scientists are normally really fun people from my experience lol
There are all Poland people
Niggas
Niggas
Simple and still amazing! I love your job guyz!
Poland=part of EU,
EU robot in space,
Therefore,
POLAN CAN INTO SPACE!1!1!
lol
MOC POLSKI!!!
I think that Poland helped with space robots or something
KURVA POLAND CAN INTO SPACE GALLILEO POLAND GREATEST COUNTRY IN WORLD KURVA!!!
😀😀😀
I predict that you wrote this comment on a phone
*Article 13 blocks your path*
Snoozin' Ghost if you're going to say things like that you should at least spell it correctly.
Michael Petersen
Nope. It's the EU's.
Michael Petersen yeah let’s do another brexit vote and tell everyone about article 13 and see the amount of people who want leave
Article 13 got refused
And RUclips comments forum block your brain
This reminds me a lot of the founding of the USA and many questions we Americans still have on how power should be split between states and the federal government
I never thought about that, but you are so right. Very similar.
In fact this is kinda the case because laws and justice is different in each state
Thats not even a question, the federal government shouldnt have nearly the power that it does, small government, all power to the states, just like in the federalist days... America was a much better place, big government always makes things worse.
It's scientifically proven this channel is the best thing on the Internet!
Kurzgesagt, if you have it somewhere in your scope... Since migration crisys in Europe is heated and emotional topic most of the time I would really appreciate your take on it.
Hint: Don't ruin your day by scrolling further down.
you need more upvotes.
John yeah thanks
I think you just saved me some minutes of infuriating troll fueling.
John Thank you.
Okay, thank you.
The "Or should we end it" sounds a bit like a threat lmao
Not really
@@carlosarguello3133 tur
Europe: we are allowing to enter refugees into EU
Hungary: Hold my beer
Oof i am hungarian
Me too
these are NOT refuges, thease are economic immigrants from africa and middle east
@@grodt88 waaat?
@@OUAAAAAAAA what? what? refugees by law are people who run away from war in their country to closest country without war. If they pass that country and travel to another they are immigrants by law
I think that it's pertinent to think also how we the EU, as the US are been built our wealthy a "peaceful" bubles at expenses of other countries resources and feeding certain conflicts with our weapon industry. We really need to think how fits all that in our European Identity.
A good idea with initially good intentions imo. But it’s changed. Reforms are needed if it is to be effective
your right.
either a complete reform of the EU,
or burn it down and rebuild it again.
@@harveylee4426 or just burn it down and leave it that way if you want to make it better here in Europe
In my opinion, it’s fine
@@ondrejtomsu8304 Eastern European countries started almost all at the same base. Can you name me one eastern European country that is today better off as anyone that joined the EU?
Thomas Watson it isn’t going to be reformed . The EU has plans for 10, 20 , 30 years ahead . It doesn’t want to be reformed
Me, Lithuanian: watching video
Also me: sees Lithuanian flag.
Me: people shall know about Lithuania because of this. :)
fun fact about lithuania: it was somewhat of a great power of eastern europe even before its personal union with poland, correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure poland was carried by lithuania for a few hundred years then occupied for the rest of its history, im probubly wrong but if i am, tell me
@@scooperdooper4097 You r not full righ bro yes lithuania was big but it was pretty primitive in a lot of places
At least your country isn't overshadowed by history as much as we bulgarians are. Trust me, we have done a lot of things in history but almost no one talks about them.
@@piotrmazur9744 ok thx for correcting me
@@vijandplays3151 lets be honest here, lithuania is only commonly mentioned in 1 of 3 instances
1. Russia is invading Lithuania
2. Lithuania is revolting against Russia
3. Polish-Lithuanian Commenwealth
As a Brit, I am really sad that we are leaving the EU. I spent years working in environmental policy for the UK government and I know just how vital the EU has been in ensuring we apply the right of protections for our native species and habitats. I shudder to think what this Tory government will try once we are no longer subject to EU scrutiny of our wildlife legislation. Sad times.... 😔
@Boxing 321 Leaving the EU is the dumbest thing the UK ever did
The UK has only left the EU in name. They are still a de facto EU member economically. Negotiations are to be in about half a year from now, but I bet it will be delayed because of the coronavirus.
@@Tribune_of_Italia NO WE'RE NOT. We will make our own trade agreements, and have our own rules. We will not be brow-beaten by some petty officials in Brussels any more. We're leaving the sinking ship that is the EU, and good riddance to the whole stinking mess.
@@Tribune_of_Italia We have to abide by EU rules until 31/12/2020 when we LEAVE the interim period. Then, if there's no free trade agreement, we switch over to WTO rules, which suit us just fine, given the trade imbalance. Goodbye, EU - no regrets from me.
@@peterhatfield5632 that is exactly what I'm talking about. I don't get why you're pestering me about it hahaha.
In the future, there are gonna be tons of potential problems to solve. Hence, having a corporation like this will help us a lot. Logically, when we work in a group, we will try to help others; in contrast, when we work seperately, we will ignore others.
EU:Peace is good
Also EU:*Passes Article 13*
EU citizens:*peace was never an option*
@Sami Sund do you even realise what that means ? It means mass censorship and thousands to be out of a career
@Sami Sund Ceterum autem censeo Europa Universalis Unio esse delendam
They say nothing Will happen just as we see the biggest censorship campaign era since the cumunist crimes against humanity . Pro life sites getting blacklisted rigth Next to hardcore porno. You ONLY take it and even defend these people because you believe in utopia , people like you are the ones who are Taken out first. Usefull idiots they call . There are no such thing as doing a little harm to make good on a larger scale . That is allways the line that well intented vilains use to justify their dreadfull actions.
Sami Sund is that a treath?? Calling me crazy does not Change the facts asshole. Beign a economic migrant explains your position , why don't you go to your country and make it great again? Ah ... Socialists just like other people stuff. Wellfare state Will eventualy end , read gulag arquipélago , get close to reallity .
@@jordondeannon5501 No it doesn´t but it kinda could Technically open the door for future attempts to bypass Free Speech. The whole censoring Thing was always the weakest Argument. But I totally Agree Article 13 is so fucking stupid. Just not for this particular Reason.
Love the ending about, different opinions: "you're not our enemy, you just have a different opinion. Let's have a fact based! discussion about it" This is thé way to solve problems, fact based discussions. Unfortunately this doesn't happen that frequently anymore the political minefield of so called " post-truth politics". Could you guys maybe make a video about post-truth politics? I'm a bit late with responding, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway😶😂 thank you in advance ...
I like how the one of the Tanks had Dutch flag but the Netherlands don’t have any tanks
yes we do have
@@Ron-tc4wu It seems like *technically* The Netherlands don't have any tanks. The tanks they use, the Leopard 2A6, are "owned by Germany but operated by Dutch personnel under German command."
So they don't really own any tanks themselves, but they do use them.
@@garyinthecolehouse in 2010 sold to Turkey I believe now rental/lease from Germany so we do have tanks for what ever reason,you said we did,t ,,,LOL,,
Ireland was part of the great EU army despite being an inherently neutral country like Switzerland..
Tanks are useles nowdays with the new anti tank technologies ,Jets rule the war