NO BORDERS?? 😳| The European Union Explained.. (American Reacts) 

As a citizen of EU: no borders is GREAT. Makes travelling sooooo much easier.

The EU is the most beautiful thing that has happened to Europe in centuries. For my parents that lived under a dictatorship in Portugal to be able to travel freely in Europe, it's a dream come true. I can't imagine life without the EU, stuck in a tiny country. European countries are small compared to others, with many being smaller than your average US state. It's a blessing to be able to be in a sum which is greater than its parts.

Americans reacting to concepts that go way over their head. So much for the great American education system.

Jeez, I’m an Indian (living in Canada) who is 16 and I know about The EU to some extent. This shows how much America doesn’t give a s**t about stuff happening around the world

Wow. I feel underwhelmed by American intelligence once again.

I can call myself a proud citizen of the EU. I know we have many problems and we squable for every goddamn word in any agreement and law we make together, but this is how international politics work. In the EU's case the difference is only that we word on together on almost everything related to any sphere of living and politics. And do I need to mention, that we have put an end to over 1000 years of near constant wars? I take a messy union over trenches every day of the week.

As a citizen of the EU: I honestly love the EU travelling around freely is so nice and good!!

This is a perfect example of a video being so clever, it loses the basic points on the subject in the detail. The EU's main reason for existence is for the free movement of people and goods between member countries. For which they need common citizenship, common product standards, common regulations and a common currency etc. Individual countries have "opt outs" for certain things due to technical or political reasons. "Brexit" was the UK leaving for internal political reasons. As many in the UK objected to their perception of the EU heading towards taking more centralised political control.

7:49 Yeah you Americans are also too good for that: Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico... not to mention all the American bases you guys have scattered across the surface of this planet. 8:03 Like in every country the authority has the right to ask for your identification, pretty easy to keep this in check. The EU is something worth protecting and calling it "stupid" would be pretty hypocritical considering the state your own American Empire is in as well. All these asterisks we have are sure complicating and it does shed some light on many issues this union has. It hinders a bit on the sovereignty of several nations if you're not either France, Belgium or Germany who btw have an immense monopoly and power on the whole union. The EU is not perfect, nor are the countries in it, in fact many have a lot of problems, some even related to the EU, but it's a union that has also brought the greatest benefits to this "Continent of War" with free movement of people and goods, regulations, common stanards etc. European nations not part of the EU or its "influence" are in the dangers of being "bullied" by the Russians, the Chinese and... of course, you Americans. I much prefer living in a country that abides to a union without borders, free passage, freedom of movement despite issues on sovereignty, immigration, finance and many more rather than live in a state that abides to a union with intense gun violence, unrestricted capitalism, lack of tolerance by the higher powers and many more, and you know what union I'm talking about as the latter. Vive la France. Vive la Belgique. Lang lebe Deutschland. Lang leve Nederland. Lang lebe Luxemburg. Lange leve Sverige. Vive la Suisse. Long live Ireland. Długie życie Polska. Hosszú élet Magyarország. Længe leve Danmark. Viață lungă România. Ζήτω η Ελλάδα. Да живее България. Viva Italia. Viva España. Vida longa Portugal. Lang lebe Österreich. Dlouhý život Česko. Nech žije Slovensko. Dolgo življenje Slovenija. Viva Andorra. Dug život Hrvatska. Sorry if I butchered some of these but you get the point... VIVE L'EUROPE. And we shall stand independent and safe form Russia, China and espcially you, the USA.

So I'm from Finland and just yesterday we were driving next to a river where the other side is in Sweden. You can just drive across the bridge into Sweden without having to stop on a boarder checkpoint or something like that.

"What country is that???" That would be Greece. They had a major financial crisis and it turned out they had lied to the EU about their financial situations.

Wow… I knew the education system in the us was bad, but damn…

An American saying : empires are not gonna let go, is quite fun when you think about their "Empire" ( From Guam to American virgin islands ). Think about it : Taxation without representation. Isn't that how they supposedly started ?

I’m proud to be in EU.

Imagine lots of different states uniting together into one federation, in somewhere like, oh I don't know, north America. Maybe they could have one currency, lets call it the dollar! There could be total freedom of movement and trade between all these states. Each state would have its own capital and legislature but share common federal laws and values. Inevitably things would be extremely complicated in all the minutiae of everyday............................. No, stupid idea. It would never work.

