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The EU is a complicated organization, made up of many people and institutions. In this video we break down what the European Commission is, what it does and how it's chosen.
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I absolutely love that you're making this channel! It's so much research and it's lovely that you're doing this, even though you're British and could, you know, "stop caring" soon.
The fact that they have an EU channel does mean that there is some professional interest in the EU and the way it functions. The same goes for the US channel. No one in the UK or the EU needs to care about the presidential election, but some interest still remains.
I’m an American planning on moving to Ireland so these videos help me understand the EU better
Welcome :)
Cert lad. See ya soon I suppose
you'll know more than anyone else here! Nb do you like foil arms and hogg? (comedy videos) some much better than others, the car salesman and the wordplay hotel are classics
Did you run from the Trump presidency? 😂😂😂
just nitpicking: I would not formulate it in the way that the Constitution would make the EU too powerful, because the Lisbon Treaty delivered extremely similar changes to how the EU works. The main difference between them is that the Constitution doesn't unite all Treaties into one (which is the Constitution) and in naming of things - European laws etc.
Ty for covering that topic, m8.. As a Bulgarian i never clearly knew what the EU comm does
@nikola doctorov
If you want more information on the institutions of the EU, you can find it all here:
europa.eu/european-union/about-eu_en
You can even choose български ;)
@@lvoldum too long didn't read, you know
@@lvoldum Aaaa.. Thanks, dude...
Just a friendly site note: it's pronouced Oorzoola fon der Lion.
@SteinbrecherBack it is called nukular
@SteinbrecherBack don't expect people to have a perfect pronunciation in a language they don't speak
The Dutch and English will staunchly continue to pronounce her name as Ursula instead of Oorzoola.
No its pronounced Ursula von der Fuhrur, and nobody voted for her.
#europanichtdenLayenüberlassen
The structure of the EU is the pinnacle of democracy.
Usually, in every nation, you have a party/coalition in power, meaning a view of the situation through biased lens.
The European Commission listen to all the voices and analyze the situation in a (for what is humanly possible) objective way.
Yet, they can't impose anything on the parliament, so there will always be the scrutiny from who was directly elected.
I wish my national parliament would work the same way, we would save 90% of the time currently wasted in propaganda, self promotion, empty promises and tons of lies.
The EU actually IS run by a coalition: PPE, ALDE and PSE (and the Greens too if I remember well) have approved the Commission and take part in it, while other minority parties stand in opposition. What is good about it is that, because elections follow proportional representation, coalitions need to be larger than in local govs, thus the government is supported by a real majority and not an inflated one (UK*KOFF*)
No it's not. The EU isn't undemocratic hell hole eurosceptics make it to be, but it isn't pinnacle of democracy either.
@@Ackreti true
Just a nitpicky correction: "von der Leyen" is pronounced
• with a hard F in "von", like in "French"
• and the "Leyen" is pronounced like "to lie" (this is not a joke 😅)
She is German, not Dutch
@Luís Filipe Andrade not for pronunciation, in Dutch the softer v sound would be correct.
Main differences in pronunciation are the c, g, s, u, v, w and z.
@Luís Filipe Andrade To say that is ignorant on so many levels
As a German I must say that your correction is wrong.
@@admina.r.9727 I'm German as well, and why would my correction be wrong?
You could next explain the Eurozone and the European Central Bank 🏦
few should learn Geograohy
Think few donT know
Where we
live
Actually, the European Parliament must also confirm the Commission President proposal of the Eurooean Council before he\she forms the College and comes before the Parliament for a confidence vote.
I really like this video. However, I think it tends to overstate the complexity of the EU system (which is some kind of a narrative topos). There is a number of academics that have argued that you could really speak about EU institutions as you would speak of any state institution. After all, the Council (although more powerful) is comparable to the Bundesrat, the commission looks very much like a government (and for what concerns its two level structure, italy does the same with ministri and sottosegretari) and the parliament, well, its a parliament. The only two really relevant differences are: the rule of unanimity (that should be scrapped) and the fact that the Council acts at the same time as some sort of an head of state for the European Union, which is kind of confusing.
