Europe is Winning Minds 

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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​@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 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.

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?

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

@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

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.

Ja, tausend Dank.

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.

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.

@@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

My guy Europe is already a puppet of the US.

We are a US ally not a puppet

@@pep-qew nordstream

@@pep-qew 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

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.

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!

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.

XD

Yea! "First me,Then me,what comes after me i don't care"

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.

Why should each nation think it is better than the others and isolate itself?

@@cristianz858 because that's how nations work

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

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 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

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.

Country identitiy definately does exist, i'm not sure how you can say the opposite

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 ..

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.

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.

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...

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…

As long as they do not become full democrazies they are kicked out.

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?

Because you never put your feet outside Europe. Just try it and then after year or two you will kiss any European soil if you will get on plane into Europe. I guarantee this to you

_"the USA succeeded because they built their home in an empty clearing, without history or territorial claims"_ I suppose after they got finished killing very nearly everybody who already lived in that "clearing" when they arrived, it was _technically_ empty...

You think USA had not internal quarrel? The states where first and foremost indipendent states. And yet they did it... Sure, new continent, no previous History but it was not easy at all. And Europe need a federate government, a balanced Federation. If Poland doesn't like it, it can always exit

@@NoName-hg6cc Correct

America is not rotting blud. Also ur name is “the neoliberal”

I think your past glories and past mistakes go hand in hand. From WW1 til now

This comment is hilarious as the countries still actually growing are China and the U.S while Europe declines on the global stage, global influence ect. U.S is much more independent than Europe and if the cards are played right have a way better future as it has way more options

​​​@@Student0Toucher how are the 1940s?

Europe is going downhill much faster then America.

As a Turk, I agree.

As a Turk, I agree too

Always thought France would be the end of Europe...

@@NoName-hg6cc I don't fucking care

France is one of the countries that profits the most from the eu.

don't play with fire, given the present situation of France, if it gets out of the eurozone and the european market it would go bankrupt immediately. furthermore uk showed with brexit that gettng out of the EU is the quickest way to become a shithole

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

Seem you have not been in Berlin for very long time

I think the brexit, covid and ukraine war gave it a unifying purpose it was lacking.

This is PRO-EU channel. Where can you see conflict of interest? 😂😂😂

You have never heard of Frontex, the EUs border guard eh? Your replacement theory shit is outdated since 2020, get better conspiracy myths 😂

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".

Ah yes, every criticism of this bureaucratic nightmare is a "myth". Typical pro EU zombie.

Melt

just to clarify. most americans speak spanish/portuguese as a first language. only in usakistan jamaica and canada do they speak english. is you speak primarily english most americans will assume you're usakistani(which are really just europeans and africans, not americans). yeah. we dont say "european" to refer exclusively to italians. it would be mighty kind of you not to use "american" to refer only to usakistanis.

@@sabin97 You must be fun at parties. 🙄

@@gavindoyle692 sure, but the point remains the same: we dont say "european" to refer exclusively to italians. it would be mighty kind of you not to use "american" to refer only to usakistanis.

@@sabin97 In the English language that is what they refer to themselves. And in French, German and Italian too, that is what they are called. True, in Spanish it is different. But every nationality has the right to choose their own name. And as a foreigner, I do not have the right to say otherwise as that would be colonial thinking. And as an Irishman, I abhor colonialism. As for “USAkistanis”. C’mon. You can do better than that. That’s puerile.

Me too from spain

I'm pulled more towards the north of Spain than the south of Portugal

Geographically yes they are part of Europe. That’s about it though.

Viva América y la Hispanidad🌎. 🇪🇦

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.

They're still there.

We miss you too x❤

No?

Yes, because nobody in the history of Europe ever traveled to another country or had any kind of relationships with the people living abroad before the EU was established, right? Oh wait...

@@SirAlric82 For most of Europe's history, that was the case, yes. Despite you being historically illiterate you splurge your unfiltered thoughts all over the threads, so let me educate you. In Europe, free travel was only reserved for the political elite under serfdom, and subsequently the broader political and financial elites under mercantilism. Not at any point did ordinary slaves, serfs or peasants, whom comprised 95% of the population, travel to other countries EXCEPT when their lord/king decided they should be sacrificed for yet another pointless war abroad. This is yet another practice that ended with the post-war order of which the EU is a major part. So instead of being tongue in cheek condescending, open a book or sit down and listen.

@@Subher0 - I answer sarcastically to your dumb original statement that a political institution officially created in the last decade of the 20th century (although i think it was still called European Community back then) is the only thing that made possible for europeans to travel to other countries and have relationships with people living abroad as if folks weren't already doing that for at least a century before the EU was even immagined, and i get a lecture about travel restrictions in the pre-modern era. -_- Well, i stand corrected. Now i feel kinda ashamed for the millions of my fellow countrymen that left Italy starting from 1861 to travel all around the world. If only they too could have been enlightened by the wise @Subher0 and learn that they were not allowed to do that because there was no EU yet!

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.

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

not if you keep letting in africans and muslims. it will become a second Pakistan or turn Into street shitting India.

No ''united states''. Just Europe or European Union.

But actually , it is the same almost

I feel the same. I like the Idea of a Super EU state.

Young people dont watch TV.

yes, it's like being in a relationship with a cat, one moment it loves you. the next it's tries to scratch your eyes out

Beitrag des Montages, 24. April 2023 Wie kam das Ergebnis der, gestrigen, Salzburgischen Landtagswahl zustande? Sind die Bürger des Landes Salzburg, jetzt weniger "mozärtlich" geworden?

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

​@@altaccount13435Croatia is a member of European single market. You've mistaken European single market with European economic area where Croatia is a member provisionally.

Nope, thats only Western Elites's culture. No peasant (the majority of the population) cared or knew about Greece, Rome, Latin, art or whatsoever. Slavs never had black slaves working in the field over a newly colonized continent, unlike the Western ones. The Norse only started to ressemble the Westerners when they converted to christianity in the 16th century, yet they have nothing in common with Latins and their Empire.

Then how Roman Empire functioned for 1000 years ?

Why do you want a more unified Europe?

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.