Von der Leyen WINS EU Presidency! What’s Her Vision for Europe? 

True, in vdL's country Germany train system gets even worse every year.

yes exactly In Hungary (where I live) the state owned train company, MÁV advises not to use their trains. They exist for one purpose and they can't fulfill it. Most trains are very old, have no AC, the floor is a meter high up and the only way up is very steep stairs (I am young, fit and able-bodied but if I have a bigger backpack even I have problems climbing up). The trains are slow (always below 80km/h but at some places it's 60km/h), constantly late and unreliable, they break down a lot and replacement buses suck too (they, too tend to break down). Yet, sometimes there's no other way to get to places other than train or car (which many people don't have) in the two, westernmost counties (Vas and Győr-Moson-Sopron), there's another train company called GYSEV-Raabenbahn which surprise surprise works. It's not owned by the Hungarian state but sadly they're trying to change that

@@eddastrohmayer251 I just watched a video yesterday, explaining that the rail service in Germany will probably now get even worse, but that's because there's a major overhaul of the whole network starting soon. That should modernize the network and reduce delays and increase speeds across the country. In Czechia, for example, they're constantly modernizing the fleet and building new high-speed rails. I'm cautiously optimistic about the TEN-T project.

@@Domihork They did nothing for many years under conservative government (which included vdL). Now they are very criticised bc even the Greens in the government (Baerbock) slept the last few years. There will be elections soon, therefore their will not occur anything again. I am really not optimistic. But really good to hear that Czechs on a sensible path.

Yeah but for the next 30 years it will get worse. Maybe more ​@Domihork

Absolutely insane that the votes are private for them.. Vote counters could literally pretend that X votes and for Y..

Yes in order to rule out the weasels.

Only one candidate??? Where is democracy?? It's another dictatorship?

It's hard to blow on the souls of the dumb sheep to vote for you and at the same time vote sensibly in the parliament... So I can to some extent understand why they vote privately (public voting has the advantage of showing people the gore but the drawback that voters are rarely sensible enough to understand reason... the joy of democracy - the worst choice but better than the rest due to the human nature...).

@@DerDoMeN And I suppose you're part of the enlightened ones right? The ones who get to make all the rules, take all the money and control everyone else without any consequence right? After all, you are the chosen ones who know better what dumb sheep need than dumb sheep themselves. And the only reason they want to vote privately is to shield themselves from any consequence their vote might bring. It's an affront to democracy.

A bit difficult in a secret vote.

We know that the Italian fascists didn't vote for her, that could be an indication she is actually good.

​@@zedtrekyou are ignorant

@@zedtrek neoliberals are fascists, prove me wrong.

@@zedtrek But if Renew and S&D weren’t strongly against, they would possibly strike a deal. As a politician you have to try everything in order to gain a majority…

True. I should have used a different example.

It's not done that way. She's the head of EU Commission, which exonerates her from any other internal position. EU-Presidency is a heavy task that shouldn't be combined with any other position. According to the EU Constitution, the European Council in agreement with the Commission President-elect, adopts a list of candidate Commissioners, one for each Member State, to form the College of Commissioners after final approval from the EU Parliament.

@@michaelstorm4785 The EU doesn't have a constitution. French voters made sure of that in 2005 sadly.

@@benoitchamplon7149 Maybe it's not called constitution, but kinda does the same. "Following a period of reflection, the Treaty of Lisbon was created to replace the Constitutional Treaty." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_establishing_a_Constitution_for_Europe

mete as mudança ☁️ no ânus olha os agricultores estamos estamos apresentados há e ágora

But you know, during their 3rd term politicians goes either feral or bonkers. Now she will not restrict herself and this could be spectacular! Time will tell if spectacular succes or downfall XD

@@FifingFossil Politicians ALWAYS takes OUR money and goes the wrong way!!! And,,, when you take away something! You ALWAYS have to REPLACE that with SOMETHING else, ok?

What’s Her Vision for Europe? put EU in NATOin war..military ande economicaly...against RF in China...o yes that she is partly allready avhived...

@@bk818 Madness for the REAL people,,, One Step Beyond...

Jeez, calm down. Nobody understands what you are saying except for the emotion that you are not happy with stuff

After UKRAINE acceptation to EU -never

No!

@@JDXY7 It will happen of course but we just waited too long for it. I don't know what Ukraine has to do with this.

Not within the hands of the COM. Countries decide this in their own

As a Greek, I wish it happens soon. I am optimistic that within the next term both Bulgaria and Romania will fully join Schengen. EU should deepen connection between current member states in order to accommodate the new members in the future, which is part of the plan

well... there are more than 100 right wing seats...now so there is a new voice... with a lot of seats...

Yep, thats democracy!

True

why? for playing the political game or did she start a puppy farm somewhere?

yes, on a bare island...

