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You forget about Corsica independence movement

At least Ur publishing a correction rather than shifting the blame to "bad info" or "fake rumours"

also, half a century not half a decade for the Basque Country

Also, Orban isn't a president, he's a Prime Minister.

9:58 you used Catalonia's flag to talk about an independence referendum in Basque Country (although the same thing happened in Catalonia around the same time, so I understand the source of the confusion). Besides, you said ETA fought a guerrilla war with Spain for "half a decade", when I think you meant "half a century".

Comme zeneise v'acciammo scusa e perdon pe quello che i mæ antighi i v'an fæto. Solitarietæ ligure a-a Còrsega

Genoa: we’re about lose this island Also Genoa: *hey France*

@@level_breaded5364 we're based what can we do BeLIN

Surprised as well - i am Dutch and did not know about half of these movements. But I did miss Corsica. And Cyprus.

@Joshua Walker Such a mature response... not. Every time I see a video about some independence movement or other I desperately hope that the childish/ignorant or just plain stupid comments won't be there, and that an adult discussion can be held. And, of course, I am always disappointed. Your pathetic attempt at humour apparently amuses you, but you are literally the only one.

"and they will definitely achieve it in our lifetime" doubtful.

Greenland is(geographically at least) in North America, not Europe, that's why they didn't talk about it

Greenland isn’t in Europe

Faroe islander here: Definitely maybe, in like 50 years hvfdr

Greenland is in North America tho

Over-compensation for burying "sensitive" movements states probably don't want mentioning.

Kosovo and transmistria can’t really be considered since they’re already de facto independent, but Sprska could be on here ig

As someone else said Transnistria and Kosovo are already independent in reality and I would add Kosovo is actually recognised by a ton of countries as well. Also they said the movements they know of so maybe they don’t know of the Bosnian ones. Also your telling me no one on Bavaria has ever wanted independence?

This. Bavarian independence is not even a joke anymore, it's an absolutely irrelevant topic.

The video was dedicated to cover EU states.

'Sicily has no viable economy and no competent administrators, it wouldn't survive without money from Rome. Sicilians know that all too well. ' Sounds like Corsica to me

In the end no Italian, South or North, really wants to separate itself

Sicily would fairly survive. In fact, Sicily gives to the central government almost the same money as the funds it recives as being a Region. Also, Sicilian separatism was always a thing(and it was among the strongest in Italy), but it has shrinked since some decades.

Sardinia doesn't have a serious separatist movement for decades.

@@esti-od1mz How? Sicily actually takes more money than it gives. And Sicilian separatism wan't really a thing

And brittany... I think they missed french sep mouvements altogether.

The Corsican independence movement is considerable, I surprised they forgot about this one.

@@Soenglish44 Brittany is not really trying to leave.

@@huquui8789 well according to them bornholm isn't either sooo...

In the Corsican assembly the two main parties are autonomists (32 seats) and bonapartists (17 seats), the autonomists are not really rooting for independance, the Bonapartists are French patriots, but as well attached to their local culture.

Interesting info there. So in general the Danes seem more concerned with sorting Faroese economy first to make sure they're ready for independence? Quite strange, usually you'd see countries hold onto separatist areas for dear life.

It doesn't matter. If the people who live there disagree, they should be allowed to go their own way.

That might be true there but Denmark keeps Greenland because its mining industry is located there.

They also forgot Christiania.

@@chadgaston8615 They could leave via referendum if they wanted as well.

Didn't count partially recognized states. See: Transnistria.

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Did Republika Srpska end up leaving the military or is that still being planned

They gave up on that, it’s was just a stand-off and political show as always

Real chances of success? Give me a break. I dont know if you are from the Balkans but if someone mentions the breakup of Bosnia its just for political points. RS has been announcing refrendums since 2008 and its a nothingburger.

@@j.m.5642 they have as realistic a chance of secession as nearly every other region on this list.

@@LaughingMan0X Agree - so none. The key difference between RS and the other regions is that Bavaria, Corsica, Istra etc. were not built on genocide and ethnic cleansing. In my view as someone from Bosnia even the existance of RS is like keeping the 3rd Reich and all of their symbolism and administration after WW2.

