I’m so glad Portugal is part of the EU, it’s an amazing country. Sending love from Italy 🇮🇹🤝🇵🇹

@jacknice428

8 ай бұрын

Yeah we love Italy too🇦🇹❤️🇮🇹the Romans established our city (Vienna)

@Frpar123

8 ай бұрын

it would be better if we'd met in an alternative Union formed exclusively with countries from the South: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Morocco, etc. That would be a reason to be glad, to be free from the northern calvinist unbearable puritanism and ressentment

@redZibra

8 ай бұрын

Love you back, long time.... Italy is in the hart.

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

@@Frpar123 that's a mistake,norther Europe it's the biggest EU budget contributers, who's gonna pay for that?

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, Italy is doing great in the EU.

As a Portuguese, I would like to say that this video is, from a general perspective, very representative of what Portugal is. Our country is filled with beautiful cities and landscapes, friendly people, and delicious food, which makes it a highly appealing tourist destination. However, life here is not easy for the majority of Portuguese people. The population has been losing purchasing power and quality of life, and social disparities are increasing. At the moment, housing is undoubtedly one of the biggest issues in Portugal - rents are extremely high, and salaries are very low. It's impossible for a young person to leave their parents' home and become independent. The (excessive) tourism is one of the reasons that led to increased rents in city centers and has caused them to lose their soul and essence. Personally, I am a supporter of the European Union and recognize its importance in the development and modernization of many economic and social sectors. I love the fact that I can easily travel conveniently between EU countries. In fact, it's easier and cheaper for me to catch a flight to central Europe than to go to Lisbon - public transportation here works poorly, and we are dependent on cars... However, at the same time, there are still many factors that make me not like the EU. The expansion of the Exclusive Economic Zone would be positive for our economy. However, the truth is that we do not have the means and ships to fully exploit it because when we joined the EU, much of our fishing and agriculture were destroyed and abandoned. Overall, I like being Portuguese and European. Nevertheless, given the economic difficulties experienced in my country, I feel that I will have to emigrate to a central European country. As the video rightly says, this is indeed a problem in Portugal - it doesn't offer good conditions for young people, leading them to emigrate to other countries with more attractive opportunities. Finally, I would like to congratulate the entire team that produced this video! To everyone who may read this comment, I would like to say that you are all welcome in our country, regardless of nationality, religion, sexual orientation, etc.

@EUMadeSimple

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comprehensive comment. Portugal indeed is a lovely country

@jonynos16

7 ай бұрын

As a fello countryman i agree 100% with your words, although im not brave enough to emigrate.

@Soul-ft7bg

7 ай бұрын

As a Portuguese myself I completely agree, right now I live in UK and soon I will be moving to Malaysia. Which to me will bring better opportunities then Portugal ever could.

@Moutacreeper

7 ай бұрын

I believe this comment should be pinned, I'm a 26 year old Portuguese man that is planning to move to Germany because I'd like to be able to build a future for my family, which is not possible in Portugal at the moment, unless you're rich or come from influential families.

@valdocarvalho603

7 ай бұрын

Woow. I would not explain thiss any better. I actually left Portugal almost 13 years ago, given the challanges I faced right after finishing college, and found a much higher ceiling in the UK, which lost its appeal since their departure from the EU unfortunately but it's still OK for skilled workers. Now that I am a bit wiser, Portugal is a great place to invest should you have the means of course, but it is at the expense of the people that are less furtunate. Something I must say although I am really bias, Portuguese people are low key specialist in they areas, I would urge the country to invest in the people because I see more and more fantastic professionals leaving because its just impossible to live there let alone dream. May be with this new digital era, things will change who knows.

As an Iberian European (from Spain), I feel that Portugal is also my home and the Portuguese are my siblings. I love Portugal with all my heart, like the rest of Europe.

@Dieter11

8 ай бұрын

Los españoles son nuestros hermanos, nuestros gobiernos deberían buscar una mayor integración ibérica 🇵🇹🤝🏻🇪🇸

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

We will be friends again when you give back Olivença.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

​@@Dieter11não, não são.