I think she is talking about stronger borders in regards to nations. Immigration is a different topic

@@lilithsmolinski4563 even bigger paradox. Stronger national borders with agreement to decline border control it doesn't play together.

Immigration treaty strengthens border control

Sad day for who? It's ok, I think I can guess.

A sad day for russian bots 😂

@@Nils.Minimalist her policy failed! She told us that if we the people og EU suffer in the short term, Rus will collapse, the Rus army will be fighting with shufles she said. The facts are in, Rus is not failing but the EU is. In my country everything is 30% more expensive, while Rus economy is booming. Why am I a russian bot because I dont want a politician that failed on their promises?

@@Elfdustify people in the EU. Her calculations regarding EU economy and Rus economy has been dead wrong. Why would we re elect a person who makes wrong calculations?

@@djdeepkanga1245 How did her calculations regarding EU economy ended up being wrong? We all knew the European economy would slow down in 2022 for obvious reasons - in fact if you look at videos from 2022 there was a common notion among economists that a serious economic crisis in Europe was imminent. This really bad scenario thankfuly never happened mostly because of our continent's resilience, but we ended up having stagflation over the last 2 years due to high interest rates.

Se te olvidó que si sobrevivimos seremos árabes.

many parties within EPP are not that far from the far-right when it comes to immigration lol

Nah, it was obvious. They have the same master.

Why? Seats in Europe barely changed.

These are the same idiots that bring the fall of European countries.

The larger, the more member states, the more difficult common sense becomes. Therfore work will not become easier

The issue here is that bureaucracy only works in one direction. upwards. If a citizen needs something fixed or paperwork you need to jump 55 hoops, while they just need to send you one envelope. The fact that those who voted for or against are kept secret says enough about the transparency of European politics. A direct vote, a referendum by the people if it were the case here should be secret. The representation of the will of the people is gone here, since we got to vote for those that vote her in. Does that make sense?

@@MrDertien Votes on legislation are public. The Commission votes are private so the political groups cannot coerce their members into voting like the group tells them too. I would also prefer a public voting, but I understand the reasoning behind it.

Competent is what area? Economic suicide - yes. This went down very well indeed. Bringing the EU on the verge of dissolution? Only if this is what you want.

Yes she is the best choice for the post. Furthermore, she is European Federalist after all.

Agreed.

You must be delusional

@@aodriseu There was no other job with a bigger income available, that is why she gets to fill her pockets another 5 years, and approve laws that no EU citizen has asked for nor wishes.

And you russian bots have lost again.

Right wing extremism always flares up when life gets challenging. Around 2014 when ISIS was a problem, right wing nuts went into overdrive. Now we have had post covid challenges and Russia, and surprise surprise the right wing geta support. It has nothing to do with the EUs normal political decisions

What corruption? Has she been convicted off

Lockdowns, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, green deals, Pfizer shenanigans and before that defense shenanigans... you must be mental to vote for this witch.

my thoughts exactly 🙂👍

Well, brace then. While we enjoy it.

@@Elfdustify 🤮

Yup

@@Elfdustifyto openly say you are an idiot is interesting ngl.

Emissions: _ Europe _ _ _ _ _ _ China _

I am with you. Best wishes and congratulation.

a lot of plans nothing that actually worked 😂 😂

Hahahaha...HAHAHAHA!!

¿En que Europa vivís?

Which fantasy book are you talking about?

You are in your empty head

@@mafi211 Compared to you and your they/them I am sane person.

europe was done several years ago, china smashed us totally in 2 years they became top1 car exporter while eu still fights their own car producers lmao what a parody

@@lukas54cz71 Ok snowflake, I am sorry you can't handle other people being different. Must be scary for you.

Yes, you russians really are 😂

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Wouldnt it be nice if the EU renamed these positions?

No, not for Europe

Very sad for Europe!

No, only sad for you russians.

'Accuse others of what you are guilty yourself' ?

@@Leberteich Nope. No win this time.

​​@@Leberteich Pfizer- Deal... , military industrial complex...

@@Leberteich Tools don't get to voice opinions.

Yeah Spinelli's wildest dream 😂

@@vcs2828 But will it prevail? Will the Gouverneurs be timely? Only some real hard conflicts can force them to move. Not even a down spiraling economy seems to work! But we are allowed to hope our best.

The video mentioned that as well like a minute later...

So what? She provided vaccines in times of need for the EU citizens. If there is any reason to become "corrupt" then that is one of the few examples.