The European Commission is one of the best thought through and best performing institutions of the EU. Accountability is terrible, of course. It really is very similar to an actual government, also in that aspect.
Why would you say that accountability is terrible? What are you basing this on ...?
FYI: any citizen can request through a member of the EU Parliament to ask any member of the EU Commission to come explain in the plenary the hows and whys of any policies. The responses can be read daily in the Official Journals of the EU.
@@chrisgwen2526 Dieselgate. It was the European Commission that had decided compact, more fuel efficient diesel engines in passenger cars were required to reach climate goals. It was very, very apparent that these engines would not only emit less CO2, but also more particulates. Guess who went on to work for car manufacturers? I'm not saying this is an "EU problem", it's something you see in government officials everywhere. Once they leave office, they have no recollection of anything they ever did or why and get a well-paid job at the company they were supposed to regulate.
@@Welgeldiguniekalias I don't know the specifics of this issue but don't need to. The European Commission does not "decide" as you say. If anything, the Commission proposed and it is most probably the Council that decided (!), i.e. the member states's representatives.
@@chrisgwen2526 Nothing get's decided without the Council and the Parliament giving the go ahead. Every time either of them says no, the Commission have to negotiate with them to figure out what the problem is and then write up a new proposal.
@@Welgeldiguniekalias I don't think you understand how the European Commission works. The legislative authorities in the EU are the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission merely submits proposals.
Sometimes it feels the EU is more of a trade league than a superstate.
that's what it was supposed to be
Well your feelings are spot on as it is more of a trade league than a superstate. ;)
I kinda want the Eu to be a federal caused by being a trade League it's missing out on a lot of potential
@@Ghastly_Grinner mmm no.
The EU is a Union of sovereign states that excercise some of their competences in common by common institutions
wat r the viable solutions to some of the problems u might c in the commission?
Huh? What about the Santer Commission and Edith Cresson?
We should compare the EU structure to each national structures of the member states how they differ to get the picture . Including the UK who left the EU.
No I think the commission is a bit to powerful compared to the parliament who are after all elected by the people.
The problem is that the parliament is only democratic in the pan-European sense, it is not democratic country-wise. Meaning that it's not democratic for Germans to be allowed to decide what should happen in Sweden. The Swedes should have the final say about what happens in Sweden, not the Germans just because there are more of them. Which is why the EU usually works on a basis of mutual agreement between all members, and giving members the ability to veto, to avoid one country dominating another (although that still happens indirectly, but that's another story).
@@theamici You could say the same thing about Sweden though why should Stockholm get a say on what happens in Malmö? Shouldnt Malmö get a veto on everything that concerns it. For an example in 2015 when they places passport checks on the Öresund l trains it seriously messed shit up for us down here just so a bunch of two faced politicians in Stockholm could fish votes from the far right. I would much rather have the Germans decide that happens here than Stockholm. Belrin is closer.
@@DaDunge Isn't the European Union a confederation though? This logic would make sense if you wanted the EU to be a Federation, whether a federal union of states or a federal state, which might not be a bad idea for Europe, though that's just me speaking as an American.
@@luciferkotsutempchannel Getting power closer to the people is never a bad idea.
@@DaDunge And you think a federation would do a better job of getting power to the people than a confederation?
As someone who lives in a federation, who's state literally has a ballot initiative process (aka direct democracy lite), I'd be inclined to agree.
There actually is a political agreement between the Commission and the Parliament about removing individual Commissioners. When the Parliament expresses lack of confidence in an individual member of the the Commission, the President of the Commission has to request the resignation of that Commissioner which they must follow under EU law or to explain to the Parliament why she refuses to do so.
Magnets ... that’s what I’m missing!
I like how you say Helllouuuu
killer animations
Where is sweden? 2:08
Your right there aren't all national states
these videos imo are more complicated than they have to be
4:55 this is how it is written down and how it "should" work but in reality, what European parliament does is that it actually does choose individual members even though it should actually approve Commision as a whole even though it has no right to do that, but it is tolerated
I feel like for so many people this is going to be the first time having it explained and that is what's wrong with the EU today: Education.