He could probably make a separate video just for the balkans tbh

@@kieranwalsh2058 ...or 2, or 10 Balkan is complicated to put it mildly.

Long live 🇧🇦

Oh yea Bosnia... How could someone forget Bosnia?

Things have been "getting heated" since the 1990's, there is no independence movement, just a politician who plays the nationalist card whenever he's close to losing elections

Bavaria is never gonna get independent - it's a ridiculous claim

Didn't hear anything about it

Germany will never allow Bavarian independence. Since this is where the nazis actually came from and after WW2 all the wealth was transferred from the North (especially Berlin) to the South, they will have to pay us for ever and longer 😂

Never heard of it as someone living in Germany...

@@JustFun-wl3jf about what?

Jedva si docekao da spomenes Sumsku jelde?

That seperatist movement cant sucseed politicaly because Dayton shuts it down, RS even had a referendum for independence like 1y ago but the data is no where to be found because it was held just so Dodik could gain more love to keep being in power. With military actions it isnt impossible but they would need a lot of support from Serbia and even seperatists movements from Croats in the south because on their own they dont stand a chance, iako si svjestan toga vec

@@dzenanbrkic9606 Lol Srpska never held a referendum for independence, it was referendum about having 9th january (day RS was founded) as a national holliday. Dude you dont know what the hell you are talking about 😂. Also if Serbia somehow gets militarly involved in Bosnia and NATO doesnt react, there wont be any Croat help needed belive me. Anyway i think and hope that military conflict is impossible.

@@biglebowsky6586 that referendum took place in 2016, im talking about 1-2 ys ago😂

@@dzenanbrkic9606 Yes you are even more wrong, there wasnt any referendum 1-2 years ago hahahah.

This is the best joke ever. Since when did Ahvenanmaa want to get out of Finland

They probably would have joined Sweden if given the opportunity around WW1 and maybe WW2, but now it seems like they have a really sweet deal with Finland. Total independence seems like it would be pointless.

@@Theorimlig when Finland gained independence, the people of Åland wanted to join Sweden which caused bit of a conflict between the two countries. The autonomy deal was basically a compromise to avoid a bigger conflict. The fact that the separatists have managed to only get three seats at most definitely suggests the people are generally happy

@@eerokivisto5103 one also have to see it in the context of the situation. It wasn't only that Finland gained it's independence, it was that there was a civil war between the white ( Germany supported) and red ( bolsjevik) supported. During the war when nobody really knew what the outcome would be, Sweden was really worried that Finland would become a ( politically)unfriendly bolsjevik state. The threat of having a potentially hostile country at such a strategic location as the Åland islands was terrifying, neither was the support for the red movement large in Åland. Sweden actually briefly invaded Åland, only to hand the occupation over to Germany. Nowadays Åland has a sweet deal and what country they belong to Is a non issue, but it's true that there is a small movement and I believe that the movement could increase if something drastically changed.

It’s never gonna happen lol, no one actually wants independence.

I was really missing Corsica also! They just had huge riots before the french presidential election. The whole situation had a really interesting "another man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter" thing going on!

Fryslan Boppe

Could you elaborate on why the region of Franken would leave Bavaria?

The FNP (Frysk Nasjonale Partij) is not actually in favour of independence of Friesland, only in favour of more autonomy. As a Frisian I feel like there are very few people who are actually convinced that independence is a good thing.

Franken (German) = Franconia (English)

Support for bavarian secession is probably higher outside of bavaria than in bavaria. Many people would love to get rid of the CSU

@@melonlord1414 i mean... There is a lot of irrational and frankly unfair Bavaria hate... It being the state that basically finances half the other state together with Baden Württemberg. The CSU is also not ad stupid as the CDU. Söder is spineless, but I'd take him over Fritze Mertz every day of the week.

@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 And there has to be a place where the traffic ministers come from who either ruin the German railwail or waste billions for a toll system only to get it declared illegal ...

