Europe is Winning Minds
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Into Europe: Europe is undergoing the world’s largest nation-building project.
The number of Europeans relating to their European identity rising over much of the past decade.
In the aftermath of Brexit, Covid, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, confidence in European institutions has been on the rise.
So what is the European Union doing to increase this European feeling and what does that mean for the future of Europe?
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game over!!!
How sad it is to see my country Poland, loosing it's independence and becoming a part of German dominated socialist Europe.
Il faudrait revoir la géographie... A quel moment la Turquie est dans l'Europe et la Russie n'y est pas ? Sinon j'aime beaucoup le contenu, mais ce serait cool de ne pas avoir un parti pris sur de tels sujets...cdt
C'est la carte du Conseil de l'Europe!
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It's become easier than ever to socialize with people from all over Europe, both online and in-person. It's easy and cheap for me to visit a friend in Lithuania, Romania, Germany etc, and those kinds of experiences tell me how much we really have in common as Europeans.
@Miguel Ângelo
The erasmus program is good at making European students realize that abandoning their homeland is a profitable endeavor, so long as you speak English, and are willing to be uprooted at your employers behest. Whatever happened to backpacking while in college?
why limit it only to europe tho?
As a black person it makes me happy to see white people go the way of the dodo
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 culturally Europeans generally share more with other Europeans than they do with people from other continents, but it's true that we have a lot to learn from each others as humans. But uniting Europeans into the EU is already a great challenge, despite the cultural and geographical proximity it is difficult and takes a lot of time. The UN exists as an organisation on the world scale but can't do as much as the EU so it makes sense to first try to make the EU work before going further.
You have shockingly little.
As a Greek, i fully support the European project. I understand that there are some problems but it is the best project we ever had and we need to fix the problems rather than destroy it. Small or medium countries are voiceless in this new multipolar world, and you have a voice via the EU. Furthermore, the EU promotes peace, stability, and human rights to a continent that suffered the most from ongoing wars throughout its History. Every time i see what is happening all around the world with authoritarian regimes imprisoning their citizens, wars for minorities, borders, foreign interventions etc the more I support the EU.
As a german i feel truely sorry for the poor management of the euro crisis and our politians that were incapable of understanding the greek society and state.
@@dereinzigartigeherryoda9742 The almost daily hit pieces against Greece in right wing tabloids like BILD really didn't help.
The common european identity is mostly projection of western europe on rest of europe. Balkan countries and greece alsomsuffer from brain drain of western europe on top of their own low birthrates. Those nations turn in to towns. Authoritarian states are bad but being colony of north-western europe have its own downsides.
Greeks will go bankrupt and need a bailout again so eu works for them
thats funny. those "happening around the world" is caused by europeans.
Shout out to my fellow Europeans ❤🇪🇺🇪🇺 from Sweden 🇸🇪 I am very proud of our heritage and how far we have come thus far 😊
@Marc van den Boogaard cool! I know what you mean. I lived 15 years in Denmark, 17 in Sweden and 2 years in Brussels. My dad lives in the Czech Republic and I have spent my summers there, probably 2-3 years in total. I love that we feel so at home in Europe
Sweden doesn't like the EU very much though. (Or at least: it is not currently very willing to continue with the EU project)
Not adopting euro, refusing to help other countries, etc....
As a swedish-italian.
I hope the opinions change, the ukraine-war should highlight the need for a stronger and more united europe.
Shout out from Greece
Lies again? Captain Of Euro AMWF CAR
@Marc van den Boogaard couldn't agree more and I'm from southern europe, u are absolutely right. It would actually make the euro stronger and, in the long run, improve finacial literacy among european cirizens, thus incresing the general well being.
Being a part of a Russian speaking minority in Estonia and hailing from insanely isolated family, having a second European identity actually helps a lot with feeling like you belong, even though I am perfectly accepted by my Estonian speaking peers. EU is amazing and wonderful thing we are currently building, sure it is a bit clunky and overburocratised, but it provided me with educational and travel opportunities that would have never arised by otherwise. It is the reason why I was able to start living and working in UK and why I can stay here after UK left. No matter where life takes me I know that I have a place to return to and thanks to EU it is now also much grander and greater than it would have been. Happy upcoming Europe day everyone.
You will never be European, the russian mindset is the antithesis to European core values
do you think russia isnt in europe?
The current war in Ukraine made it clear that a large part of the Russian people has a very different mindset than we do. At the same time it brings us closer to each other as EU citizens sharing the same values of peace and respect for human rights.
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 no, we isn't. We are closer to Asia
@@PskovCybercat culturally?
I think a important factor in the European identity is the rise of Internet. We increasingly read the same news and watch the same media than compared with 20 years ago.
The rise of Internet has nothing to do with it.
Europe and US do consume similar media and news.
But if you look at Russia, China, Arab countries, India or any country outside of West they will all have completely different media and news.
Even if internet wasn't invented, EU and US would just read similar newspapers.
@@yok-fk5li I think your opinion is naive.
I believe peoples view are pretty much completely defined by media they consume. Sure there are some deviations from person to person, but they are just deviations from general line, nothing more.
And from my experience europeans are influenced by media the most.
People outside of West are usually very sceptical of news they consume.
American are way more free-thinking.
Europeans just believe pretty much everything their media feeds them.
Surely Europe is better than North Korea and Turkmenistan but not much. If European media tommorow started in unison to say that pigs fly, I wouldn't be surprised that most europeans would be sure about it in a week.
@@neverknowsbest2879 We are right now consuming the same news media: "Into Europe". This wouldnt be possible 20 years ago. Back then we would probably watch different media.
@@neverknowsbest2879 Tell me what is this European media? Even if you only count traditional newspapers or television, you'll find that there are media outlets looking things from every angle possible. Now when you consider that we have internet forums and "social media" that of course have their pitfalls, every fringe viewpoint can have a voice and be heard. Most people in Europe follow similar news but most does not mean all, you have lots of options on what you consume. Also, we here in the Europe have access to global media outlets too. You can follow Indian, USA, Russian, Australian or Chinese news if you so wish. All media has bias to something but straight up lying or misinformation is actually quite low in big European media outlets, studies show this. This saddens and angers some people who can't tolerate that the news don't support their biased narrative. They can find media that supports their bias and it's okay, but of course we also have freedom of speech so once they start spreading it forward they can also be ridiculed. All humans have bias in their thinking and various media outlets can help you find something that you agree with. Problem is, if you don't consume news from multiple sources, that can feed your bias and twist your worldview and in extreme cases can lead to unhinged thinking. This is one reason why polarization in our societies happen.
@@jarivuorinen3878 "Most people in Europe follow similar news"
Yes.
"most does not mean all"
Yes but it doesn't matter because of the above mentioned.
"you'll find that there are media outlets looking things from every angle possible"
They really don't. There are not important topics that can be discussed and important topics that must follow the general line.
