Correction: "the prospect of another Hungary, able to shoot down any legislation with their Veto" -> Member States can only VETO in the following areas: - foreign policy - fiscal policy - accession - international agreements
@@dinoling3527 That's foreign policy. I do still think foreign policy should have a veto though. The EU should be united with foreign policy decisions. All the others could be solved with a 75% majority as they are still big decisions and then fiscal policy should be a simple majority.
@@eur6430 I agree with what your saying. But I think we have to show a united front externally on such issues without clearly dissatisfied holdouts. It also stops conflicting messages when the EU says one thing to or sanction a country and parties inside say another and try get around it.
As an Montenegrin, absolutely the same. I was hoping about the EU membership during the 2000s as a young dude. Why tf do i need the EU today as an middle aged dude???? I don't even care if that foreign organisation exists or not. They are CLEARLY our enemy and they carry such attitude towards us. Attitude of an enemy. No problem. We will manage EVEN MUCH BETTER outside of the Union of the recession.
I was in Albania a few months ago, and EU flags were EVERYWHERE! I can also testify that the country has come a LONG way since the communists were overthrown in the 90s. I would really like to see it become an EU member sooner rather than later, but I can understand there will be complications. Great video!
Sure ! Enjoy your lovely innocent Albanians, they turned every swiss neighborhoods into an heaven 😇😇 Can't wait to get even more of them especially around you 🥰🥰😍😍
By the way: The Euro has been adopted in Kosovo as well, since they had the german Deutsche Mark before and basically had to switch when the Euro was introduced.
Logically, Albania,Montenegro and North Macedonia should join EU quickly as they are already NATO members, and are aligned to the EU foreign policy. However, if the EU doesn’t act fast for their accession, followed by the other countries, it will lose this region to other rising foreign powers.
Have you watched the video carefully? Don't you see that they still don't meet any requirments out of 35 chapters therefore it will probably take decades?
I think as soon as the VETO system has been reformed into a QMV system, we could expected Montenegro to join within a few years, and Albania and North Macedonia would follow in the next decade. Bosnia is a little more complicated though. The reforms are not the only thing the country needs, as the situation with Republika Srpska isn't a stable one, and they could end up with another Serbia/Kosovo situation.
By the time all these will happen, western Europe will be inhabited by a couple of million people from Africa and Asia. So maybe then they will not be as eager to join the EU as they are today. Perhaps they will start demanding that everything they buy is made in eastern Europe.
Serbia don’t want to recognise kosova and if not then kosova can’t not move on And now Eu and us trying to force kosova to made a Serbian states in kosova Just like in Bosnia and already they made a Serbian military force in Bosnia If they force kosova to be like Bosnia then the next war are coming soon.
@@tomorrowneverdies567 It will very likely happen over the next 5 years, they'll have an all night session, lock the doors and don't let anyone out until they all come to an agreement. 9 out of 10 times that works and we should remember that the eastern EU members want the EU to expand more than the western EU countries, so there is that card in play. If it comes to it and there is no movement, more drastic measures might be needed, either by finding a solution to kicking out countries like Hungary or centralizing power more at a Euro Zone level, the Euro Zone is the vast bulk of the EU and countries that are in that are more likely to want the EU project to work compared to countries that drag their feet. In any case, if the EU doesn't get its act together and offers some kind of sign of hope that those countries can join, they will eventually give up and turn to Russia or China, they are not going to keep waiting for the EU and it's members to get its act together and I think the EU has 5 years to find a solution to this.
I am a Serb. What is there to look in Serbia? EU is trying to make us give up our territory while also trying to makes us impose sanctions on Russia for attacking Ukraine. Am I the only one seeing totaly different approach from the EU here? And may I add how it is "crushal" to keep Republic of Srpska part of Bosnia while trying everything to reasure Kosovo and Metohija indepence? There is really no need to mention Russia here at all. EU and Nato did all the job by themself
As someone from Serbia I can say EU integration almost stopped being a topic here. After so many false promises and new demands one after another, people simply started feeling like the EU is treating all of us like 7 year old children. EU keeps talking about some standards, while at the same time not applying those same standards for almost any member. They say you need to fulfill some criteria in democracy and economy, but nobody can make me believe that Bulgaria and Romania were more ready to join in 2007, than Serbia is today. After more than 10 years receiving EU money, there is minimal difference in their economic and democratic development from Serbia. Also, the thesis that the ''EU doesn't want to import problems'' didn't stop Cyprus joining even tho 1/3 of their country is occupied. So yeah, I understand Serbia is not a pearl of democracy, but it would be nice if we had some real criteria that we need to fulfill instead of them changing all the time. Let's not forget that no other country had to accept an illegal occupation of their territory in order to join EU. If it was to pure standards in this ranking, Serbia should be on the 1st place. Montenegro is simply getting more political support on closing their chapters because they don't have to deal with problems with Kosovo and completely align with the EU foreign policy, but it would be hard to argue that Montenegro is on a higher economic development level than Serbia, or any other tbh. So, in conclusion, for me the ideal situation for Serbia in these circumstances is to keep friendly relations with the EU, but not join. I think EU laws and standards are good and that we should implement them no matter whether we can join or not. EU is very important for us, because we are in the middle of Europe and we simply have to cooperate, we cannot isolate ourselves. But it would also be impossible for us to bring ourselves so low to accept some demands that no other country had to, like giving up parts of their territory. So for me an ideal solution for Serbia would be a form of cooperation that EU has with Norway, Switzerland or Iceland.
Totally agree on your view of the never ending mirage-like standards. Having so high expectations from small balcan nations when already having Bulgaria, Romania, parts of Slovakia 🤢, Napoli… is just laughable. On the other topic, you need to realise that you are not losing a part of your territory now, you already did in 1999!!! You can‘t force 2 million people to live with you, period! The sooner you realise it, the better you move on. ✌️
It's hard to call something an occupation, since almost the entire population, i.e. 2 million people, do not want to live in Serbia. As a colleague mentioned above, no one has the right to force someone to live under his rule. Just like Russia has no right to tell Ukrainians how to live. Kosovo does not want to be part of Serbia and this is not a whim of the government, as is often the case in the world, but of the whole society. If Serbia understood that cant force anyone to live together with me, it would be in a much better position now. It's a pity, because Serbia is a really nice country, with a beautiful culture and tradition, as well as nice people. I hope we can come to an agreement someday.
@@llaqikufjet8231No no no. Europe realized their mistake of accepting Bulgaria and Romania too early. It was 2007 and that was the reason why we in Croatia have to wait until 2013 to be accepted and had to fulfill all conditions perfectly. And also for euro and shengen again we had to be perfect. Now we are most by the book country in EU. 😅
@@KaspeG if you don't want to live in the country you leave! you don't have the rights to separate the land, just because you own an apartment here. the land belongs to the whole nation and it should be a national referendum to approve such things to happen.
@@llaqikufjet8231 I don't think you understand - you can't force any people of any nationality to move out of their houses in the 21th century. It is not something we don't accept, it's the matter of the other side not accepting that they have to go by the conditions that they signed their promises for. Serbian people need their protection even if Kosovo becomes independet state, what are you going to make 150.000+ people move of their homes? Don't you see what's happening?
Strategically Montenegro and Albania serve to connect port and coast from Croatia - Greece and are very important so making logistic and strategic decision Albania and Montenegro should join in 2024 ! They are better than some EU nations already
@@aleksaradojicic8114lol no Albania gets 12milion tourists a year serbia only 1milion how is serbia getting more traffic ,and Albania and montenegro has ports ,are constantly building mew roads and railways and so on i
The thing with sanctions in serbia's case is that it is very dependent on russia, so they can't basically santion them. It's easy for a rich french or german to say "sanction russia" but for an average serbian this would be a real knockout and would probably reduce even more support for EU membership (sorry for anny grammar mistakes)
Serbia is not economically dependent on Russia as much as it is culturalily. After the war in Ukraine started, Serbian people unisonily sided with Russia, and their democrati right is to pursue the candidacy for becoming a federal unit of Russia. I shall flee this country anyway. There is not much of us here, its 90% pro Putin and our flight from Serbia wont evoke a migrant crisis in the EU.
Nah its more on mentality ,serbs are migrated russians and they feel russian they see russia as their big mother state and will do everything for russia interests since its also serbia interests ,serbia exist as a state because russia helped it ,in ww1 russia fought germans for serbia ,and before that russia fought ottomans to create serbia and so on
@@miroslavmilosevic104090% is a bit of an exaggeration. Still, the cultural ties between Serbia and Russia are weak and people who think we are "brotherly nations" are mostly morons. Kosovo is the only sensible reason to support Russia.
@@ClydeAlbThat's how some see it, but most normal people I know (who don't want the EU) just hate the west cause of the NATO bombing. The cultural ties are incredibly weak. We are not Russia or like Russians... Yugoslavia was a completely different thing from the USSR and its puppets, and so is Serbia from Russia today.
@@ClydeAlb thats just not true, people see Russia and Chinna as an Ally as they didnt bomb them in 1999. and arent supporting violence in south region of their countrie... you also seem to be avrage uniformed westener thinking news isnt constantly lying to them and unironically belive your politicians
I think it’ll be in two waves: after the EU adopts QMV, they’ll add Montenegro, Albania, and N Macedonia. Then, a few years later, after some major reconciliation and reform, Serbia, Kosovo, and BH. Probably thereafter, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and (depending on internal political developments) perhaps Turkey.
I mostly agree with the list, except I would change Albania's and North Macedonia's places. North Macedonia's veto might be raised again since they again show toxic behavior towards people recognizing themselves as Bulgarians and not complying with the contract they signed regarding their history and relations with Bulgaria. Albania, on the other hand, is more consistent on the EU accession road. Not to mention, the first-ever summit between the EU and the Western Balkans leaders took place in Tirana, Albania.
@@d.m.5510it will be separated if Albania completes all the tasks it will not to wait a millenium for Macedonia ,the reason EU wants it linked i believe is because half of Macedonians are Albanians and Albania if join before can ask Macedonia for more rights for Albanians
Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro should reform, that is true, but without any EU influence or "help". The belief in EU has dropped due large scale of wrong policy and making this our region as EU's stepdoor and "sanitary corridor " where EU is leaving its 5th class of goods and junk food. And for God's sake, stop promoting Russophobia here, it is not going to work!
Serbian membership will never happen. It is conditioned by recognition of Kosovo and that is something Serbia will never do. Besides, EU doesn't want us, we don't want the EU.
Hey talk in your name , there is Serbs who wanna join EU. And also Kosovo problem is about to be solved soon because there will be agreement about mutual recognition. Serbs like to enjoy visa free travel but don’t like EU , what a hypocrites
@@bojan80 you can join the EU by going to the EU but the country of Serbia will never join. And there will be no agreement, Serbs and albos can't agree on anything
@@nikolapetrovic4814 do your read news , Vucic Kurti agreement is almost done . If we don’t sign agreement no more EU investment ,no EU integration, no more visa free travel . Serbia have economic boom last few year without that Serbia will be economically devastated
Having individual veto power, while having multiple dozens of nations, it just becomes a mess. Switching to something more akin to a two-thirds vote would allow the European Union to move more quickly and efficiently on many matters. Not exactly something likely to change on this scale. I think if they want a work around for the veto, they need to be clever and form tighter inter-union relations where you tackle such options within themselves, and then instead of the only solution being what individual nations do, you could work more cohesively with the internal nations on a relatively similar page.
The EU is a dead empire . Just look at history . The romans had their wealth based on gold/silver. The Greeks also . The spanish , british , dutch and americano,s all had their wealth based on gold until president nixon made the same mistake as roman emperor diacletian . Decouple gold from money . And now we have raging inflation , war , refugee crisis that isnt solved . Covid . Well what does it take for an empire who is practicly broke to get up again ? Who has a monetary system based on fiatcurrency,s insted of gold . What problem will be the next catalist to disolve the eurozone ? Famine ? Pestilence? Yeah the Europeanen union has only 2 choises . 1 disolve 2 become a dictatorship. And the people cant see that you cannot pile up your problems forever . The burden will become to heavy some Day.
I've been watching your videos since start. I've watched all of them. I am big fan of your work. Just one suggestion for future: make more long-format videos. I'd like to listen to you while driving! :P Thank you for your work! Regards from Croatia.
Thank you for watching since the start ! And for watching all my videos :) We will be re-introducing long format videos. If all goes well, 1 will release this weekend. Eventually, there will be 2 per month. And by the end of the year, if the team grows as planned there will be more. thanks
I have to fundamentally disagree with the criteria you chose. This simply does not apply for W. Balkan states, since our states are all barely democracies, politicians, who have in most cases been in politics for decades, make decisions, not the people. So the Public support category has no reason to exist. What should instead be considered is their readiness, not just the opened/closed chapters, but the amount of corruption and the readiness of the judicial system to switch to EU laws. Besides that, ranking Bosnia anywhere above last place is absurd, Bosnia has made basically no progress since the 90s, Republika Srpska blocks everything that Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina suggests, and vice-versa. It has the same problems Serbia and Kosovo do, but all in one, and on steroids. They only just became candidates and have a long and hard road before they even complete the first chapter, let alone join the EU. I do agree that Montenegro is likely the next member, and that Albania and N. Macedonia are the closer to joining than Serbia and Kosovo. I also disagree that there is no political support for joining the EU in Serbia right now. Our country only functions because of EU investment and funds, if we were to lose that all of our politicians heads would roll, and they know that. Yes, our government and people have many pro-Russian inclinations, but no one in their right mind would dispute the fact that we are dependent on the will of the EU, not Russia. Until recently our government had full support from the EU to maintain the status quo in Kosovo, at least until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now that the EUs priorities in the Balkans have shifted from "Stable instability" to the absolute removal of Russian influence, the status quo won't do anymore, and that's why you're seeing more of Serbia in the news lately. There is no more pro-Russian propaganda/sentiment (except maybe Wagner group recruitment, but our government is actively fighting against our people joining either side) in Serbia since the war, if anything, there is noticeably less. The only times I hear Russia mentioned on pro-government media nowadays is when Vucic says something about maybe-maybe-not implementing sanctions on Russia. Heck, I don't even remember when's the last time I saw Putin presented as pro-Serbian in any of the pro-government "news sources"
From all those countries mentioned Albania 🇦🇱 has made significant progress in system of justice. We wiped out from justice system more than 80% of all the corrupted prosecutors and judges but if there will be politicians behind bars this year then by the end of 2024 Albania will be part of EU for sure.