@@stephanbrunker dont you mean chief lobbyist for the automobile industry

The UDB(Union Democratique Breton),Parti Breton and Christian Troadec's party...they might have it very difficult to succeed on centralist France(with its electoral system) with debatable awareness among the population but of course they are there and deserve attention,there is also the subject of Breton unification with the Loire Atlantique that contains Nantes snitched away by Hollande's government given to the neighbouring Pays de Loyre to "boost their economy". Also guys my homeland's nationalist movement Galicia with the BNG(Bloque Nacionalista Galego) leading the political fight was also forgotten,which is strange cause it is a classic to Separatist political movements.

@@quiquemarquez3211 Yeah, France is extremely centralist, electoral triumph would be very difficult in this 5th Republic. I think it's extremely strange how they decided which to include. Bavaria and Bornholm might have less of an independence movement than fuckin Castile. Pretty much all Spanish autonomous communities except Murcia and La Rioja have an independence movement stronger than Silesia.

@@osz804 Concerning the Iberian case,I would argue from first hand experience that they are not on the same level,Galicia/Catalonia/Basque Country have been recognised since the return of the democracy after the death of the dictator Franco as "historical nationalities" within the system and were originally the only ones that were to be granted Autonomus status mainly due to on the times of the Spanish Second Republic being the only territories/peoples that had already a Statute of Autonomy or were on the way to have it approved. Spanish Socialist Party with President Felipe González at the head changed this policy in order to extend this to his home Andalucía breaking the original format and extending the Autonomus Community format to all territories historical,cultural or artificially created like La Rioja and kinda Murcia or even Cantabria. I am mentioning my homeland Galicia cause we have the electoral results to back it,a strong nationalism since the SXIX century with its own political theory redacted which doesn't have the great majority of other Spanish territories which pretty much lack the characteristics of the three original historical nationalities.Their nationalisms without any kind of real political impact and created from one day to another. If those territories(Asturias,Comunidad Valenciana etc) have a stronger nationalism than Silesia?I wouldn't say as no idea about Silesia's case but really no separatist parties have any kind of success there,I could mention some autonomist movements like Compromis or Foro Asturias but their own origins and murky/debatable with their members often coming from the Socialist Party or the People's Party(PP) so yeah take it how you will what are their true intentions. There is even a political party in O Bierzo/El Bierzo "Partido Berciano" an old disputed territory between Galicia and Castile(even speaking a variant to the Galician language) that also had their own Autonomus yet not Independent agenda,they had nearly no success as well so just a fast nitpick for all of those curious. But just rambling made my case pretty good I think. Thanks to those who read the whole thing,Greetings from Galiza!

@@IHaveAHobby Arthur: I'm the king of all Britons Peasant: well, I didn't vote for you.

Psd’az is not an indipendentist party though

Also Corsica was missed :/

@@FrancescoLeddamagneto Still, we have a lot of independentist parties. A poll also showed that a majority of Sardinians identify themselves as either only Sardinians of more Sardinian than Italian. They also didn't mention Corsica, where last months there were several riots

@@matteopani9291 yes of course, I am an indipendentist my self. I was pointing out that psd’az is merely autonomist

@@FrancescoLeddamagneto Everywhere I look they are described as separatist. At least everywhere I can find in a language I understand. I don't speak Italian, or Sardinian, so I can't read their official site

I am surprised Republika Srpska didn't make the cut. Maybe opinion polling didn't meet the threshold.

Well, the BNG has recently reborn after some years of total obscurity, but still, the majority voted party is PP local branch, which is not pro independence at all.

Scania?

I frequently go to Galicia since most of my family and some friends are from there and I have never seen, or heard any kind of real separatist intentions anywhere. (This could be due to the regions which I visit being exceptions to the movement, Pontevedra and A Coruña, so I can't really comment on the subject)

Basque? Wales?

