The EU Parliament: Who’s In, Who’s Out, and What It Means 

can I ask whats your methodology for left-right classification of the eurogroups? Whats the question/answer or set of questions/answers by which you map the groups on the chart?

Thank you :D Really happy you liked it

@@EUMadeSimple Africa is also far right Wing - as in they are united in kicking out the west and bringing in BRICS

I was going to comment the same. The graphics were really well made! Usually I'm getting a bit lost but not this time

yeah very good quality❤!

He’s quite a bit off. the left’s movement further left has caused them to reframe traditional right-wing or center-right policies as far-right. This can serve to justify their own positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. It’s a perspective that emphasizes the importance of understanding the relative nature of political labels and the power of framing in political discourse. To prove my point using his labels Japan would be far right which they are not.

Well one of them, KKE (2 mps) is the Greek Communist Party. It advocates against NATO and the EU, and takes part in European Elections to lock it up. It would not join any collaboration, just voice it's opposition.

Most of them are left-wing nationalists, like German BSW or Slovakian Smer, or right-wing to far-right parties who were rejected from ESN and PfE or decided to remain non-alligned, like Spanish SALF, SOS Romania and Greek NIKH. Also a satirical party (German Die Partei), progressive party (German PdF) and weird independant (Fidias).

The non-aligned left-wing nationalists include the Czech Stacilo! coalition, and the Greek "Course of Freedom". There's also the Communist Party of Greece, the Catalan nationalist Junts, and Polish far-right dissident groups like Confederation and National Movement Allegedly, there were discussions for Slovakia's Smer-SD and even Hlas-SD join the Patriots of Europe, but they declined, viewing themselves as fundamentally social democrats, and thus remained unaligned.

He’s quite a bit off. the left’s movement further left has caused them to reframe traditional right-wing or center-right policies as far-right. This can serve to justify their own positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. It’s a perspective that emphasizes the importance of understanding the relative nature of political labels and the power of framing in political discourse. To prove my point using his labels Japan would be far right which they are not.

@@TrueAnarkii i find this hard to take seriously when right wingers consistently dismiss even the mildest leftists as extreme

thank you :)

Basically yeah but it now has a better leader

Essentially. Only 1 MEP of the Czech Freedom and Democracy SPO refused to join Patriots, and joined the Sovereignists 1 MEP from the Conservative People's Party of Estonia EKRE defected to the EPP as an independent

​@@petelovagssecondaccount5291I love how you call Orbán "a better leader" giving that he's not a good example at all when it comes to corruption, economy or media independence. Even with the migration thing it's very questionable - Orbán just calls them "foreign workers" instead of immigrants.

@@diogorodrigues747 Le Pen being a traitor to her roots and other parties makeOrban far better

@@alexlehrersh9951 Still the guy is pretty bad - which tells a lot about the others if that's the case.

He’s quite a bit off. the left’s movement further left has caused them to reframe traditional right-wing or center-right policies as far-right. This can serve to justify their own positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. It’s a perspective that emphasizes the importance of understanding the relative nature of political labels and the power of framing in political discourse. To prove my point using his labels Japan would be far right which they are not.

​@@TrueAnarkii Japan is pro Ukraine, anti fascist Russia, also they are in a demographic and economic freefall which is why they recently authorized more immigration. Also Japan doesn't deny minority rights and climate change so they aren't far right

⁠@@TrueAnarkiiNo one calls the EPP far right

i as a german didn't know that a party like this existed

In Germany, there exists no such party, must be the translation of the F.D.P. into your language. And you forgot the 'dots'/'full stops' that are integral part of their name when shortened. So stop telling nonsense. Greetings from Bavaria (southern Germany)

@@EllieD.Violet It's... in the video... they got 1 seat in the EU elections in Germany. They are in the unaligned stack. They have no seats in the Bundestag, here is a wikipedia page for them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Progress_(Germany)

@@rikstan15 Never heard of them, and they'll never make it into the Bundestag, just like so many other 'parties'. I guess that from as merely technical pov they may be considered a 'party', but not in terms of real politics. They are more of a lobby group.

@@EllieD.Violetjust because you haven’t heard of them doesn’t mean they don’t exist 😂

Glad it was helpful!

@@EUMadeSimple your quite a bit off. the left’s movement further left has caused them to reframe traditional right-wing or center-right policies as far-right. This can serve to justify their own positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. It’s a perspective that emphasizes the importance of understanding the relative nature of political labels and the power of framing in political discourse. To prove my point using your labels Japan would be far right which is not true and would be very dishonest. Therefore you are being dishonest do a better.

​@TrueAnarkii whenever people use labels like far-left/right, it's only in relation to their local standards. In this case European standards. Sovereignists and Patriots are the most far-right parties in Europe, whether or not you consider their views reasonable. Japan isn't in Europe, their society is very different, so trying to stick then into this makes no sense at all.