"internet forums and "social media""
People there just repeat the things they heard from media.
"You can follow Indian, USA, Russian, Australian or Chinese news"
People in Russia and China can do it too. How many people actually do it? You have already answered this question.
"All media has bias"
True.
"but straight up lying or misinformation is actually quite low in big European media outlets"
You are european, aren't you? That's what I was talking about. You actually believe it. You trust your media.
"studies show this"
You actually believe it.
"we also have freedom of speech"
You don't have it on important topics. You have it on not important topics. But you believe that you do.
"Problem is, if you don't consume news from multiple sources, that can feed your bias and twist your worldview and in extreme cases can lead to unhinged thinking."
True. My idea is that all European (and US) main media is a SINGLE source. You want multiple sources, consume Indian, Arab, Russian, Chinese, African, South American media.
Having the euro, visaless travel with really cheap flights and all the youth being able to speak a common second language really brings us together.
What we need more though is more electrified rail or accept slower air travel and start using airships more. Why not both :) Planes are problematic from environmental standpoint and unless we develop truly sustainable way to produce biofuels that are suitable for plane use. We don't have that yet and we don't know if we ever will, and if we will, will it be economically viable. Cheap flight will become expensive when carbon tax is leveraged to the max in coming decades. We have to change the way we travel if we wish to have travelling possible for all/most Europeans in the future.
@@jarivuorinen3878 @Jari Vuorinen I agree with you totally. But I'm just pointing out what makes me feel European. I'm from Ireland, so unless I want to pay 100 euros for the ferry then the price of a train from France or just flying to the exact location for 40-80€.
But on the mainland, I interrailed about 10 years ago but had to buy 1 ticket on the German ICE and 1 on the SNCF and was totally swindled. I really don't know how we can fix the pricing issue but they are monopolies and they subsidise non-profitable routes, so I do understand the price (sort of).
Carbon tax absolutely works. My country has very few big car owners & is very cruel to high-performance car & SUV owners, they pay close to 600-1000€ per year for the privilege of owning a large engine vehicle in motor tax, compared to my 79e per year for my motorbike and 160€ for my little yaris.
Compare that to the states where you'd be horrified by the size of their pickup trucks, the roads are way wider and those things take up the full width. Disgusting.
The aviation industry is big on biofuels atm, but I think that's as dumb as carbon capture, seeing as there is not enough food for the 3rd world to buy at a reasonable price.
@@Eoin-B Oh, I did not mean to lecture you about our wasteful way of living here in Europe but took few beers and ended up doing it anyway. I still feel very strongly being Finnish but I embrace the European community to tackle big problems together and open up new possibilities for people. Trading block alone has been great for European countries. Brexit has shown us that you either belong to the club or are outside without voice but still have to play by its rules for the most part. Most bad things that people say about EU turn out to be national shortcomings in implementation or not enforced by EU at all.
If only there were more youths in the EU. With a rapidly aging population and little Tech industries, the EU will have a retirement crisis in the upcoming years
Fun observation we had when guarding the border during Covid was the fact that law abiding citizens did not cross border, so we statistically had a larger percentage of border crossing as illegal drug smuggling. It really helped mapping the situation and for the first time I realized how we took away some serious tools from the law enforcement in order to provide a rather great conveniece to the citizens. It really is one of those substantial cons and pros kind of situation.
I am Italian, and I can firmly say that the older I become, the more knowledgeable I become, the more pro Europe I become.
I truly hope and think that the European project can succeed. One day, maybe, even expands away from the European border, exporting her model of peace to other EU like organizations.
The Union shall be formed, preserved, and thrive. May our differences be the glue of our unity. Ave Europa 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
Some African countries are already building the African Union with a similar model although they aren't as integrated as the EU yet. These are great projects to promote peace and prosperity for the future generations.
@@yalassa1
pan-africanism is actually pretty big in urban areas so itll be very interesting to see where that goes
Model of peace? Intresting, like in Ukraine where Merkel and Oland said they signed Minsk 1,2 only to buy time insted of them trying to buy peace? Or EU supporting break up of Yugoslavia where in the end Americans had last word in the mess that EU countries supported because they were incompetent to solve anything?
@Ricky bombastic 🇪🇺🇮🇹👨🏻🤝👨🏼🇳🇱🇪🇺
And from the complete opposite side of the continent, northern Sweden I like to think we both have some sense of shared identity and similar goals for our continent
Rise my glorious continent. Rise.
wont happen under the US boots
@@krum1598 still better than Russia
@@krum1598 the US is funding european security single handly. they are the reason why germans can waste their money in social welfare
@@krum1598 yeah we are basically standing on Europe's neck at the moment.
@@krum1598 Yeah, it is good that europe is not under the US boots.
In my experience a surprising contributor to European identity has been the US, because a lot of media Europeans consume comes from the US, and things like the US healthcare system and gun culture often play a prominent role. This makes the differences between the US and countries in Europe very clear and highlights that in many areas we are very alike and share more across the continent than we do with other countries in the "western world"
@@Alex-zs7gw exactly!
The differences between the US and Europe are very small compared to Europe and China (or Russia)
And of course Europe is tied to the US, the US (and the UK) had to step in to help Ukraine after the EU basically shrugged when the invasion happened. Germany and Italy being the most guilty, they were refusing to sanction Russia and feed Ukrainians to the wolves for cheap oil. Macron is doing that to Taiwan now for €€€€€
The only EU country that cared was Poland’s
We understand Jerome Powell better over there.
I think the internet is making young Americans people more aware about Europe, . It used to be a oneway street , with Europeans only seeing U.S films &TV. Now I see E.U versus U.S videos everywhere.This online influence will probably continue overtime .
US and EU should slowly integrate too. Whole western world should integrate to make sth similar to Roman Empire, but more democratic. It would unite whole civilized world
Coincidentally just after Brexit, I moved to North America to work for 1 year. There I began to feel first European and then everything else. This feeling has only grown since I came back to the continent. I'm so happy to find these many people experiencing the development of this shared identity as well
Same! As a European living outside Europe, I feel like it’s given me some extra perspective. I can see that Europeans have so much in common, and that ‘Europe’ is a more relevant cultural group than my individual country when it comes to identifying the source of my identity relative to other places in the world
Yes!!!, you just have to live in America a few years to be proud to be European 😂😂
Just say you moved to Canada
Welcome back!
Welkom terug!
Velkommen tilbake!
I agree with the comments here. Just the fact that you can travel through most of europe for cheap and fast, the fact that most people can communicate in english, the connection we have through the internet and the rise of big forces like china, India etc... makes us set aside our differences and unite together for a strong europe because we are gonna need it. We dont wanna be a puppet to USA or China in the future...
My guy Europe is already a puppet of the US.
