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    A lot of people find the idea of the EU a little confusing and complex - but wait until we show you this diagram explaining all of Europe's groupings. From the EU & Schengen to the Nordic Council & CEFTA, in this video, we explain how Europe's nations fit together.
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  • @TLDRnewsEU
    @TLDRnewsEU  Před 3 lety +162

    Thanks for all your brilliant feedback! We're planning on starting a bi-weekly series where we take a full episode to dive deeper into each of these groupings. Our Patreons are currently voting for which grouping we should discuss first, so expect to see the first video in the series next week - Jack
    p.s. A bunch of people seem to be comparing this video to one by CGP Grey. Despite being a huge Grey fan, I had completely forgotten he even did a video on this topic. Regardless any similarities are probably because both of us based the video on a similar diagram, one that neither of us created - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Supranational_European_Bodies

    • @momon969
      @momon969 Před 3 lety +5

      It took until 1:20 for you to start to give any information whatsoever. Have a dislike.

    • @wizthegod
      @wizthegod Před 3 lety

      Thank you for displaying the source link prominently. :)

    • @florisgoerlandt7797
      @florisgoerlandt7797 Před 3 lety

      I'm not exactly sure where to put this on the map in terms of "how Europe works", but there are also various other international cooperation councils and bodies. For instance, the Saami Council (representatives of indigenous people's in selected Nordic Countries and Russia). There are also issue-specific regional collaboration commissions, such as HELCOM and OSPAR which focus on marine governance and environmental protection. I don't quite see how those are exactly different than for instance the ECB or the GUAM groups, but they are also places where international (regional) meetings are held which support international collaboration and joint policy making. But great job with this!

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 3 lety

      @Mikael Jensen
      Thank you!
      Looks like the Danish Kingdom is almost as complicated as the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    • @James-jh2ec
      @James-jh2ec Před 3 lety +1

      YOU FORGOT THE MED 7

  • @samuelpreston7547
    @samuelpreston7547 Před 3 lety +1357

    This chart could also double up as a who votes for who in the Eurovision Song Contest chart.

    • @sylverblitz7524
      @sylverblitz7524 Před 3 lety +16

      dramatic irony

    • @AammaK
      @AammaK Před 3 lety +31

      Who the juries vote in current times, yes. It´s such a joke.

    • @yeet6806
      @yeet6806 Před 3 lety +9

      Expect for nordic countries..

    • @aspiringscientist1616
      @aspiringscientist1616 Před 3 lety

      @@AammaK Which country r u from?

    • @tee8839
      @tee8839 Před 3 lety +40

      @@yeet6806 the Nordic countries only vote for each other if they have a good song… they definitely biased like everyone else but at least they have some standards…. Not like Greece and Cyprus or the Baltics

  • @yodef6828
    @yodef6828 Před 3 lety +198

    Americans talking about European politics: "Wasn't Europe a single country?"
    Meanwhile Europe: "Square root of 2; do it fast and with all digits."

    • @thecouch4702
      @thecouch4702 Před 3 lety +26

      "Wait isnt Georgia a southern state, and why are they part of guam? What is this bs?"

    • @purplefish2786
      @purplefish2786 Před 2 lety +6

      1.4142 ish

    • @mamukich1121
      @mamukich1121 Před 2 lety

      @@thecouch4702 its country just search it

    • @thecouch4702
      @thecouch4702 Před 2 lety +5

      @@mamukich1121 yeah ik that was the joke, i even put quotation marks

  • @DominoLarry
    @DominoLarry Před 3 lety +1241

    "Georgia is a part of Guam"
    *American heads explode*

    • @patriot3364
      @patriot3364 Před 3 lety +178

      I'm a Georgian living in US for over a year and till this day there are still kids in school who don't believe that Georgia is a country.

    • @wellaciccio2362
      @wellaciccio2362 Před 3 lety +2

      @@amm287 :'D a name?

    • @cadywilson5556
      @cadywilson5556 Před 3 lety +36

      @@amm287 there's a US state also named Georgia

    • @willbowden6897
      @willbowden6897 Před 3 lety +23

      @@patriot3364 As a fellow American I wish you a warm welcome to our country. I hope you feel appreciated here

    • @DominoLarry
      @DominoLarry Před 3 lety +26

      @@patriot3364 you live in the US for a year and there are still kids at school who didnt get shot?

  • @ismetmeta7400
    @ismetmeta7400 Před 3 lety +897

    Non European country: Europe is just one thing
    Meanwhile Europe: x²²⅘ / y⁴⅖

    • @rytisbaranauskas6209
      @rytisbaranauskas6209 Před 3 lety +11

      Good one haha :D

    • @lenn939
      @lenn939 Před 3 lety +100

      Or when Americans compare the EU to their federation 🤦

    • @ismetmeta7400
      @ismetmeta7400 Před 3 lety +44

      @@lenn939 actually they don't know what's EU 😂

    • @NAYRUthunder99
      @NAYRUthunder99 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lenn939 someday bruh

    • @Ggdivhjkjl
      @Ggdivhjkjl Před 3 lety +9

      So that's why Turkey doesn't understand Europe.