People easily forget life in Europe before the EU, ask any historian. Every twenty years or so a big war was waged somewhere in Europe...
At least here in Finland the basics of EU were explained in junior high school but I have forgotten most of it because as might be realized from the video is quite complex. And I was actually payibg attention on to what was taught.
But yea. I often see people from other EU members who have no idea what EU does. Thinking things like that the president of the comission is like some unelected president of the whoke union. Or don't even knlw that EU has elections
@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo
Powerful oneliners buddy, I'm just afraid you didn't read the comment well, making you look like bit of a fool tbh.
A counter argument could be that the majority of European conflicts were preceded by some form of national groupings.
Also, independent, national European democracies have rarely fought wars (if ever?)
I think if you ask 'any' historian their reply will be that it's a gross simplification and far more complicated than your statement suggests.
@@ltmund Huh? 😲
Many did! But rarely started one... recently, very recently...
You need a strong body to rule properly, the commission is that body, I actually like that they are elected by delegation (elected by people citizens democratically elected) it avoids Trump-style attaining of power from popularity contests. I trust the people I vote for to choose capable individuals
Using Trump as an example was bad, he lost the popular vote by 3 million votes in the 2016 election
omegaRST Decent point but trump is voted in the same way. First by the party. where Both the democratic and republic party run candidate races where state delegates, who represent the people, vote on the candidate for presidency. Second by the nation for the actual presidential election where the states give delegates as they please. Most of the time the states either give votes by majority, in which whatever candidate receives a majority vote in that state receives all of the states votes including those who didn’t vote for that candidate, or by proportionality where the state gives delegates to each presidential candidates in proportion to how the people of the state voted. However the state officials can vote however they feel which as seen with the majority votes can lead to results of candidates who did not gain the national individual vote majority stating office.Hopefully that all made sense
Nathan Guava the US constitution lets the electors vote however they will, but many states have laws against that. Whether those laws are constitutional is doubtful, though.
Peter Lund yeah many states vote proportionally or by majority because otherwise they would be booted next state election and people would be pissed but the power to elect a president theoretically and constitutionally lay in the electors hand just like this EU commission
You trust Politicians ? With your logic why bother having elections where people vote ?
Jesus! That is alot of ads!
i have a feeling that all of this is purposly complicated so to net get people riled up
It's not even that complicated. You could explain how every national government works, in pretty much the same way.
Yall need to make a video about ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees
not trump's signature being on one of the paper or contract animations lol
So the European Commission is higher than the Union ?
Abandoned me
The problem with EU is it failed to protect millions like me in UK who grew up as an EU citizen, never wanted a UK referendum in 2016, voted Remain, as forced to vote, and have had EU citizenship an rights ripped off me and nothing from EU to me in aid, or lifeboat. Nothing at all. 14 million or more British Remain voters just walked away from by EU as though we were nothing and are still nothing.
Remember if EU can treat us British (Welsh) EU Remain voters with such disregard when we most needed EU protection… what about you in your EU country? Why would EU parliament, commission, courts etc not simply cast you away too, as inconvenient?
I am one of the abandoned, I’m still an EU citizen in my head but I’ve been left as waste at the side of the road?
Why?
I personally like most of the structural stuff about the Commission, but I think that MEPs should also have the power to propose bills in Parliament
they have a right of initiative though
I love TLDR and you're videos, but could you try and say "nu-clear" instead "nucular"? I'm really trying to get over that, but i thought I would let you know 😅
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIX ANYTHING???
The commission does not have individual ministers as this video states at 7:38. They are commissioners - not ministers. Please don't f up when informing on this topic.
Can the commission one of it's own
Thierry Breton, not 'Brenton'.
How does selling pro eu merch effect your claim of beign non biased
They sell US badges too and UK and China etc.. This Chanel is specifically for the EU as it’s TLDR EU.