We are a US ally not a puppet
@@pep-qew1977 nordstream
@@pep-qew1977 Allies don't tap the phone of your head of state (USA spying on Merkel, German reaction: none)
@@personalbranddata russians bombed nord stream and even if US did it, it was good because germany builded it without even talking with Poland and Baltic States
Greetings from Croatia, go Europe!
Im a norwegian who took part in the Erasmus project you mentioned. And i definitively relate to the growing european identity. Although i still feel norwegian, i also feel a strong connection to europe as a whole.
I dont want to be rude but i thought Norway isnt in the EU. Or is the Erasmus Program for every European Country (or better said also the country’s who have agreements with the EU)
@@fabi6041 Every european country that has agreements with the EU. Turkey is part of the erasmus program, for instance.
@@fabi6041 Norway is in an EU deal. Were a defacto EU country.
@@blue_bag6110 oh interesting😁 you had a Referendum in 1973 and people voted against joining the EU thats all i knew. Norway indeed is a pretty important country for a Land of such a “small“ population. So it makes sense the EU tries to have close ties. Especially since Germany and co have to look for new gas sources🙃
Thats really cool!
But people shouldn´t see things wrong, at least I think so.
You do not have to feel European without feeling Norwegian.
That is what the EU is about!
We are all different!
And even speak wastly different languages to some extent.
But that´s what makes life exciting!
best regards
We have much more in common with one another than we often realize.
Unfortunately the elements in common are never seen as that important, the differences though. . . .
If that were true; what would the utility of a government body be in enforcing those similarities?
Yes and then Eu parlament will force us to rebuild all houses into carbon neutral ones. And bans making and selling all cars except electric ones. Really European institutions can go f**k themselves. They have way too much power. I hope this giant totalitarian byrocracy will die and we return to just economic institution. And yes peoples of Europe are fine. I just hate idea of living under this international byrocracy.
@Sergpie idk what you mean by "enforcing similarities."
If your asking me what the advantages of having a unified state are, that should be pretty obvious. Why do humans group together and create states? Why do we not all still live under local tribal leadership?
@@no_clueb.5606
We do, though; they're called nations, which the EU would see diluted in favor of a European superstate.
Every crisis make as Europeans realize more that we need each other to protect our democracy, rule of law, our right to be a diverse and equal society.
I'm a Brit and I still feel like a European.
I did not vote to leave but I don't hesitate in saying sorry to people in EU countries for the whole horrible mess of brexit and for the way UK politicians have insulted not just the EU but the people living there.
Greetings from Scotland. One day we will be back in the EU but it might not be in my lifetime 😔.
Maybe you can get involved in that "Breturn" process somehow? Good luck in any case!
@@castorcarvi not in the EU.
never give up hope
@@castorcarvi “you doughnut” 🤓
Europe it's a way of life. We're different but at the same time we share a lot of thing that distinguish us to people of other continents..
It’s crazy to me how similar the struggles of the European Union are to the nascent United States 200+ years ago. Helping/funding other states and creating a national identity was the biggest hurdle for the early US
Indeed. I always recommend that Europeans interested in the idea of European federalism and European identity read up on early US history.
Nah, any similarities are purely superficial. Thousands of years in often bloody history is a massive hurdle to take, that fact alone makes all the other problems seem small.
@@abbofun9022 yeah but how does that history matter in the modern day? Sure it’s a different process of formation but history isn’t everything
@@abbofun9022 everyone except the balkans though has forgiven each other, like even Poland has forgiven Germany so it’s not a issue
@@abbofun9022 Bloody history means basically nothing, Germany and France became the biggest friends in Europe right after two world wars. Poland forgot all of the Ukrainian Bandera crimes and genocide just because of Euro World Cup 2012 or current war. Conflicts from the past mean absolute 0 and are only ulitized by far right in some countries as a device to use against some other countries to gain local approbation.
I really couldn't care less whether someone my age comes from Ukraine, Portugal, Iceland or Austria ... we've all been growing up with a common sense of how the world ticks, have somewhat similar tastes in media and culture, speak fluent English mostly, so and so and so ... and now even face mutual challanges. I feel WAY more European rather than my native "heritage".
I don't feel the same. Being from Italy, people from northern countries or eastern Europe often appear cold and rigid to me. I feel a sense of belonging if I travel to Spain or Portugal but definitely not if I travel to Germany or Poland.
So yeah, going from italy to ukraine the difference in culture is so massive that it is difficult to feel part of the same identity
Italian here. Living in Poland, with a polish girlfriend. From my experience, the stereotype about polish and Eastern European people being cold is just that, a stereotype. Of course if there is a language barrier while talking to someone they will be colder, but in general I think it is mostly dependant on the personality of the individual
@@scorpyloon2182 Your comment is based on the fact that you are of mixed origin. Even if its European origins, you are still a mixed confused person, which is not your fault though. We homogenous Europeans, ALSO feel "deeply European", but we also have the national identity, which in some regions within the actual country goes even into another category of identity.
@@tobia5267 But you’re from Italy, where not everyone embraces the concept of being Italian. In a similar way to how it was said that “we’ve created Italy, now we need to create Italians” I believe we’re at a point where we’re creating Europeans
Anyone who studied a bit history knows that we all share an common history. I'm from Belgium at we have been ruled at some point of history by Austria, the Netherlands, France, Spain and probably others. Once you start traveling the world and Europe you realize that there is nothing such as "country identity" as the nationalist says. I have met many people from different European country, and appart from language it is almost impossible to say from which country someone is coming. Just small cultural difference. Once you realize that, there is no more barrier at Europe integration.
As a French-Canadian, Floridian, I think of myself being “North American,” rather than just “American,” since Florida is the “Gateway to the Americas” & my fellow Québécois are notoriously tight knit & because I am fluent in all three main languages of the continent of French, English and Spanish.
Also, I’ve discovered I’m more “accepted,” by all three distinctive communities because I speak the languages and therefore actually understand each national ethnographic.
It's easy to forget the history we're living. A united Europe is counter to all of history and the fact that it's still going, gaining, and seems to have a shot at a future is pretty amazing. I like the concept of "regional unions" it has potential.
Keep in mind nationalism is a concept that has only existed for two or 300 years at the outside to start with, and Europe was united by a single authority for close to 1000 years, that authority was Christendom.
My concern with this new Europe is that there is not enough delineation between powers, and not enough conflict between the interests, and therefore, groups of bureaucrats will simply obtain more and more power and authority for themselves in the name of the European project.
@@allthenewsordeath5772 eeeeehhhhh
Christendom was certainly NOT a "unified authority". The East/west divide goes back to like the 6th century, and even Catholicism was in a constant struggle between papal authority and royal authority. Even figures technically part OF the papal authority sometimes ruled countries such as certain Bishops, and even those would not just blindly obey the papacy.