  • @0xCAFEF00D
    @0xCAFEF00D Před 3 lety +786

    I actually find it a fairly simple grouping considering how many sovereign governments are included.
    That's a lot of people to get to agree on things.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee Před 3 lety +24

      All speaking their own language!!

    • @Mira_linn
      @Mira_linn Před 3 lety +49

      @@kiradotee or some speaking several languages looking at you Belgium and Switzerland where less then 3 is not good enough...

    • @mbos14
      @mbos14 Před 3 lety +29

      @Nspnspker The EU is a great step towards a future real single world goverment cause if a continent with so many wars and hate towards eachtoher can find a way to work together there is a hope for a world wide system aswell.
      Is the EU perfect no and proberbly will never be comepletely, you have to deal with way to many different cultures to achieve that.
      (And before someone says it works for the US. Works yes just like the EU in a sence but its also not perfect in anyway.)

    • @pinchermartyn3959
      @pinchermartyn3959 Před 3 lety +4

      @Nspnspker Maybe a world government is inevitable but as a Brexiteer the way EU is set up is unworkable. You need a form of democracy. One that encompasses cultural differences. One that chooses it's leaders and not one that is a burocratic mess, and gravy train like the EU model.

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh Před 3 lety +34

      ​@@pinchermartyn3959 I am always confused by this argument. Do you not remember the EU parliamentary election that gives every citizen of the EU a direct vote last year? It's not that long ago. And I'm pretty sure the Brexit lot had themselves elected just to try and skim off as many diets as they could possibly get right before the end and generally trying to mess with any EU legislation to score political points about how necessary it is to leave the EU.
      Don't get me wrong, the EU has its flaws, but to say the EU is undemocratic in comparison to the UK is ridiculous. The UK doesn't even have a goddamn constituition, England suppresses the voting rights of the other member states whenever it suits them and you have nobles composing one half of your government. I'm not saying the house of lords is necessarily a bad thing, direct democracy has its own flaws as is clearly visible with something like Brexit passing (arguably not really in a direct democracy way though), but to accuse the EU of having an unworkable Union system as a Brit...

  • @7kakan
    @7kakan Před 2 lety +85

    Math finals for 9th grade:
    Steve have 4 cows, each cow give 10 litres of milk. Please group all the European countries correctly

  • @JofreRS
    @JofreRS Před 3 lety +452

    I would like to see the 3h version of the video...

    • @gohanssj48
      @gohanssj48 Před 3 lety +20

      He could put an historical perspective to help to understand.

    • @tessjuel
      @tessjuel Před 3 lety +6

      @@gohanssj48 If he did, the video would last days, not hours.

    • @queeng508
      @queeng508 Před 3 lety +6

      @@tessjuel which would be better tbh

  • @Its-Just-Gizmo
    @Its-Just-Gizmo Před 3 lety +670

    *Scotland whispers* "Send help."

    • @Its-Just-Gizmo
      @Its-Just-Gizmo Před 3 lety +29

      @vunderground1 would be a shame if your nuclear sub had to be housed in another shit hole, such as under the London Bridge.

    • @Its-Just-Gizmo
      @Its-Just-Gizmo Před 3 lety +2

      @SteinbrecherBack there was a report ages ago about the Trident vessels saying about absolutely shite they they are inside. Can't remember the chaos name but he got really fucked up after coming out about it all.

    • @Its-Just-Gizmo
      @Its-Just-Gizmo Před 3 lety +10

      @Livestream Fail yeah people kept saying this rhetoric, dunno where it came from or why... But ask any Tory, that has hired Cambridge Anyltica, and they'll explain to you happily that if you can repeat nonsense enough times, people will repeat it and most won't question it, for if a lot of people say it, it gives it credibility. Sort of like writing on the side of a bus a promise for more spending to the NHS if people voted to leave the EU, only for Nigel garage to laugh and say on live TV on the day of the result, that it wasn't true. Repeated rhetoric does not mean it is truth, correct and accepted. And traitor? No, friend, I've never been traitorous to my country. And, even if it that were about the UK, I have the freedom of expression, I can freely refuse the concept of Brexit. I have the Right to express this. Or, would you be against freedom of expression and opinion, and a democratic right of voting? Just because is disagree with you? Which is it?

    • @ashleem
      @ashleem Před 3 lety +7

      @Livestream Fail we'll see about that i guess. someone remind me to come back to this comment by the end of 2022, i want to see if we really DID get another independence referendum. i think we will. independence means independence, by the way. scotland will not become a vassal state you mong lmao

    • @belladesa91
      @belladesa91 Před 3 lety +5

      @Livestream Fail the referendum u mentioned was done before Brexit talks even came to existance, so ur comparison is not correct

  • @Maaike2356
    @Maaike2356 Před 3 lety +75

    You could have also added a grouping with Australia: countries participating in the Eurovision song contest.

  • @spazzohawk9591
    @spazzohawk9591 Před 3 lety +337

    I would like more detailed episodes, for the individual relations.