If you see EU data from 2012-2022 about 1 mil Albanian born has Albanian pasport by birth in EU (UK US Australia) so about 800,000 are emigrants from 1991 (now all passport of EU) so se facto 2 mil Albanian has already a passport of EU (duo citizens ) , so Albania nationals are already in EU I personally has 12 cousins and 5 uncles with EU pasport (US as well ) ! From my family already 80% has pasport or EU papers ,many of my cousins has Italy and some Greek pasport and wife of them are as well EU and so all , So EU will lost Albania if they don’t make us enjoy fast ! Today Albanian without EU paper are just old people that were once in communism (80’90 years old )! For example my grandpa (from mother and from father ) don’t even want to do pasport to travel they have 6 children now with EU passport and many nephew , Albania is in EU even if tomorrow they make visa again ! But EU should make fast join for 3 EU Balkans Montenegro - Albania NMacadonia (all this is 5mil people ) but already 3 mil are in EU from this people ! Albanian data From 2012-2022 with (right to permit in EU (Germany mostly) are about 400,000-600,000 youths Albanian (still not passport of Germany but In 2024 they will have 40% of them) Albanian youth now are about 300,000-400,000 Mostly living in Tirana and mostly has people in EU citizens and mostly of them in Tirana from rich economy (family middle or high class economy ) All Montenegro+ Albania + N.Macedonia is about (2.8+0.6+2.3) about 5 milion people (same as Croatia ) Now in 2023 in Albania inside nation are about (1.4-1.8 milion people ) other Albanians are inside and outside nation (EU) with job , uni , busines etc etc ! Me personally has documents to go all EU but father don’t let me to go becouse 2 my brothers are still in EU and has EU citizens and passport so I mean EU is good for Albania just for Erasmus or the safety mechanism like earthquake fire etc for the rest if EU members think (wrongly) to stop Albania by visa regime or shit like this is totally lost of argument ! Albanian people now in Albania left are all rich they can buy pasport in EU or are people very old that don’t want to go nowhere but they village in Albania ! My father is a doctor 60 years old and retire after 5 years he has only traveled to montegro to some of my cousins in 2017 he don’t like to travel so with it without visa Albanian people has find the way (1991-1999) , 2009-2014 and with 2017-2022) too much of my friends are gone in village and maybe same logic is from all Balkans ! ADVICE from a future PHd person DONT CREATE A BLACK HOLE IN EU FROM BALKANS ! So first all 3 Balkans (Alb-Monge-N.Maced) in EU later in 1/2 years other 3 nations(Srb-KOS-Bzn) in EU
I support every country who wants to join our family. Serbs, Albanians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Bosniaks, all are welcome so we can make a new, peaceful Europe (which is currently not possible because of the you-know-what)
Peaceful Europe does not require EU propperly, free trade and overall good relations are the biggest factors that ultimately determine the chance of a war
Kosovo cannot join the Union as long as it isn't recognized by all EU member states. Greece and Spain for example, do not recognize Kosovo, and will likely continue not to, for reasons of their own. Albania and Skopia also have issues joining the Union, because they do not respect minority rights (in the case of Albania) and their police participates in organized crime. Skopia also has issues with neighboring Bulgaria, and both are blocked due to corruption by countries such as the Netherlands or France. Serbia's bid, although being the most viable and not blocked by anyone, is unlikely to come to fruition anytime soon, because Serbia keeps neutral relations between Russia and the West, and does not accept the attitude of countries such as Germany or France with regards to the Kosovo issue. Montenegro and Bosnia are currently the most likely to join. Montenegro is under a pro-EU dictatorship and already unofficially uses the Euro. If it liberalized the elections, it could definitely join the union. Bosnia, however internally divided it is, is already intertwined with NATO and Croatia to a large degree. This is why it is also likely to join the EU
As a Spaniard, I must say the Kosovo's dillema will probably be over here in a few years. The problem is that Kosovo has some parallelisms with Catalonia, and therefore, recognising Kosovo would be a problem. But yet, the Catalonian independentism is in decadence. This week, they only reunited 5,000 manifestants in a pro-independence walk, while 5 years ago, these were hundreds of thousands of people. When the Independentism dies, we will probably recognise Kosovo
Montenegro if Is really a "pro EU dictatorship" won't be able to join. Judical,journalistic independence and rule of law have become requirments since the last EU expansion.
@@catalyst772 To be fair, it doesn't happen only in the Balkans. As I said, I am a Spaniard, and we got an independentist movement, one that doesn't work seriously and another that is completely dead. In France, there are separatisms in Corsica, Bretagne and the Roussillon. In UK, northern Ireland and Scotland. In Russia, Chechenya.
Albania respects minority rights, and last time I checked, Greece gave permission to Albania into joining the EU. Albania won't join soon because it's a corrupted country full of drug lords.
let's talk about "European values". 1 the inviolability of private property, Serbs born in Croatia, which is a member of the EU, nationalizes their homes and their land, 2 Serbs born in Slovenia are deprived of their citizenship,3 the EU refuses to arrest persons suspected of war crimes the legal request of a sovereign state, 4 EU states participate in criminal illegal aggression against a sovereign state and occupy it, which is against the UN Charter, 5 EU states prohibit the language and script of the legitimate Serbian minority,6 EU members of NATO knowingly allow the destruction of Serbian cultural heritage and the destruction of 1000-year-old Serbian churches, 7 they allow the killing of Serbian civilians in the occupied territory,8 they build a military base on private Serbian land without compensation. 9in the end they threaten and blackmail the sovereign state to legitimize the illegal actions of the EU.10 as a condition of becoming a member of the EU, Serbia is required to renounce part of its territory if these are "EU values" that we must respect in order to become a member of the EU, then no thanks
@@dechev86 One country being able to decide things for 26 others is undemocratic (look at hungary and poland protecting eachother's undemocratic laws or look at greece and portugal protecting china just because china gave them money.)
@@ivandinsmore6217 ....in your dreams mate. Not enough people among the populations in any of the countries in the EU want their country to leave the EU. Because people in other countries see the value of being a member of a large Trading Bloc - unlike the British, or should that be the English..... because it was basically the English who took the UK out of the EU. People in other countries are by and large happy for their country to remain in the UK. The English are out on their own here. No one else supports them.....or likes them that much either.
I hope (and demand) that the EU law regarding the Veto never changes. There are many western european countries, such as Germany, France and the Netherlands (and others) that apparently want to force bad things to other countries, such as Poland and Hungary, for example to force them take in immigrants from outside of Europe. This must in my opinion remain the right of every country to decide for themselves.
@@tomorrowneverdies567 No,but Hungary and Poland veto reforms and hold the Union hostage,it's very important to reform Veto to allow the European project to progress.
@@kermitthethinker1465 I don't believe it is that simple. For example, why did Poland and Hungary veto what they vetoed? Do they really obstruct the EU to improve itsself? Or are they in fact vetoing proposals (of the Commission) that destroy the EU? I belive it is the latter , and not the former.
@@tomorrowneverdies567 EU wants Poland to reform the judicial system and upheld the rule of Law,since a controversial reform allowed the government to control the judiciary system,so EU wants Poland to have independent Judicial system,so start a vote to sanction Poland,but Hungary that a quasi dictatorship that ruling Party controls all media and change electoral map to favour Fidesz(ruling party),and vice versa
We Serbians don’t like EU !.About 80% population is against any association with EU., We Serbians we don’t like to be told what to do by somebody else, We are different mentality, we hate colonialism,carrot and stick,Fascism,attacking another country because of interests.We are people of liberty.Government playing games with EU,that we are interesting to be part of EU colony.But i think that EU also laying that they want Serbia in EU.So in real EU don’t like us and don’t want us,i guess we will be very problematic,and rebellious. And we Serbians hate EU politics.If we can maybe only trade and nothing else,if not newer mind! And don’t forget we will take Kosovo back, for 5 years or 10 od 100 but we will take it back our land!We are losing battles,but not war.One’s we was waiting 500 years to WIN ! 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Since many in Kosovo are Albanian, I could see a situation for their membership similar to the proposed moldova romania unification and Ireland northern Ireland, thus bypassing the membership process
Yeah. I think in the long term best would be to unite Albania and Kosovo as they are the same ethnicity. Kosovo is 95% Albanian. But Serbia wants to prevent that at all costs cause they love instability. Like why would they want to rule over a region that id 90%+ Albanian makes no sense to me.
@@montana3918 so if a bunch of somalies were to start living in one region of your contry than declare independance and start destroying proprety built there, you would support them?
Maybe EU should be honest and just tell these countries : we don't want you in UE! Let them seek alternatives, and stop giving them false promises and BS requirements
sure but turning veto into a 2/3 majority thing can very much harm trust in the eu when balkan states are accepted which a mot of people have a negative opinion about. i sure dont want any more members and even believe poland hungary should be removed.
@@SwampOnaMountain There should be a push to integrate Europe. Europe doesn't stand a chance on the world stage if every EU country is fighting each other. Hungary and Poland need to adopt the Euro and stop being extremely antagonistic to the whole project.
There are very, very troubling signs coming out of Belgrade. Should the EU trust Belgrade, well, the answer is a resounding no. If Serbia washes to be trusted, they need to be very transparent. A multidimensional screening procedure for Serbia is required to help better understand who is controlling Belgrade first, and second, Belgrade has to answer really serious questions about their actions.
Then you can go home to Putin and enjoy him in first hand. But make sure you bring your own body armour before crossing the borders. Also winter clothes.
@@Superivko100 Zapadne proizvode i tekovine? Pogledaj svoj telefon ili racunar? Pisace ti made in china. Pogledaj svoj router/modem, pisace ti isto. Ako ne pise made in china onda je ili made in taiwan ili Japan. TI idi u EU i srecan ti put, ja cu ostati u Evropi i necu ici u Americku Uniju. Nisu mi se predci borili protiv slobode i demokratije da bi sad liberali slobodoljubci i ljudi koji traze dopamin vladali drzavom.
@@Superivko100 ko će bre u EU, nas par hiljada? Većina našeg naroda bira Rusiju i smatra da smo Rusi. Treba poštovati demokratsko pravo našeg naroda da se pridruži Ruskoj Federaciji, jer svuda okolo vidimo masovnu podršku Putinu, nas nekoliko hiljada koji se tome protivimo će lako primiti u EU, gde fali radne snage i pored toga što im je došlo 10 miliona Ukrajinaca zadnjih 20 meeci, njih nema dovoljno.
@@miroslavmilosevic1040 Koja većina? Ko je otišao tamo da radi? Vecina nas bezi na zapad a ne u zaostalu Rusiju. Da nam nema EU ziveli bismo kao u kamenom dobu.
i remember when i did a presentation about Montenegro in middle school and while researching it said that it is estimated that Montenegro could be part of EU in 2024, not even close lol
The hypocrisy of the EU is ridiculous. Before the war, that is, just one year ago, by all standards and merits, in terms of perception of corruption, the standard of living, freedoms, economic development, and democracy, Ukraine was years if not decades behind all Balkan countries. All of a sudden Ukraine is on the fast lane to join EU and all those standards that were so important for Balkan states are completely ignored in the case of Ukraine, and all those strict criteria and blackmails to which the Balkan states were exposed for decades to fulfill them do not apply to it. In other words, those criteria are one big BS and all boils down to political expediency.
The EU is a political union. As someone from Serbia, I wish Ukraine all the best. Ukraine is spilling blood for Europe, while in Serbia some groups are promoting the Wagner group. As for Serbia, if I were the EU, I would end the process of Serbia joining the EU immediately, introduced visas, tariffs, and quotas, and economically treat Serbia as Egypt or Angola. This is where Serbia politically belongs. On top of that, I would sanction many de-facto Russian politicians and agents like Vulin who runs the whole security sector of Serbia.
@@Stefan-wj6mq Ma Ukrajina krvari za debeloguze ljude koji sede u mekanim foteljama a ne za Evropu. Evropa je pre rata imala jeftin gas a sad ce siromasan covek da se smrzne.
@@Stefan-wj6mq Ukraine is not spilling blood for Europe,but they are spilling blood for their American masters. As a Serb you should already know that,and know that USA and EU are the biggest Serbian enemies,but I doubt that you are a Serb.
It is funny to me that we are talking about the conditions of living of normal people here as it is some kind of a game, in both ways - EU and the individual states
Twenty years ago Serbia had a strong support for EU membership and a clear path. Then came the blackmailing policies and Serbia drifted off to Russia-centered. I think future of Serbia is really grim, it shall be comparable to that of West Bank, walled off and with almost no economy. But I put a loot of blame on the West for this.
I'm Serbian and I don't want Serbia to join the EU. The EU has not brought much to countries like Bulgaria etc apart from hundreds of thousands of people leaving to work and build other EU economically stronger countries. So I'm completely against EU. The EU flag also has not done anything for us to deserve to be placed next to our flag in our country.