​@@TrueAnarkiithe ldp would not be far right by these labels just Standard right like the ecr.

​@@tiihonhaukanmaki3874 "Whenever people use labels like far-left/right, it's only in relation to their local standards." This is an oversimplification and somewhat misleading. Political ideologies have core principles that transcend local standards. Socialism, for example, is broadly associated with the left, while capitalism is associated with the right. By examining historical and contemporary political environments, we can categorize policies across the political spectrum. In France, labeling right-leaning parties as far-right is misleading and does not align with traditional right-wing or center-right categorizations. This reframing serves to justify the left's positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. A similar tactic is observed in Ireland, where working-class individuals are smeared as far-right for advocating for reasonable immigration adjustments. This is a clear example of propaganda and manipulation of language. "In this case European standards. Sovereignists and Patriots are the most far-right parties in Europe, whether or not you consider their views reasonable." You mean right-leaning parties. True far-right policies would involve extreme measures such as banning homosexuality, prohibiting all immigration, expelling all non-native races, or denying women access to education. These are examples of genuinely far-right policies, observed in some countries with strict authoritarian regimes. On the other hand, far-left policies can lead to highly controlled, dystopian societies, as depicted in George Orwell's "1984." Interestingly, extreme left and right ideologies can converge in their authoritarianism, highlighting the dangers of such extremes regardless of their political origin. This mislabeling of right-leaning parties as far-right is a tactic to paint the opposition as more radical than they truly are. "Japan isn't in Europe, their society is very different, so trying to stick them into this makes no sense at all." I mentioned Japan as a rhetorical device to illustrate the concept of shifting political baselines. If a party in France advocated for policies similar to Japan's stance on dual citizenship or strict immigration controls, they would likely be labeled as far-right. However, Japan maintains a more balanced approach to labeling left and right, without the extreme political rhetoric or polarization seen in Europe. Japan's political climate is relatively stable and less polarized, providing a contrast to the more extreme labeling practices in Europe. This highlights how political labeling can vary widely based on local political dynamics and how terms like "far-right" can be misused for strategic purposes.

The national elections are over, they don't need to act like they are 'mildly' right wing for the upcoming years, same with the Dutch PVV.

thank you so much! Appreciate the nice comment :)

Your attempt to frame the right as far right is a fail just cause your party is way too far left doesn’t mean the right is 🚩Propaganda 🚩

@@EUMadeSimple Excellent video. Much better than the legacy media. Keep up the good work.

He’s quite a bit off. the left’s movement further left has caused them to reframe traditional right-wing or center-right policies as far-right. This can serve to justify their own positions by portraying the opposition as more extreme, thus normalizing their own stance. It’s a perspective that emphasizes the importance of understanding the relative nature of political labels and the power of framing in political discourse. To prove my point using his labels Japan would be far right which they are obviously not.

Nope The were hard left with a anti eu stance sonope npt surpising for me

I mean they have always been very obviously left wing. Never got the whole "third way" nonsense from them. I guess with their recent failures they decided to stop LARPing.

They are putinists, not patriots.

we got metal gear villians in the eu parliment before gta 6

​@@aaabbb-zc7sxbest comment ive seen in a while

In which world does the afd wanrt to revise the border Are you stoned?

That’s interesting too but the party is about independence from Europe not as much collaboration with eachother haha. Again the AfD aren’t nazis so it’s not that surprising.

⁠​⁠@@user-rt8kl4mj7cyou can be right, but I describe the narrative in Polish media. I think that opinions are divided, but you can hear a lot against this choice.

Ironically that "making sense" comes from a social-liberal😂

Same as a Sweden democrat voter (former moderate party voter). ECR is also Pro Ukraine which is a big moral difference in comparison to PfE and Sovereignist who want Ukraine to surrender.

Most "far right" parties are not even economically right wing they're more leftist than EPP and in some countries the far right party is more left wing economically than the traditional left wing party

Yep I agree with you I voted myself for ECR I think they are easily the best

yes i wanted to vote for ecr over the other right parties specifically because of their position on Ukraine, but sadly there were no candidates to vote for in my area :(

Thank you so much 😀

there's a politico article about patriots for europe titled "the habsburg empire is back together" or something like that, when i read that i nearly spat out my coffee edit: grammatical mistake

who even voted for bro

Thats why its in the limit. But things like LGBT and abortion rights provably

Mainly anti migration, euro scepticism, and opposing greens. But it really is mislabeling because these labels are based of political spectrum some 20 years ago. Much more accurate would be to label EPP as centre (more EU, migrants, green policies), ECR as centre right (in favour of EU, migrants, green stuff roughly as it currently is), Patriots as right wing (less of all 3), and ESN as far right (no EU, no migrants, no green policies) As for the left, you choose what they are on. So renew is extra EU, S&D is extra migrants, greens are well ... extra green and "the left" as the party, is extra "lets break the economy"

Mainly migration and traditional and reactionary values

For example in France it is the most extreme far right party that joined ecr, with policies such as deportation for immigrants (even legal ones)

​@@joelimbergamo639So basically center-right from 20 years ago.