    • @DarkHarlequin
      @DarkHarlequin Před 3 lety +6

      Me too :-)
      Make them ALL!

    • @akruijff
      @akruijff Před 3 lety +3

      Me too, but also a more general one, this one was a little to detailed for me to comprehand.

    • @steveweidig5373
      @steveweidig5373 Před 3 lety +1

      I would love the details on the individual relations, too.

  • @floramew
    @floramew Před 3 lety +232

    PLEASE DO make a whole series about these relationships! I'm an American and didn't know most of these agreements/ etc existed at all. So without enough background knowledge, I could barely follow everything I was being told. I'd love to learn more, and your videos are fantastic at being informative but concise, and typically give me a springboard if I want to do further research. This video, being an overview of a lot, did the concise thing well, but sacrificed the context of these things that personally I NEED to be able to store things in memory. I remember things by their connection to other things, so yeah. I'd really appreciate a whole series on this!

    • @FunkSoulBrother7
      @FunkSoulBrother7 Před 3 lety +9

      There is not much context though. They just started cooperating for economic reasons and to prevent another world war. This is a reason a lot Europeans are eurosceptic. Because not much ties us together except "western values" and economy. An easy way to remember these agreements is to make a tier list and you'll notice it's just like an exclusive club where you get more privileges the more economically strong you are and the more you contribute.

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 Před 3 lety +22

      floramew don’t worry, I am European and I didn’t know half of these. Kudos to you for being willing to learn. Americans are notorious for being uninformed about anything that happens outside their backyard.
      Let’s hope they make a series. What I feel was missing in this video is a word on the actual economical and political weight of all those groups.

    • @mutebanshee
      @mutebanshee Před 3 lety +8

      Just wanted to say have fun with your research and learning! It's very refreshing to see an American take an interest outside their borders (I'm sorry that probably sounds rude but I don't know a better way to say it)

    • @eduardolteanu6847
      @eduardolteanu6847 Před 3 lety

      u damn ignorant shit...not only thw US exists you know there are other countries too

    • @floramew
      @floramew Před 3 lety

      @Dan Smulders I mean, we learn about western European history kind of... but no, anything more recent than WWII outside the US is pretty much the domain of university.

  • @christophersambrelizarazo
    @christophersambrelizarazo Před 3 lety +270

    This is the EU Channel, you guys can change the pound sign to a euro sign (5:05). Love the videos.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee Před 3 lety +21

      Ouch 😂 but you're right 😂

    • @zelevenz1186
      @zelevenz1186 Před 3 lety +9

      I think this every time they do it 😂😂

    • @HazardXXX
      @HazardXXX Před 3 lety +1

      no one in EU speak English

    • @AndreiDudaupersonal
      @AndreiDudaupersonal Před 3 lety +11

      TLDR does have an issue with the EURO. Is like they don't like it.

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 3 lety +5

      @@AndreiDudaupersonal
      Ahh..., those LLLL's were money signs like $$$$ and €€€€?

  • @bdfoxfire
    @bdfoxfire Před 3 lety +53

    How interesting that the UK in a single stroke went from being one of the big 3 in the EU to now be connected to Europe by only the CTA agreement with the ROI. That just amazes me.

    • @smokyislay
      @smokyislay Před 3 lety +2

      That amazes Londoniumians too

    • @bdfoxfire
      @bdfoxfire Před 3 lety +4

      @@smokyislay living in San Diego is there a difference implied between Londoniumians and Londoners ?

    • @mario97br
      @mario97br Před 3 lety +3

      @@bdfoxfire The first ones are living in the spirit of the glorious Roman Empire and dream of a pan-European „democracy“, while the later ones are just people, native to London.

  • @essi2
    @essi2 Před 3 lety +114

    Estonia as far as I remember is a non-voting member of the Nordic Council.

    • @arnoa.6049
      @arnoa.6049 Před 3 lety +16

      That's for all 3 Baltics indeed

    • @erickgomez7775
      @erickgomez7775 Před 3 lety +40

      So they are part of the council but they have not been granted the rank of master... Ironic

    • @justsomeguy5470
      @justsomeguy5470 Před 3 lety +4

      @@erickgomez7775 Well, that's one way to put it

    • @prapa5521
      @prapa5521 Před 3 lety +3

      @@erickgomez7775 you know what it leads to in the future "breathing sounds"

    • @tessjuel
      @tessjuel Před 3 lety +6

      @@erickgomez7775 It's because of the Cold War. It takes a little bit of time to sort things out and reconnect after that incident. The cultural and economic ties between Baltic and Nordic have grown constantly stronger ever since it ended though so it may only be a matter of time.
      There are two other organisations that should have been mentioned here btw, the Baltic Assembly consistsing, as the name says, of all three Baltic states and NB8 (Nordic-Baltic Eight) consisting of - well, you guessed it.
      Looking beyond that, there are regular formal meetngs between NB8 and Visegrad (did they mention Visegrad in the video? That's Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia). Oh, and then there's Northern Future Forum (NB8+UK). It's a more informal forum but may become significant in the future since it's one of the few ties between UK and the rest of Europe not affected y Brexit.