@Dieter11

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer a sério há pessoas que levam essa merda á sério ? 😂

@Dieter11

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer fala por ti

Go Portugal Best regards from Germany, EU

@MrKlipstar

7 ай бұрын

Best reggards,to Our Great Friend; Germany,very apreciated and welcomed ❤🎉🇩🇪😃

@andrepereira744

7 ай бұрын

Go Germany! Greetings from Portugal

Beautiful country, beautiful people and grand history. Much love, from Lithuania. 🇱🇹❤️🇵🇹

@val-schaeffer1117

8 ай бұрын

One of the most vile racist country ever

@hugosenshida999

7 ай бұрын

Hello im portuguese, went to Lithuania in erasmus One of my favorite countries, much love

@Frpar123

7 ай бұрын

The history is not that grand. Actually it's bloody and sinister.

@hugosenshida999

7 ай бұрын

@@Frpar123 all history is like that, normally grand history means extensive

@Frpar123

7 ай бұрын

@@hugosenshida999 No, "grand" means admirable, with something execeptional. But while I won't deny portuguese history "exceptional" character, the suffering, the extraordinary conturbation that the portuguese introduced in the world by way of conquering, killing, slavering, raping, etc., is amongst the worse crimes in human history. Of course, english, dutch and north american histories are far worse. Nothing compares to the cruelty and ruthlessness of the english empire.The Windsors should be all canceled (if not arrested) and a international court should be summoned (even today) to judge Britain's unspeakable crimes.

As a Portuguese, and as a European, I want to thank you for the amazing work done in this video. I hope Portugal learns from its mistakes and from our alies, our friends, European countries.

@EUMadeSimple

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I love Portugal 🇵🇹❤🇧🇷 Beautiful country, top-notch food, and incredibly warm-hearted people. Hopefully, it can grow more influential over the years

@FOLIPE

8 ай бұрын

Brazil and Portugal relations are overrated, since the end of both countries dictatorships they went even deeper to their natural divergent paths - Portugal into the EU and Brasil to become it's own thing. Hopefully this distancing continues with time. Cheers

@generalbenjaminarrola340

8 ай бұрын

​@@FOLIPEe o Brasil para se tornar uma potência que é hoje em dia, e agora com os BRICS para a destruição do dolar e enfraquecimento do ocidente. Em breve seremos uma superpotencia 😊

@verdi2310

7 ай бұрын

@@FOLIPE I see you're some of those nationalist kids with that typical inferiority complex. You better learning to speak Brazilian, brother. You are a tiny nation with a declining native population. You will disappear in few decades and everything the world will know about you depend on what Brazilians will tell them, because 99% of foreigners studying "portuguese" in the world, in reality are learning BRAZILIAN.. You can fool yoursel as you want, but the EU is not a nation. Is a trade deal. Only coeards in tiny countries want to hide behind an imaginary european nationality. The Brits already gone. Nobody at major EU countries see themselves as EU citizens. Grow up. Oh, and that kind of "Brasilian" trying to be friendly with you are a minority. In general are people with plans to move to portugal then going to actual europe.

@luisfernandor.pdealmeida1229

7 ай бұрын

​@@FOLIPE Because Brazil is more important than Portugal today, Portugal would be nothing without the EU while the world would be nothing without Brazil's amazon rainforest, for example, Brazil is also a pendulum between the United States and China due the fact that it is one of the richest countries in the world in natural resources, one of the biggest countries in the world with vast lands, natural diversity and population, not to mention that Brazil has one of the most privileged location in the world for launching satellites at the Alcântara base.

@Frpar123

7 ай бұрын

@@luisfernandor.pdealmeida1229 ...the f**k are you on? favela drugs?

Forever love to Portugal 🇬🇧♥️🇵🇹

@toze2929

7 ай бұрын

But you left 😢

@riskinhos

7 ай бұрын

don't come you aren't welcome.

@antonioferreira8118

7 ай бұрын

We are good my brother🇵🇹❤️🇬🇧

@j.m.leonardo9734

7 ай бұрын

@@toze2929 Eles quiseram sair agora amanham-se. Ninguém os mandou sair.