Hello! Could you make a video about the re-Union of Romania and Moldova sometime? (I say re-Union because it has happened once in 1918 and again in 1941, once peacefully when Moldova gained independence from Russian Empire, and once by force when we took back the lands from invading USSR) Like what that would mean for European Union and NATO, how Transnistria and Gagauzia would be like and if they could be pacified (I heard the Russian leaders in Transnistria even denied to help Putin against Ukraine at one point). As a Romanian would love to see this happening because public support is very high in Romania for it to happen, and in Moldova it stays at around 35-50% (depending on the question asked about the union but more recently it was close to 50%).
@@EUMadeSimple sure, no problem. We can all wait I'm sure. It would be interesting after all and probably new knowledge for many Europeans. Really love your channel!
Hi @TheEUMadeSIMPLE ! 👋 I am representing Bulgaria at a Model United Nations (MUN) so I'm binge watching your videos. Love them! I wanted to ask you 3 questions: 1. Would you consider Bulgaria currently Gaullist or Atlanticist? 2. Is Bulgaria in favor of EU Enlargement? 3. Would Bulgaria support the EU tier system?
Thanks for the video. Basically there is nothing more to add. Maybe only one thing. The former Persident of Montenegro was extremely korrupt. I guess with the new government Montenegro could become a Switzerland of the Balkans. In my opinion Montenegro will be the next member of EU ;-)). Greetings from Austria.
As a very pro vestern Serbian I think its the best for us. Our candidate status shall be converted as we would never really fit into the EU for all possible reasons.
Are they thinking of reforming the veto vote???? Run away from the EU, people, and if you are not yet in the union - you are lucky! Small states maintained some semblance of sovereignty only through the veto, without a veto we are enslaved without a shot being fired!
I wanted to stop at 0:55 but continued watching it further purely for entertainment purposes, this video is totally clueless. Putting Serbia at 6 under a country unrecognized by member states of EU and under an utterly dysfunctional country like Bosnia is ridiculous, in a funny way, but ridiculous nonetheless. You clearly put Serbia there because of the war in Ukraine. I'd also say Albania has bigger chances than North Macedonia who still has problems with Bulgaria.
We in Montenegro will never join too. After ALL THESE YEARS of playing with us, we got a pro Russian government in August of 2020. As a nice message to the EU. 😅 And now we vote against Kosovo any chance we have and our ministers are giving away the NATO secrets to Russia. 😂😂😂😂😂 I fckin love it, even if i didn't vote for such government. I love all the trolling and karma. It's brilliant!
Interesting video, I agree that Montenegro will be the first. I think the public support aspect is overrated. It can change in a matter of a few years. Since these countries are not a year or less from joining, I don't see it as particularly relevant. I do think the Veto system needs to change. Not only because of Hungary. Austria and the Netherlands have recently shown that in my opinion. I think the video is a bit off regarding Serbia. But overall it's better then most. Still I think the previous video on the topic was better. Also considering how hard it is to reform the Bosnian system or how next to impossible it would be for Kosovo to enter the union without getting recognized by multiple members (of course if Serbia recognizes Kosovo they would as well). I think it would be interesting to look into what Serbia wants out of the negotiates. I think it's a big simplification to say they it's simply rejecting proposals. Videos on that topic are very non nuanced. And I say that as someone's that wants Serbia to recognize Kosova indipendance. They main thing they are requesting is autonomy for Serbs in Kosovo. It was agreed in the Brussels agreement of 2013 by a previous Kosovo government and never implemented by Kosovo. I think that's a shame. If it was I think it it's possible that Serbia would recognize Kosovo by now, or be close to it. And even if not, I think the region would be a lot more stable. The "big five" EU delegation recently in Belgrade gave support for again last week. The details of all this stuff are not reported by international outlets because they are not that interesting to most. And most people don't have a good understanding of it. It's only reported when tensions rise up. Overall to get back to my point about the video I think it's very likely that many of them join together. Especially if the Open Balkan initiative works out. The Russian point about Serbia is a very good one. Still, we will see how that changes in the following years. Russian economic and political influence is lessening in Serbia. Still China is making a bih push for Serbia. I think it would be strategically stupid of the EU to ignore this. I would say that more effort needs to be put into getting Serbia closer the Europe. The EU should not have a defeatist attribute about Serbia or the region. Russia and China have far less political and economic influence and yet they are not giving up. Ps. The VITO power is at fault for 30 percent of this stuff.
Thanks for you comment Novak. I know this video simplifies the topic a lot for each country. You have already provided a lot more detail in your post. The previous video was longer so that allowed us to go into detail. We are thinking of releasing a video per candidate country later this year. That will allow us to go into even more detail. Let us know if you would like to contribute ;) thank you for watching nonetheless!
@@EUMadeSimple I think having a separate video would be a fantastic idea. And I would love to contribute. After writing my comment yesterday I wanted to read up on how the international media is reporting on recent developments in the negotiations and I was surprised that there is almost nothing, so I really think I can help. I've been watching your channel for quite some time and I really like it. And I really appreciate that you are talking about this part of Europe. I would love to contribute, from watching you I think we have a lot of similar values. Let me know where I can contact you. I have a background in law, friends, and contacts all over the region so I really think I can contribute. Also, I completely understand simplifying, I have a small RUclips channel. And when I make a video about Ethiopia or Norway I am well aware that I have limited knowledge. Thanks for your nice reply. I will subscribe even though I haven't subscribed in years from this profile :)
@@novvak168 Great :) I would love to get your input. We have some videos in the backlog already so it will be a couple of months until we will release a video series on the seperate countries. Nonetheless, i would love to start brainstorming and creating the script. Contact me at eu.made.simple@gmail.com :) And thanks for subscribing and watching the videos! Appreciate it :)
@@EUMadeSimple Fantastic. I will send you an email tonight. I recently started reading Kosovo news to get a border picture. I never expected that it would be useful :))
I’m American 🇺🇸 and so by extension don’t know much about the EU (not because of the American dumb stereotype simply because I don’t live in an EU country) but I just want to see a united Europe once and for all like come one you Europeans have been killing each other for 1000s of years get it together I’m glad we have the EU now but I hope to se it expand so that the most war torn continent can finely be given peace. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️🤝❤️🇪🇺
its already acomplished when the US created NATO. You Americans do not need NATO, its only for European stability. And its a success, no intra-NATO war has taken place ever since. So the solution is to expand NATO faster to increase stability and safety.
We Europeans were ALWAYS ON TOP of this world while we were killing each other. From the ancient times till 1945. The moment we stopped killing each other is the very moment we started sliping away from the top.
Probably scotland because 1 tgey were previously in and 2 oil which is a good motivator, also their independence is too related to pro eu to not get in quickly
For like, probably ever, the Westminster government will block Scottish independence referendum, and Scotland would be quite eurosceptic, the leading party SNP just says they want to be pro EU to get heaps of support from the public but no political parties want to join the EU themselves
@@sevenoxia7199 the scotish people were against brexit, snp knows that wins their independence and tgen joins eu to make scotland survive as out of german money as everyone does plus again gas and oil which germany is desperate
@@jonC1208 Scotland will fall into major deficit if it leaves the UK, less than 1/3 of all Scottish trade is between it and the EU, meanwhile over 60% is with the rest of the UK. Also the Scottish government only chooses to be quote "pro-EU" because it gives them more support, in reality they don't really wanna join the EU, and keep in mind less than 60% of all Scots voted in favour of remaining in the EU, so it's a very split vote, there's no real majority (a real majority is 65-70%).
These countries can join tomorrow or never depending on geopolitics and the political will of Brussels. Citizens of these country have very little sway over that. Either way if they join their fate is that of Bulgaria or Romania, and people in these countries know this. Not saying those two aren't better of with all the benefits of the EU, just that it isn't particularly inspirational to give up your country's name or territorial integrity to receive that.
Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia are predominantly Muslim countries. Kosovo is not a legitimate state in the eyes of any country that faces similar separatist issues (especially Spain), so unless Serbia agrees to Kosovo’s unilateral Declaration of Independence, they will never be admitted into the EU. Albania has a trafficking and criminal element that unsettles most European nations. Allowing them in the EU will also be considered a precedent to allowing Turkey into the EU, something that scares most EU countries. For these reasons, those countries will not be allowed into the EU for a long time. Serbians have little interest in joining the EU, so I doubt they will qualify for membership any time soon either. But Serbia does not need to recognize Kosovo to qualify for membership since Kosovo is not recognized by several EU nations anyway, and its Declaration of Independence is self-declared and therefore illegitimate. Also, Serbia does not support Putin or Russia, they merely do not trust NATO and have no reason for attacking Russia. Greece’s reasons for opposing Macedonia (yeah, MACEDONIA, not North Macedonia) are pathetic. How the mighty have fallen. Had to believe that such a petty country was once a great civilization. But Macedonia’s standards of living are a fair bit behind EU standards. I agree that Montenegro is in the best position to join the EU.
Whats this bullshit youre talking about of them being muslim or not ,its not a religious union but a economical one ,and you have them in EU already it wont change anything ,its also European races
Transnistria is a problem. Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine will only join after Ukraine war is resolved. Georgia will be first, then Moldova and then Ukraine. The real question is, what to do with Transnistria?
@@sniperman3110 Transnistria is currently suffering quite a bit due to the war, together with Moldova they're collateral damage - especially with Russia punishing Moldova for following the European path. It is actually pushing the region to cooperate more with Moldova. Hopefully, it'll create more mutual trust and create progress towards reunification. But as you pointed out, Moldova and Georgia's fate depends on the outcome of the war. If Russia loses badly both countries will have the opportunity to peacefully reunify with the break away regions.
I think there are big misconceptions about the Western Balkans region due to nescience and ignorance. This video is another example of it :) The debate on the individual countries of Western Balkan region is much more deep then what is presented in this video: public in the region is not well informed about EU and what the membership entails (same goes for residents from EU not really knowing how does EU function), and negative result of public polls can actually mean that the public is discontent with current governments (which can also mean frustration with governments taking too long to reform - therefore citizens being pro-EU but anti-government) also, there are differences between status of countries: candidate who negotiates, candidate who just has that status and potential candidate are not the same. Bosnia gaining a candidate status came in the time of Ukranian war and is more a PR strategy of EU than a real path towards accession (the country literally doesnt even have a proper constitution to even start with) The influence of Russia in the region is also another misconseption further pumped by media, as the sanctions issue came in recent years (especially in time of Russian invasion). Serbia has been negotiating since 2014 (the process is slow because of slow reforms and adopting EU laws) - environmental policy chapter might be even more problematic then Kosovo issue. Kosovo has applied for membership - again this doesnt mean it will enter in 2 years as the tone of this video says :D Kosovo is the only one in the region that is not a candidate today, as it has a core issue with its country status. Kosovo sending an application was symbolic and political, hoping that EU will grant the candidate status like it just did with Bosnia (without fulfilling criteria). The truth is this country doesnt even have visa free regime for EU (the rest of the region (including Bosnia) gained it back in 2009-2010).
@@sevenoxia7199 yes I would agree. Bosnia's situation is explained partly by local situation (mainly nationalism) and partly to blame the international responce (especially EU and individual member state response)
@@akica70 this is very true. The US left out of the war for the first few years because they wanted Europe to sort out an issue of theirs for once. As it became clear that the EU had no power to stop the wars, the US got involved and finished them up quickly. The local situation was, simply put, Serb rebels controlling half of Bosnian territory at its peak, and as such they had to retain large amounts of power over Bosnia, enter Republika Srpska. No deal like this was necessary for Croatia since by this time, the Serbs were kicked out, and as such they had a much easier path to EU membership.
I really hope very well at least one of the 6 Balkan nations were mentioned will join the EU soon as these nations were really eager to be part of it especially Montenegro.
How sure are you about Montenegro? People would not like it that much. They didn't want to go to NATO but nobody ask them. NATO is aggressor who killed them, destroyed their heritage...
The veto for NM is probably going to be raised again given their toxic behavior towards people recognizing themselves as Bulgarians and not complying with the contract they signed. Points of this contract are not requirements for them to join , but from what I see this is not going to happen anytime soon and everything is out of spite towards Bulgaria. I really hope they soon understand that nothing will change until they change and start play by the rules....
As someone from Macedonia, you have no idea how wrong you are here. We could enter a debate, but you highly overestimate the morals at play here, between the two states. Toxic behaviours against Bulgarians are politically motivated and orchestrated events. Bulgaria itself is still deep in Russia's hold. Honestly, I don't think we will ever join. Maybe it is our destiny, to forever stand at the edge of Europe. Perhaps, we shouldn't join. Seeing as everyone inside the Union has some issues with us. We have changed our name, flag, and constitution. When was the last time an EU member state did anything close? It's just all false promises. Channels like this one are very EU biased. Hopefully, progress can be made without reducing the integrity of our people, but I doubt it, with the Ukraine conflict, internal corruption and a host of other factors.
Serbia - Last Bosnia - Last Kosovo - Last Montenegro - Very unlikely due to the strong Serbian influence, 30% of the population are Serbs, and probably over 90% of the Christians are influenced in some way by the Serbian Orthodox Church. Only chance Montenegro to join is without veto power, otherwise the risk is gonna be too high. Albania - Could be, enormous reforms are required. Also probably without veto power as it could be used to block serbia/bosnia/montenegro. Macedonia - Probably, also enormous reforms are required. 2035 - Macedonia/Albania or Macedonia only. Also N.Macedonia and Albania are not linked. They were 'linked' til they got the decision approved to start the negotiations. Once the negotiations have started it's merit based, both countries have separate accession talks.
@mozzarellacheese3942 No way I'm from 🇲🇰 and nobody belives we are gonna join in the next 10 years. It's a dire situation, corruption is high, public administration is worthless filled with political soldiers without any knowledge. The only way we can became member is either if a new political party comes into power and is eager to reform, or if the EU makes a political decision..
@mozzarellacheese3942 From an anthropological point of view, there really are no roots. Study how peoples and states were formed throughout history (however, I keep in mind that human phenomena are not necessarily recursive.) , it is decidedly different from what you think.