  • @Cofeeman911
    @Cofeeman911 Před 3 lety +334

    I like our European union. It might be a messy place but it's as good as it ever was.

    • @ruzzsverion2728
      @ruzzsverion2728 Před 3 lety +11

      No. I hate it.

    • @Cofeeman911
      @Cofeeman911 Před 3 lety +42

      @@ruzzsverion2728 What you like or dislike is not the same as it actually is.

    • @tillyt4054
      @tillyt4054 Před 3 lety

      This didn’t age well 😂😂

    • @Cofeeman911
      @Cofeeman911 Před 3 lety +2

      @@tillyt4054 What changed in 4 months?

    • @numega7323
      @numega7323 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ruzzsverion2728 Why?

  • @alLEDP
    @alLEDP Před 3 lety +165

    Leaders of europe in the middle age had to remember complicated dynasties and family connection.
    Leaders of Europe today: say what? 😂

    • @nikoladd
      @nikoladd Před 3 lety +33

      naah this is far simpler then trying NOT to marry your cousin in middle age nobility...

  • @pellept0327
    @pellept0327 Před 3 lety +155

    "Just don't tell Estonia they have been left out of this group" Correct me if i'm wrong, but I do believe that the Baltic states are allowed to observe in the Nordic Council

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 3 lety +32

      Yes and Latvia and Lithuania are fine with that Estonia is not.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 3 lety +28

      @@aleks5405 I disagree Estonia like Finland was part of Sweden for centuries. The Nordic countries are not united by language but by shared history.

    • @MrVannspreder
      @MrVannspreder Před 3 lety +12

      @@aleks5405 Yes. To sum it up only former vikings are Scandinavians. Finland and Estonia didn't really have any vikings.

    • @Luredreier
      @Luredreier Před 3 lety +10

      @@MrVannspreder Actually they did, and for longer then Scandinavia too...

    • @NAYRUthunder99
      @NAYRUthunder99 Před 3 lety +27

      @@MrVannspreder to be fair, it's the Nordic Council, not the Viking or Scandinavian Council. So if Finland is in as former part of Sweden, Estonia should too

  • @thewisefool4049
    @thewisefool4049 Před 3 lety +96

    Ireland opting out of Schengen was due to the UK wanting to opt out. Since the vast majority of European travel from Ireland was either to Northern Ireland or the mainland UK it was more valuable to maintain the common travel area.

    • @aritakalo8011
      @aritakalo8011 Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah. Combine the Schengen zones absolute demand for stricit schengen outer border checks to enabled dismantling internal checks with Common Travel Area demanding no checks between UK and ROI. End result is either both ROI and UK are in or out schengen. Just one being in with the other out would mean violating either Schegnen treaty or Common Travel Area treaty. It is legally not possible.
      So pretty much the Common Travel Area would have to join Schengen, not ROI or UK. So if either ROI or UK don't for whatever reason want to join.... well so can't the other. if EU TRIED (which they never will, because opt-out) to demand ROI joining Schengen as part of EU membership, they would have to answer "that is legally impossible, it would violate our international treaty obligations."

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 Před 3 lety +8

      So basically, for practical reasons both RoI and the EU had to submit to the wishes of the UK. And Brexiteers keep claiming that the EU is a bully. SMH

    • @darrencorr5903
      @darrencorr5903 Před 3 lety +6

      Yeah but as EU members, there is free movement between Ireland and EU states anyway, just bring your passport, but it’s not stamped or anything.
      Ireland has the best of both worlds really, with EU membership and the Common Travel Area with UK.

    • @shanemoran4145
      @shanemoran4145 Před 3 lety +4

      @@darrencorr5903 so I can go up north and get on a boat to Scotland and not have to show my passport to get into UK?

    • @darrencorr5903
      @darrencorr5903 Před 3 lety +4

      Yup, open border between ROI and NI, then once you’re in NI you’re already in UK so travelling internally then

  • @TomLuTon
    @TomLuTon Před 3 lety +43

    Just remember folks. It's either this, or we go back to the last thousand years of wars, wars and more wars.

  • @OldieBugger
    @OldieBugger Před 3 lety +117

    A funny little thing about Estonia: Back when Estonia used to be part of the Soviet Union, people there quite often spoke Finnish, at least this is what I heard. As I visited there last year, I couldn't use Finnish anywhere. But luckily most of young Estonians they have learned English, so I had no problem there. I just had to pretend I'm travelling abroad.

    • @X3h0n
      @X3h0n Před 3 lety +82

      It's not like we spoke Finnish in our day-to-day conversations. Not commonly anyway. It's that Finnish TV signals reached Northern Estonia which is the most populous area in Estonia. Being free and uncensored plus having lots of exciting foreign shows and films, Finnish TV channels became very popular over here. That is despite the efforts made by the Soviet administration in restricting people's access to those channels. As a result a lot of Estonians learned Finnish by watching Finnish TV. This also contributed to us holding Finland as a model for a future free Estonia.
      Today we have our own free media and access to almost the whole world's media as well, so the popularity of Finnish TV and the Finnish language has dropped among Estonians. But many still like to watch it and Finnish language courses are still among the most popular language courses in Estonia.