@@ciaranbrk allrigth thanks for explaining!
@@otsoaunola9515 no worries 😀
Okay but why is Donald Trump's signature under all of document graphics in this EU video?
?
LOL
The only head of state who signs with a sharpy.
Visible from a safe distance...
You have a territory and laws, thats a state. the commision is the real ruling body in the end and only listens to top bureaucrats and politicians, who in turn couldn't care less about what their voters back home think. the institution is not much more democratic than china's system of government.
4 years too late
Where's Britain's seat?
Oh, that's right.
We left Thank God
English Commissioner used to have a quite powerful portfolio: financial single market
@@michaelvoisey8458 monsieur Voisey, any sensible thought?
If the EU isn’t a government, how are their laws enforced? And are they even laws?
Im Fall von Ungarn versucht man die Brüsseler Gelder einzufrieren aber den Viktor interessiert überhaupt nichts😊
THE EU is not an Economic Institution but a Pastor with hand pointing finger!!!!
Legislative initiative should lie with the Parliament, which is directly elected by the people of Europe, and not the Commission
that right exists and is used
Why even have an EUP and MEPs? This is an incredibly undemocratic, nearly all powerful body that saws off the very notion of sovereignty at the knees. Yuck.
two points:
1. I believe since the EU is a group of nations, its legislation should be ratified more as a normal treaty , with leeway for delegated legislation to carry out the finer details of the laws (with options for EU Council and Parliament to intervene).
2. The European Parliament as the representative of EU citizens should be able to initiate new legislation.
TERROR IS BAD
It's disturbing see the Trump signature on hypothetical EU documents. Isn't it?
why 10 minutes on this? It's the dumping ground for politicians who fail upwards. Terrible at any actual productive work, but great at dogma and brandishing the ideology.
Backroom deals galore.
@Paul Nolan and raking in lucrative board positions.
That is true for virtually any organization every created, government or private.
Which is no issue as long as you don't pretend to be representing the people like the European Commission is doing. The public has no idea who the chairwoman is let along the rest of the commission yet these are the only people that get to propose the European Law.
@@Trazynn "Which is no issue as long as you don't pretend to be representing the people like the European Commission is doing."
And which government doesn't pretend that?
"The public has no idea who the chairwoman is"
What stops you from informing yourself?
FREXIT
EU won't be long there grow anti EU
I think the powers of the EU commission should be given to the Council and the Parliament. Its undemocratic and lacks the legitimacy national governments have, which is a big reason why euroscepticism has grown so much.
How exactly does it lack legitimacy, compared to national governments?
In the UK, the majority party determines the PM who then appoints his ministers, and can fire them at will. The individual ministers are not voted for by the people (or even parliament), they're just chosen by the PM. Neither can they be forced to resign individually by parliament; parliament can just initiate a no confidence vote on the whole cabinet. In that, the EU Commission quite closely matches the way the UK government is run.
Actually, this is the weakness of this video, because the powers that you presume should be with the Council and the Parliament are indeed with them: the Commission can only propose legislation, which then is decided upon by the Council and the Parliament (with the Council having had historically more power than the Parliament). So the Commission is clearly working as a back-up, though a very important one, to the two representative bodies. If proposed legislation by the Commission is most of the time adopted by the Council and the Parliament (critics lazily speak of rubber stamping), this is because the Commission is basing any proposal on long consultation processes of the member states (they don't want to work their nights through on things that will eventually be rejected ...).
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what a shitshow
Please do a video on the European Council and specifically the President.
Also, who assents to EU legislation
Fascists
I can explain it in 3 words "conners, liars, thieves."
Without explaining in great detail why that is true, that is nothing but a baseless accusation.
anyone else annoyed by him calling EU countries, states?
No, that's what they are called in the treaties - "member states". Thus referring to them as just "states" is fine.
Why would that annoy you?
No. Im a grown up
States and countries are two different things. You should learn what each term refers to
@@FarfettilLejl Not really a difference there. European countries are also sometimes referred to as nation-states.
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Fascists