And even on top of all that, everyone had different ideas and norms regarding how to practice that religion based on region. Christendom was not nearly as much of a unifier as people frame it. In many ways it was used like a driving wedge, and it was in perpetual flux and internal conflict. Hell, even the papacy was several times divided in actual armed conflict pre-protestantism.
@@Hjernespreng It dates back to 1054, the 11th century actually. If you refer to the Roman imperial division you must mean the 3rd century, but that then was a transcontinental entity. Europe itself is a product of the Middle Ages: the cultural integration of the former Roman south with the "Barbarian" north. There's good reason they speak highly of Charlemagne in Belgium.
"constant struggle between papal authority and royal authority"
Who said conflict and disagreements was a bad thing? This tension is precisely what distinguished the West from the caesaropapist system in the surviving Eastern Roman Empire. While there were often disputes between the rival monarchs and relationship with the pope, there was a common understanding of belonging to a shared Latin Christendom (aka the Latin West). Latin was the lingua franca, the language of education, of music, of religion, of so many aspects of life. Only with the Protestant Reformation and the rise of the local language did this change. Now we just call it 'The West'.
We still have disputes today in Europe. Eg. Frugal 4 vs pro-Eurobonds. Those things will always be with us, for better and worse.
Sources:
Dominion by Tom Holland
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel
This is what many people forget about the EU. Even people in the UK who want the country to join the EU again talk about economics; it's essentially a project to bring peace to Europe, and it's working.
@@Korschtal Indeed. History is full of many proud nations clashing. Blows my mind that the 100 Years War happened. The dramas and real stories that happened are full in range. Any time we think we may be in the lowest depths of human existence we should remember even recent history. There are a few key things to figure but a united Europe is an absolute world leading powerhouse and I say that as an American who'd love to see it and partner with it.
Its also the fact that everyone has some level of basic English education nowadays so its easier to share our thoughts together via a common language.
Not nearly everyone, around half in my country
@@augth That really is a your-country kind of concern.
When you are using social media, googling or talking on an international stage, you'll most likely be using English. Hence, contributing to this European Identity from the video.
I wish we had an "official language of Europe" other than English, like German or French. Using the English language puts us under the American cultural sphere and I don't like that. I want something strictly European that could fuel our identity and culture as Europeans and not as "westeners".
@@d3vil351 But why are you in favour of a European identity, but not a Western identity with the US also included? Surely you’re either in favour of both identities or neither of them?
@@thomasjohnson2862 he wants to gargle Putler's balls, that's why.
Like most of western Europe COWARDS they had to be pushed by the USA to do the right thing.
European identity my ass, the second their wallet was in danger all that went away.
I like to interact with other Europeans online. It honestly feels like talking to a distant relative compared to dealing with Americans and other non-EU countries, both for good and bad reasons 😅 There's just some things native to Europe that many people online don't comprehend.
I see Amarica as that drunken war veteran uncle.
You know who could be great again if he would just stop drinking himself to death.
Unless you are English. Then it’s the other way around
@@malaficus The US is the drunk war "veteran" in his 20s/30s.
Europe is the wise war veteran in his 70s/80s
United we stand, divided we fall.
Yea! "First me,Then me,what comes after me i don't care"
We really are more simialr than we think. As we speak I have a Spanish friend coming to visit me in Ireland for the weekend on a whim. Europe is stronger together!
If you are just one guy making videos, well done they are amazingly writing and produced
Je suis navré mais depuis le départ de l'Angleterre, je ne peux accepter que l'anglais soit devenu la seule langue de communication en Europe. Le choix de l'anglais nous a été imposé par les Etas Unis après la deuxième guerre mondiale, à travers en particulier le plan Marshal qui a imposé aux pays qui l'acceptaient de faire de l'anglais la seule langue étrangère enseignée. Aujourd'hui, l'anglais est la langue de seulement 5 millions d'Européens, essentiellement Irlandais. Or, l'anglais est la seule langue acceptée pour soumettre un projet européen ou une proposition de loi. Les Anglais ont quitté l'Europe et nous nous soumettons encore à leur langue. Tous les discours officiels en Europe sont automatiquement faits en anglais. J'ai vu un commentaire où quelqu'un affirmait qu'il était fier des langues européennes. Aucun officiel européen ne s'exprime jamais dans sa langue maternelle... Pourquoi?
Je suis profondément européen, mais ce choix du tout anglais m'exaspère, car au lieu de promouvoir les valeurs sociales que l'Europe incarne, cette langue au contraire véhicule les valeurs américaines qui sont à l'opposée des nôtres, en matière d'éducation, de santé et d'organisation sociale. L'anglais est tout sauf une langue neutre, et les valeurs culturelles portées par cette langue ne seront jamais les miennes.
Si vous voulez communiquer sur l'Europe, parlez dans nos langues.
De toute façon, votre discours ne s'adresse qu'à une part infime de la société européenne, ceux qui ont fait des études supérieures et qui maîtrise l'anglais. D'entrée de jeu, vous excluez la majorité des gens qui ne maitrisent pas suffisamment l'anglais pour vous suivre. Je ne sais pas si j'ai envie d'une Europe aussi élitiste, aussi peu respectueuse de la culture de ses propres citoyens.
Nous réduisons sciemment nos propres cultures à un folklore un peu désuet que des Américains viennent visiter sans avoir à faire le moindre effort. Une sorte de Europeland, où pour participer au jeu, il leur suffit de parsemer la conversation d'un peu de bonjour, buongiorno, guten tag, paracalo pour se donner l'illusion d'avoir communiqué avec les indigènes, si fiers de montrer leur maitrise de la langue de Shakespeare.
Votre Europe va détruire nos cultures millénaires et promouvoir une organisation sociale dont personne ne veut, comme l'ont montré les manifestations récentes en France.
Oh dear, way to live up to the French stereotype, I suppose you're still bitter about the Napoleonic Wars?
@@alberain Instead of a not very funny joke, you could try to answer him, he has valid arguments.
I am so tired of the pathetic, salty diatribes of French nationalists because their language and cultural influence are falling into irrelevancy. Let's be honest, you don't care about non-French people, you want to impose your shitty language, designed by medieval aristocracy to have idiotic grammar to segregate people by class, on others to feel superior; that's what you are actually about...
English is not the de-facto used language because of any strange attachment to the US or UK; in fact, a large majority of English speakers are found outside those countries. English is the natural choice because a huge number of Europeans and non-Europeans already speak it and it is the undisputable lingua franca, plain and simple. It has every other existing language thoroughly beat based on its plain usefulness.
It is hilarious even bringing up the US and UK, considering the US fought a bitter independence war against the UK but very intentionally kept the best and most powerful part: the language. Nowadays, few people globally even recognize the UK as the origin of English because of how thoroughly it is dominated politically by the US - something the US only achieved by leveraging the language of the greatest empire around at the time. Sounds smart to me.