    • @OldieBugger
      @OldieBugger Před 3 lety +5

      @@X3h0n; Yes, I guessed something like that was the case, when Soviet Union was in power. But now it doesn't matter anymore because as you said, now you have your own free media.
      Well, I tried to order in Finnish in a restaurant in Tallin. But she didn't know Finnish. Or maybe she didn't want to? But it was not a problem, I know enough English to get understood. However, I was a bit surprised there.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee Před 3 lety +1

      @@OldieBugger *Tallinn

    • @is7040
      @is7040 Před 3 lety +9

      @@OldieBugger as closely related as they are, Estonian and Finnish are still two different languages. It's not that they "didn't want to" speak in Finnish, it is that it isn't the same as Estonian. Same as assuming Castilian and Portuguese are the same and that you can use the first when in a Portuguese speaking country, just because.

    • @Mira_linn
      @Mira_linn Před 3 lety +2

      @@OldieBugger thing is the once who were young adults when the ussr fell are starting to get quite old now so finding someone younger then 50 who speak Finnish is not that easy you will be better off with Russian.

  • @janhanchenmichelsen2627
    @janhanchenmichelsen2627 Před 3 lety +62

    9:12 The Nordic cooperation has been (and still is) important for the Nordic countries. These countries, all social democracies in one way or another, formed a close partnership after the WWII, with a passport union, free movement of people (not goods), a common labour market, universal rights to live in any of the other countries, with full access to health care, social services, education and so on.

    • @Adrivan
      @Adrivan Před 3 lety +5

      just unite and make 1 country called Scandinavia

    • @janhanchenmichelsen2627
      @janhanchenmichelsen2627 Před 3 lety +19

      @@Adrivan Last time tried in 1397. Failed eventually, leading up to the countless and very confusing Nordic wars. But, today, it could be possible. The result would have been a country of almost 30 mill people, with advanced economies, enormous natural resources, and a well-educated population. But very different international alignments do form major obstacles. Nato, EU, and so on. And Sweden would be the major power. Norway, Finland and Denmark tend to regard too many of those posh Stockholm Swedes as somewhat arrogant and self-serving :-)

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator Před 3 lety +11

      @@Adrivan The Kalmar Union ended in disaster, let's maybe not try that again. And it would make no sense calling it "Scandinavia" as Iceland and Finland are not part of that.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee Před 3 lety +4

      @@janhanchenmichelsen2627 essentially like England the UK. 😃

    • @janhanchenmichelsen2627
      @janhanchenmichelsen2627 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kiradotee afraid so ... ;-)

  • @jakubjakub6889
    @jakubjakub6889 Před 3 lety +34

    There's also the Weimar Triangle that consists Poland, Germany and France :D

  • @ThomasMwadime
    @ThomasMwadime Před 3 lety +2

    Yes - more detailed video please! This is so facinating!

  • @samuelvarga3223
    @samuelvarga3223 Před 3 lety +34

    Yes please! We want a series! :)

  • @frmcf
    @frmcf Před 3 lety +20

    1:10 this graphic implies that Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are not in the EU

    • @Argondo
      @Argondo Před 3 lety +8

      it is wrongly marked since that was the eurozone, not the union... that is the problem ..

    • @chxxrlo
      @chxxrlo Před 3 lety +1

      it also implies that ireland is part of the united kingdom

    • @bart_rz
      @bart_rz Před 3 lety +1

      @@chxxrlo It doesn’t, Ireland and the UK have a common travel area.

    • @bart_rz
      @bart_rz Před 3 lety +1

      And for this reason: dislike.

    • @chxxrlo
      @chxxrlo Před 3 lety

      @@bart_rz no i know that but it points at the box ireland and the uk are in and says "united kingdom" at 1:10

  • @robrenaud8160
    @robrenaud8160 Před 3 lety +3

    Please make a series out of this because it is pretty intresting

  • @julieannscotia7632
    @julieannscotia7632 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video! Geez! When is the test? I’ll have to watch it about 5 times - really complicated. Thanks so much from sunny California.

  • @FearDeniesFate
    @FearDeniesFate Před 3 lety +2

    A video series about each grouping would make for a great playlist on your channel. Might help you catch the interest of people studying the EU for the first time too.

  • @TheRealKingLeopoldII
    @TheRealKingLeopoldII Před 3 lety +30

    I would like to see a video about BeNeLux and the Nordic Council

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund Před 3 lety

      King Leopold II of Belgium we liked the Nordic Council so much here in scandinavia, that we have two of them!
      (Yes. Really. In practice, they work as a single one but there really are two. Just one of those “European things”, I guess...)

  • @greggreg7234
    @greggreg7234 Před 3 lety +4

    Please do additional videos on Benelux & CEFTA. Would be much appreciated.

  • @fatyoshi4853
    @fatyoshi4853 Před 3 lety

    Id absolutely *LOVE* this to be a full series! Please do so!