Hello! I'm Portuguese and a proud European. However, I believe our generation is trapped in outdated perspectives when facing new challenges. While Portugal is renowned as a vacation destination, we must strive to be recognized for more. We grapple with brain drain, as many of our most talented individuals leave in search of better opportunities abroad. Additionally, our declining birth rate is concerning. We're on a precarious path, and swift action is imperative.

@puraLusa

8 ай бұрын

So far no country or policy have influence women to have children when they don't want them. I wouldn't have them for a million euros and I'm not alone.

@samueljesus8496

8 ай бұрын

As a fellow Portuguese, I have to admit that @marcojoao is right on the money sadly.

@jboss1073

7 ай бұрын

Men made women too prosperous and now they don't want to give them kids.

@kermitthethinker1465

7 ай бұрын

@@puraLusa Israel,seems to have managed to have a modern society with high birth rates

@puraLusa

7 ай бұрын

@@kermitthethinker1465 that isn't due to policy but to 1 culture and 2 holocaust reaction (if they want us gonna we make sure to be more of us) and 3 reproduction resistance (palestinians also have high birth rate, cultural (egipt also has it) and also as a form of resistance), lastly 4 the more religious and conservative sector who doesn't believe in using contraceptives (and are pretty isolationism comunities aswell), if u observe the secular jews and other groups their fertility is same level as europe. So, nothing to do with policy and trying to make it so would be a false equivalence.

Nobody do we love more than the Portuguese 🇪🇸🤝🇵🇹

@timartinho

8 ай бұрын

Spain and Portugal are the problematic brats that are also siblings, we can annoy each other but if anyone tries to touch one of us, it's OUR problem and we shall protect each other as our own. Because we are. Love from Portugal.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@timartinho Portugal has been betrayed by the Spanish all over our history together, even helping Napoleon to try and conquer us. They tried to conquer us many times. Even nowadays they hold a bit of land that belongs to Portugal and don't want to give it back.....Olivença. They divert the rivers to other parts of Spain for agriculture, not caring if Portugal is drying up. I can go on. Not even the Spanish are brothers to each other, that's why they're divided in 4 parts that all want to be independent. Talk for yourself, but not all Portuguese see Spanish as our own and don't protect them.

@astraltints626

7 ай бұрын

@@timartinho Love from Spain :]

@aportuguesetraveler

7 ай бұрын

As a Portuguese, Spain is my second home!!! We love you!!

@j.m.leonardo9734

7 ай бұрын

Saudações hermanos.

Love the country 🇪🇸❤️🇵🇹 glad we get to be European brothers in the union

@MrKlipstar

7 ай бұрын

Ibérius Pater ! Hispania ❤ Mater ! 😍

@Ricardojmsl

7 ай бұрын

🇵🇹❤🇪🇸 European friends and Iberian brothers ( cant choose family ... 😜)

I'm Portuguese and I thought this video was accurate. People here see the EU positively and while they don't actively push for further integration, they wouldn't be against it either. Personally, I believe all EU countries will benefit from integrating more -- it's the only way we can assert our interests on the world stage and avoid becoming puppets of other powers. I also love that we're a block of super diverse countries and cultures, but we reach agreements through dialogue and compromise (not through violence like we're seeing around the world).

@Siranoxz

8 ай бұрын

The bigger the EU becomes the more difficult it will be to manage all EU member countries with the VETO perk attached. So the VETO will likely have to be removed for the majority vote for the EU to push further into enlargement. I do not understand the mindset of some moronic idiots thinking that the EU is a dictatorship and claiming it to be anti democratic while the opposite is true. These people have never lived in a real dictatorship to make these comments. Portugal understands this better then most western EU skeptics.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

They brainwashed you well.

@paul1979uk2000

8 ай бұрын

Economically, all EU countries should benefit from further integration with more economic growth and less waste, politically, integration will help Europeans to protect their interest around the world. If done right, integration will be a good thing for Europeans, the question is on the process of getting there and doing it the right way that works for all the EU members, but I do think that in this quickly changing world with powers like the US and China, EU countries are going to have to integrate more and to expand if they want to stay relevant around the world, relevant in the sense of being a big power and protecting European interest, which are quite different from US or China interest.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@paul1979uk2000 these comment sections are full of experts.