Eupen und Malmedy zurück zu Deutschland, Flandern zu den Niederlanden und Wallonien zu Frankreich. Brüssel wird freie Stadt und behält ihre Funktion als Hauptstadt der EU. Oder die Benelux-Staaten einigen sich endlich mal und werden wieder ein Land. Eine solche Wegrationalisierung von Klein- und Kleinststaaten wird ohnehin nötig sein, wenn zumindest Westeuropa zu einem Land zusammen wachsen soll.

@@ogerpinata1703 stimmt so nicht ganz. Malmedy ist schon französischsprachig und wird bei Wallonien bleiben wollen. Ich habe auch keine Durchmischung gefunden, auf der französischen Seite der Sprachgrenze können Passanten kein Deutsch. Wobei aber Luxemburg zumindest für die südliche Hälfte der DSG die attraktivere Wahl wäre, historisch allemal als das Herzogtum Luxemburg noch groß war. Aber selbst wenn es immer wieder erwartet wird ist Belgien noch nicht auseinandergebrochen ....

​@@ogerpinata1703 The only part of your "zurück" (back) statement that is historically correct is the Eupen & Malmedy, back to Germany part. The only part of Wallonia that was ever French is Hainaut (that was historically often linked to the 2 Flanders). The bishopric of Liège (Lüttich) was part of France only between 1801 and 1815. That is only 14 years during the Napoleonic area. Compared to the 800 years as part of the Holy Roman Empire (with the exception of a short, 9 years Burgundian period). Throughout history, the 2 Brabants (Brussels & Antwerp) were a little bit of everything: 100y of HRE (1190-1288), 150y of independency (1288-1430), 281y of Spanish rule (1430-1711), 84y Austrian (1711-1795), 20y French (1785-1815), 15y Dutch (1815-1830)... In short, what Brabant was for the longest period, historically speaking, is Spanish. On the Flemish Part, the 2 Flanders were for 700y French or Burgundian (850-1550), for 240y Spanish (1550-1795), 20y french again, then 15y Dutch So, if you want the parts of Belgium "back to some historical group", it should be more like: - Liège, Limburg and Luxembourg, back to Germany - Brabant and Antwerp, back to Spain - Two Flanders and Hainaut, back to France. - Namur... well, I don't know, the little research I did shows a very chaotic history that I couldn't put in a clear timeline.

@@ogerpinata1703 flanders doesn't want to go to the Netherlands, we'd rather just have independence

I could tell you right now in russia it would not be an act of terrorism. Because in russia they would already have use of their regional language as is in the case of many oblasts and republics and even other European countries. Strange the german minority had to do that.

@UCbxoIy3QnLDHxzdZEC2qwtQ The separatism in Upper Silesia is like 0,5%. It‘s just non-existent

Exactly. Most Germans who used to inhabit the region before WWII were expelled after Nazi Germany was defeated, so the people who live there now are predominantly of Polish ancestry and have a Polish identity. So why would TLDR list them in this video?

@@Nkej1919 the numbers in favor of independence?

@@Nkej1919 why do you want independence from Poland? Is your goal to rejoin Germany or to become an autonomous country?

It is autonomy movement, not separatist. He got everything wrong about it including flag

As a fellow Belgian, I agree with this. Separation is very unlikely. Certainly, with all the crises we've had, this subject has been wiped off the table.

If VB gets decent share of the votes together with N-VA, the other parties will have to create a coalition consisting of every single party except for those two, which is likely to result in an even more divided government then it already is and will piss of more and more people since the 2 largest parties won’t be in government, again. So I wouldn’t say it’s unlikely really

There's also the simple matter that most ordinary flemishmen don't actually care *that* much. Because of the cordon sanitaire VB votes are two-fold: genuine separatists, but also protest votes(since nobody will ever work with them, voting for VB makes politicians' lives difficult). The separatist movement mostly exists in politics and not so much in the streets.

They also didn’t take into account that only a very small percentage of the people who vote for the vlemish nationalist parties believe in their separatist ideas. Secession is therefore very unlikely, and will probably never happen.

True. The main reason the NVA has gotten more votes over the years is because they toned down the separatist talks. There's still a faction within the party that really wants this. But the overall stance on separation has been severely muted in the past decade. It only really flares up on occasion (like the Flemish regional holiday, July 11, or when other regions in Europe try to go for independence). And honestly, I don't think VB was ever really part of the separatist angle. I always thought it was only NVA that really talked about an independent Flanders.