  • @tylerbakelman9214
    @tylerbakelman9214 Před 3 lety

    More Deatils! I would watch tentatively a series on each aspect of the EU you explained here. Thank You its very informative and useful information.

  • @oxcaxx
    @oxcaxx Před 3 lety +6

    Nordic Council and Baltic Assembly together are the Baltic-Nordic Eight which is a cooperation framework between the 8 nations

  • @aaron9828
    @aaron9828 Před 3 lety +14

    4:05 "cosovo and montenegro"
    *shows flags of UN and montenegro*

    • @truedarklander
      @truedarklander Před 3 lety +2

      @petar petrovic ok serb

    • @user-zk3cx5gc8h
      @user-zk3cx5gc8h Před 3 lety +1

      It's right tbh. UN forces are the one who controls Kosovo, not "kosovar" army

    • @colors6692
      @colors6692 Před 3 lety

      “cosovo”😂 Refrain from making an idiot of yourself😂

    • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261
      @mirjanamilosavljevic4261 Před 2 lety

      @@user-zk3cx5gc8h in forces? How about The UN resolution 1244⁉️

  • @Lgunt1
    @Lgunt1 Před 3 lety +2

    I'd love to see a proper deep dive on all of this. One concern I have with simply having an episode for each grouping is, that it might be difficult to represent the complex interactions between two or more groups which shape European politics on so many matters. I'd love to see some content dedicated to that.

  • @simonastrazinskaite8871
    @simonastrazinskaite8871 Před 3 lety +1

    This is one of the best videos I've seen about Europe and our unions. Thank you so much!!!

  • @Ancovg
    @Ancovg Před 3 lety +15

    5:08 Why would anyone have to pay taxes in pounds? It should've been euros.

  • @OstapVasilevschi
    @OstapVasilevschi Před 3 lety +5

    I'd love a series explaining all of these relations in depth.🙂

  • @KhaalixD
    @KhaalixD Před 3 lety

    Great video!

  • @pedroluz7724
    @pedroluz7724 Před 3 lety

    please go deeper, amazing work!
    thanks a lot

  • @TTwhatdouwhant
    @TTwhatdouwhant Před 3 lety +5

    Just to add more in complexity: There's also the Craiova group, comprising Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece. They are similar in scope as the Visegrad Group

  • @xSandamx
    @xSandamx Před 3 lety +38

    Baltic "Group" you mean "Assembly".... By the way, "Nordic Council" and "Baltic Assembly" form "Nordic-Baltic Eight"

  • @beefyonyt
    @beefyonyt Před 3 lety +1

    wow that was surprisingly helpful, thanks 😀

  • @loremipsum99
    @loremipsum99 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video. Thank you!

  • @TheLimalicious
    @TheLimalicious Před 3 lety +4

    The diagram is also handy for figuring out the Eurovision voting blocs!

  • @MrPorotito11
    @MrPorotito11 Před 3 lety +6

    There's also the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

  • @THIPLEX
    @THIPLEX Před 3 lety

    Really great video. I would love to here more about the sub groups! Thx for all your insights :-)

  • @DanielLopez-up6os
    @DanielLopez-up6os Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this one :D

  • @JimmiAlli
    @JimmiAlli Před 3 lety +3

    When you discuss the groupings in the lightening round e.g Nordic group, please list the names, not just the flags.

  • @sushifornico
    @sushifornico Před 3 lety +3

    I liked the Estonian cross flag :-) but great video plus the visuals are amazing!

  • @TJ-cj7en
    @TJ-cj7en Před 3 lety +1

    Great video

  • @urujfatima7941
    @urujfatima7941 Před 3 lety

    Very informative and well explained video. Please make a detailed video on EU-EFTA Relations.

  • @robertnijkamp2051
    @robertnijkamp2051 Před 3 lety +6

    The Benelux by many dutch is still seen as a core relationship, many feel that relations with Austria and the Nordic Countries should be strengthned.

  • @felipejnnt
    @felipejnnt Před 3 lety +11

    Please make a video about the EU-MERCOSUR trade deal (this is my 6th petition)

  • @AndersGustafsson87
    @AndersGustafsson87 Před 3 lety

    great video

  • @TheMperor5
    @TheMperor5 Před 3 lety

    Now this, this is a great tldr video.

  • @MobFactory
    @MobFactory Před 3 lety +26

    Very similar take and charts as CGP Grey's Video

    • @TLDRnewsEU
      @TLDRnewsEU  Před 3 lety +23

      Despite being a huge Grey fan, I had completely forgotten he even did a video on this topic. Regardless any similarities are probably because both of us based the video on a similar diagram, one that neither of us created - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Supranational_European_Bodies

  • @appleslover
    @appleslover Před 3 lety +38

    The sheer burden of existing

  • @BURNERT08
    @BURNERT08 Před 3 lety

    yes more videos on grouping would like a deep dive into all

  • @immotion665
    @immotion665 Před 3 lety

    Love it, do that follow up video!

  • @GetOutFitness
    @GetOutFitness Před 3 lety +3

    My girlfriend is a political scientist. She says you did a really good job explaining all of that in such a short video. But my head is still hurting.