@Purjo92

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer Says a guy who is terrified of dead ideology. 😂

Amo portugal da frança 🇫🇷❤🇵🇹

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

Thanks,a lot of Portuguese emigrated to France in the 60s and 70s. Portugal historically held France very highly and many Portuguese historically always held France as a role model to follow.

@fireblade3682

7 ай бұрын

j'aime la France!

@sora1804

7 ай бұрын

​@@kermitthethinker1465cap portugues hate french

@j.m.leonardo9734

7 ай бұрын

Eu também gosto muito da França, se não fosse Português não importava nada de ser Francês.

Interesting video. Hello fellow seafaring nation! (Sorry to other countries for all the colonization). Love fromThe Netherlands🌷

Amo nossos irmãos portugueses 🇧🇷🤝🇵🇹

@LucasGontijo-cz4pr

8 ай бұрын

🤢🤮

@moulicos8334

8 ай бұрын

​@@LucasGontijo-cz4pr🇵🇹♥️🇧🇷

@FOLIPE

8 ай бұрын

Irmãos nada, temos muito menos em comum do que as pessoas gostam de imaginar. Só atrasa o Brasil essa mistificação de Portugal e tem que acabar pra ontem

@Mpl3564

8 ай бұрын

​​​@@FOLIPENem atrasa nem adianta. Os brasileiros têm mais é que tratar dos seus proiblemas sem atirarem as culpas para os outros. Sejam os ex-colonizadores ou quaisquer outros. Completamente ridículos e infantis esses odiozinhos.

@grandmasteryoda6717

8 ай бұрын

@@FOLIPE Não é nenhuma mistificação, amigo. Qualquer falante da nossa linda língua portuguesa é meu irmão, a meu ver. Do angolano nas costas ocidentais da África ao timorense entre a Ásia e a Oceânia. Ame o seu próximo como ama a si mesmo❤!

Lots of love from Brazil to father nation Portugal. Let’s make together the free trade agreement EU - Mercosul finally happens! 🇧🇷🇪🇺🇵🇹

@juliopage2543

7 ай бұрын

Portuguese people don't want Brazil (brazilians I say) closer... Just as colony again. I lived there for a wile.. In general they mock brazilians and hate us because Brazil has more influence in the world...Portuguese people don't want Brazil (brazilians I say) closer... Just as colony again. I lived there for a wile.. In general they mock brazilians and hate us because Brazil has more influence in the world...

@Ogeroigres

7 ай бұрын

@@juliopage2543 To be fair it was Brazilians who started the mockery against the Portuguese (with the xenophobic jokes) but Brazilians love to conveniently forget about that.

@connect_or

7 ай бұрын

Fico feliz por a maioria dos brasileiros que passam a vida a falar merda de portugal não saberem falar e escrever inglês.....

We have a ton of Portuguese folks here in Massachusetts, specifically from The Azores

Portuguese here, I found the video accurate as well. Well done. Yes; I’m in support of EU membership as well as I can see how much it has benefited my country but also giving us an opportunity to play a bigger role in the continent.

@gl2023_

7 ай бұрын

Portugal don’t have space to play a big role. Portugal is just support and a garden for the rest of us.

@rism_pro

7 ай бұрын

says you@@gl2023_

@lima_plays2492

7 ай бұрын

pela foto pensei seres Australiano

A beautiful country with a great past and a stable, good present 🇷🇺❤🇵🇹🇪🇺

@MW_Asura

8 ай бұрын

I hope Russia can have the same path in the future

@Free_Russia_in_the_EU

8 ай бұрын

@@MW_Asura, thank you 🙏🏻

@LuddyVonBeat

7 ай бұрын

Yes Russia is Europe, not Iran or China.

@BritDad

7 ай бұрын

Well we did have a pass like yours more or less, I hope one day you guy's will have the freedom that we have, such a massive country that could live better than anyone else in this planet the amount of resoures you guys have you should be the top power country but unless your politicians change I only see you guy's getting in more trouble peace is the way not war.