He probably means that Volt Netherlands wasn't a part of the Greens

How far is Volt Europe from forming it's own group?

​@@rustix3very far. But possible in the future

@@alle8689 Both Volt Germany (3 MEP) and Volt Netherlands (2 MEP) are members of the Greens/EFA

@@rustix3 it requires 23 MEP from 7 different countries

Thats why they are unable to work together. Its impossible to be saying that Rumanians are bad for your country but then be alliegned with them

​​@@joelimbergamo639 Saying all the other nationalities are bad doesn't make you (only) a nationalist, but a x3n0phob3 or even a fass1st. Nationalism means you love your country, your conationals above the outside interests of other people and countries. Though there are different stages of nat10nalism from which patriotism and fassism, with or without x3n0ph0b1a). So as long as the alliance pursues the interests of all the members and there is no x3n0ph0b1a things should, theoretically, go smooth. Afterall even the fass1sts from different European countries colaborated well during WW2.

@@Hardcore_Remixer I 100% agree with everything you said, the problem is that most far right parties aren't concerned about nationality, mostly about color and religion, making them the second thing you described. For example RN centered their campaign arround the fear of islam belief taking over France. That is not nationalism, and replacing Islam by Jews might reveal the problem

@@joelimbergamo639 The thing is that skin color is a criterias by which one can make statistics when the country the 1ll3gal 1mm1grants came from is not known (to be honest, if they are undocumented then all you have about them is their word). Religion also helps make criterias and understand how they act and what they seek. So far, many muslim 1ll3gal 1mm1grants in France meet the following: - won't assimilate - come only for the welfare system which benefits them - don't work - form gangs - won't even bother to learn French This being said, they have come to France and made themselves into a nat10nal problem of France so they have earned their label, hence why they are now the most expected group to commit these actions of their group. This reputation wasn't built in one day. Again, they are more like a group of nationalities rather than just one nationality, hence why the skin color and the religion is used to make criterias, for simplicity. I'm fine with legal 1mm1grants of **any** skin color and religion as long as they integrate. Though, some countries may have a different religion as part of theor culture so that may also play a role in nat10nal1sm. It's not that these groups are hat3d, but they simply pose a threat to the nat10nal secur1ty so they are an obstacle of nat10nal1sm and nat10nal1sm reacts naturally by backfiring. And the issue of Izrayel (YT won't let me say it for some reason) is no reason for us to let ourselves stabb3d. I agree it wasn't right to replace the musl1ms there with j3ws, but now I only see 3 options for this issu3 and none is good: 1) Leave Izrayel on its own. 2) Keep the W3sts foodhold in the Middle East as a strategic point (nothing changes). 3) Turn against Izrayel. Either way the damage is already done and ww only have bad options which I'm not really that much interested in (I mean I'm fine with any of them).

Welcome to the propaganda of the media dominating corporate left.

Valótlanságot állítasz, hogy a Fidesz (Magyarország) Ukrajna támogatásának minden formáját ellenzi. Kizárólag a fegyver támogatást ellenzi. Az egészségügyet, az oktatást, az energia ellátást, az infrastruktúra fejlesztést, a katasztrófa elhárítást és számos területen segíti Ukrajnát.

Portugal’s Chega is also anti-Putin. Words from its Leader, André Ventura: “we wouldn’t join the Patriots if they were to support Russia instead of Ukraine. That said: Chega is totally in support of Ukraine”

Because their policy position in the European political context is a nationalistic one and nationalism is a right-wing ideology, with ultranationalism being far-right. PfE is generally right-wing in terms of their Euroscepticism but far-right on other matters like immigration.

@@falsevacuum4667 Meloni and Orban are perfectly aligned on immigration and also other right wing values. The exception being the Ukraine war. Still, one is labeled far-right and the other just right. Conclusion: the label is determined by the relationship with the political mainstream, who does the labeling.

@@axoloneidolon4702 Well to a degree, yeah. Far-anything just means taking a radical position that is far from the consensus of society. The other half of the judgement is the position itself. If you live in Nazi Germany, being a "moderate" could be an unpopular opinion. That would not make you "far-left" per se, though. These terms are relatively loose.

​@@axoloneidolon4702i can agree with this

@@falsevacuum4667 nope. Far-right is the realm of nazism, chauvinism, xenophobia, racism; ethnic-cleansing and genocide promoting.

Far left??

@@carraway8084 yea the Left(communists) + Greens Center left = social democrats

@@carraway8084 yea radical left 46 + Greens 53 + not in a Group 30

@@liberalegypt Greens are not "Radical left" and non of the Green or left wing parties support Putin. Only "patriots" of EU and the extreme right do.