Albania is not Europe having been 500 years under the Ottomans 1453 1912. Together with Bosnia it is the country with the most Muslims in the Balkans without mentioning the high crime rate The Albanian gangs have become real multinationals, operating in all areas with extensive economic development
@@paolo.g. Albania dont even follow any religon lol and muslim doesnt mean you are arabic just see the very huge difference between mddle easterns and balkanic and be any religon the thing is the people , so bosnians are arab or slavic,slavic which is a european culture,
Basically, it could be more like this: 1) Montenegro (high public support and good overall progress) 2) Serbia (if they overcome their issues with the EU and their controversial russophilia, progress is already made and them joining would've been great) 3) N. Macedonia (further efforts needed, and also no negotiations have started yet. Corruption also remains an issue) 4) Albania (same as #3) 5) Bosnia (significant reforms needed) 6) Kosovo* (its status is not going to see them joining anytime soon)
Serbia is impossible, because they would need to recognize Kosovo, and have way too many corpses in the basement in general. Their relationship with EU is bad, and most people support Russia. Montenegro is perhaps even the most corrupted country, with a broken system. It's just a third world country, with oligarchy. Unstable as fuck, which is why it's government is keep changing. I'm not even sure that they'll survive for too long as a country. Same for North Macedonia. Also Kosovo will most likely just join Albania.
1. Montenegro, shall join 2027. 2. Albania,around 2030. 3. Bosnia and NMK, around 2035 along with Ukraine. 4. Serbia - never, as the people are simply against. They shall join EEA along with Turkiye, whose people and government also gave up on the process. Kosovo shall become divided between Serbia and Albania.
North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania from the Balkans, and Ukraine and Moldova from Eastern Europe region. Maybe together. Serbia / Bosnia / Kosovo and Georgia might have some issues joining. For the record: I'd like them all in, but this seems like the realistic scenario.
Serbia is the most likely and the least likely to join at the same time. The thing is hanging in the balance. If Serbia normalizes its relations with Kosovo, it could join very soon. This, by itself, would solve the Russian issue (Serbia, for example, introduced sanctions against Belarus). Without the Kosovo issue, Serbia is the only stable country among these.
@@Stefan-wj6mq E pa i Rusi kazu da godinama trpe zlostavljanje Ukrajine. Ako jedni mogu nesto onda mogu i drugi.Ako ne mogu onda niko ne moze. Ili se igra posteno ili imamo anarhiju.
@Mozzarella Cheese 🔰 Without the issue over Kosovo, Serbia is a stable country. It's in a similar rank to Bulgaria or Hungary, which can't be said for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, or Albania. At least not for now.
@@milostomic8539 Oni kažu ali lažu. Kao i ovde, u Srbiji. Monogo se laže i izmišlja. 1991, i Krim i Donbas su glasali za nezavisnost Ukrajine, ali ne kao u ovim poslednjim KGB "referendumima".
the entire process of EU expansion has been compromised and has lost its original appeal it had years ago. Doubt many of these stated in favor of numbers as being recent, since the general acceptance for the EU is pretty diminished in the entire region. Specially in the western Balkan region the chapters, standards and entire process seems to change and keep changing every 100-200 km on the ground. What is tolerated and accepted for some players is strongly denied to others. Further the mantra of an "path to Europe/candidate status" is trying to obligate the potential new members to allign and follow all EU duties and guidelines without any benefits or tangible timeline when you would actually join. The status quo after 20+ yrs is an accidental/tolerated neo colonial set up, that is basicly exploiting the markets and worke force of these potential new member states without any real commitment from the EU side.
Based comment. Do you think Montenegro will join ? I hope not ... I'm looking to move there soon but I don't want to them to be part of the EU since it's going to affect quality of living and personal freedom
I think the faster Europe unites, the better is. In particular the Balkans should join the Union, likewise the EU should strengthen its weaker members thus becoming way more stable and powerful Ps:I obviously mean EU should become socialdemocratic instead of suiciding itself by only boosting free-trade and the ideas of "freedom" and "liberty" when people die of poverty and austerity. We can't accept anymore some politicians
The problem is that the European wide "free market" has only bolstered German monopolies, and made competition and antagonism larger on an interethnic level, rather than smaller. Many people, especially in Greece, are supportive of the EU for its peace and cultural aspects, but are overall against the EU, because they consider it a German sphere of influence.
@@georgios_5342 Growth rate 2010 - 2019 GDP % by country: Slovenia 31% Croatia 34% Czech Republic 34% Hungary 36% Poland 38% Bulgaria 40% Malta 40% Estonia 41% Latvia 45% Romania 45% Lithuania 47% Ireland 52% The economic struggling of Greece has other reasons, entirely.
After everything I have read from political experts, I really don't think Kosovo will be joining in my our lifetime unless it rejoins Serbia or joins Albania. There is too much internal EU opposition & it's political leadership isn't good enough.
In the 2000s support for eu was 100% in serbia. With prolonging eu joining, the mass exodus of people from bulgaria and romania after they joined, brics offering an alternative, eu weakness in resolving kosovo conflict as mediators, brexit, inflation of euro without fiscal consolidation of all countries, russian and chinese heavy influence are the reason why popularity fell. We feel like coming late at the party where most countries checked out and few that remain are laying drunk in their own vomit, while a croatian is still standing not believing what happened and arrived 2 minutes before a serbian.
No one will join next. Until we implement qualified majority, it's a big no no for me. We already shot ourself in the foot when we accepted eastern europe before implementing qualified majority and it's pain in the ass ever since. Sorry for the candidates countries, if you search for someone to blame, blame Hungary and Poland they are the main reason we can't accept anyone else.
@@Gold26502 This is true, but we want to change it now and it's impossible. In any case, no other countries can join as long as this issue isn't fixed.
@@Kafei01 it’s really not impossible lol, if anything it’s extremely easy. Just make it so decisions are made based on what the majority decides, and if one country disagrees, wont affect or delay the final decision, it’s simple it’s not rocket science. This situation is just showing the EU’s incapability of handling the situation (nothing new)
The EU has always expanded because of political reasons, not because a country fulfills the criteria. So I think next ones to join are Montenegro and Serbia because of rising Russian and Chinese influence. In Montenegro 40% of the people identify as Serbian and in a country of only 600.000 people this can easely change. Serbia will join because it will be part of a sollution for Kosovo. It's clear that after almost 15 years of the declaration of independence of Kosovo, Serbia is needed to complete the statehood of Kosovo. Albania and Macedonia will probably join some decade after Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Kosovo will join after that.
yeah and how do you see serbia complete the statehood of kosovo, since u dont think they ever will recognize kosovos independence, not even for eu membership.
@@Gaming101-r9o The remaining 5 EU non recognizers are only going to recognize Kosovo if Serbia recognizes Kosovo. If EU accession is guaranteed for Serbia the government of Serbia is going to take the deal, whatever they say now. I believe it will happen this way because it's also in the interess of the US that Serbia is in "the transatlantic fold".
@@МилошБојовић i agree on the US having interests in the region, but i disagree on the 5 eu member states recognizing kosovo even if serbia does, which it wont without a deal that is beyond just EU ascension. Being part of the EU isnt enough of a carrot anymore, since serbia can use the great powers against each other and secure funds from all over the world this way, be it russia, china, the arab world, the US or most importantly the EU (biggest partner for serbia being germany). Many countries call it sitting on 2 chairs, but its more like serbia is looking out for itself and its working, investments are coming in and they are all fighting for serbias market. The same cannot be said for almost all countries in the region. I mean bulgaria for example is comparable to serbia, but is in the eu, what can the eu offer serbia, which it doesnt have without them. Regarding the 5 eu members not recognizing kosovo, some of them like greece and spain have their own territorial disputes, which in turn means they cant recognize kosovo without compromising their own territorial integrity. Serbia played this game of cat and mouse succesfully for more than a decade now. I just dont see wanting them to quit without gaining something tangible in return and not empty promises and agreements that arent kept anyway. The only one that can give serbia something tangible would be the US, since brussels isnt willing to negotiate at all. Look at the situation with the serb municipalities, that agreement was signed in 2013 and still it wasnt implemented. I say this as a serb myself i dont have anything against kosovo gaining its complete independents, as long as the church lands are all given back and have full autonomy, as well as the establishment of serb municipalities, ofc the name should be changed to its original name Kosovo and Metohija. This ofc is only my opinion. No version of an agreement will happen though since interests dont align, not only between serbs and albanians, but between washington and brussels. This game is played on a much higher level than just serbs and albanians in kosovo, if it wasnt it would have ended bloody a long time ago though.
Kosovo is Serbia, and international law and the inviolability of borders cannot be understood so easily. Look at Ukraine. By the way, Kosovo was occupied by aggression without the approval of the UN Security Council, and will never be recognized by Spain, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Serbia, BiH, Slovakia, not to mention Russia, China, Brazil, India...
Correction: "the prospect of another Hungary, able to shoot down any legislation with their Veto" -> Member States can only VETO in the following areas:
- foreign policy
- fiscal policy
- accession
- international agreements
does that include aid packages to ukraine?
@@dinoling3527 That's foreign policy. I do still think foreign policy should have a veto though. The EU should be united with foreign policy decisions. All the others could be solved with a 75% majority as they are still big decisions and then fiscal policy should be a simple majority.
@@Eoin-B Even countries and their parties are never united on foreign policy and it can change sometimes drastically with a change in Government.
@@eur6430 I agree with what your saying. But I think we have to show a united front externally on such issues without clearly dissatisfied holdouts. It also stops conflicting messages when the EU says one thing to or sanction a country and parties inside say another and try get around it.
seems reasonable, no need to change that
As an Albanian i don't want to join anymore.
As an Montenegrin, absolutely the same. I was hoping about the EU membership during the 2000s as a young dude. Why tf do i need the EU today as an middle aged dude???? I don't even care if that foreign organisation exists or not. They are CLEARLY our enemy and they carry such attitude towards us. Attitude of an enemy. No problem. We will manage EVEN MUCH BETTER outside of the Union of the recession.
I was in Albania a few months ago, and EU flags were EVERYWHERE! I can also testify that the country has come a LONG way since the communists were overthrown in the 90s. I would really like to see it become an EU member sooner rather than later, but I can understand there will be complications. Great video!
You should look up how pyramid schemes bankrupted Albania after the fall of communism.
@@Turnil321 Why? I already know the story.
Sure ! Enjoy your lovely innocent Albanians, they turned every swiss neighborhoods into an heaven 😇😇 Can't wait to get even more of them especially around you 🥰🥰😍😍
@@SP95 shut it French baguette
@@Albanian_History Bring your country to the 21st century before knocking at my door.
By the way: The Euro has been adopted in Kosovo as well, since they had the german Deutsche Mark before and basically had to switch when the Euro was introduced.
same in montenegro.
Soon it will be Dinar again
@@abhabh6896 lol.
Never.
Sadly Bulgaria will change to Euro most likely in 2024 like Croatia from this year.
@@HeroManNick132 Why sadly?
Logically, Albania,Montenegro and North Macedonia should join EU quickly as they are already NATO members, and are aligned to the EU foreign policy. However, if the EU doesn’t act fast for their accession, followed by the other countries, it will lose this region to other rising foreign powers.
Its a matter of economics and development and not a matter alliance though.
@@Kbcqw like Bulgaria and Romania right… right?!🤣🤣
Have you watched the video carefully? Don't you see that they still don't meet any requirments out of 35 chapters therefore it will probably take decades?
Hopefully the EU collapses in on itself. It is an abomination made up by politicians, very few referendums and traitors to their country.
@@logic5457 You mean Kosovo that belongs to Serbia and Macedonia in Greece not the fake Slavic one.
I think as soon as the VETO system has been reformed into a QMV system, we could expected Montenegro to join within a few years, and Albania and North Macedonia would follow in the next decade.
Bosnia is a little more complicated though. The reforms are not the only thing the country needs, as the situation with Republika Srpska isn't a stable one, and they could end up with another Serbia/Kosovo situation.
By the time all these will happen, western Europe will be inhabited by a couple of million people from Africa and Asia. So maybe then they will not be as eager to join the EU as they are today. Perhaps they will start demanding that everything they buy is made in eastern Europe.
@Mozzarella Cheese 🔰 As someone with a few Albanian friends, I would love for them to join the EU as soon as they can.
Serbia don’t want to recognise kosova
and if not
then kosova can’t not move on
And now
Eu and us trying to force kosova to made a Serbian states in kosova
Just like in Bosnia and already they made a Serbian military force in Bosnia
If they force kosova to be like Bosnia then the next war are coming soon.
@@tomorrowneverdies567 It will very likely happen over the next 5 years, they'll have an all night session, lock the doors and don't let anyone out until they all come to an agreement.
9 out of 10 times that works and we should remember that the eastern EU members want the EU to expand more than the western EU countries, so there is that card in play.
If it comes to it and there is no movement, more drastic measures might be needed, either by finding a solution to kicking out countries like Hungary or centralizing power more at a Euro Zone level, the Euro Zone is the vast bulk of the EU and countries that are in that are more likely to want the EU project to work compared to countries that drag their feet.
In any case, if the EU doesn't get its act together and offers some kind of sign of hope that those countries can join, they will eventually give up and turn to Russia or China, they are not going to keep waiting for the EU and it's members to get its act together and I think the EU has 5 years to find a solution to this.
I am a Serb. What is there to look in Serbia? EU is trying to make us give up our territory while also trying to makes us impose sanctions on Russia for attacking Ukraine. Am I the only one seeing totaly different approach from the EU here? And may I add how it is "crushal" to keep Republic of Srpska part of Bosnia while trying everything to reasure Kosovo and Metohija indepence? There is really no need to mention Russia here at all. EU and Nato did all the job by themself
As someone from Serbia I can say EU integration almost stopped being a topic here. After so many false promises and new demands one after another, people simply started feeling like the EU is treating all of us like 7 year old children.