@aricardonery69

7 ай бұрын

@@BritDadas a Portuguese that had the previlage to travel to many countries,Russia included I say wonderful things about my country,but not about my politicians! Wishing Russia was like Portugal?? I think not,russia has far better President then we have had in a long time,proof is that every Russian is proud of their country,they are true patriots while we are not! Most of our youth abandoned our country due to rules ,laws and manipulations that some of our past corrupted politicians implemented on us cutting our growth,depriving us from our full potentials .That’s why we see our bigger neighbors next to us developing while we stay behind,while we were once one of the most powerful! As we see in such comments one of our countries biggest problem is lack of education and lack of interest for what’s going on around us besides football! For years at least 70 % of our nations education is a Hollywood ,cnn and bbc education! So yes I love my country but hate that we last and sold our souveranity,hate that our corrupted politicians sell our motherland! In the case of Russia ,I hope they understand that Portugal is not our government,we the people are Portugal ,we are the proud owners of our country which was fought for from our for fathers ! God bless you Russia for staying true to your beliefs,love from a Portuguese man which wishes that our countries could get closer as friends,respecting each other’s space ,customs and traditions! And I send my love to my fellow patriots around the world!

Beautiful country and I'm so glad I was welcomed here to work 🇧🇷❤🇵🇹

I'm portuguese and this video made me remember just how proud I am of my country and happy to share this earth with the rest of eu (I love the eu). We have our ups and downs but I'm sure with time we will catch up as good as any other, thank you so much for this video much love from Portugal!! 🇵🇹

Well done! ..i'm portuguese, borned in Germany..

Portugal is a great country if you go as a tourist. Great weather/beaches/people/food,etc. Ask portuguese people about the minimum wages and feel sad for them!

@sora1804

7 ай бұрын

This country is good only after u go work outside for 10 years and come back

Macau's an interesting case. Basically after the 12-3 incident in December 1966 during which there were huge Cultural Revolution-inspired riots, the colonial government agreed to meet the demands of the protesters, and the colonial government recognized Macau as de facto PRC control. However, the Estado Novo regime continued to view Macau as an Overseas Province. That of course changed with the Carnation Revolution. Portugal offered to withdraw completely from Macau by late 1974, but China declined in favor of a later time because it sought to preserve international and local confidence in Hong Kong which was still British at the time. In December 1975, they withdrew their remaining troops. In 1976, the Portuguese government recognized Macau as a territory rather than an overseas province. In 1979, they established relations with the PRC and ended relations with the ROC. After the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984, negotiations began for Macau and under the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration in 1987, the Portuguese government officially finally recognized what was already established in 1966. In 1993, the Basic Law of Macau was passed by the PRC's National People's Congress. Macau's handover in 1999 made it the last European colony in Asia, and indeed ending over 400 years of Portuguese rule in the region, 442 to be exact!

I live in Germany but I want to move to Portugal in a few months

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

For what?

@christianremboldt1557

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer Working abroad. I've got a good job offer. I may stay longer or even move permanently if I like it there.

@tyga9339

7 ай бұрын

​@@christianremboldt1557better be ready for the house prices haha

@christianremboldt1557

7 ай бұрын

@@tyga9339 the company I'm going to work for will pay for my apartment :)

@supersonic_ian

7 ай бұрын

Be very welcome Christian. Hope you'll like Portugal despite it not being perfect.

❤Love 🇵🇹 and 🇪🇸 we are Brothers 😊 Ibéricos Love much Love to Both Countries .