In Ireland, police brutally pacify local residents because they do not want the migration pact. On YT there is censorship in such quetsions. The EU is slowly bringing China to mind

others will do it much much faster

She is one of the more capable German/European politicians, this is somewhat true. Our problem is: - the high influence lobbyists, especially for those companies dependent on fossile fuel, have on her and her party in general - And of course that she can't really be trusted. You know, the entire "oh I am being investigated and need to give you my phone? Sure but all the data on it has been deleted." So yeah, for most people corruption allegations don't make you more likeable (same with Scholz)

She fits in the defense ministry, don't you see how much she lobbies for more weapon production?

Actually she has reading skills as well as lobbying military industrial complex and her husband's pharmaceutical industry.

You got it right.

She changed nothing for the better for us civilians, and she is still promising the veto take-away and Rule of Law changes that she has been sitting on for several years, so nothing new in regards to Hungary. As a hungarian myself, I hope I will be proven wrong. Defense is important but so is our cost of living as well, things have been getting worse for several Balkan countries.

She is as corrupt as here bosses in the usa!

And what are those things exactly? Would genocide be #1 on your list?

@@teresaolszanka112 war is #2, first one is reducing democracy within EU

Who are you? Her Pfizer husband?

the european parliament, that votes for the commission president, is elected by the people

none sane would vote for so dumb person, def corruption how can you vote for someone who destroyed eu economy while china in 2 years became top1 car expoter from basically zero.

@@davidescristofaros2241 I know. What I say is too indirect. If people voted it would not happen. And in a real democracy not only people votes elect individuals but vote also on their decisions

@@davidescristofaros2241 indirect democracy facilitates corruption

@@oliveirlegume3725 representative democracy. you voted in the european elections AND in national elections. whoever you voted for in national elections are the ones who will be representing your country in the EU, and whoever you voted for in european elections will be representing you politically.

Why blame the EU for something they don't have the powers to change? Besides, she said we need treaty reforms, it's really up to the EU members to do those changes as the EU has limited powers in that and can only deal with the cards the members have given it. I do think more democracy is needed at an EU level, but treaty change will likely be needed for that to happen, so it's really up to the members to make that happen, if they don't, then the blame firmly goes on them not the EU.

@@paul1979uk2000 Wikipedia Ursula von der Layen

@@paul1979uk2000 You can't really have a reasonable discussion with people that have been manipulated into vilifying the EU. They don't want to hear that the EU can only do so much because it would unearth that their beloved party is corrupt and using the EU as a convenient scapegoat.

So what? She provided additional vaccines for EU citizens. If there ever is any reason to be corrupt then it is such a reason. She is heroic.

Agreed - we need a fresh face that looks at our issues from the civilians perspective! Defense is important but so is our living standard

@@turkizno Well. If people do not vote Social Democratic but rather far Right and Right Extremist, then we will only receive CUTS to welfare and CUTS to our living standards and a DECREASE in said standards. But people do not think before they vote. They vote on impulse. Personally, I am glad that Vond er Leyen seems to have at least allied with the Greens this time instead of the Neo-Fascist Meloni.

@@turkizno You're looking at the wrong face then, the EU Commission has very limited powers when it comes to defence and living standards as that is much closer to home within the country. It's hard for blame someone for problems when they don't have the powers to fix those problems, and when it comes to living standards, two factors are at play, one is external factors like the Russian war in Ukraine which bumped up inflation, the other are the lack of reforms by governments of the individual countries, a change at the EU would have very little impact on that as the real problem is with the governments of the individual countries.

@@turkizno You sound like a person that would demand higher living standards in a situation where the world was destroyed by a large asteroid. What is so hard to understand that living standard is not a thing that is easily adjusted to people's preference and that there are many complex external factors that neither your national government nor EU as a whole can control? Imagine a situation where a country X will invade your country tomorrow. Your logic is to demand from your government to increase your falling living standard. For real dude, use some critical thinking.

The race wasn't between her and someone else. It was about whether she remains as president for 5 more years or not. An opponent would first have to get the green light from the heads of state, and then have a vote in the EP.

The largest party won, they propose a candidate that is voted on, it's not a leadership contest

Another candidate is only proposed if she would have been rejected

The EU is organized like a parliamentary republic not a presidential one. You vote for the party not a president. The alternative would have been the S&D who would have likely chosen Nicolas Schmit as president.

@@XMysticHerox S&D were not the majority party so no, EPP were still the winner and present a candidate, so if not her then it would be her second.

@@oadka is war being better of?

​@@GetFochD how is that her mistake?

@@nokedili I'm sure she is powerless as the EUC president 😂😂

Seethe harder

@@SwordQuake2self hatred is never the answer.

​@@mapache69. Womp womp

It's unthinkable. She should be facing court. Which I believe she will be - isn't she sued for COVID-19 vaccine purchases?

Well chosen ... 🥴

Like WEF.

Everyone I disagree with is a Russian troll 🤷🏻‍♀️

What metrics are you using to determine europes doing well?