The "Padania" question is now a folkloristic anecdote, with no possibility of having any real effects.

this guy hates the UK and british people. typical remainer/self hater

Cornwall is my personal favourite.

@@KazeHorse It's practically nonexistent

@@lordgemini2376 that’s why it’s my favourite. Like a parody separatist movement.

I disagree for Brittany. The independentist movement in Brittany is close to non existent despite a strong regional identity. Corsica on the other is actually a pretty big omission.

Some people in Corsica wants more autonomy but not independence. They want to have the same status as French Polynesia (article 74 of the Constitution) which gives more autonomy to the overseas departments but no one wants independence. And even the minority who wants autonomy it's only a few minority. I go to Corisca every summer and I've never met in my life someone who wants autonomy (every July 14th they have a proud French parade in Ajaccio and fireworks everywhere to celebrate France :)

@@vivelafrance1800 Hush up French imperialist. Just a month ago people from all over Corsica were protesting for more autonomy and a small minority for indep.

@@rayian536 I said few wants autonomy (last protest there were 5000 people on a island with 350 000 people. Its only a minoirty they even voted a majority for Le Pen in Corsica and Le Pen is anti autonomy when Macron is in favour of autonomy. If they wanted autonomy they would have voted for Macron and not for le Pen with huge majority in Corsica

@@vivelafrance1800 In the 13th of March 7000 people showed up in Bastia (according to SkyTG24). Since in Corsica live 340.000 people, it's as if 1,4 MILLION people showed up during a protest in Paris. I will now report he parties in the Corsican Assembly, with their respective ideology (according to Wikipedia): - "Femu a Corsica" (32/63 seats): autonomist, corsican nationalist, centrist; - "Les Républicains" and CCB (17/63): unionist, conservative, centre-right; - "Partitu di a Nazione Corsa" (7/63): autonomist, corsican nationalist, centre-left; - "Corsica Libera" (1/63): independentist, corsican nationalist, leftist; - "Core in Fronte" (6/63): independentist, corsican nationalist, far-left; So, you have a majority of 46/63 for the Corsican Nationalists.

Bornholm can join Sweden 👉👈

Probably because Greenland is considered to be part of North America, not Europe. Though I do think Greenlandic independence is one of the most likely from any European country.

greenland isn't in europe tho

Wasn't Donald Trump buying Greenland? 🤣

@@TheJayjayforce I really would not say so. Greenland has a a lot of issues you dont hear about.

I think he's only counting places IN Europe, not anywhere controlled by European countries, because probably most overseas territories have SOME kind of independence movement, in addition to foreign voices and the UN "decolonization" agenda always quietly suggesting it across the board. Corsica's probably a good point, though, as other comments have asserted.

He also doesn't appear to he mentioning anything that has never been in the EU, because he didn't mention Gagauzia or Chechnya. He also didn't mention Kosovo, Transnistria, Donetsk, Lugansk, Abkhazia South Ossetia, or Artsakh (except as "breakup of Yugoslavia" and "Russia's various conflicts with its ex-Soviet neighbors"), but those all have de facto independence combined with foreign occupation and influence, and the last three, especially the very last one, can only very dubiously be called "Europe".

Martinique and Guadeloupe are actually quite against it. The former rejected independence by 79% in a referendum held in 2010 French guyana rejected independence by 70% the same year. The latter rejected independence by 73% by a referendum helf in 2003 and New caledonia had 4 referendums in 25 years each voting against despite electoral rules being strongly against the ethnic french living there. In fact there's so much money in being French that territories like Mayotte voted to become part of France itself in 2009 rather than just be an overseas collectivity. There's a reason 50% of Mayotte's population is made up of illegal immigrants from the Comoros and they regularly vote for Marine Lepen/ the far right.

@@willgreen9861 79% against still means 21% for. I don't know if that means there's a "movement".