Macau has a neat flag! It's a lotus with a bridge and lines for water below it with stars above it, on a nice shade of green. The lotus flower in full bloom represents the everlasting prosperity of Macau (which they're certainly not wrong about that; gambling being banned in Mainland China definitely helps). The bridge is the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, that links Macau Peninsula with Taipa. The bridge and water represent Macau's position as a port and its important role. And like the stars of Hong Kong's flag, the stars represent the PRC and Macau's relation with it, only this time the stars are yellow like the PRC's flag instead of red like Hong Kong's Macau has its own language too, called patuá. Called the sweet language, it's more than just a Portuguese-based language as it's combined with Malay, Cantonese, and Sinhala too! It's the result of Macau being such a major hub. The language developed first mainly among the descendants of Portuguese settlers. They'd marry women from Portuguese Malacca, Portuguese India and Portuguese Ceylon rather than from neighboring China. The modern version arose in the late 19th century, when Macanese men began marrying Chinese women from Macau and the Pearl River Delta region. British influence from neighboring Hong Kong also added English words.

@MrKlipstar

7 ай бұрын

🇵🇹❤Macau! Coloane e São João Baptista !

Great job and high quality content on this video! So much love for Portugal 🇵🇹

As a portuguese i think this video is verry well made, congrats

@EUMadeSimple

7 ай бұрын

thank you!

A grande maioria dos Porrugueses tem uma boa percepção da EU, eu pessoalmente gostaria de ver uma maior integração, os desafios globais que temos pela frente são enormes...

@Frpar123

8 ай бұрын

Eu não, e não creio que seja minoria

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

@@Frpar123 Diz,lá uma melhor alternativa que a UE?

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

Realmente Portugal esta um espectaculo desde que entrou na EU.....um dos paises mais pobres e menos desenvolvidos na Europa. Quando vou de férias a Portugal, parece que estou a entrar no terceiro mundo e ainda por cima agora esta cheio de porcaria de brasileiros. Continuem a votar nos mesmos partidos que vão bem, cambada de ótarios, ainda bem que me fui embora.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@kermitthethinker1465 nao haver EU, duh!

@tiagopessoa3288

8 ай бұрын

Anti-socialismo. Portugal torna-se o mais rico em PIB em 10 anos. Basta erradicar o socialismo.

Love from Brazil!!

If possible it would be great if you could wait a bit longer if you were planning on doing Greece. A huge chunk about our position in the EU is the financial crisis and the bailout programs. Since we already have had 2/3 of the EU-recognized agencies rebrand us with an investment grade, so we have something positive to account for in the next few months when we finally get to convice the thrid agency. :D

@Carob-55

8 ай бұрын

I wish things get better for Greece 🙏

@tomorrowneverdies567

8 ай бұрын

As long as fertility rate of Greece (and rest of southern Europe) remains lower than that of northern Europe, I believe things will go relatively ok. It is usually (always someone would say) when fertility rate increases that they create "economic/financial crises" to reduce it (with unemployment etc.). Considering that northern Europe imports immigrants from Asia and Africa and South and Central America by the millions each year, I fail to think of a reason why they do this. Also, they seem to have no problem with countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel being at the same time wealthy and having a higher than 2.1 fertility rate. I suppose that this suits the ideological organization that governs the world, because this way they can maintain US/british/french etc. influence there for ever. I am greek btw, and I like the EU about as much as I like Greece and Germany: all of them entities governed by an organization based on deceiving many people, and which we all hope will deliver the best nevertheless (because they have left us all no other alternative basically - while calling themselves democrats at the same time. Funny.).

As a new immigrant in Portugal, (from the US) I am extremely greatful to my new country for welcoming me. I look forward to seeing all the episodes of this channel. I have a lot to learn. BRAVO!!!

@carlosb1878

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to Portugal, Roy. Things are not always great, like anywhere else, but its a beautiful place. Enjoy life.

@gl2023_

7 ай бұрын

Bravo is italian not portuguese bro haha

@titiwa632

7 ай бұрын

@@gl2023_ ok

@PauloFerreira-nz3ml

7 ай бұрын

America doesn't have a public health system. When we go to the US we need to buy health insurance.

@gl2023_

7 ай бұрын

@@PauloFerreira-nz3ml and in Portugal have it, but doesn’t works well 😂 Actually, nothing doesn’t work in Portugal.

As a portuguese person born and raised, portugal is in a very very VEEEEERY rough spot right now, our government is corrupt, our big companies are leeches and oportunists, and immigration is out of control. I dont think we'll come back from this massive hole our politicians have dug us into.