@@liberalegypt are you having a stroke?

I agree.

thank you! Really appreciate it :)

It's just not because of Ukraine. The ECR and PfE also have difference stances on how to deal with immigration for example - the ECR wants a collective response while the PfE wants every single country to make their own migration policies, some of them even proposing to abolish Schengen.

@@diogorodrigues747 just for my information, who wants to abolish Schengen? Because there is no such statement issued by PfE.

​@@diogorodrigues747 It's ridiculous. I cannot reply to you completely, even though I use terms you can read in newspapers, due to RU-vid censoring algorithms. This is the world we are living now.

@@axoloneidolon4702 Some parties inside of PfE want that, although it's not an official things from every single party.

@@axoloneidolon4702 It happens with everybody these days. RU-vid moderation is filled with dumb autobots, I hope some day there is an legit alternative to RU-vid to long videos.

They are Pro Russian. "Patriots" of Russia, literally just went to Moscow a few days ago to kiss the pinky ring. Maybe you should read up on their manifestos and watch actual news. Just a suggestion.

How aren't Fidezcz and AfD far right and pro-Russian then? Because they clearly are both things.

This channel has a video exactly for that and explaining all the EU institutions!

ID colapsed because man parties liked Orban and before losing face Le Pen joined with him

​@@alexlehrersh9951 Basically ID was led by Le Pen and she refused to allow Fidesz to join, so Orban created his own group and essentially convinced all of ID to defect to his new party group. As the clear loser of the "leadership competition", RN reluctantly joined PfE, conceding leadership of the group to Orban.

@@falsevacuum4667 You basically agreed with me

@@alexlehrersh9951 Sorry I meant to reply to OP with a slightly more detailed explanation.

For real

I am an American and wish that I could vote for Meloni.

😂 I also noticed that😂😂😂😂

I understand that you don't understand.

Same my man same!

​@@PecoraSpec Go to an Islamic country if u disagree 😊

@@user-yy7el8ud3i we are good.

@@PecoraSpec You dont understand anything

it may be surprising to you but not everyone is a xenophobic racist

@@duckface81 It is a grey area and where does it start and where is it just healthy cautious way like in nature to be careful with strangers. I still believe that many that call themselves antiracist actually are "selective" racist. Not saying that we all can improve but it's quite naïve to think anyone is chemically clean from any racism/xenophobia. But then again some believe in religion and other in socialism etc and think they know the whole truth lol

@@Tybold63 it's not about who to be racist towards, it's about believing in equal treatment vs not believing in equal treatment regardless of ethnicity

@@duckface81 Well I am humble enough to know that it is a constant struggle and yeah ofc we can strive towards equality. Problem is that some are more equal than others so as I said it is a struggle and you cannot define yourself 100% free from it ever or you lying to yourself.

Maybe Viktor made a mistake when he decided to go to have a discussion with Putler

@@MietoK You apparently won the argument. I'm not allowed to discuss my point of view on this platform... Congratulations!

​@@MietoKbut he made one with Zelensky too, so whats the problem?

PfE: Logo? No brah, we only got TEXT

You don't like the "New" Europeans?

Fidesz is a right-wing nationalist party. Not as radical as MHM but they are definitely not center-right. They were kicked out of the EPP for being too radical compared to actual centrist-leaning parties. Orban is literally a pariah in Europe.

Oui, c'est bien dommage. Mais j'ai l'impression que le principal problème d'ECR est le fait qu'ils contiennent peu de parties à l'intérieur de leur groupe. J'imagine que ça doit être compliqué de trouver un parti de droite un minimum dur et qui est à la fois pro-Ukraine. Ducoup, ils sont obligé de faire des compromis comme avec Reconquête sous peine de se retrouver avec un groupe peu nombreux.

Reconquete is not in ECR anymore either. They left and went independent.

Is the the only problem you have with reconquete? A literal Nazi?

THE PEOPLE 👍

​​@@Optimistic7718only the left represents the interests of the people, thats the whole point of the left

Because I cleared my throat ... haha. sorry about that.

@@EUMadeSimple *throat

@@EUMadeSimple ahah don't worry, it just happens

yep thanks :)

guy with a mustache says hi.

​@@the0ne809the most radical and violent people aren't on the right. Partly because they aren't in control of the established media so they have less capabilities to rile up the population like the other side can.

​@@the0ne809the most radical and violent people aren't on the right.

​@@the0ne809Partly because they aren't in control of the established media, so they have less capabilities to rile up the population like the other side can and does.

​​@@D_ND_Hno, but the violent ones on the left have zero to no support. Th3 violent on the right even if less violent are winning elections. And yes they are far right. Right is the EPP. But AfD for example are literally neonazis