@Shanti Andía In France people know about the basques but they've calmed down recently theyve stopped armed terrorism in the 90s and now unlike in Spain, in the French basque country the numbers of Basque speakers are goign down as the population becomes more french. the catalans nobody I've ever heard of consdiers them a real seperstist movement.

The Hungarians in Romania are very disadvantaged. They were so under the dictatorship of Ceasescu and they continue to be so.

Nu au și nu vor avea

... the UK and the Faroes aren't in the EU

This video has some spectacularly sloppy writing, as noted even by the author in the pinned comment. It might be best to disregard it entirely, the writer might have had a bad day. A Monday product so to say.

Greenland wants to separate from Denmark

Weren't a few million German speaking Silesians expelled post WW2 - Including my mother in law and her family?

@@nickthurn6449 Sadly, there where. As my polish Grandparents from Eastern Galicia. I could not find a survey showing how many people from Germany currently consider themselves as Silesian. The latest I know is from the 70s. You can let me know if you find a more updated one. Nevertheless, I doubt that these people care about the autonomy of modern Silesia.

@@rafstary3706 we'll definitely not my mother in law because she's dead - but in 1945 she was only 15.

@@nickthurn6449 I am sorry to hear that. Keep her legacy in you.

@@rafstary3706 not an issue - she had a good life and her baby sister is still alive in Germany somewhere...

True, I can confirm, I'm from Bosnia. The thing is, though, those are blocked by the peace treaty, so they cannot legally secede. Doing so would outright start a new war.

@@emp96ElminD yeah, but so can't Istria legally leave Croatia and they still covered it. Even though it's barely an independence movement compared to these...

@@iellachich1894 they did cover Istria, because there is no legal mechanism for independence inside the Croatian constitution. RS and HB are both constitutionally impossible. Legally speaking Istria is light years closer to independence.

@@emp96ElminD tbh, it seems likely to me that we will see a new war in Bosnia before seeing Istrian independence

@@iellachich1894 nah, I hang out with Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs that are my age. We would all sooner leave then fight again. Fuck war and fuck the politicians who start them. I was speaking from a legal perspective nothing more. :D

80.000

8 people

From ass. Also flags are wrong 🤦‍♂️

8 miliardów hanysów

Yeah he switched this up with the population of Polish Silesia

Well they got their own specific video!

do we have any data for the claim that support for autonomy runs high? I've never met a Cornish person that actually wants autonomy, and never met one that doesn't identify as English as well

Don’t forget that Northern England is also trying to separate from England

@@erozionzeall6371 it really isn't lol, Northern English independence is a fringe movement lmao

@@benbezuidenhout626 That's not true. Everyone around here is very anti-London. Whilst there's probably not support for independence, there is significant support for separating off the North within the UK (or expelling London from England). This is especially true in Yorkshire and the North-East.

Do I think independence will happen? I mean this vid made it sound like Denmark has no plans to let it happen so if they don’t will there be a war?

I love Eivør's music in Faroese. I always listen to it while studying.

Cornish Celtic Cobblers.

In Scotland most people are aware of Cornwall, as part of the Celtic league. Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany

@J B no it’s not. Isle of Wight is England

@J B that seems to be a theme that the British government pushes, but it’s not the reality. The U.K. is not a super power, and nobody is trying to weaken it by promoting independence of any country or region. Isle of Wight is English, Cornwall is Celtic. Case for Indy, yes for Cornwall, if that’s what it’s people want.

Sorry what? Cornish lad here, where tf you getting your info on Cornwall? We're West Country Brits/English, with a Celtic heritage still living on through our heavy regional accents, but Independence? Who tf you been talking too.

Not really a "secessionist" movement, since its been de facto independent for 30 years. Same reason why Northern Cyprus wasn't mentioned.

So UK is EU?

It's one of those intentional mistakes, at least where I live in eastern Europe. If not pro-Europe ( pro-EU) then you must be pro-Russia or an isolationist. Somehow neutrality never seems to occur to them or that we could engage in trade with the EU without being part of it.