EU keeps talking about some standards, while at the same time not applying those same standards for almost any member. They say you need to fulfill some criteria in democracy and economy, but nobody can make me believe that Bulgaria and Romania were more ready to join in 2007, than Serbia is today. After more than 10 years receiving EU money, there is minimal difference in their economic and democratic development from Serbia. Also, the thesis that the ''EU doesn't want to import problems'' didn't stop Cyprus joining even tho 1/3 of their country is occupied.
So yeah, I understand Serbia is not a pearl of democracy, but it would be nice if we had some real criteria that we need to fulfill instead of them changing all the time. Let's not forget that no other country had to accept an illegal occupation of their territory in order to join EU.
If it was to pure standards in this ranking, Serbia should be on the 1st place. Montenegro is simply getting more political support on closing their chapters because they don't have to deal with problems with Kosovo and completely align with the EU foreign policy, but it would be hard to argue that Montenegro is on a higher economic development level than Serbia, or any other tbh.
So, in conclusion, for me the ideal situation for Serbia in these circumstances is to keep friendly relations with the EU, but not join. I think EU laws and standards are good and that we should implement them no matter whether we can join or not. EU is very important for us, because we are in the middle of Europe and we simply have to cooperate, we cannot isolate ourselves. But it would also be impossible for us to bring ourselves so low to accept some demands that no other country had to, like giving up parts of their territory. So for me an ideal solution for Serbia would be a form of cooperation that EU has with Norway, Switzerland or Iceland.
Totally agree on your view of the never ending mirage-like standards. Having so high expectations from small balcan nations when already having Bulgaria, Romania, parts of Slovakia 🤢, Napoli… is just laughable.
On the other topic, you need to realise that you are not losing a part of your territory now, you already did in 1999!!! You can‘t force 2 million people to live with you, period! The sooner you realise it, the better you move on. ✌️
It's hard to call something an occupation, since almost the entire population, i.e. 2 million people, do not want to live in Serbia. As a colleague mentioned above, no one has the right to force someone to live under his rule. Just like Russia has no right to tell Ukrainians how to live. Kosovo does not want to be part of Serbia and this is not a whim of the government, as is often the case in the world, but of the whole society. If Serbia understood that cant force anyone to live together with me, it would be in a much better position now. It's a pity, because Serbia is a really nice country, with a beautiful culture and tradition, as well as nice people. I hope we can come to an agreement someday.
@@llaqikufjet8231No no no. Europe realized their mistake of accepting Bulgaria and Romania too early. It was 2007 and that was the reason why we in Croatia have to wait until 2013 to be accepted and had to fulfill all conditions perfectly.
And also for euro and shengen again we had to be perfect. Now we are most by the book country in EU. 😅
@@KaspeG if you don't want to live in the country you leave! you don't have the rights to separate the land, just because you own an apartment here. the land belongs to the whole nation and it should be a national referendum to approve such things to happen.
@@llaqikufjet8231 I don't think you understand - you can't force any people of any nationality to move out of their houses in the 21th century. It is not something we don't accept, it's the matter of the other side not accepting that they have to go by the conditions that they signed their promises for. Serbian people need their protection even if Kosovo becomes independet state, what are you going to make 150.000+ people move of their homes? Don't you see what's happening?
Strategically Montenegro and Albania serve to connect port and coast from Croatia - Greece and are very important so making logistic and strategic decision Albania and Montenegro should join in 2024 ! They are better than some EU nations already
Except Montenegro and Albania are week on there connections. Serbia on other hand is literally traffic intersection of Balkans.
@@aleksaradojicic8114 they are building an Highway from Trieste to Athens, the blue corridor.
Nope. Romania and Bulgaria will veto the living shit out of you after the Schengen CIRCUS.
FUCK THIS!
@@aleksaradojicic8114lol no Albania gets 12milion tourists a year serbia only 1milion how is serbia getting more traffic ,and Albania and montenegro has ports ,are constantly building mew roads and railways and so on i
@@ClydeAlb he meant comercial products kind of traffic
The thing with sanctions in serbia's case is that it is very dependent on russia, so they can't basically santion them. It's easy for a rich french or german to say "sanction russia" but for an average serbian this would be a real knockout and would probably reduce even more support for EU membership (sorry for anny grammar mistakes)
Serbia is not economically dependent on Russia as much as it is culturalily. After the war in Ukraine started, Serbian people unisonily sided with Russia, and their democrati right is to pursue the candidacy for becoming a federal unit of Russia. I shall flee this country anyway. There is not much of us here, its 90% pro Putin and our flight from Serbia wont evoke a migrant crisis in the EU.
Nah its more on mentality ,serbs are migrated russians and they feel russian they see russia as their big mother state and will do everything for russia interests since its also serbia interests ,serbia exist as a state because russia helped it ,in ww1 russia fought germans for serbia ,and before that russia fought ottomans to create serbia and so on
@@miroslavmilosevic104090% is a bit of an exaggeration. Still, the cultural ties between Serbia and Russia are weak and people who think we are "brotherly nations" are mostly morons. Kosovo is the only sensible reason to support Russia.
@@ClydeAlbThat's how some see it, but most normal people I know (who don't want the EU) just hate the west cause of the NATO bombing. The cultural ties are incredibly weak. We are not Russia or like Russians... Yugoslavia was a completely different thing from the USSR and its puppets, and so is Serbia from Russia today.
@@ClydeAlb thats just not true, people see Russia and Chinna as an Ally as they didnt bomb them in 1999. and arent supporting violence in south region of their countrie...
you also seem to be avrage uniformed westener thinking news isnt constantly lying to them and unironically belive your politicians
As a Serb, public support in Serbia is less than 30%
Kad se oslobodimo ruske propagande i njihovih spijuna, bice preko 50% kao nekad.
Based
I think it’ll be in two waves: after the EU adopts QMV, they’ll add Montenegro, Albania, and N Macedonia. Then, a few years later, after some major reconciliation and reform, Serbia, Kosovo, and BH. Probably thereafter, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and (depending on internal political developments) perhaps Turkey.
As long as Turkey is occupying Northern Cyprus, it won't join the EU. So not in the foreseeable future
@@georgios_5342 or suppressing Kurds or even making claims in Greece.
@@georgios_5342 no thanks. We don't want your union
@@kermitthethinker1465 yup definitely
@@georgios_5342 Türkiye is not occupying Cyprus. She is the guarantee state of TRNC.
I mostly agree with the list, except I would change Albania's and North Macedonia's places. North Macedonia's veto might be raised again since they again show toxic behavior towards people recognizing themselves as Bulgarians and not complying with the contract they signed regarding their history and relations with Bulgaria. Albania, on the other hand, is more consistent on the EU accession road. Not to mention, the first-ever summit between the EU and the Western Balkans leaders took place in Tirana, Albania.
Don't bark fascist kid
@@d.m.5510it will be separated if Albania completes all the tasks it will not to wait a millenium for Macedonia ,the reason EU wants it linked i believe is because half of Macedonians are Albanians and Albania if join before can ask Macedonia for more rights for Albanians
There's like NO Bulgarians in North Macedonia that anyone ever heard about. Zero.
Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro should reform, that is true, but without any EU influence or "help". The belief in EU has dropped due large scale of wrong policy and making this our region as EU's stepdoor and "sanitary corridor " where EU is leaving its 5th class of goods and junk food. And for God's sake, stop promoting Russophobia here, it is not going to work!
One correction the approval rate only sits at 35% to join in Serbia and it's good you placed us last.
Montenegro and Albania should enter first in 2024 as member of EU and later 2025 other 4 nations
Serbian membership will never happen.
It is conditioned by recognition of Kosovo and that is something Serbia will never do.
Besides, EU doesn't want us, we don't want the EU.
I hope Serbia will NEVER join EU.
@@samstone8471 we won't.
Hey talk in your name , there is Serbs who wanna join EU. And also Kosovo problem is about to be solved soon because there will be agreement about mutual recognition. Serbs like to enjoy visa free travel but don’t like EU , what a hypocrites
@@bojan80 you can join the EU by going to the EU but the country of Serbia will never join.
And there will be no agreement, Serbs and albos can't agree on anything
@@nikolapetrovic4814 do your read news , Vucic Kurti agreement is almost done . If we don’t sign agreement no more EU investment ,no EU integration, no more visa free travel . Serbia have economic boom last few year without that Serbia will be economically devastated
Very informative video and great channel! The presentations are excellent. Which presentation software do you use?
PPT & Adobe
Oh look, they show Serbia without Kosovo but Ukraine with Crimea and Donbas.
Hmmmm.
Having individual veto power, while having multiple dozens of nations, it just becomes a mess. Switching to something more akin to a two-thirds vote would allow the European Union to move more quickly and efficiently on many matters. Not exactly something likely to change on this scale.
I think if they want a work around for the veto, they need to be clever and form tighter inter-union relations where you tackle such options within themselves, and then instead of the only solution being what individual nations do, you could work more cohesively with the internal nations on a relatively similar page.
The EU is a dead empire . Just look at history . The romans had their wealth based on gold/silver. The Greeks also . The spanish , british , dutch and americano,s all had their wealth based on gold until president nixon made the same mistake as roman emperor diacletian . Decouple gold from money . And now we have raging inflation , war , refugee crisis that isnt solved . Covid . Well what does it take for an empire who is practicly broke to get up again ? Who has a monetary system based on fiatcurrency,s insted of gold . What problem will be the next catalist to disolve the eurozone ? Famine ? Pestilence? Yeah the Europeanen union has only 2 choises .
1 disolve
2 become a dictatorship.
And the people cant see that you cannot pile up your problems forever . The burden will become to heavy some Day.
I've been watching your videos since start. I've watched all of them. I am big fan of your work.
Just one suggestion for future: make more long-format videos. I'd like to listen to you while driving! :P
Thank you for your work!
Regards from Croatia.
Thank you for watching since the start ! And for watching all my videos :) We will be re-introducing long format videos. If all goes well, 1 will release this weekend.
Eventually, there will be 2 per month. And by the end of the year, if the team grows as planned there will be more.
thanks
I have to fundamentally disagree with the criteria you chose. This simply does not apply for W. Balkan states, since our states are all barely democracies, politicians, who have in most cases been in politics for decades, make decisions, not the people. So the Public support category has no reason to exist. What should instead be considered is their readiness, not just the opened/closed chapters, but the amount of corruption and the readiness of the judicial system to switch to EU laws.
Besides that, ranking Bosnia anywhere above last place is absurd, Bosnia has made basically no progress since the 90s, Republika Srpska blocks everything that Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina suggests, and vice-versa. It has the same problems Serbia and Kosovo do, but all in one, and on steroids. They only just became candidates and have a long and hard road before they even complete the first chapter, let alone join the EU.
I do agree that Montenegro is likely the next member, and that Albania and N. Macedonia are the closer to joining than Serbia and Kosovo.
I also disagree that there is no political support for joining the EU in Serbia right now. Our country only functions because of EU investment and funds, if we were to lose that all of our politicians heads would roll, and they know that. Yes, our government and people have many pro-Russian inclinations, but no one in their right mind would dispute the fact that we are dependent on the will of the EU, not Russia.
Until recently our government had full support from the EU to maintain the status quo in Kosovo, at least until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now that the EUs priorities in the Balkans have shifted from "Stable instability" to the absolute removal of Russian influence, the status quo won't do anymore, and that's why you're seeing more of Serbia in the news lately. There is no more pro-Russian propaganda/sentiment (except maybe Wagner group recruitment, but our government is actively fighting against our people joining either side) in Serbia since the war, if anything, there is noticeably less. The only times I hear Russia mentioned on pro-government media nowadays is when Vucic says something about maybe-maybe-not implementing sanctions on Russia. Heck, I don't even remember when's the last time I saw Putin presented as pro-Serbian in any of the pro-government "news sources"
I think Albania, Montenegro and north-Macedonia will join together at the end of this decade
Join what. I few years tops you nato therorist litle gang is caput.... We Will liberate all our lands u tilč elba 4iver... From serbian
No. They are poor countries.
@@Superivko100 Being rich isn’t an entry requirement to join the EU
Do not forget about Moldova!
This video is about the western Balkans
@@Just_another_Euro_dude In your dreams.
I would like to see such a video from an objective source like you regarding Turkey, given the fact that it is been a candidate country since 1999.
Yes. Looking into it
No one joins, no one cares. Who do You think U are EU
From all those countries mentioned Albania 🇦🇱 has made significant progress in system of justice. We wiped out from justice system more than 80% of all the corrupted prosecutors and judges but if there will be politicians behind bars this year then by the end of 2024 Albania will be part of EU for sure.
If you see EU data from 2012-2022 about 1 mil Albanian born has Albanian pasport by birth in EU (UK US Australia) so about 800,000 are emigrants from 1991 (now all passport of EU) so se facto 2 mil Albanian has already a passport of EU (duo citizens ) , so Albania nationals are already in EU I personally has 12 cousins and 5 uncles with EU pasport (US as well ) !
From my family already 80% has pasport or EU papers ,many of my cousins has Italy and some Greek pasport and wife of them are as well EU and so all , So EU will lost Albania if they don’t make us enjoy fast !
Today Albanian without EU paper are just old people that were once in communism (80’90 years old )!
For example my grandpa (from mother and from father ) don’t even want to do pasport to travel they have 6 children now with EU passport and many nephew , Albania is in EU even if tomorrow they make visa again !
But EU should make fast join for 3 EU Balkans Montenegro - Albania NMacadonia (all this is 5mil people ) but already 3 mil are in EU from this people !