This guy literally lives in a country that is sorta like the EU but then calls the EU trash, it would 100% help you to imagine it as a “United States of Europe” as someone in the comments pointed out edit: you can stop commenting on this i know it's dumb now

Regarding your flag: If one has genuine confidence in what ones' country stands for, it's unnecessary to display overt symbols of patriotism. This unquestioned indoctrination from pre-school onward - the daily Pledge of Allegiance, the Stars and Stripes flying everywhere (even undergarments for godsake!), the feeblest excuses to once more sing the national anthem....... to me it suggests a deep insecurity about the real well-being of the country. This type of pretty much enforced patriotism (either by law, or social pressure) is more akin to more obviously "authoritarian" countries, and a bit weird for somewhere that likes to think of itself as "The Land of the Free".

I still remember what it was like before the EU. I was a pain. Different passport controls, always having to keep different currencies, and moving product from one country to the other was nightmare. Form after form after form after form. In the early 1990s I started a company and in 1999 I opened a small factory in Hertfordshire. In 2014 we had started plans to expand, which would have meant hiring another 40 people, with the staff of 51 that we already had. The staff was all very pro-brexit, i kept my mouth shut. But in 2018 when it looked like what ever deal the UK would have made with the EU was going to be a nightmare. I notified the staff that I would be closing and relocating to Belgium. Of the 51 people laid off only 7 have found other jobs. I wasn't the only one who did this. Many relocated their head offices and operation to the EU. This is exactly what I predicted what would happen.

"what contry was that?" just one of the most famous and recognisable, greece. for a moment i feared you would have called greec "italy"

You know, the more i watch videos from us People, the more i am happy not to live there... instead i live in a country with free education and Healthcare, which is Friends with all bordering countrys, where the police isnt racist politicans arent corrupt and you dont need to fear to get shot every second....

Btw your flag is hung wrong. The field (blue part) should be in the upper left hand corner, whether hung horizontally or vertically.

"American reacts" = watches the video in complete silence and says "what?" once in a while 🤣

Let's complicate things a bit more! Irish and British citizens can travel and live in both Ireland and the UK even after Brexit! I'm one of them

As someone from Switzerland, I can say yes, they will definitely kick you out. If you try to live there without a permit, the government will make you leave. It is also quite difficult to get a permit, let alone become a citizen. To become a Swiss citizen you either have to marry a swiss person or pass lots of tests including a language and a culture one. In some places the village you live in can even vote and say they don't like you so you get denied citizenship.

*laughs in free healthcare*

I can't speak for the other territories, but the Dutch Carribean territories were allowed a referendum in 2004-2005. In this they could choose between: 1. Becoming and autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands (like England, Scotland, North-Ireland are in the UK) 2. Integration into the Netherlands (becoming a municipality of the Netherlands proper) 3. Independence 4. Remain part of the Netherlands Antilles. (retain the status quo). Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten voted for autonomous country status. Bonaire and Saba voted to be integrated. Sint Eustatius voted to retain the status quo, but since every other entity voted something else this wasn't really an option. So they chose to be integrated as well. So the Dutch islands are in the situation they chose to be in.

"What country was that?" I lost it

As an EU citizen I haven't heard any new information in the explanation video. You see, this is something that is taught in schools here. If you get to university you often get to learn about the proper decision making, the detailed structure, the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) etc., every asterisk. Calling the EU stupid and lame is really, I mean really ignorant. Try to open up to the world more.

Curious why you called this video “So Stupid”. The EU is not perfect but it is a quite a radical partnership amongst countries that used to fight wars with each other and has been more of a success especially keeping peace for many decade, promoting rights and cooperation. Though some will disagree, I think we were fools to leave it in Britain.

Don’t think there will be many arguments, to be fair the EU has pros and cons and as a traveller the no borders is perhaps the best. You asked at the end how do they know you’re not a citizen, it doesn’t matter

The country they pointed out was Greece. There was a massive thing about tax evasion and poor government choices. Greece also is like 2nd in the world now by country debt (had to google it, I knew they were in the top for sure)

Notice how they panned to Greece when they spoke about monetary goals.

you can definitely stay in Switzerland if you want as an EU citizen. After 90 days, you have to register yourself and show proof that you can sustain yourself financially or a job offer and you will get a residence permit that is automatically renewed after certain years if you still have one of those.

It’s always sad as an American to see so many of my fellow citizens dragging their knuckles along the ground :(

The country at 4:30 was Greece, I think this is an old video because countries like Latvia and Lithuania also use the Euro now too. They also forgot to mention Montenegro - not in the EU, but uses the Euro because their central bank is tied to Germany, so they'll use whatever currency Germany has.