There is a clear takeaway here: if we want the EU to succeed as a global power, we must play the card we are dealt and not listen to bitchy selfish nationalists who bemoan the regressing importance of "muh language". You can choose to cling to the past like the loser you are and perish, I choose to try and make this work.
@@boley4126yeah, I agree withe French guy, and that's very rare for me to do that as an Italian!
@@alberain Enfin un commentaire intelligent. La soumission à l'anglais est un exemple de la vassalisation croissante de l'europe aux États-Unis. L'UE n'est qu'un instrument visant la destruction des Etats-nations, et cela fonctionne ( en témoigne l'immigration de masse qui dénature de plus en plus le continent).
Being Swedish, i feel Swedish. I dont share the same culture as a german. I dont understand any other EU langues. EU to me is just an organisation just like the UN.
And a hope that in the future the countries in europe will remain soverain and independent.
Don't worry, you are completely right. This "pan-european" bullshit doesn't make any sense and is only being pushed by deluded upper class ideologues. The fact is and will always remain, we as "Europeans" have little in common with one another.
Greater centralization of power within the EU bureaucracy also facilitates greater US control over European
industrial and military policy. For all intents and purposes the EU is another US colony. With the destruction of Europe's relationship with Russia the EU is becoming even more dependent on the US
Finally someone who gets it.
....As oppose to being a bunch of small and weak countries with little to no market power? : /
Since the inception of the EU it has been on a downward trajectory WRT to global share of GDP, whilst the USA has maintained its share. Also you may know that Britain, France and Spain have all had globe spanning empires, so the contention that being 'small' is synonymous with being, 'weak countries with little to no market power' is utterly absurd; the Netherlands is miniscule yet it managed to develop huge international trade globally using wooden boats! Also note that Russia is far and way the largest country on earth and it is a total basket case with a GDP about the same as Italy. I suggest you Europhiles should do a bit of reading up on history and learn to think more critically in general.@@mendora5547
I think big contribution to creating europe share identity is growing tension in pacific and overall "rise of Asia". Before Europeans thought that they (and USA) are epicenter of the world. Now when Europe's affairs aren't that important in the world stage, they feel kinda overwhelmed by this and they try gather together to be something more that little (compare to China India, BRasil etc.) countries in increasing periferial part of the world.
What "rise of asia"?
@@basedGGPS Look at the share of world GDP by continents. You will see that asia have increasing share of world GDP.
Exactly!!!
Financially, Europe is the U.S.’s only “legitimate competitor,” but what is frightening is “how quickly,” the continent went from being a conglomeration of backwards, backwater, belligerent nation-states comprising mostly poor, uneducated and genuinely naive inhabitants to being a political union as wealthy as the world’s only real superpower.
It took us literally a dozen decades to achieve what we had here in the U.S. what only took Europe “a few.”
@@basedGGPS Amen!
The “Chinese boogeyman,” and “yellow devils” have been figments of mass-media’s imaginations since the XIX centuries in order to stoke insecurities & twangs of nationalist fervors that sell more poorly written newspapers, etc…
I’m reading a lot of the comments, but for me a lot of this pro-federal European chat seems a bit forced and superficial.
I’m Irish & living in the Netherlands, so I get to experience the benefit of being in the EU, and for that I am thankful. I love it here.
But people identifying themselves as “European” is extremely odd to me. We have many similarities but nothing will come close to how you interact with other people from your own country. As well as this I think that Europe is too big a place for it to carry any special meaning to say that you’re from here.
Absolutely, nations are largely engraved in the European peoples' identity, they are the core of Europe. A Frenchman will never be a German, a Spaniard will never be a Pole.
@@DaDa-ui3sw
But he IS European. 😉
@@Shatterfury1871 Tell me then, what does a Bulgarian or Greek have in common with a Brit or Norwegian? They're both Europeans, but by no means are they related culturally.
@gnas1897
Exactly, they are all Europeans, all used to living in a European secular democracy and all sharing Christian customs.
For people who are being raised in now, when the EU exists, being part of the broader European family comes natural.
This nationalist cheast beating will come as stupid.
I have came across your people scratching their heads at why don't we have EU armed force or why yhe hack can that retarded Orban block literally the entire Union.
With that said let me shoot that question back at you, are we really that different?
I believe that the uk leaving has a positive impact on the EUs development as many has seen what’s happened and now even marine le pen doesn’t want to leave but I hope we can rejoin later
You guys make it seem like brexit was way worse than it actually was
@@Lando-kx6so after Britain left, the amount of wrenches thrown into the EU machinery got smaller, wonder why.
Brexit was a good thing for Britain. You can’t blame the effects of COVID and the Ukraine war on Brexit lol
@@crazydinosaur8945agree greece is so good to be in eu
@@davidthompson4383 ahahahahaha
Yeah, no. It's VERY well documented by now that Britain's "post-covid recovery" also trails behind basically ALL other peer nations. You can't keep scapegoating covid and the Ukraine war when the UK is the *only one* that is struggling this much.
Brexiters can't even point to a single thing that's tangibly improved from Brexit. Not even its national identity and unity has gotten better. Things keep getting perpetually worse, and even the racist types are starting to realize that the UK could ALWAYS control immigration of non-EU citizens, which now actually means there's proportionately MORE immigration from outside of Europe, such as Africa, the Middle-East, Pakistan, etc. Polls now consistently show that most Brits see Brexit as having been a mistake.
I feel Dutch but ofcourse European too. But for the EU project to get my support they need to have a plan to combat mass migration to us. Otherwise our cultures will slowly vanish. And a super state should never be established. National identities and governments should be kept. But cooperation on big themes, like space, energy, large industries and infrastructure is a good idea.
That's why I support greater integration in the EU. The only way to solve certain problems in Europe would be with a common international policy. But let's leave internal affairs to each state.
Much love for all the cultures and countries of europe, and best of luck with the European project ❤
Interestingly, as an Irish people, we refer to Europeans as everyone on the continent. As we don't really count was ourverselves as Europeans .
I must say that im very skeptic of this european mentality as a portuguese i wouldnt say i have a problem with it but germans think differently, for them its germany and thats it, everyone bellow them is inferior, for example if you go to berlin in germany, no one will speak english with you eventhough they know how to speak the language and its very frustrating. I dont really think we portuguese have anything in common with the germans other that we both are located in europe and thats it
Same feeling regarding germans
In a world where China, India and Congo exist it's not difficult to see the similarities between every European country
I think the EU should organise intra-European festivals. So a Brittany day in Andalucía, a Moravian day in Gotland, Cork day in Zeeland you get the idea. Rotate it. You know, locals come over with street markets of regional food, traditional dress, music, the locals learn a word or two. It could be done with the tourist boards plus the EU.
I mean, we're European, we should enjoy each other's company and learn from one another.
I love that idea!!
That s a very bad idea...