Albanian data
From 2012-2022 with (right to permit in EU (Germany mostly) are about 400,000-600,000 youths Albanian (still not passport of Germany but In 2024 they will have 40% of them)
Albanian youth now are about 300,000-400,000 Mostly living in Tirana and mostly has people in EU citizens and mostly of them in Tirana from rich economy (family middle or high class economy )
All Montenegro+ Albania + N.Macedonia is about (2.8+0.6+2.3) about 5 milion people (same as Croatia )
Now in 2023 in Albania inside nation are about (1.4-1.8 milion people ) other Albanians are inside and outside nation (EU) with job , uni , busines etc etc !
Me personally has documents to go all EU but father don’t let me to go becouse 2 my brothers are still in EU and has EU citizens and passport so I mean EU is good for Albania just for Erasmus or the safety mechanism like earthquake fire etc for the rest if EU members think (wrongly) to stop Albania by visa regime or shit like this is totally lost of argument !
Albanian people now in Albania left are all rich they can buy pasport in EU or are people very old that don’t want to go nowhere but they village in Albania !
My father is a doctor 60 years old and retire after 5 years he has only traveled to montegro to some of my cousins in 2017 he don’t like to travel so with it without visa Albanian people has find the way (1991-1999) , 2009-2014 and with 2017-2022) too much of my friends are gone in village and maybe same logic is from all Balkans !
ADVICE from a future PHd person
DONT CREATE A BLACK HOLE IN EU FROM BALKANS !
So first all 3 Balkans (Alb-Monge-N.Maced) in EU later in 1/2 years other 3 nations(Srb-KOS-Bzn) in EU
I support every country who wants to join our family. Serbs, Albanians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Bosniaks, all are welcome so we can make a new, peaceful Europe (which is currently not possible because of the you-know-what)
You don't have to say that. You and I know it is a WAR. It is a War, and we have to admit it in order to finish it.
@@submarino006 im not un a mood to be greeted by russian bots. Thats why i didnt want to say the word
Peaceful Europe does not require EU propperly, free trade and overall good relations are the biggest factors that ultimately determine the chance of a war
Serbia should have better ties with Moscow and Beijing we know what the collective west did to the country.
Great video!
Also, thank you for making the woosh sounds less frequent and noisy :)
Good to know that its better this way :)
Kosovo cannot join the Union as long as it isn't recognized by all EU member states. Greece and Spain for example, do not recognize Kosovo, and will likely continue not to, for reasons of their own. Albania and Skopia also have issues joining the Union, because they do not respect minority rights (in the case of Albania) and their police participates in organized crime. Skopia also has issues with neighboring Bulgaria, and both are blocked due to corruption by countries such as the Netherlands or France.
Serbia's bid, although being the most viable and not blocked by anyone, is unlikely to come to fruition anytime soon, because Serbia keeps neutral relations between Russia and the West, and does not accept the attitude of countries such as Germany or France with regards to the Kosovo issue.
Montenegro and Bosnia are currently the most likely to join. Montenegro is under a pro-EU dictatorship and already unofficially uses the Euro. If it liberalized the elections, it could definitely join the union. Bosnia, however internally divided it is, is already intertwined with NATO and Croatia to a large degree. This is why it is also likely to join the EU
As a Spaniard, I must say the Kosovo's dillema will probably be over here in a few years. The problem is that Kosovo has some parallelisms with Catalonia, and therefore, recognising Kosovo would be a problem. But yet, the Catalonian independentism is in decadence. This week, they only reunited 5,000 manifestants in a pro-independence walk, while 5 years ago, these were hundreds of thousands of people. When the Independentism dies, we will probably recognise Kosovo
Kosovo has to join Albania or Serbia period. I'm sick and tired of Separatism happening only in the balkans and being favored by westerners.
Montenegro if Is really a "pro EU dictatorship" won't be able to join. Judical,journalistic independence and rule of law have become requirments since the last EU expansion.
@@catalyst772 To be fair, it doesn't happen only in the Balkans. As I said, I am a Spaniard, and we got an independentist movement, one that doesn't work seriously and another that is completely dead. In France, there are separatisms in Corsica, Bretagne and the Roussillon. In UK, northern Ireland and Scotland. In Russia, Chechenya.
Albania respects minority rights, and last time I checked, Greece gave permission to Albania into joining the EU. Albania won't join soon because it's a corrupted country full of drug lords.
let's talk about "European values". 1 the inviolability of private property, Serbs born in Croatia, which is a member of the EU, nationalizes their homes and their land, 2 Serbs born in Slovenia are deprived of their citizenship,3 the EU refuses to arrest persons suspected of war crimes the legal request of a sovereign state, 4 EU states participate in criminal illegal aggression against a sovereign state and occupy it, which is against the UN Charter, 5 EU states prohibit the language and script of the legitimate Serbian minority,6 EU members of NATO knowingly allow the destruction of Serbian cultural heritage and the destruction of 1000-year-old Serbian churches, 7 they allow the killing of Serbian civilians in the occupied territory,8 they build a military base on private Serbian land without compensation. 9in the end they threaten and blackmail the sovereign state to legitimize the illegal actions of the EU.10 as a condition of becoming a member of the EU, Serbia is required to renounce part of its territory
if these are "EU values" that we must respect in order to become a member of the EU, then no thanks
I hope a new and better Jugoslavia
Never gonna happen...Those days are ancient history. Long gone. With a wind.
Will there be any veto reform soon? I absolutely hate the veto thing that we have, it's nonsense
And why is that?
@@dechev86 One country being able to decide things for 26 others is undemocratic (look at hungary and poland protecting eachother's undemocratic laws or look at greece and portugal protecting china just because china gave them money.)
Now make a video on which countries will leave the EU next.
That will be a short video for sure !
@@pmoohkt Hopefully it will be a video about 27 countries.
@@ivandinsmore6217 ....in your dreams mate. Not enough people among the populations in any of the countries in the EU want their country to leave the EU. Because people in other countries see the value of being a member of a large Trading Bloc - unlike the British, or should that be the English..... because it was basically the English who took the UK out of the EU.
People in other countries are by and large happy for their country to remain in the UK. The English are out on their own here. No one else supports them.....or likes them that much either.
Serbia and Autonomous part of Serbia? Why would Serbia join twice?
I think they mean Kosovo and the Autonomous Region of North Kosovo with the province name Serbia.👍
I also don't know why Kosovo should join twice.🤷♂️
@@4Pro4 funniest albanian
Kosovo is independent
The EU should not expand before the VETO vote has been reformed.
I hope (and demand) that the EU law regarding the Veto never changes. There are many western european countries, such as Germany, France and the Netherlands (and others) that apparently want to force bad things to other countries, such as Poland and Hungary, for example to force them take in immigrants from outside of Europe. This must in my opinion remain the right of every country to decide for themselves.
@@tomorrowneverdies567 No,but Hungary and Poland veto reforms and hold the Union hostage,it's very important to reform Veto to allow the European project to progress.
@@kermitthethinker1465 I don't believe it is that simple. For example, why did Poland and Hungary veto what they vetoed?
Do they really obstruct the EU to improve itsself?
Or are they in fact vetoing proposals (of the Commission) that destroy the EU?
I belive it is the latter , and not the former.
totally agree
@@tomorrowneverdies567 EU wants Poland to reform the judicial system and upheld the rule of Law,since a controversial reform allowed the government to control the judiciary system,so EU wants Poland to have independent Judicial system,so start a vote to sanction Poland,but Hungary that a quasi dictatorship that ruling Party controls all media and change electoral map to favour Fidesz(ruling party),and vice versa
Serbia isnt going to join the EU at all
We Serbians don’t like EU !.About 80% population is against any association with EU., We Serbians we don’t like to be told what to do by somebody else, We are different mentality, we hate colonialism,carrot and stick,Fascism,attacking another country because of interests.We are people of liberty.Government playing games with EU,that we are interesting to be part of EU colony.But i think that EU also laying that they want Serbia in EU.So in real EU don’t like us and don’t want us,i guess we will be very problematic,and rebellious. And we Serbians hate EU politics.If we can maybe only trade and nothing else,if not newer mind! And don’t forget we will take Kosovo back, for 5 years or 10 od 100 but we will take it back our land!We are losing battles,but not war.One’s we was waiting 500 years to WIN ! 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Since many in Kosovo are Albanian, I could see a situation for their membership similar to the proposed moldova romania unification and Ireland northern Ireland, thus bypassing the membership process
It would seem the most logical although serbia would probably escalate and destabilize the entire region with war.
Yeah. I think in the long term best would be to unite Albania and Kosovo as they are the same ethnicity. Kosovo is 95% Albanian. But Serbia wants to prevent that at all costs cause they love instability. Like why would they want to rule over a region that id 90%+ Albanian makes no sense to me.
@@montana3918 so if a bunch of somalies were to start living in one region of your contry than declare independance and start destroying proprety built there, you would support them?
Maybe EU should be honest and just tell these countries : we don't want you in UE! Let them seek alternatives, and stop giving them false promises and BS requirements
There needs to be more reforms made to the EU, in order for it to operate more smoothly.
sure but turning veto into a 2/3 majority thing can very much harm trust in the eu when balkan states are accepted which a mot of people have a negative opinion about. i sure dont want any more members and even believe poland hungary should be removed.
@@SwampOnaMountain There should be a push to integrate Europe. Europe doesn't stand a chance on the world stage if every EU country is fighting each other. Hungary and Poland need to adopt the Euro and stop being extremely antagonistic to the whole project.
There are very, very troubling signs coming out of Belgrade. Should the EU trust Belgrade, well, the answer is a resounding no. If Serbia washes to be trusted, they need to be very transparent. A multidimensional screening procedure for Serbia is required to help better understand who is controlling Belgrade first, and second, Belgrade has to answer really serious questions about their actions.
what actions? or did the media already wash over your brain with their lies?
Support from Croatia 🇭🇷. Albania 🇦🇱 &kosovo to join EU
As a Serbian i can only pray and hope we do not enter the EU
Then you can go home to Putin and enjoy him in first hand. But make sure you bring your own body armour before crossing the borders. Also winter clothes.
Zasto onda koristis zapadne proizvode i tekovine? Ti idi u Aziju i srecan ti put. Mi cemo put EU.
@@Superivko100 Zapadne proizvode i tekovine? Pogledaj svoj telefon ili racunar? Pisace ti made in china. Pogledaj svoj router/modem, pisace ti isto. Ako ne pise made in china onda je ili made in taiwan ili Japan. TI idi u EU i srecan ti put, ja cu ostati u Evropi i necu ici u Americku Uniju. Nisu mi se predci borili protiv slobode i demokratije da bi sad liberali slobodoljubci i ljudi koji traze dopamin vladali drzavom.
@@Superivko100 ko će bre u EU, nas par hiljada? Većina našeg naroda bira Rusiju i smatra da smo Rusi. Treba poštovati demokratsko pravo našeg naroda da se pridruži Ruskoj Federaciji, jer svuda okolo vidimo masovnu podršku Putinu, nas nekoliko hiljada koji se tome protivimo će lako primiti u EU, gde fali radne snage i pored toga što im je došlo 10 miliona Ukrajinaca zadnjih 20 meeci, njih nema dovoljno.
@@miroslavmilosevic1040 Koja većina? Ko je otišao tamo da radi? Vecina nas bezi na zapad a ne u zaostalu Rusiju. Da nam nema EU ziveli bismo kao u kamenom dobu.
i remember when i did a presentation about Montenegro in middle school and while researching it said that it is estimated that Montenegro could be part of EU in 2024, not even close lol
I think will be Albania and North Macedonia the next 2 to be honest
Well they are Nato members :))
The hypocrisy of the EU is ridiculous. Before the war, that is, just one year ago, by all standards and merits, in terms of perception of corruption, the standard of living, freedoms, economic development, and democracy, Ukraine was years if not decades behind all Balkan countries. All of a sudden Ukraine is on the fast lane to join EU and all those standards that were so important for Balkan states are completely ignored in the case of Ukraine, and all those strict criteria and blackmails to which the Balkan states were exposed for decades to fulfill them do not apply to it. In other words, those criteria are one big BS and all boils down to political expediency.
The EU is a political union. As someone from Serbia, I wish Ukraine all the best. Ukraine is spilling blood for Europe, while in Serbia some groups are promoting the Wagner group. As for Serbia, if I were the EU, I would end the process of Serbia joining the EU immediately, introduced visas, tariffs, and quotas, and economically treat Serbia as Egypt or Angola. This is where Serbia politically belongs. On top of that, I would sanction many de-facto Russian politicians and agents like Vulin who runs the whole security sector of Serbia.
@@Stefan-wj6mq And your obviously highly politically colored answer still has nothing to do with double standards towards ALL Balkan states
@@miroslavilic5006 Hrvatska, Slobenija, Grčka, Bugarska i Rumunija su takođe balkanske države. Gde si učio geografiju?
@@Stefan-wj6mq Ma Ukrajina krvari za debeloguze ljude koji sede u mekanim foteljama a ne za Evropu. Evropa je pre rata imala jeftin gas a sad ce siromasan covek da se smrzne.
@@Stefan-wj6mq Ukraine is not spilling blood for Europe,but they are spilling blood for their American masters. As a Serb you should already know that,and know that USA and EU are the biggest Serbian enemies,but I doubt that you are a Serb.
Kosovo is Serbia!
Albanian
NO
It is funny to me that we are talking about the conditions of living of normal people here as it is some kind of a game, in both ways - EU and the individual states
Twenty years ago Serbia had a strong support for EU membership and a clear path. Then came the blackmailing policies and Serbia drifted off to Russia-centered. I think future of Serbia is really grim, it shall be comparable to that of West Bank, walled off and with almost no economy. But I put a loot of blame on the West for this.
80% of Serbs are against joing EU
The video is already obsolete. Just check yesterday's agreement from Serbia.
what was the agreement about?
@@Gaming101-r9o No agreement.