For all the people talking about "taxation without representation" I suggest you look up the US practice of citizenship based taxation. The US and Eritrea are the only two official countries that practice this - when Eritrea introduced this the US led the charge to condemn Eritrea. The US also forces citizenship upon accidental americans (people born in the US but left as babies or abroad to a US parent - never intended to be US citizens) so even through they may have never lived in the US they must file & pay US taxes no matter where you live. This also applies to former green card holders that have moved out of the US. Some may point to the Foreign Earned Income Exemption but that does not cover "unearned income" such as unemployment, state retirement benefit or things like scholarships/grants. There are also additional forms you must file as a "US person for tax purposes" that people living in the US do not have to file. The forms are complex and should be completed by a professional tax accountant which can easily run into thousands of dollars to have prepared. The Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) must be filed on any account that has 10k in it. Failure to do so carries a minimum 10k penalty. Even if you had 5k in one bank and transferred it to a new bank the US would consider you to have 10k because at one point you had 5k in one bank then the other - so must file an FBAR. Then there's Foreign Account Taxation Compliance Act (FATCA) which has caused many those overseas "deemed to be US persons for tax purposes" to be unbanked. Although it's claimed it's only for accounts 50k+ the fact is if you live overseas and have a bank account your account no matter the balance on the account will be reported to the US. Their local bank is considered "foreign" by the US; banks failing to report this group face 30% withholding on all transactions plus other fines & penalties if they fail to report even one person. It also applies to businesses that employ anyone "deemed a US person for tax purposes" that is a signatory on their accounts - guess who doesn't want said people working in payroll or as business partners. It's a bit ironic that people living in the US can have an account with Deutsche Bank (US branch) but those living in Germany can't have an account even though it's a local bank. Even more irony is the fact when similar legislation (without the penalties & fines) was proposed for those in the US, people screamed it was unconstitutional & violation of their rights but support the more offensive FATCA. These are regular people living ordinary lives yet have been wrongly painted as criminals & tax cheats. The US is now the worlds #1 tax haven as money can be easily hidden there with 0 accountability where that money came from or for what purpose it is used. Of course then comes Global Intangibles Low Taxed Income (GILTI) which treats someone that owns a small family cafe as if they were Amazon. This included a transition tax which was retroactive to 1986 - so even though they were tax compliant & paid they had to fork out more money to the US. Some when faced with this new US tax bill had no choice but to close up shop. There are approximately 9 million people that are "deemed US persons for tax purposes" not living in the US. There are other things that only apply to them that do not apply to homelander US persons & residents. As for representation in US government, well it depends on the state where they were born in or their US parent - some states do not allow them to vote in federal elections and those that do, do not consider them constituents so those US persons have 0 representation in US government. Their only way out is to pay $2,350+ to renounce their citizenship, you must be over 18 years old & mentally competent. In March 2020 this service was unavailable and only a few embassies/consulates have started some but there is a backlog. Once you renounce you will have your name published on a federal register as if you had committed a crime. Those registers are supposed to be up-to-date and published quarterly but reality is there are people that renounced years ago yet to appear. Remember that embassies & consulates have not been doing renunciations throughout 2020 into 2021 yet the published registers would have you think otherwise. For those that scream traitor or tax cheats at people living abroad, you should know that most countries have a much higher rate of taxes. The difference is that the taxes they pay where they live they actually benefit from - affordable healthcare, higher education etc whereas the US provides 0 benefit but expects full obedience. Oh get off the high horse over other countries having overseas territories as the US also has 12 of their own.

The EU is complicated for everyone who want's to make it complicated (politicans and civil servants), for the general population, we tend not to pay too much attention other than we can go to (more or less) whichever country we want without having to have passports, or having to change money. I've literally driven for 27 hours through 6 countries and only had my passport checked going through Serbia, and even that with a British/EU passport was pretty much painless

The idea of the EU is that people can move freely between EU states. If you don't need border restrictions between NY and NJ, why would they be needed between Belgium and The Netherlands?

the boy's expression seems perplexed, in theory he should know how complicated it was to unite these nations to prevent us from exterminating each other, we have never been an isolated continent where Indians lived, our history is much more ancient and complicated, we hope to improve it before anyone can take advantage of it

EU: Yo, is your economy good enough to handle the Euro? Greece: Oh yeah, def' bro, it's all golden down here. Narrator: But secretly, it wasn't.

The free movement of people and goods in the EU is one of the founding principles of the EU and it works perfectly well. The whole point is in the name, it's a Union?