  • @niclabuschagne2964
    @niclabuschagne2964 Před 3 lety +6

    I would like to get information about the institutions of THE EU European Commission Vs European Council Vs Council of Europe, ECJ, etc

    • @CestLimee
      @CestLimee Před 3 lety +1

      the official EU websites has good and detailed info about the institutions

  • @killianbecker1164
    @killianbecker1164 Před 3 lety

    Yes more of these please!!!

  • @jamesjackson5955
    @jamesjackson5955 Před 3 lety

    Great video 🙂

  • @_____alyptic
    @_____alyptic Před 3 lety +4

    Before I even watch the whole thing, yes. A series on groupings would be perfect!!!

  • @christopherg2347
    @christopherg2347 Před 3 lety +3

    Making a single Venn Diagram to cover them all must have been a nightmare :)

  • @Painter.Wane92
    @Painter.Wane92 Před 3 lety +1

    This video certainly opened my eyes to some of the groups in Europe

  • @sunajeon5319
    @sunajeon5319 Před 2 lety +2

    where was this channel a month ago when i needed it for my economics exam :(

  • @eukarya_
    @eukarya_ Před 3 lety +6

    4:56 When you import for the EU but tax the products in pounds.

  • @ukilectric
    @ukilectric Před 3 lety +6

    You forgot to mention eurovision which also includes Australia & New Zealand.

    • @PJTakeda
      @PJTakeda Před 3 lety +1

      And Israel :)

    • @johanneskarlsson3859
      @johanneskarlsson3859 Před 3 lety

      Eurovision is (at least try to) not be political in any way so I think it would be wrong to have it on a list/map of political agreements and unions.

    • @ukilectric
      @ukilectric Před 3 lety +2

      @@johanneskarlsson3859 eurovision is one of the most political events in a year lol.

    • @johanneskarlsson3859
      @johanneskarlsson3859 Před 3 lety

      @@ukilectric I said try...

  • @Lugmillord
    @Lugmillord Před 3 lety +1

    Wow. This triggers my chart fetish real hard. Just how much time did it take you to arrange the flags in such a way that each group could be placed within a neat rectangle? Astounding.

  • @baalfrog
    @baalfrog Před 3 lety +1

    Let's get videos of all the sub groups too! Sub-region groups like the Benelux, Nordic council and such would be interesting.

  • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332

    People say the EU is the 4th reich, when it really just the HRE 2.0 judging by how complicated it is.

    • @SuMaSLo
      @SuMaSLo Před 3 lety +38

      If it comes to complexity the EU does not really compare to HRE. Not only is it vastly more territory but also a lot simpler in regards of political alliances, laws, standards and customs.

    • @darkadrien14
      @darkadrien14 Před 3 lety +40

      The HRE was neither holy, roman, or an empire.

    • @darkadrien14
      @darkadrien14 Před 3 lety +23

      @SteinbrecherBack hold up, it's just an internet joke, you're reading way too much into it.

    • @chronyx685
      @chronyx685 Před 3 lety +9

      SteinbrecherBack its the internet, others enjoy such references, chill

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 Před 3 lety +25

      @SteinbrecherBack Triggered by an XVIIIth century punchline, ouch.

  • @fofofofo1775
    @fofofofo1775 Před 3 lety

    Pls do an entire series on the blocks it’s very bassd

  • @kaiharding7996
    @kaiharding7996 Před 2 lety

    It would be a great idea to make videos on each of the groups and see why they exist what the benefits are and the major dealings or controversies with the groups

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge Před 3 lety +5

    8:00 They're actually sort of close to the centre of Europe. The east west centre is around Vilnius. Which means that in east western respect these countries are actually in close to the centre. That said they're slightly of to the south.

  • @AndreSomers
    @AndreSomers Před 3 lety +5

    BeNeLux actually has it's own parliament. Like Belgium didn't have enough of those already ;-)

  • @flipride001
    @flipride001 Před 3 lety

    In relation to regional and economic organizations, if you guys ever decide to have a TLDR News Asia or Southeast Asia (SEA) a good starting point would be a video like this which discusses the following groups (from smallest to biggest): ASEAN, ASEAN Plus Three, ASEAN Plus Six, East Asia Summit, ASEAN Dialogue Partners, and APEC.

  • @runedyrting8476
    @runedyrting8476 Před 3 lety

    An informative diagram. A series would be nice.

  • @d16d05
    @d16d05 Před 3 lety +57

    proud to be european 🇪🇺

    • @iansheppard9736
      @iansheppard9736 Před 3 lety +5

      I hope you are not conflating Europe and the EU. As in the video, they are very different. I am sure we are all happily European.

    • @d16d05
      @d16d05 Před 3 lety +7

      @@iansheppard9736 Nope, I mean the EU.

    • @iansheppard9736
      @iansheppard9736 Před 3 lety

      @@d16d05 What of the Europe outside the EU? Surely that is just as much to be proud of?

    • @d16d05
      @d16d05 Před 3 lety +18

      @@iansheppard9736 I'm proud to be european and I think the European Union is a good futuristic project to support.