Good idea
@@luxraider5384why?
It's already happening. Our EU house has a program Discover EU where they present one EU state each month, usually through a concert, folk dance, theatre play cuisine, books, debates with guests etc ..
Yeah... I'm not sure about that sponsorship that comes from EU to a channel that talks about Europe. Sounds like an interest conflict, where only good things will begin to be mentioned and bad things will become less often discussion thing...
This is PRO-EU channel. Where can you see conflict of interest? 😂😂😂
And when the world cup beggins, everybody forgets they’re european kkkkkk
Well, even if you like it or not, the only way for Europe to compete with USA and China or very soon India is to work together. Ok, maybe your country is rich, but will never be as rich as a superpower, and never it will have its sums of money.
Europe has already some of the strongest economies in the world.
Security is at an all time high. The federative system is great for defense compared to a solely centralized one due to europe having only few sparsely populated ares etc.
As for birth rates or the need of immigrant workers that’s not a problem. South east balkans have a very young workforce their inclusion would work and not clash with conservatives.
And then they can expand with countries that are interested such as turkey azerbaijan armenia and georgia and the other option would be migrants from africa or asia etc.
EU didn’t want to help Ukraine during the invasion at first. Need to get a backbone if you want to be a superpower.
Macron is not helping by saying that China can do what it wants with Taiwan
@@LordKalerran most of europe wasnt really equipped for a big war or a great escalation especially with such a close nuclear power like russia.
They had focused on a long peace and prosperity in the region by also having close trade with russia. This was an ultimate good gesture but putin saw it as weakness the adaptability by the eu proved that putins trump card didn’t mean anything.
Lets be honest here macron doesn’t speak for the eu even if he wishes he does.
But whats also important to say is the eu doesn’t have any obligations to intervene in the taiwan issue. Not even the us is obligated by a treaty to intervene in an invasion.(kinda crazy) But if there’s interference it’ll probably be from japan or Australia and new zealand (us lead of course)
Yes.
That is what started the eu.
The Erasmus program is great to connect students all across Europe but mostly involves people with a high education which doesn't help with the elitist vision the EU is often given. It's very important that this program is generalized so that more people can benefit from it.
Also, the EU really lacks a proper political debate because even European elections often remain very national. Europeans would certainly feel more interested in the EU if they could have a continent-wide debate and elect MEP on pan-European lists as was proposed by the European parliament last year. This electoral reform would have allowed people to directly elect the president of the European commission. This was opposed in december by the council of the EU which still holds most of the power. There is still a lot to do.
Merci pour ton travail.
On your point about Erasmus being elitist (which I more or less agree with), at least erasmus is a programme which continues to expand at a rapid rate. More and more young people take the ersamus opportunity every year and hopefully this will reduce any feeling of it being an elitist option. Looking back I would have loved to have done it myself , but you cant have everything in life. 😀
@@eoinobeirne9928 Also, not all EU countries have higher education cost a high tuition either. An important thing for Europe going forward will be to make sure that tuition is practically free for all EU/EEA citizens.
The problem with the European parliament is that it is very bloated and seems very useless, apathetic and closed off.
@@spacejunk2186I have a completely different impression. EU parliament is much bolder and much radical in reacting about laws commision proposes, they have very open discussions about many issues...
Thanks to the EU I was able to study in UK and meet people from all over the world. It's been enlightening on many levels, it has helped me grow a lot and I'm thankful for it.
Europe must federalize.
United we rise, divided we collapse.
I am Irish. I will only ever be Irish. Europe is just a continent we live on. The EU is just a political bloc we are a member of. Ask anyone off the street in Ireland and they will say that every time. We don't identify with european ever. Western is one people agree on though. Many are quite skeptic of the EU too.
Then speak Irish. Why don't Irish people speak Irish?
@@arnaupuig5097 I do speak Irish. My whole family speaks Irish and we speak it on a daily basis. My sister and her partner even speak in Irish with one another. I studied in school in only Irish, so that's physics, chemistry, French etc all studied through the mode of Irish. Did my exams in Irish, and studies in university in Irish. Holiday'd in seaside Irish speaking towns 'gaeltachts' growing up. I drink in Irish speaking bars. My sister met her partner in one of them Irish speaking bars. Now few people are so lucky, but we are an ex colony, and like many we now speak the colonizer's language. Furthermore though, language has no inherent determination of one's national identity, otherwise Belgians, Swiss and others would cease to be. Moreover again, what you've said has zero relevance to whether or not one would identify as European or not, if we all spoke Irish it's still same thing, people not identifying as European, if we speak English people still aren't identifying as European despite both being European languages, so I really don't get your point there. Just wrong on every account.
Do you also identify as someone from your village/state/City?
Bc this is basically what identifying as European is about. It does not erase that you are Irish. But it makes you just a member of an even larger group
@@emilsinclair4190 100% mate. We are obviously European, just as Russians and many Turkish are also, because it is where we geographically located, and our race is of european descent. But "european" is not part of our *identity*, identity is something people willingly apply, not what they are subject to - that would be race.
We do not identify as European as a primary or a secondary, some in Ireland in regions of regular war or disputed territory identify as "Irish Catholic", Irish being primary, catholic being secondary. European wouldn't even be tertiary. Western might be. It has no significance on one's perception of themselves, and that is the point I'm making; furthermore, the EU specifically has even less significance on one's identity here. It is seen as an economic zone and political bloc (this part being disliked most).
So I think you just didn't understand my point. And you don't need to explain the concept of European to me, I'm not misunderstanding it, I'm telling you there is nuance to it in different countries. And yes, I would identify with my city because there are a few places with distinct enough culture/dialect/etc that one would do so. I'm a Dubliner.
This European identity is growing up. It's not total and the process is just at its start.
I think what he said about EU parliament feeling far away is something that could be worked on. I also think it’s cool how connected we are, with for example trade and electricity. If there any Spaniards, it would be interesting to hear how it’s going with the drought situation.
I declare myself as European already for some time. I am also for stronger EU, even if comming from a small country.
I feel a greater sense of belonging to Europe than to the country I was born in. I was born in the EU, I live in the EU, and it is the EU that I want to be strong and represent my interests. Because the country I was born in is not at all strong enough to stand alone in the world we live in. And especially right now, when I can see that the USA is expanding its power in Europe and is in the process of establishing new military bases in Europe, there will only be one power that can get the US out of Europe again, and that will be the EU. Why seeing how the current leadership is talking the United States at the mouth is very worrying. NATO does not look after the EU's interests, but what is in the US's imperialist interests. I am European and it is Europeans who must be in control and decide the fate of Europe and not a foreign military power. Our neighbors should not be seen as our enemies. We must not be at war with each other. We must act together and live in peace.
That was the mistake in the UK.
Every European project was paraded as a great BRITISH thing and every crisis was blamed on Brussels.