You're a shining example of the Republican Party's vision of public education.

i mean look at the kid, clearly between watching superhero movies and eating mcDonalts he didnt had time to learn about the world, give him a break.

The country at 4:32 was Greece! I'm a little disappointed about you not recognising the "cradle of democracy"

Useless piece of information for the day: the "Hotel Suizo" which appears in the video at 3:54 is not actually in Switzerland - it's in Barcelona city centre in Spain near the port.

"No borders within the EU " , that is the part he is suprised about ? As far as i know the US has so real border within as well!

I am British and I live in the EU (France) rather than my own country. as for the French Islands of Martinique, etc they are a much French citizens as if they live in Paris and in French elections they send elected representative's to the Senet in Paris. After Brexit were the UK had a referendum on leaving the EU this has coursed it seems more problems for the UK, and none for the EU. To be allowed to continue living in France we British in France had to apply for a "Carte De Sejour". I am a strong believer in the EU principle's of equality of all nations and no boarders, which is a problem, the the UK is having now in N. Ireland I could suggest if you look for youtubes which show how the boarder is between N Ireland (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (EU) there are situations were half an house could be in the UK and half in the EU, or the house in one and the garden in the other, which is nothing compared to the N. Ireland protocol .

British won't let go of their land? LOLOLOLOLOL. You're sooooo young!

I'm glad you're extending your interest beyond the British Isles for your reactions! I love the EU. I'm from The Netherlands but live in Latvia and have previously lived in Ireland, Finland and Belgium. My parents live in Hungary and I have spent extended periods of time there too... as well as in Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Czechia, Poland and Denmark. All this without ever needing visas or work permits. By no means is the EU perfect but I am very happy to be a European citizen.

I know that ignorance is bliss but it apeears that in this guy's case ignorance reaches a whole new level.

The EU may be complicated, but without the EU it would be much more complicated, to travel, to trade, to invest...

This must be an old video, because we simplified it a bit by leaving.

“What country is that?”-the most American phrase ever.

To me it's not weird at all, it's a union of (most) European states, and the ones who are not into the union, mostly are part of the shengen zone, which means you can travel without any problems

Biggest mistake the UK has done leaving the EU, their economy is in a shambles

The British voted to leave the E.U. in a referendum and called it 'Brexit' (British Exit). However this has divided the country into two tribes called 'Remainers' and 'Leavers' which has caused bitter tension. I've tried to be non biased because Brexit tends to cause arguments between both tribes.

There's a lot of people resisting the itch to comment about Brexit here 😂

"What country was that?" Can't you tell he's American! Geography not a major subject there, apparently 😂

He did say France was the Queen of not giving back lol our Queen has given a lot back

The Schengen Area still has borders and border controls. The controls aren't fixed at the border anymore but mobile like police cars. Anyone can expect a a border control car at any time even deep into a country.

You criticise the UK for not letting their territories go though we do have referendums in those countries so the people choose whether to stay with Britain or leave and so far all of them have voted to stay. But do you think America will let go of their territorial claims on their islands America has colonies as well and territories outside of the United States and those territories don't get to vote whether they want to stay with America or not at least the territories Britain own's always gives the residents the option they have referendums roughly every 10 years and like I said so far they voted to stay part of the United Kingdom can you say the same for territories that belong to America.

I’m sure someone else has already said, but ‘that country’ that was zoomed in on is Greece.