I'm Serbian and I don't want Serbia to join the EU. The EU has not brought much to countries like Bulgaria etc apart from hundreds of thousands of people leaving to work and build other EU economically stronger countries. So I'm completely against EU. The EU flag also has not done anything for us to deserve to be placed next to our flag in our country.
I’m from Albania and I think EU integration is good for Albania! Or not!! I’m not sure 😉
Kosovo together with Metohia is part of Serbia .It was , it is , it will be ....
Hello! Could you make a video about the re-Union of Romania and Moldova sometime? (I say re-Union because it has happened once in 1918 and again in 1941, once peacefully when Moldova gained independence from Russian Empire, and once by force when we took back the lands from invading USSR) Like what that would mean for European Union and NATO, how Transnistria and Gagauzia would be like and if they could be pacified (I heard the Russian leaders in Transnistria even denied to help Putin against Ukraine at one point). As a Romanian would love to see this happening because public support is very high in Romania for it to happen, and in Moldova it stays at around 35-50% (depending on the question asked about the union but more recently it was close to 50%).
Ill have a look into it. But we have a backlog of videos already so it may take a while
@@EUMadeSimple sure, no problem. We can all wait I'm sure. It would be interesting after all and probably new knowledge for many Europeans. Really love your channel!
Hi @TheEUMadeSIMPLE ! 👋
I am representing Bulgaria at a Model United Nations (MUN) so I'm binge watching your videos. Love them!
I wanted to ask you 3 questions:
1. Would you consider Bulgaria currently Gaullist or Atlanticist?
2. Is Bulgaria in favor of EU Enlargement?
3. Would Bulgaria support the EU tier system?
Thanks for the video. Basically there is nothing more to add.
Maybe only one thing. The former Persident of Montenegro was extremely korrupt. I guess with the new government Montenegro could become a Switzerland of the Balkans. In my opinion Montenegro will be the next member of EU ;-)). Greetings from Austria.
In my opinion the most possible outcome for Serbia would be being part of the EEA but not the EU due to politics
As a very pro vestern Serbian I think its the best for us. Our candidate status shall be converted as we would never really fit into the EU for all possible reasons.
Are they thinking of reforming the veto vote???? Run away from the EU, people, and if you are not yet in the union - you are lucky! Small states maintained some semblance of sovereignty only through the veto, without a veto we are enslaved without a shot being fired!
We from Bosnien-Herzegowina dont need EU
Why would anyone join EU in 2023?
I wanted to stop at 0:55 but continued watching it further purely for entertainment purposes, this video is totally clueless. Putting Serbia at 6 under a country unrecognized by member states of EU and under an utterly dysfunctional country like Bosnia is ridiculous, in a funny way, but ridiculous nonetheless. You clearly put Serbia there because of the war in Ukraine. I'd also say Albania has bigger chances than North Macedonia who still has problems with Bulgaria.
Serbia is just as utterly dysfunctional as Bosnia not to mention it is much more autocratic than Bosnia.
I think this region exept Montenegro will join next century 😢 Europe is playing jokes and just gives hopes for nothing. Is playing with our feelings
We in Montenegro will never join too. After ALL THESE YEARS of playing with us, we got a pro Russian government in August of 2020. As a nice message to the EU. 😅 And now we vote against Kosovo any chance we have and our ministers are giving away the NATO secrets to Russia. 😂😂😂😂😂 I fckin love it, even if i didn't vote for such government. I love all the trolling and karma. It's brilliant!
Interesting video, I agree that Montenegro will be the first.
I think the public support aspect is overrated. It can change in a matter of a few years. Since these countries are not a year or less from joining, I don't see it as particularly relevant. I do think the Veto system needs to change. Not only because of Hungary. Austria and the Netherlands have recently shown that in my opinion.
I think the video is a bit off regarding Serbia. But overall it's better then most. Still I think the previous video on the topic was better.
Also considering how hard it is to reform the Bosnian system or how next to impossible it would be for Kosovo to enter the union without getting recognized by multiple members (of course if Serbia recognizes Kosovo they would as well).
I think it would be interesting to look into what Serbia wants out of the negotiates. I think it's a big simplification to say they it's simply rejecting proposals. Videos on that topic are very non nuanced. And I say that as someone's that wants Serbia to recognize Kosova indipendance.
They main thing they are requesting is autonomy for Serbs in Kosovo. It was agreed in the Brussels agreement of 2013 by a previous Kosovo government and never implemented by Kosovo. I think that's a shame.
If it was I think it it's possible that Serbia would recognize Kosovo by now, or be close to it. And even if not, I think the region would be a lot more stable.
The "big five" EU delegation recently in Belgrade gave support for again last week. The details of all this stuff are not reported by international outlets because they are not that interesting to most. And most people don't have a good understanding of it. It's only reported when tensions rise up.
Overall to get back to my point about the video I think it's very likely that many of them join together. Especially if the Open Balkan initiative works out.
The Russian point about Serbia is a very good one. Still, we will see how that changes in the following years. Russian economic and political influence is lessening in Serbia. Still China is making a bih push for Serbia.
I think it would be strategically stupid of the EU to ignore this. I would say that more effort needs to be put into getting Serbia closer the Europe. The EU should not have a defeatist attribute about Serbia or the region.
Russia and China have far less political and economic influence and yet they are not giving up.
Ps. The VITO power is at fault for 30 percent of this stuff.
Thanks for you comment Novak. I know this video simplifies the topic a lot for each country. You have already provided a lot more detail in your post. The previous video was longer so that allowed us to go into detail.
We are thinking of releasing a video per candidate country later this year. That will allow us to go into even more detail. Let us know if you would like to contribute ;)
thank you for watching nonetheless!
@@EUMadeSimple I think having a separate video would be a fantastic idea. And I would love to contribute.
After writing my comment yesterday I wanted to read up on how the international media is reporting on recent developments in the negotiations and I was surprised that there is almost nothing, so I really think I can help.
I've been watching your channel for quite some time and I really like it. And I really appreciate that you are talking about this part of Europe. I would love to contribute, from watching you I think we have a lot of similar values.
Let me know where I can contact you. I have a background in law, friends, and contacts all over the region so I really think I can contribute. Also, I completely understand simplifying, I have a small RUclips channel. And when I make a video about Ethiopia or Norway I am well aware that I have limited knowledge. Thanks for your nice reply. I will subscribe even though I haven't subscribed in years from this profile :)
@@novvak168 Great :) I would love to get your input. We have some videos in the backlog already so it will be a couple of months until we will release a video series on the seperate countries. Nonetheless, i would love to start brainstorming and creating the script. Contact me at eu.made.simple@gmail.com :)
And thanks for subscribing and watching the videos! Appreciate it :)
@@EUMadeSimple Fantastic. I will send you an email tonight. I recently started reading Kosovo news to get a border picture. I never expected that it would be useful :))
@@novvak168 fantastic. I look forward to it
I’m American 🇺🇸 and so by extension don’t know much about the EU (not because of the American dumb stereotype simply because I don’t live in an EU country) but I just want to see a united Europe once and for all like come one you Europeans have been killing each other for 1000s of years get it together I’m glad we have the EU now but I hope to se it expand so that the most war torn continent can finely be given peace. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️🤝❤️🇪🇺
There was a civil war in U.S.A too in the XVIII century
@@aleksplavcev8044 yeah the US had a civil war ONCE
@@stargazer-elite and a genocide ...
Well you know that the U.S.A have no history before Christopher Columbus ?
its already acomplished when the US created NATO. You Americans do not need NATO, its only for European stability. And its a success, no intra-NATO war has taken place ever since. So the solution is to expand NATO faster to increase stability and safety.
We Europeans were ALWAYS ON TOP of this world while we were killing each other. From the ancient times till 1945. The moment we stopped killing each other is the very moment we started sliping away from the top.
Probably scotland because 1 tgey were previously in and 2 oil which is a good motivator, also their independence is too related to pro eu to not get in quickly
So never then
For like, probably ever, the Westminster government will block Scottish independence referendum, and Scotland would be quite eurosceptic, the leading party SNP just says they want to be pro EU to get heaps of support from the public but no political parties want to join the EU themselves
@@sevenoxia7199 the scotish people were against brexit, snp knows that wins their independence and tgen joins eu to make scotland survive as out of german money as everyone does plus again gas and oil which germany is desperate
@@jonC1208 Scotland will fall into major deficit if it leaves the UK, less than 1/3 of all Scottish trade is between it and the EU, meanwhile over 60% is with the rest of the UK. Also the Scottish government only chooses to be quote "pro-EU" because it gives them more support, in reality they don't really wanna join the EU, and keep in mind less than 60% of all Scots voted in favour of remaining in the EU, so it's a very split vote, there's no real majority (a real majority is 65-70%).
@@sevenoxia7199 and brexit happened because people followed those principals...
EU will never accept Serbia whithout a recognision of Kosovo as an independant state and thats hardly gonna happen
Exactly as the video says - once the veto power is abolished, Western Balkans should join. Before that, it would be too dangerous to accept anybody.
Aka never.
Hi, not important but you forgot to mention that also Kosovo uses euro 💶 currency as you mentioned in Montenegro
These countries can join tomorrow or never depending on geopolitics and the political will of Brussels. Citizens of these country have very little sway over that. Either way if they join their fate is that of Bulgaria or Romania, and people in these countries know this. Not saying those two aren't better of with all the benefits of the EU, just that it isn't particularly inspirational to give up your country's name or territorial integrity to receive that.
Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia are predominantly Muslim countries. Kosovo is not a legitimate state in the eyes of any country that faces similar separatist issues (especially Spain), so unless Serbia agrees to Kosovo’s unilateral Declaration of Independence, they will never be admitted into the EU. Albania has a trafficking and criminal element that unsettles most European nations. Allowing them in the EU will also be considered a precedent to allowing Turkey into the EU, something that scares most EU countries. For these reasons, those countries will not be allowed into the EU for a long time. Serbians have little interest in joining the EU, so I doubt they will qualify for membership any time soon either. But Serbia does not need to recognize Kosovo to qualify for membership since Kosovo is not recognized by several EU nations anyway, and its Declaration of Independence is self-declared and therefore illegitimate. Also, Serbia does not support Putin or Russia, they merely do not trust NATO and have no reason for attacking Russia. Greece’s reasons for opposing Macedonia (yeah, MACEDONIA, not North Macedonia) are pathetic. How the mighty have fallen. Had to believe that such a petty country was once a great civilization. But Macedonia’s standards of living are a fair bit behind EU standards. I agree that Montenegro is in the best position to join the EU.
Albania isn't a Muslim country
Whats this bullshit youre talking about of them being muslim or not ,its not a religious union but a economical one ,and you have them in EU already it wont change anything ,its also European races
@@codeboss3876 aren't 60% of Albanians muslim? I thought Albania was a Muslim-majority country.
@@alextabet9247 no we are 50 50 I am from Albania so I know that
@@codeboss3876 I stand corrected.
Honestly, the UK might rejoin. That’s one possibility. I could also see special consideration for Ukraine after the war.
Ukraine is very unlikely to join considering it's size, economy, and size of population. 2040s seem more realistic.
We really dont want to be a part of EU
What about Moldova?
Too many Russophiles inside it. If they had European values, they would have united with Romania and become part of EU and NATO automatically.
Transnistria is a problem.
Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine will only join after Ukraine war is resolved.
Georgia will be first, then Moldova and then Ukraine.
The real question is, what to do with Transnistria?
@@sniperman3110 Transnistria is currently suffering quite a bit due to the war, together with Moldova they're collateral damage - especially with Russia punishing Moldova for following the European path. It is actually pushing the region to cooperate more with Moldova. Hopefully, it'll create more mutual trust and create progress towards reunification. But as you pointed out, Moldova and Georgia's fate depends on the outcome of the war. If Russia loses badly both countries will have the opportunity to peacefully reunify with the break away regions.
Maybe Bosnia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania. I am not sure about Serbia, hm. They are more facing east rather than west.
I think there are big misconceptions about the Western Balkans region due to nescience and ignorance. This video is another example of it :)
The debate on the individual countries of Western Balkan region is much more deep then what is presented in this video: public in the region is not well informed about EU and what the membership entails (same goes for residents from EU not really knowing how does EU function), and negative result of public polls can actually mean that the public is discontent with current governments (which can also mean frustration with governments taking too long to reform - therefore citizens being pro-EU but anti-government)
also, there are differences between status of countries: candidate who negotiates, candidate who just has that status and potential candidate are not the same. Bosnia gaining a candidate status came in the time of Ukranian war and is more a PR strategy of EU than a real path towards accession (the country literally doesnt even have a proper constitution to even start with)
The influence of Russia in the region is also another misconseption further pumped by media, as the sanctions issue came in recent years (especially in time of Russian invasion). Serbia has been negotiating since 2014 (the process is slow because of slow reforms and adopting EU laws) - environmental policy chapter might be even more problematic then Kosovo issue.
Kosovo has applied for membership - again this doesnt mean it will enter in 2 years as the tone of this video says :D Kosovo is the only one in the region that is not a candidate today, as it has a core issue with its country status. Kosovo sending an application was symbolic and political, hoping that EU will grant the candidate status like it just did with Bosnia (without fulfilling criteria). The truth is this country doesnt even have visa free regime for EU (the rest of the region (including Bosnia) gained it back in 2009-2010).
And let’s be real, the way the EU handled the Yugoslav wars is partly why Bosnia doesn’t have a constitution today.
@@sevenoxia7199 yes I would agree. Bosnia's situation is explained partly by local situation (mainly nationalism) and partly to blame the international responce (especially EU and individual member state response)
@@akica70 this is very true. The US left out of the war for the first few years because they wanted Europe to sort out an issue of theirs for once. As it became clear that the EU had no power to stop the wars, the US got involved and finished them up quickly. The local situation was, simply put, Serb rebels controlling half of Bosnian territory at its peak, and as such they had to retain large amounts of power over Bosnia, enter Republika Srpska. No deal like this was necessary for Croatia since by this time, the Serbs were kicked out, and as such they had a much easier path to EU membership.