The UK is not in the EU, so it's technically right to say Europe, though they do seem to be more focused on Western Europe rather than those in the east.

@@Giotsche It was for almost fifty years

But he listed Scotland, NI and Wales. They aren't part of the EU either.

It isn't that low in Wales. Boris is the gift that keeps giving.

“Basque isn’t mentioned” did you watch the video?

@@eldel6398 Not in connection with France it wasn't. Neither were the Corsicans or Basques. It is as if TLDR think France is a monolthic whole. Surely an oversight?

Montenegro and Kosovo put an official end to end, Serbia still called itself Yugoslavia before Montenegro became a sovereign state in 2006.

@@Game_Hero Well, you are wrong. Yugoslavia crumbled in bloody wars in Croatia and Bosnia in 90's. How serbia called itself is irrelevant.

@@nfo981 It is relevant as Yugoslavia continued existing in the first half of the 2000s, just with less members in it.

I think they assume either region would get absorbed by the Netherlands and France respectively. Making the flanders and wallonia flags irrelevant. Kind of a good example of how there isn't even a plan for how this would all happen. Its nothing but empty loud populism for easy votes.

I am Bavarian. Independence is not something that is talked about in 99% of the households here. It will never happen.

@@philipkoene5345 Yeah, it even being mentioned in this video is weird. It's not just "unlikely" it's extremely unlikely. Whenever it is mentioned, it's meant as a joke. The good old Bavaria and Prussia rivalry.

Because it's autonomy movement, not separatist 🤷‍♂️

Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist in the early 2000s but the break up started ten years earlier.

@@linusfotograf Fully aware of that, but the Yugoslavia we tend to think of when just saying "Yugoslavia" broke up in the early 90's, not 2000's

@@ImStevan Yeah, I’m thinking the writer must’ve just googled ”when did Yugoslavia break up?” and went with that

Not anymore. Lega is now a nationalist party

I agree. I could tell from the title that the comments were going to be brutal. To cover so many locations, many of which I was sure they weren't familiar with, would be difficult. Anywho, appreciate the content though.

Something fishing or shipping related?

And they even failed to mention a couple

Majority of People I know think Isle of Man & Gibraltar are independent just like Ireland is & they have a agreement with U.K. for military support if they get attacked. As a Welsh person for Independence I also support Independence for Scotland & United Ireland. You did forget Greenland tho.

@@NicholasJH96 The Isle of Man has a Treaty with the UK. It's free to repudiate it. Gibraltar is a British Crown Colony.

@@adrianwhyatt1425 what I mean is they have deal with UK government to protect them if they come under attack

@@NicholasJH96 you are completely wrong, Gibraltar voted against independence

Eso es lo que los nacionalistas españolas quieren ni Navarra ni Francia piensan siquiera en el tema

@@Maria-ln3xc ez jakin gaztellianaz dut, herbeheretakoa naiz

Bornholm can join Sweden 👉👈

You are amusing 💩 on one hand you say you are liberal and support freedom of choice but on the other hand don't support the same. Are you friends with hunter Biden? Secondly for every short coming of the west they blame Putin guys like you remind me the importance of education 🙄

Petoria is strong, Petoria can face any army

Good points, but a lot of those continent-level functions are filled by the EU, raising the question why have an intermediate level of government between cohesive regions (like some of those mentioned) and the EU. All that intermediate layer of government seems to do is bicker, and slow agreement on, say, Ukraine, and such crises, and other areas of what should be common interest.

One thing that the USA, UK and Russians have in common, they are ruled by political elites, and hidden establishments that control the media, and control who takes the power, and they can topple the leaders at any moment. And these are the war mongers, not the Norwegians, Scots, Irish, Finns etc etc So by your mentality we will be left with 2 empires, America (with England as its overseas state) and Russia, nobody allowed to talk any language but English and Russian? The EU encourages European languages. The British establishment has attempted to destroy the Celtic languages of its neighbours. and they call that a 'Union' No, I 'm sticking with the EU, Scandinavian and Irish model, not the Anglo Saxon England /America & Russian one, which is all about hierarchy and pecking orders, empires and wars

Do you also know italian? I'm from Emilia-Romagna and i always found the situation in South Tyrol really interesting

We have to learn it.