    • @danielt2505
      @danielt2505 Před 3 lety

      @@d16d05 What do you mean? Do you want it to integrate and be one? Because that'd be fucking awful. Down with the EU and onle keep the trade/diplomacy. Make it barely influencial.

  • @vimalkarpe5818
    @vimalkarpe5818 Před 3 lety +4

    Would love to see the same graphic for African Union

  • @AdrianaColera
    @AdrianaColera Před 3 lety

    I would love a video about the european council! Keep the good work!

  • @hdusbekshfbdksisnakla7536

    i would love to see a series that talks about each group

  • @declanmcardle
    @declanmcardle Před 3 lety +3

    Why do you have the GBP symbol as the currency for imports?

  • @misobarisic4013
    @misobarisic4013 Před 3 lety +5

    What about the Three Seas initiative? I believe it should've been covered even though it's fairly new.

  • @jacobgluhcheff5569
    @jacobgluhcheff5569 Před 3 lety

    Please do a video for each of the groups

  • @six2make4
    @six2make4 Před 3 lety +11

    As a Dane I will happily make Estonia an honorary Nordic country until they will one day be officially recognized. Welcome brothers and sisters!

  • @Debre.
    @Debre. Před 3 lety +8

    0:27 WRONG, you labeled the Eurozone as the EU here. Looks like that graphic is too overwhelming even to the people making a video explaining it lol

  • @pawegil9475
    @pawegil9475 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!

  • @cafeacupiper
    @cafeacupiper Před 3 lety +1

    more details please. I am a student of the state university of law in Bucharest in Romania and this video explains some things more clearly and better than my college course. Thanks

  • @garth2356
    @garth2356 Před 3 lety +25

    CGP Grey is the real deal!!!

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 3 lety +5

      This has changed somewhat since he made his. Also he's specifically told his fans he don't mind other people doing videos on the same topic as him.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee Před 3 lety

      @@DaDunge he can't prevent people from doing videos on the same topics. 😂 It's just it's more beneficial to be FIRST when covering a subject. At least when people will be searching for videos it would appear.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 3 lety +4

      @@kiradotee He explicitly asked his fans to not write "You stole this from CGP Grey" on videos about the same subjects. His reasoning was, he wasn't first, there is always someone before you and he doesn't like when people do it to him so he doesn't want his fans to do it to others.

    • @TLDRnewsEU
      @TLDRnewsEU  Před 3 lety +3

      Despite being a huge Grey fan, I had completely forgotten he even did a video on this topic. Regardless any similarities are probably because both of us based the video on a similar diagram, one that neither of us created - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Supranational_European_Bodies

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 3 lety +1

      @@TLDRnewsEU Yeah I think it was one of his first ones.

  • @grimm_plush
    @grimm_plush Před 3 lety +6

    i feel like NATO would’ve been a good one to add

    • @smokyislay
      @smokyislay Před 3 lety +1

      I don't see the value since it is not an European thing alone.

  • @tokyopapillon837
    @tokyopapillon837 Před 2 lety

    I have been waitint 5 years for a description of this.

  • @Owen1904
    @Owen1904 Před 3 lety +1

    Please do a video on the Council of Europe!

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge Před 3 lety +33

    As a Swede, let Estonia into the nordics.

    • @madselmvig1457
      @madselmvig1457 Před 3 lety +6

      As a Dane, I must agree, they have asked since they became independant, and still we say no. We even said that Scotland was welcome if they left the UK (jokingly I know, but still), that got to hurt, and considering that it was Danish and Swedish territory during most of the middelages, it is kind of mean ;)

    • @aksukovala181
      @aksukovala181 Před 3 lety +6

      As a, Finn I commed your request.
      (Originally I used condemn in place of commend so I had to re-do this... but at least it should be fine now).

    • @JoelJames2
      @JoelJames2 Před 3 lety +4

      As an American, they need to change their flag to be a palette swap of the other Nordic country flags.

    • @NAYRUthunder99
      @NAYRUthunder99 Před 3 lety

      @@JoelJames2 That's why they cannot join. They first need to correct the flag!

    • @Denis-Maldonado
      @Denis-Maldonado Před 3 lety

      @@NAYRUthunder99 I think it would be beautiful if their flag was the nordic cross but with the same colours of the actual flag of Estonia.

  • @prometheus7387
    @prometheus7387 Před 3 lety +8

    Estonia please don't feel bad. You'll be Nordic one day.

  • @is7040
    @is7040 Před 3 lety +1

    This surely deserves more videos. EuroMed, NATO, the southern summit, all those deserve a little attention too, in my opinion.

  • @MatusGoc
    @MatusGoc Před 3 lety +1

    I would watch a series or a 3 hours long video. And you forgot, among others already mentioned in the comments, the 3 seas initiative.

  • @disquette8958
    @disquette8958 Před 3 lety +5

    The Craiova Group (Quadrilateral), Craiova Four, or C4 is a cooperation project of four European states - Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia.

    • @colors6692
      @colors6692 Před 3 lety

      Wow, what a rubbish group…the butthole of Europe😂