Just a sidenote on EU funds. Portugal doesn't "receive 3 billion euro". Rather, it may have access up to 3 billion euro. The truth is we are very bad at executing projects (or rather we don't have the capacity to take on many projects) that may qualify for these funds, so we never actually spend nowhere near the full amount of cohesion funds.

@mustachiog

4 ай бұрын

Also u forgot to mention, besides our lack to execute the projects, we really have a high corruption. EU should check what our government is doing with that money. That money is not in the multiples infrastructures, is not in common portuguese pocket, its within corruption

As a Portuguese think being in the EU greatly benefits us, especially because of tourism and EU funds. Oporto's metro line is being expanded and when I saw "Co-funded by the EU" I was very happy; the EU money is going to something really useful.

@ricardoxavier827

8 ай бұрын

All north of portugal needs the maia 2 line to be changed, to integrate the ermesinde train station, were all train lines of the north conects toguether, to the users of the north main hospital and porto university and the airport, become more close and faster. Its just 800m divertion of that metro line aproved by EU funds, to benefit all citizens of the north, shorting the time traveling in 20m on average for each direction. Maia and Valongo must work as a team!!!

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

You know money isn't free?

@titiwa632

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer name checks out

@puraLusa

8 ай бұрын

​@@Communism.is.a.cancertrue, but the isolationism in the past didn't help the no one's in portugal, while this is helping said no one's. It isn't free, but the benefits have so far surpassed the price. Political decision is a balancing act, not ideology driven in democracies (albeit u consider otherwise) - facts.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@puraLusa what are the benefits until now?

This pretty much gets everything right! Good Job. Very well researched.

Very good! One of my countries! 😊

Great and informative video. Congrats!

@EUMadeSimple

7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Portuguese Azorean here, thanks a lot for the video, it really helps foreigners to understand better our country, but one small detail, Azores has 9 islands, and even though its a bit illustrative on the design of the islands, i think it should've been the number there.

Great video filled with straight facts

As a portuguese im gratefull for such accurate video, which has visibly took plenty of research and dedication. As a EU citizen i see nothing but advantages, being the only disadvantage the perception that EU limits the production of certain goods in some countries, so that others produce it instead, raising dependencies within the union. With such climate and farmlands available, you wouldn't expect that we would need to import so many food goods like fruit or vegetables from for example Spain, or cereals from other countries for example, which increase the dependency on imports when there is capacity for self production and avoid this deficit between imports and exports

I love Portugal 🇹🇳❤️🇵🇹

Europe is beautiful 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇵🇱

Potugal is truly an amazing country, sending love from Italy and Mozambique 🇮🇹🤝🇲🇿🤝🇵🇹

@tomix7749

7 ай бұрын

If you don’t know Mozambique is an ex Portuguese colony

Love the vid and how it covered both the good and bad of our country. Personally I am a fan of the EU and believe it sets a good reference for what a unified world could one day be.

Portuguese and proud European 🇵🇹♥️🇪🇺

2nd greatest footballer?! You mean the greatest footballer that really earned his prizes! 👍🏻

What I think is that Ronaldo is the GOAT by miles. Apart from that you could havd referred that we took part in the WWI, other than that the video is very accurate

@atlelillerud6089

8 ай бұрын

The debate is over mate, Messi has won the debate

@FranciscoCorreia10

8 ай бұрын

@@atlelillerud6089 As far as I recall, Ronaldo hasnt retired yet and if he wins the World Cup, the debate will surely not be settled

@niallmurray6089

8 ай бұрын

@@FranciscoCorreia10 mmm I think that's a pretty big if my friend haha

@atlelillerud6089

8 ай бұрын

@@FranciscoCorreia10 Even if he still plays, he wont be picked

@lima_plays2492

7 ай бұрын

Messi my ass, the goat is from my country @@atlelillerud6089

The GDP per capita is very outdated

A thing,Portugal economy wasn't robust in the XVI century,it was actually quite only the elites getting money,the poor actually got poorer like Sá de Miranda said "to the smell of cinnamon,the country depopulate",millions of Portuguese got to colonies because of Portugal crushing poverty,my Mom still remmebers it in the 80s and was told of horrors stories of the Estado Novo periods when people were so poor that my grandfather were analphabets. Edit:Portugal during Estado Novo,the the obligatory education was to the 4th Grade only and many people simply didn't go to school because they had to help to sustain the families(my paternal grandfather and grandmother didn't go to school),so having analphabet elderly it's very common in Portugal,or even older people that didn't finish school, nowadays it's a crime to not send a child to school and not sending a kid to school make the state remove the guard of the child if they don't comply.