The EU has had several names and started with six members, West Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg coming together to co operate over Coal and Steel, becoming a customs union, removing trade barriers. In effect a free trade area offering the same benefits as the one the US has with Canada and Mexico, and over the years more and more countries have joined. The EU from the start had ambitions to be much more, it's mission is what it calls ever deeper and closer union. In the 1980s the Single Market was established which an ever expanding framework of EU laws are applied by a European Court, these laws are superior to the laws of the member nations. At the turn off the century the creation of the Euro gave the EU control over the monetary policy of most members. While a single currency is convenient, it has proved too strong a currency for the weaker economies of Southern Europe, Italy has had no economic growth for 20 years, Spain has very high youth unemployment, while Greece went bust. It works very well for Germany making them very competitive and having a huge trade surplus. The solution to this, and too all problems is more power for the EU. Recently they got the right to borrow money and distribute it to countries for Covid Recovery, and already conditions are being attached in unrelated areas to get the money. The EU has its own foreign policy and ambitions to its own army. It has a complex system of government, which has the appearance of democracy, without affording the voters the power to remove anyone with any real power. Fundamentally the goal is to become a United States of Europe. Of course we joined and forty odd years later we left after voting 52% to 48% to do so. The UK had always been the least committed to the goal, indeed our politicians tended to claim they would change or reverse the EU's direction, they never succeeded, the EU has its goal of total union, and while it can be slowed, it never goes into reverse. It has never given back any power to member states, once it has it. I voted to leave, and that was my reason, I did not think that the ultimate goal was right for the UK, and if you find the train you are on has a destination you don't want to arrive at, you dont stay on it hoping for delays, you get off. Of course people voted each for their own reasons, but a summary would be: Remainers came in several main types, some believed in the idea of a single European state in principle (Not a case made by the Remain Campsign), others voted on their belief in the economic benefits of the EU. Many were not enthusatic about the EU, but thought leaving was too risky or too much trouble, and others because they didn't want to be associated with the sort of people who voted leave, there was a lot of use of celebrity endorsement by the Remain campaign. The Leave campaign had those who believed that the UK should in principle be self governed. Those who believed in trading freely with the world, and those who believed in protectionism (sounds like a contradiction, but the point is that outside the EU we could choose). Those wanting control on immigration, and those who saw the EU as part of a system that did nothing for them or people like them, and rebelled when given the chance.

Zooms in on Greece and goes “what country is that”

That has got to be a old video cos we are no longer in the EU in the UK.

Get rid of the rag on the wall, it stands for the greatest misery home and abroad. A country that can't take care of its own people. And I hope I don't have to explain how US foreign policy is seen all over the world. #FreeAssange

With the flag, you could get away with the Hawian flag...its got both the US and Union flag combined into one!

As others have said, the U.K. has left the EU and, despite some minor issues regarding fishing and the NI border, the economy is doing well with above inflation pay rises for lower paid workers now that wages aren’t repressed by cheap foreign workers flooding into the country. This has led to some shortages at harvest time as some crops haven’t had workers to harvest the food but this is being addressed by creating more temporary work permits for foreign workers and farmers paying more to their workers. Since the vote to leave in 2016 (17.4 million to 16.1 million) and the big majority that the Conservatives got at the last General Election on the Brexit ticket, it’s now thought that the popularity for Brexit has soared to over 60% from being 52% in 2016. Fundamentally there will be no going back. The EU is slowly but surely looking like it will eventually break up of dissolve into something else. Either way, there is a rise across the EU in popularism as more people see their national and cultural identity being watered down by an organisation that is too removed from them politically. The EU was fine as nothing more than a trading block but as soon as it tried to become a political union it signed its own death knell!

Also US as federation has its asterisks, like Puerto Rico, part of US but not. EU is based in diplomacy because millenniums of wars sicked us. I'm a proud European Citizen and Italian as well.

UK? Not now.

You’ve really decided to open a can of worms with this. Just try to prepare yourself for the almost inevitable war in the comments between those who were in favour or against leaving the EU in the UK referendum. I am in the “prestigious” position of being a citizen of both the UK and one of the non-asterisk EU island states in the euro zone. A former colony which the UK hasn’t really let go because they have military bases on it. Another interesting fact about my little island of Cyprus Joel is that it has the last divided capital of Europe after the reunification of Berlin. Quite a good video you selected there Joel. It roughly explains things that are very, very complicated. Look up what the European Council, Council of Ministers and European Parliament are. And then, if you aren’t bored/tired, there’s the European Central Bank. We here know all about that…

Narrator zooming at Greece when talking about lying in Euro requirements. Him: pretends like he knows what is happening

To understand EU, you need to also understand historical context…post world war II.

The fact that the europeans in this chat are forgetting that the North American content is vastly different and more diverse in nearly every single way is the most shocking thing I’ve seen today…

The UK has "let go" of almost all its conquered land (e.g. Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore). The places they keep are almost all islands that have voted to stay British.

That was Greece my friend. how can you not know that that was greece? the italian is too stunned to speak

Ooo I'm gonna come back and read some of these comments later 😅

No borders is great, went to Poland today, looked at a fortress in Küstrin, ate something, went back home, didn't need to show my passport once.

Uk/Britain left the EU on New Years Eve (last year)

This video is the reason the dislike bar got shut off. The stupidity is insane.

If we dont become a federation, the EU has absolutely 0 chance in the future against China, US, India, Russia etcetc. There are two paths forward: we either stay decentralized which is a vote basically for lower economic and political significance, OR we could be ambitious and try to increase unity and show the world that europe is not dead just yet. Just as an example: Do you think if we remain a group of nation states we have any chance at all in the space race that has already started?