The population started to believe it.
As part of the casual small talk when meeting someone new, when I'm asked where I'm from I usually say "I'm European" because I cannot give another sensible answer.
Happy Europe day everyone!
A Europe Day - holiday throughout Europe would be wonderful! I love this idea
Im asking Volt to put it into their electoral program
So I am genuinely confused. Is there no Europe day all over in EU countries. In luxembourg there is one for sure and it is on May.
there is one but nobody celebrates it @@__-fu5se
@@__-fu5se Yes Europe day is everywhere in Europe... what is meant to make it to an official nonworking Holliday
Fake holiday, artificial as the entire idea. EU-nuchia is not Europe, just a cheap clone of USA and thoroughly owned by USA
I’m proud to be European 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The EU is A Big Family and as A British Person we need to work together!
I am also opposed to BREXIT as it’s hurting the UK.
Same when brexit referendum happened I voted to remain in the EU because I knew this disaster would happen sadly the leave option was picked instead of remain I hope at some point we would be able to rejoin again
I'm embarrassed to be British currently... And i miss our European status.
History books will reflect on the whole Brexit decade as a social and political injustice, if not crime.
The future of humanity surely isn't about how big your army is - it's about working to a more egalitarian society and Europe leads the way in this.
EU and Europe have nothing to do with each other. European doens't mean EU. EU is a political organisation with the goal of reducing the European nature of Europe, ironically enough.
No thanks, I’ll stick with my vote leave, vote. I prefer being out.
@@Gary-bz1rf we've just seen the highest food increases in 45 years and yet STILL Brexit supporters petulantly block their ears and point the finger everywhere else.
Brexit was basically a last ditch attempt to cling onto the Empire - conveniently forgetting that the last time we were an island alone was the 17th century....before the looting and exploitation of other nations
You remind me of Barbara Lerner Spectre in your wholesale enthusiasm for the new diverse Europe that "we" are helping to bring into existence.
As a Cypriot, I have to say, the EU is an amazing project I’m proud of every day.
The older I get, the more I identify as European and not as Cypriot 🇨🇾🇪🇺
Best multinational organization. In Romania the opinion is pretty favorable, but it has gotten worse with the Schengen incident. If you have the time, that would be a great video.
I see Europe as my second country
I hope one day travelling to another EU country will be like going to another region of my country
@Into Europe Why did you show the entirety of turkey in "geographical Europe", but excluded Russia and Belarus?
Ignores demographic collapse of most of Europe as well as the energy blackhole that is german industry, but sure left see how long this lasts
well yes but... ummm at least we don't have Chinas demographics. see thats a collapse of epic proportions
Energy black hole? European industry is constrained by utterly idiotic amount of regulation in this regard and we focus too much on conserving and reducing energy consumption. We should instead be looking for ways how to get more cheap and clean energy while at the same time it will not lead to some too centralized solution.
The EU is like my car. Its falling apart
as an english person, i wish the eu the best of luck, but i can't really say that if we had stayed in the eu, that we would have chosen to intergrate to that extent
No one told us that the Europen project will be done without problems to solve. I've never thought that i feel that much european till the strat of the Russian invasion of Ucraine and the world cup in Qatar. After all that hate thrown on Europe, i understood how i love my Europe, how this is the place i want to be, and the way i want to live. Long live Europe! The union make the power! 🇪🇺
I'm Portuguese first, and European second and support the EU project. It's been a tremendous blessing to me and my family, as well a blessing to countless millions with the eurozone, and the four freedoms. I love the fact that I can eat vegetables grown in other EU countries, and use products that come from other EU countries, but also play a part in improving the economy within the country I live in within Europe (Ireland) through my taxes. Portugal thanks you EU...
I'm from England :-( miss you guys!
They're still there.
We miss you too x❤
With the globalisation and especially the internet nowadays people from all places of the world no matter if they are from india saudi arabia vietnam the usa, they are just as close to me as people right around me in my own city. I can talk to them on a daily basis and it doesnt matter where they are from. So i really hope that we will have some sort of world government one day, because after all we are all humans and therefore should be united as such!
As an Italian i prefer a new Roman Empire than a European Union
European Russia covers an area of about 3,960,000 km2, accounts for about 41% European continent
This part of Russia has 78% of the country's population, or 110 million people
The Slavs are the largest ethnolinguistic group in Europe
slavic people make up 84% ethnicity of russia
Geographically yes they are part of Europe. That’s about it though.
As à french more and more People are becoming reluctent to eu, we can see this in the political climat, the 2 more important political forces are currently not eu fan at all and want to change a lot of things, about human rights, free trade agreements...
People make their own identity over time, if they can move and interact freely :) I work with greeks, romanians, irish and bulgarians, they are all great.
one slight mistake which is hard to notice surprisingly Croatia is not in the European single market BUT is a defacto member keeping in mind that its in the eurozone and schengen
How so?
@@filipe5722 the original contract only lasted to a certain year due to norway not liking something so it was a set year until it was resolved
@@CosmicStellar_Croatia is a member of European single market. You've mistaken European single market with European economic area where Croatia is a member provisionally.
I'm British. I identify strongly with Europe because that is where the British people, the English language and most of our culture originates from. I'm happy that the UK left the EU. Now our politicians have no one left to blame for their failures.
I am glad to see more European institutions such as the European Championships. I felt that was missing before. Next they should add some team sports like basketball and volleyball to get people really interested.
Britain needs to turn back to the Commonwealth. Britain was always global, not just continental
@@davidthompson4383Britain is an island, uk an organisation in that island that many don't want ( and it's insignificant as well)
@@NoName-hg6cc Yup both Hitler and Napoleon said Britain was insignificant too. Yet here we all are speaking English.
@@davidthompson4383 Thanks to Europeans and Americans.
uk had inflated ego in 1776 and 1956 too. remember how it went?
im from Romania and i dont consider myself European ... im Romanian ... i dont want nothing to do with eu clans or usa
I think there's a small typo at 0:08 where the last 2017 in the graph in the bottom right should be 2018.
I truly belive that the EU as it matures will show that its not some weak abomination waiting to disolve at the mildest inconvinience, but a strong power able to present european countries interests abroad in an united front, my eurobros together we rise alone we fall!
I think the brexit, covid and ukraine war gave it a unifying purpose it was lacking.
¡Abrazos fuertes desde España a todos los hermanos europeos!! Fortajn brakumojn el Hispanio al ĉiuj la Eŭropaj gefratoj!!
Viva América y la Hispanidad🌎. 🇪🇦
I have been supportive of the EU since my teens, I had done a lot of reading and always spoke of it's defence when detractors tell myths, half truths or outright lies. I always viewed myself as European and I guess it helped I am Anglo Portuguese citzen. I did read about faith in the EU had risen when the UK left as it showed smaller countries like Ireland will help it's members against bigger states had greatly helped.