Guess youbcan revise your statement about visa now =]
I really hope very well at least one of the 6 Balkan nations were mentioned will join the EU soon as these nations were really eager to be part of it especially Montenegro.
How sure are you about Montenegro? People would not like it that much. They didn't want to go to NATO but nobody ask them. NATO is aggressor who killed them, destroyed their heritage...
*circles the "None of the above" option*
From Serbia:No,thank you!
The veto for NM is probably going to be raised again given their toxic behavior towards people recognizing themselves as Bulgarians and not complying with the contract they signed. Points of this contract are not requirements for them to join , but from what I see this is not going to happen anytime soon and everything is out of spite towards Bulgaria. I really hope they soon understand that nothing will change until they change and start play by the rules....
The veto system will eventually be removed and you fascists can't do anything after that
As someone from Macedonia, you have no idea how wrong you are here.
We could enter a debate, but you highly overestimate the morals at play here, between the two states.
Toxic behaviours against Bulgarians are politically motivated and orchestrated events. Bulgaria itself is still deep in Russia's hold.
Honestly, I don't think we will ever join. Maybe it is our destiny, to forever stand at the edge of Europe.
Perhaps, we shouldn't join. Seeing as everyone inside the Union has some issues with us. We have changed our name, flag, and constitution.
When was the last time an EU member state did anything close? It's just all false promises.
Channels like this one are very EU biased. Hopefully, progress can be made without reducing the integrity of our people, but I doubt it, with the Ukraine conflict, internal corruption and a host of other factors.
Of course you say Serbia since you put Kosovo as its own country. Many EU countries don't even recognize Kosovo as a country.
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Montenegro 🇲🇪
Serbia - Last
Bosnia - Last
Kosovo - Last
Montenegro - Very unlikely due to the strong Serbian influence, 30% of the population are Serbs, and probably over 90% of the Christians are influenced in some way by the Serbian Orthodox Church. Only chance Montenegro to join is without veto power, otherwise the risk is gonna be too high.
Albania - Could be, enormous reforms are required. Also probably without veto power as it could be used to block serbia/bosnia/montenegro.
Macedonia - Probably, also enormous reforms are required.
2035 - Macedonia/Albania or Macedonia only.
Also N.Macedonia and Albania are not linked. They were 'linked' til they got the decision approved to start the negotiations. Once the negotiations have started it's merit based, both countries have separate accession talks.
@mozzarellacheese3942 No way I'm from 🇲🇰 and nobody belives we are gonna join in the next 10 years. It's a dire situation, corruption is high, public administration is worthless filled with political soldiers without any knowledge. The only way we can became member is either if a new political party comes into power and is eager to reform, or if the EU makes a political decision..
I think these countries are part of the European family regardless of whether they are in the EU or not
@mozzarellacheese3942 From an anthropological point of view, there really are no roots. Study how peoples and states were formed throughout history (however, I keep in mind that human phenomena are not necessarily recursive.) , it is decidedly different from what you think.
Well yes of course they are, being or not being a EU member state is not a criteria for anything.
Albania is not Europe having been 500 years under the Ottomans 1453 1912. Together with Bosnia it is the country with the most Muslims in the Balkans without mentioning the high crime rate The Albanian gangs have become real multinationals, operating in all areas with extensive economic development
@@paolo.g. Albania dont even follow any religon lol and muslim doesnt mean you are arabic just see the very huge difference between mddle easterns and balkanic and be any religon the thing is the people , so bosnians are arab or slavic,slavic which is a european culture,
The bla bla bla marathon
Basically, it could be more like this:
1) Montenegro (high public support and good overall progress)
2) Serbia (if they overcome their issues with the EU and their controversial russophilia, progress is already made and them joining would've been great)
3) N. Macedonia (further efforts needed, and also no negotiations have started yet. Corruption also remains an issue)
4) Albania (same as #3)
5) Bosnia (significant reforms needed)
6) Kosovo* (its status is not going to see them joining anytime soon)
Correct, well said
Classic Balkans, support your orthodox brothers 😂
Serbia is impossible, because they would need to recognize Kosovo, and have way too many corpses in the basement in general. Their relationship with EU is bad, and most people support Russia. Montenegro is perhaps even the most corrupted country, with a broken system. It's just a third world country, with oligarchy. Unstable as fuck, which is why it's government is keep changing. I'm not even sure that they'll survive for too long as a country. Same for North Macedonia. Also Kosovo will most likely just join Albania.
1. Montenegro, shall join 2027.
2. Albania,around 2030.
3. Bosnia and NMK, around 2035 along with Ukraine.
4. Serbia - never, as the people are simply against. They shall join EEA along with Turkiye, whose people and government also gave up on the process. Kosovo shall become divided between Serbia and Albania.
@@miroslavmilosevic1040 b❤ please gice
North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania from the Balkans, and Ukraine and Moldova from Eastern Europe region. Maybe together. Serbia / Bosnia / Kosovo and Georgia might have some issues joining. For the record: I'd like them all in, but this seems like the realistic scenario.
Moldova and Ukraine are not in Eastern Europe, boso. Lmao.
Serbia is the most likely and the least likely to join at the same time. The thing is hanging in the balance. If Serbia normalizes its relations with Kosovo, it could join very soon. This, by itself, would solve the Russian issue (Serbia, for example, introduced sanctions against Belarus). Without the Kosovo issue, Serbia is the only stable country among these.
Why they (EU) don't demand from Ukraine to give up Crimea and Donbas?
@@milostomic8539 Odgovor na to moraš da potražiš na masovnoj grobnici u Batajnici.
@@Stefan-wj6mq E pa i Rusi kazu da godinama trpe zlostavljanje Ukrajine.
Ako jedni mogu nesto onda mogu i drugi.Ako ne mogu onda niko ne moze.
Ili se igra posteno ili imamo anarhiju.
@Mozzarella Cheese 🔰 Without the issue over Kosovo, Serbia is a stable country. It's in a similar rank to Bulgaria or Hungary, which can't be said for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, or Albania. At least not for now.
@@milostomic8539 Oni kažu ali lažu. Kao i ovde, u Srbiji. Monogo se laže i izmišlja. 1991, i Krim i Donbas su glasali za nezavisnost Ukrajine, ali ne kao u ovim poslednjim KGB "referendumima".
the entire process of EU expansion has been compromised and has lost its original appeal it had years ago. Doubt many of these stated in favor of numbers as being recent, since the general acceptance for the EU is pretty diminished in the entire region. Specially in the western Balkan region the chapters, standards and entire process seems to change and keep changing every 100-200 km on the ground. What is tolerated and accepted for some players is strongly denied to others. Further the mantra of an "path to Europe/candidate status" is trying to obligate the potential new members to allign and follow all EU duties and guidelines without any benefits or tangible timeline when you would actually join. The status quo after 20+ yrs is an accidental/tolerated neo colonial set up, that is basicly exploiting the markets and worke force of these potential new member states without any real commitment from the EU side.
Based comment. Do you think Montenegro will join ? I hope not ... I'm looking to move there soon but I don't want to them to be part of the EU since it's going to affect quality of living and personal freedom
I think the faster Europe unites, the better is.
In particular the Balkans should join the Union, likewise the EU should strengthen its weaker members thus becoming way more stable and powerful
Ps:I obviously mean EU should become socialdemocratic instead of suiciding itself by only boosting free-trade and the ideas of "freedom" and "liberty" when people die of poverty and austerity.
We can't accept anymore some politicians
The EU is co-/funding regional projects in underserved regions.
@@susannehartl3067 I know, I think it should be more efficient
The problem is that the European wide "free market" has only bolstered German monopolies, and made competition and antagonism larger on an interethnic level, rather than smaller. Many people, especially in Greece, are supportive of the EU for its peace and cultural aspects, but are overall against the EU, because they consider it a German sphere of influence.
@@georgios_5342 I have literally told that free trade must be reduce cuz its bullshit
@@georgios_5342 Growth rate 2010 - 2019 GDP % by country:
Slovenia 31%
Croatia 34%
Czech Republic 34%
Hungary 36%
Poland 38%
Bulgaria 40%
Malta 40%
Estonia 41%
Latvia 45%
Romania 45%
Lithuania 47%
Ireland 52%
The economic struggling of Greece has other reasons, entirely.
Very good video Sir 😊
Thank you!
After everything I have read from political experts, I really don't think Kosovo will be joining in my our lifetime unless it rejoins Serbia or joins Albania. There is too much internal EU opposition & it's political leadership isn't good enough.
In the 2000s support for eu was 100% in serbia. With prolonging eu joining, the mass exodus of people from bulgaria and romania after they joined, brics offering an alternative, eu weakness in resolving kosovo conflict as mediators, brexit, inflation of euro without fiscal consolidation of all countries, russian and chinese heavy influence are the reason why popularity fell. We feel like coming late at the party where most countries checked out and few that remain are laying drunk in their own vomit, while a croatian is still standing not believing what happened and arrived 2 minutes before a serbian.
No one will join next.
Until we implement qualified majority, it's a big no no for me.
We already shot ourself in the foot when we accepted eastern europe before implementing qualified majority and it's pain in the ass ever since.
Sorry for the candidates countries, if you search for someone to blame, blame Hungary and Poland they are the main reason we can't accept anyone else.
its not Hungary and Poland’s fault lol, it’s your fault for creating a broken system that is easy to exploit
@@Gold26502 that is true
@@Gold26502 This is true, but we want to change it now and it's impossible.
In any case, no other countries can join as long as this issue isn't fixed.
@@Kafei01 it’s really not impossible lol, if anything it’s extremely easy. Just make it so decisions are made based on what the majority decides, and if one country disagrees, wont affect or delay the final decision, it’s simple it’s not rocket science. This situation is just showing the EU’s incapability of handling the situation (nothing new)
@@Gold26502 Life is not that easy kiddo.
Well If Serbia joins EU Kosovo goes automatically in as a part of Serbia.
Kosovo is independent
@@codeboss3876 As of August 12, 2023 Kosovo is not recognized as independent country.
@@PayneMaxx Kosova has it's own government
EU: Okay, we need to vote on whether or not to keep the VETO. All agree?
Hungary: I veto.
EU: ...listen here you little s-
@Mozzarella Cheese 🔰 ok? 🤔
@Mozzarella Cheese 🔰 because Belarus enjoys the same freedoms like Hungary?
They should just make a Balkan Union, although they would probably fight each other
The EU has always expanded because of political reasons, not because a country fulfills the criteria. So I think next ones to join are Montenegro and Serbia because of rising Russian and Chinese influence. In Montenegro 40% of the people identify as Serbian and in a country of only 600.000 people this can easely change. Serbia will join because it will be part of a sollution for Kosovo. It's clear that after almost 15 years of the declaration of independence of Kosovo, Serbia is needed to complete the statehood of Kosovo. Albania and Macedonia will probably join some decade after Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Kosovo will join after that.
Samo me zanima kakve veze ima sto je u CG 40% ljudi koji se izjasnjavaju kao Srbi ? Crna Gora je drzava Crnogoraca i Srba po ustavu !
@@MrThemneboss gledano iz perspektive geopolitičke strategije EU jeste. Može da prevagne Ruski uticaj naprimer.
yeah and how do you see serbia complete the statehood of kosovo, since u dont think they ever will recognize kosovos independence, not even for eu membership.
@@Gaming101-r9o The remaining 5 EU non recognizers are only going to recognize Kosovo if Serbia recognizes Kosovo. If EU accession is guaranteed for Serbia the government of Serbia is going to take the deal, whatever they say now. I believe it will happen this way because it's also in the interess of the US that Serbia is in "the transatlantic fold".
@@МилошБојовић i agree on the US having interests in the region, but i disagree on the 5 eu member states recognizing kosovo even if serbia does, which it wont without a deal that is beyond just EU ascension. Being part of the EU isnt enough of a carrot anymore, since serbia can use the great powers against each other and secure funds from all over the world this way, be it russia, china, the arab world, the US or most importantly the EU (biggest partner for serbia being germany). Many countries call it sitting on 2 chairs, but its more like serbia is looking out for itself and its working, investments are coming in and they are all fighting for serbias market. The same cannot be said for almost all countries in the region. I mean bulgaria for example is comparable to serbia, but is in the eu, what can the eu offer serbia, which it doesnt have without them.
Regarding the 5 eu members not recognizing kosovo, some of them like greece and spain have their own territorial disputes, which in turn means they cant recognize kosovo without compromising their own territorial integrity.
Serbia played this game of cat and mouse succesfully for more than a decade now. I just dont see wanting them to quit without gaining something tangible in return and not empty promises and agreements that arent kept anyway.
The only one that can give serbia something tangible would be the US, since brussels isnt willing to negotiate at all. Look at the situation with the serb municipalities, that agreement was signed in 2013 and still it wasnt implemented.
I say this as a serb myself i dont have anything against kosovo gaining its complete independents, as long as the church lands are all given back and have full autonomy, as well as the establishment of serb municipalities, ofc the name should be changed to its original name Kosovo and Metohija.
This ofc is only my opinion.
No version of an agreement will happen though since interests dont align, not only between serbs and albanians, but between washington and brussels. This game is played on a much higher level than just serbs and albanians in kosovo, if it wasnt it would have ended bloody a long time ago though.
I’m listening to this debate since 2004…ofc no one is going to join EU except Ukraine and we all know that it will be a political decision.
Kosovo is Serbia, and international law and the inviolability of borders cannot be understood so easily. Look at Ukraine. By the way, Kosovo was occupied by aggression without the approval of the UN Security Council, and will never be recognized by Spain, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Serbia, BiH, Slovakia, not to mention Russia, China, Brazil, India...