EU was also founded to stop the rise of nationalism and thus prevent European wars 💂‍♂️👍 . Unity is strength 👍, Isolationism divides 😕

Imagine just getting those fancy RVs that have everything up to a bathroom, and satellite internet... Travel through Europe working from the internet just living the best...

The UK isn't even in it any more. The EU is a great thing. Unfortunately during covid, borders did reappear, because every country was looking after its own people, but at other times thats a great thing. Also economically for the smaller countries it is beneficial, which comes back as benefits to the larger countries as an EU whole. I don't expect a teenager to know quantum physics but basic knowledge that the EU exists is surely something that should be taught.

The flag is fine. :) Interesting note, though. I have never seen a British flag in anyone's room here (or even outside their house). The only exception to this is when there are international football tournaments going on, then they are everywhere. 😂

Keep those euro-fingers off our liver and onions! You can’t get more British than that, and it must be protected 🇬🇧🇬🇧

5:21 G E K O L O N I S E E R D for the english people here: C O L O N I Z E D the Netherlands has 6 islands in the caribean Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao(ABC islands Bonaire has closer ties to the Netherlands while A and C are more on their own but still are a part of the Netherlands) Sint Maarten(bordered by the French Saint Martin), Saba and Sint Eustasius(the first one has the same ties as Aruba and Curacao while Saba and Sint Maarten have the same ties as Bonaire)

What is it with Americans and their flag? It's got this weird nationalistic/bordering on the fascist dictatorship vibe. Reminds me of all the flags in Berlin in the 'thirties. The British are a heck of a lot better at 'letting go' than France is. At a certain point, an overseas territory stops being an asset and becomes a financial liability. Prime Example being Greenland. Denmark would just love for Greenland to go her own way, but the people of Greenland just won't let go. Why? Because good old Momma Denmark is a money cow that the people of Greenland just can't give up. Britain, on the other hand, gave up India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa... and yes, even the good old USA because it was just too damn expensive run run (amongst other reasons).

Don't know If it has been said yet but: How the 🦆 can a person of your age not know about the EU😳🤷

I can't even imagine border checks again, that's something I know only from old movies, mostly from communism time. I remember when I was on foreign vacation for the first time (in 2006) we went thru Switzerland and there were still border checks, it was so annoying even when they didn't really check us, they just look on us and show "go," but even that is annoying and it slower you on your trip. We (Czechia) entered Schengen officialy in 2007, but I don't remember any checks at German border in 2006, there were just some cops showing "go" gest to everyone, so border existed, but they didn't check anything.

I studied the EU for a big chunk of my degree...the EU is far from perfect but it is a perpetual work in progress and has generally been a good thing for Europe, despite populist griping and media misrepresentation of what the EU actually does. I also had the option to live and work in Europe visa-free until Brexir. Now I'm basically stuck in Britain...wonderful. you should Google pictures of EU country borders, some are crazy!

I'm from Norway. Our border with Finland still has manned border control, but it's lax for personnel vehicles and you can freely move through it. I feel like it's mostly there for cargo transport.

You can normally go to Switzerland as EU citizens without passport and you can stay there freely as visitor, but you can't stay there for living and working without permission as in EU member countries.

Be prepared, you are going to trigger a lot of people from all sides if you keep watching content regarding the EU 🙂 But please do, the comments section will be great entertainment. 😄😀😀

We've (UK) left. We voted to leave years ago but the remoaners as they're known, tried their best to overturn the democratic vote. Other countries also want to leave now. The end is nigh 😉

That must be an old video you are watching, since it still list the UK as a member of the EU.

Dearest Doc, please stay well clear of this as it's a HIGHLY controversial subject. Brexit and all the things that go with, I am a proud European and always will be even if England after the many lies about the EU were spread with this appalling government we have and the clown that's in charge of it and so the majority "apparently" voted to leave, now more are not wanting to and so is breaking the UK up. Scotland and Wales and Ireland all voted to remain. See you tomorrow JPS.

Uk has left. Hurrah! 🥳😋🥳😋

As others have already said, this is an old video. The UK joined the European Common Market (EEC) way back in 1973. Gradually, through stealth politics, this association of countries for a common trading base transmogrified into a Federation called the EU. The UK voted for independence in 2016.

This video didn't mention Finland's Åland in overseas territories even though legally it's similar case. Åland is part of Finland and uses euro for their currency, but because it's autonomous region, they have not joined EU and are excempt of some EU laws which Finland has to follow.