Ah yes, every criticism of this bureaucratic nightmare is a "myth". Typical pro EU zombie.
Until there are EU wide political debates overtaking national debates in popularity and the council is democratized, there is not a chance the EU will ever succed.
Let alone that if a majority from a block of countries write a law a block of other countries hate, in such a case you shouldn't be surprised if it is disobeyed by the recieving end. The may even see it as an attack on their sovereignty and agency. And bad things come of that.
Love from the Netherlands to my European brothers and sisters! ❤ 🇪🇺
I wish the UK all the best while we need to support and rebuild Ukraine.
1:46 I disagree. There are day to day things that remind you being European. The money is a big one. Not just using money everyday, but being able to use that money pretty much everywhere in Europe. Back in the day my family living near the dutch border, it was normal to drive refueling the car in Holland because it was cheaper, and on the way getting some dutch sweets for the kids. Like everything is easier, getting pulled over in France, no problem, your German divers licence will work just fine. Flying ones a year in the sommer holidays to Spain, Italy or Greece, no problem, works just like booking a hotel in your own country. Going for a sky trip in December in Austria. Back in middle school I had a week long field trip to Poland. You see it now with Britan, not being in the EU is a mess. I get that not everyone is using these benefits, but they are there and for everyone using it, its so great.
It's complicated. I feel like a european, but when I moved from one EU country to another, people around me see me as a poor and dumb foreigner, and not one of their own. Even though I spend money in their shops, pay rent to their landlords, and study at their university just like any other person here.
Stop wanting to be someone you are not and people will start respecting you. You want to be someone else : an "European brother", this does not exist. In the US, black people came to the continent at the same time as the Whites? Yet hundreds years after, whites and blacks still don't see each others as "brothers".
Also some fact people may not know…
There are two europe days
5th May (in the Council of Europe)
9th May (in the EU)
This means that EU countries technically can celebrate Europe day twice, tho me here in the UK only “gets” to celebrate once.
This also doesn’t really matter in some way since it’s not even a national holiday here or anything and no one knows about it sadly.
What the hell is European identity supposed to be? Europe is the continent where I live. What does the continent have to do with my identity?
Asians seem to disagree lol
"What the hell is Italian identity supposed to be? Italy is the peninsula where I live. What does the peninsula have to do with my identity?" -some man from the Duchy of Tuscany before the Italian unification.
As someone who went on an erasmus+ trip i liked it so much that it should be highly encouraged or hell... even made mandatory
its so amazing to experience new cultures and meet people from all around the EU
i feel like this program is the most important one when it comes to shaping a stronger bond between EU nations
however only i wish there were more opportunities to travel with the help of the EU even after you graduate and get fully employed
On Erasmus you went from one big city to another big city and you found the same urbanites you were mingling with at home. European countries are not just their big cities which are practically the same.
I am mainly a fan of the EU beeing able to introduce legislation as a block and having more impact that way (I am very excites for the digital markets and digital services act), but I am not sure if I would identify myself as european (beyond beeing that geographicaly).
As a Hungarian. I will always be a Hungarian first, Christian second, and maybe on the fifth or sixth a European because I need to share the continent with you peoples.
I'm wondering if those guys are being paid to say such bullshit about the EU. Except couple of rich parisians, for most french people EU means bureaucracy, unchecked borders, and easier money laundring for criminals and politicians. Our net contribution to EU is 13 billions euros per year!
I'm an atheist and a Classical Liberal from the UK, but I now believe it might be Hungarian and Polish Christian Conservatives that can deliver us from the clutches of the Euro-Commies; the sycophantic drivel in this comment section is making me ill. LOL.
@@edwardburroughs1489 100% they are patriots because their nations got freed from ussr not too long ago, whereas in France for example being a patriot is seen as being almost fascist. At least its the depiction that our medias a trying to make us believe since 40 years. I remember the "white propaganda" song "je suis une citoyen du monde" we also notice that our politicians are not talking about "France values" anymore they only mention the "Republican values"...
I also love European culture and identity, but the European Union, the institution, is a whole different story.
They act more like a supranational entity ruled by lobbies who couldn't care less about their inhabitants.
A European identity is a positive thing for transnational cooperation, but the European union as an economic entity has failed miserably, so it is kind of absurd that young people, who have lived only in the age in which Europe has been slower than everyone else on the planet economically, like this institution more
you reasonment is flawed, without the EU each single country would now in 2024 grow even less, just look at UK the shithole of Europe. you are reffering to a time in which Europe was the economical centre of the world (2O th century) , it is not anymore, young people realize that
3:36 the map you litterary show contradicts your argument that nordic countries want to help the most other european countries when actaully nordic countries are the ones that least want to offer help to other countries
Putting the french flag over ''retirement age'' is a good joke
Как русский, я тоже поддерживаю создание единой европейской нации. У нас ЕС уже победил в головах у поколений.
The Europe map is a bit inconsistent. Why not color Belarus in, if Azerbaijan (that’s also undemocratic) is colored in
Hey, its the Council of Europe map!
Britain has it's British Commonwealth countries it can work with (France has dependencies that use the euro in the Americas and around the world). What about European countries that need a lot of help?
@@IntoEurope That it is a so-called "Council of Europe card" does not really answer the question, it being wrong.
You need to look at those data carefully. Identity with Europe might be on the rise in, say, Central Eastern Europe and in core countries like Germany, Netherlands, but may not be so in France, Italy, Spain etc. There is in fact a polarization: people from countries who perceive themselves to benefit from the EU indentify with it more.
I'm from Portugal and would really like my country to feature in one of those fancy opinion polls, at least once.
The first frame of the video, the depiction of "Europe", you should have said it's your personal definition. You included Azerbaijan, didn't consider the Aland islands in Finland and the Fær Øer (I guess it was a mistake), and didn't include Russia (expecially Kaliningrad). What's Europe?
Whatever wants to be Europe.
@@westrim Antarctica.
Im actually don't consider myself Portuguese, but European. Having said that, democracy and fiscal policy should always be separated. Social freedom and taxes should always be a ground for competion.
I'm Italian and feel the same way
Every European country under the EU has homelessness destitution and poverty the European has laws that doesn't seem to be interested in homelessness people in Europe
I relate more to global communities, like the US and Europe, than I do with my home country (Bulgaria 🇧🇬). The idea of being a European 🇪🇺 comes very naturally to me. Plus, I loathe the conception some people have that Bulgaria and other countries in Eastern Europe are split in support between Russia and the West. We're not. The majority of these nations' populations want strong European integration and firmly reject Russian aggression and threat-making.
The video was sponsored by the European cultural foundation - talk about biased. I didn’t even bother watching the video ….
🇧🇪❤🇪🇺 love my fellow european friend we have a common history
Is it an accident that Europe Day is on the same day as VE day (the Soviet version)?