Hahahahah yt supremacist likes a nzi tell me something new. This crazy woman couldn't get the whole of EU to produce 1 million shells and she wants war??? 🤡

Because the only metric for a politic these days is whether they are pro-Ukraine or pro-Russia. Ridiculous.

​@themakerofmagic We can use economic growth and inflation as metrics. And given three economic crisis (COVID, Energy crisic, Russian invasion in Ukraine) caused by completely external (to EU policies) factors, EU showed great results. Very quick reduction of high inflation, and economic recovery.

It's "tenure"... I.e. term, not 10 year

What exactly is there to like? Do you even live in Europe?

The US? Trump won by electoral votes against Hillary. The people actually chose Hillary by popular vote. Let's do nothing like the US. A EU president is nothing like a US president too. It's more of a speaker of the house function.

@@MrDertien If you like 300 billion to agriculture and the second highest expense was anti migration deals with African nations she is your girl. She's basically the pro EU Orban or Meloni and they still complain.

@@Joey-ct8bm The reason that our farmers who work 7 days a week take the time to drive tractors to Brussels and spray manure on EC buildings really reflects the way they like her policies. Ursula knows how to push agendas that are not in line with what citizens in Europe want. But as you say, citizens don't get to vote for her. We just get to vote for the lackeys who do. These lackeys can be corrupted, or outright hypocrites, telling us that they won't vote pro Ursula, but behind close doors do just that. You see how disgusting this is? Now, why is all this required in a democracy?

You should come and live here then, and see what these Eurocrats are good for, besides sending us to war and fleecing us with taxes without the citizens having any means to vote her out.

@@MrDertien "Sending us to war"?? Hello, that war is been raging since 2014. Merel repeating the same mistakes as in 1930s.

Is called job creation. You brack/destroy something, and then the government pays you to fix it. The government seems to be very good at this or at least good at the destroying part. I think they learned it from the emigrants

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@@livemusicbandssa she represents the right interest so corruption is good!

These two really need a rebranding.

Exactly, Orban leads European Council ! And Hungary leads Council of EU.

No, the European council is lead by a permanent president. The Council of the European Union, which is the 'upper house' of the EUs lawmaking, is the one that rotates between countries.

Yeah extremism from the right is a big problem caused by people like her that make the citizens of the EU feel unsafe and see their national identities turning slowly foreign.

Well????😂

Far left extremists too, both sides have extremist, and they're equally bad, EU in it's nature is a centrist project, it's opposed to extremes of all forms.

The right is not a threat at all. Must really hurt you when people have alternative ideas to you.

​@@RK-cj4ocwhen those ideas include removing my righs yes, its a thread. When those ideas include literally that the Nazis wherent that bad and then repeat the same rethoric as Hitler but with a new minority it is a problem.

That's bcz of her bigoted attitude towards china

​@@jacksmith-mu3ee lol

Even if that's the ultimate plan (which is might not be), they wouldn't admit it. It's too much of a striking policy

What are you talking about? It's happening already, wake up.

@@wese6612 How? The plans made are just small steps. IF they'll happen.

What? You have a problem with transparency?

@@teresaolszanka112 No, he's got a problem with random guessing. Do you have trouble reading?

It's a colonial deal

Maybe, but there wasn't really any credible alternatives presented, the only one I can think off is Mario Draghi, but I didn't see any credible ones from the far right and at least with von der Leyen, she's proven to be competent and a safe per of hands. Personally, I would have liked to have seen changed, but the alternatives were not that great.

@@paul1979uk2000 Well, you have a point.

The Commission President is elected by Parliament and Council, whereas the Commissioners are nominated by national governments.

@@falsevacuum4667 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission#:~:text=It%20has%20Ursula%20von%20der,the%20President's%20state%2C%20Germany).

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Better?, what do you mean?

spelling

@@jh5kl who cares?

I think sadly, that the qualities it takes to be elected, is sub optimal from the skills it takes run large budgets. And even further away from qualified decision making on technology.

Is it though?

@@diogorodrigues747 seems very much like it and incredibly sketchy but i dont know enough about it which is why i want a video about it.

Yeah, overall, she handled things quite well under difficult times, but I do agree on Orbán that the EU should be a lot tougher, but like you said, the EU Commission role has limited powers that she probably didn't have much choice when it came to Orbán because EU countries probably didn't want to rock the boat, but in this case, the boat needs rocking, otherwise things will get worse. Personally, I think treaty reforms are needed, I think more powers are needed at the European Parliament level and I think the EU Commission/President should be merged into one position and be directly elected.

@@paul1979uk2000 Unfortunately as long as countries abuse veto power there are very few comprehensive reforms that can be passed. Maybe empowering the parliament with actual legislative power, and maybe, with the right of calling no-confidence votes, which would be massive.

​@@lorenzodepaoliwell said