Greenland isn't in Europe

@@Juho221 Greenland is part of the EU throught Denmark.

@@M.M.83-U It's not. Greenland left the EU in the 70s.

@@koobyn It remains a special overseas territory of the EU

@@M.M.83-U True. But If all EU overseas territories were included, the video would be too long. New Caledonia, French Guiana, la Réunion and dozens of others have some separatism

HaHaHa.... So it would just be between Dortmund and Leipzig for the title every year? LoL

Brussels is probably one of the biggest reasons why Belgium will never split.

Venetian separatism is a joke

but they exist, so its informative to include them. Who knows? Maybe they'll have more chance in the future.

​@@Game_Herothere are less and less szekels and hungarians in romania, "szekelyland" was made up by 3 romanian counties Mures Covasna and Harghita, Mureș was like 60% hungarian now it is only 30%, Covasna and Harghita ≈90% now they are at 80% and still going down from 1.200.000 hungarians in 2011 now there are ≈900k-1.000.000

@@papianto1 Time is running out for them, where are they all going?

@@Game_Hero going to the west like everyone in this country

He got everything wrong 🤦‍♂️

There is no separate Silesian language nor nation, they are just a ethnicity similar to Mazovian, Kujavian or Lesser/Greater Polish. Only separate nation in borders of Poland, are Kashubians- the last people of Pomeranians who in middle ages lived from Southern Jutland to Vistula river

the lower silesian flag is white-yellow, flag shown in the video is kashubian flag (who don't want Independence)

@@kosa9662 sure, and before 2005 there weren't any Kashubian. Will see about that nation thing 🤷‍♂️

@@kosa9662 I was expecting comments like these, but fortunately you won't change the facts with your far-right Polish nationalist bullshit. And the facts are: there are almost 900k Silesians, around 350k of which declare Silesian as the only nationality they adhere to and their tongue is the Silesian language, which is really different from the Polish language and is considered a separate language not only by many, many experts, but also by the users themselves. Poland is simply not a monolithic country and is also oppressive towards its largest minority.

As a EU federalist nationalist (from Italy) I want too to see Benelux, I want mascrostates (like Benelux) being a thing with way less power than nowadays countries, in favor of a lot of power to regions inside (like Wallonia, Flanders, Holland) and to the Union outside as the European Federation. Or like Iberia but instead of power to Portugal and Spain, the power into Catalunia, Andalusia, Basque etc and all the foreign, monetary, army policies etc in Europe. What a paradise that would be.

"Seem to want" is doing alot of work here. Probably about 1 in 4, of which half don't even fully grasp the implications. It is presented as a simple handshake and see ya later lmao.

Gosh no, the Benelux is fine as is. Can you imagine the disaster of not being able to immediately identify Belgian drivers? ;)

Belgium is as complicated and divided as it is because theres a divide between 2 different cultures. Hoping another 3 or more cultures join in isn't really realistic

@@BodaciousCaliber Italy Is worst, way more than two, same other countries, more we divide, more weak we are, the entire Italian hymn Is about that, so people should Just stop acting like children

Also you forgot to mention Italy as one of the countries owning Istria.

@@user-df1ek5rc1h yes but only Trieste

"Padania" as a concept was developed in the 80's: there is no mentioning prior of this decade. A "padanian state" has never existed, in any point in History. So it's not a surprise that no one really care about creating a "padanian" state.

I think it's due to a small team trying to produce a massive amount of videos on 4 different channels. Quantity over quality, that's what the algorithm wants

@@jorenbaplu5100 I honestly think that if they want quantity, they should combine the channels so that they have one channel with lots of content for the algorithm, while being able to slow down video production for each area so they can spend more time on each.

Galician nationalist/separatist here! Nowadays they could talk about Bildu too as it has lots of support and is what the second political force on the Basque country?Even reached Navarra's parliament as well.For the first time on forever there is a second option for Basque nationalism with its own labor union and all.