@tomorrowneverdies567

8 ай бұрын

And yet not making children is 100% legal in all circumstances. Zero sense.

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

@@tomorrowneverdies567 what you mean?

@tomorrowneverdies567

8 ай бұрын

@@kermitthethinker1465 that I do not understand the point in mandatory schooling , when at the same time making and rising children is not mandatory. Why have mandatory schooling? To have a minimum universal education of the ppulation. Ok, but then why is making children mandatory as well, to have people?

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

@@tomorrowneverdies567 You think people should be forced to have kids?,I'm personally very Pro Life(aka against Abortion and Pro having more Babies),but directly forcing people to have more Babies would be a bad idea,maybe give strong incentives(like much better retirement and tax regime). But schooling should be mandatory,because then parents who don't want to "waste" money educating their child's,would be able to deny education to them.

@tomorrowneverdies567

8 ай бұрын

@@kermitthethinker1465 Yes, and if you do not have mandatory child making and raising, you will have people that do not make children as well. I am just applying the argument in favor of mandatory schooling on mandatory child raising. I do not believe that child raising should be mandatory under all circumstances. I am just playing the devil's advocate, and say, that if "schooling should be mandatory, so that society has a minimum education level", then I ask: then why don't you apply the same logic with "child making and raising should be mandatory, so that a society does not run out of people"? It is complicated.

As Portuguese, I see the EU as the future and as the main partner. It is true that the Portuguese have a very good relationship with the EU. I believe that it is absolutely essential that there is greater integration in the EU, even if only in foreign affairs and that they be quicker to make decisions. However, there are important things to do: 1 - The EU needs to put more pressure on various member states, but especially with Portugal, to improve the economy and respect European funds. 2 - there should be greater supervision by the EU to confirm the functioning of institutions in member states that receive support from the EU. 3 - however, the EU must invest more in modernizing its public services and creating greater online connections. 4 - The EU cannot be so dependent on third parties, in situations and making technological and innovative decisions and their productions. 5 - EU should relaunch an industrial and production economy across several European countries, ensuring better quality and protecting technological intelligence and European know-how. It's just my opinion.

The Prime Minister just resigned

My greatest wish is that the EU would hold us (Portugal) more accountable for the money they send to us, corruption is a major problem in my country, when that is solved our GDP will skyrocket!

@MrTribalsun

7 ай бұрын

i agree.

I think our relationship with the EU is best summarized by a now infamous quote of our PM that in a ceremony to launch NextGenEU asked her: "Can I go to the bank now?". That's our relationship with the EU: dependence. We waste EU funds over and over again without a prospect of stopping to be a receiver and starting to be a contributer, all by design of course.

@guerreiro943

8 ай бұрын

Sadly true. The EU has played a great role in getting us out of poverty but our incompetent politicians insist on wasting EU money on the dumbest possible ways. One example is the current sorry state of our railways.

@joaocasimiro7498

7 ай бұрын

In our recent history, there is a trend, bad politicians who don´t know invest well the EU funds and our taxes. Simultaneously, they ignore our real problems and waste enormous amount of cash in stupid things.

@guerreiro943

7 ай бұрын

@@joaocasimiro7498 100% agree. We could be doing so much better if it wasn't for our corrupt politicians.

Amazing someone who actually did their research

Great video!

Clarification: A lot of comments regarding the GDP per capita figures to be outdated. I got the information at Eurostat (link below). According to them it was from 2022. I am using Real GDP figures, not nominal GDP figures. Nominal GDP is the total value of goods and services produced without adjusting for inflation, while real GDP adjusts for changes in the price level. Source: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sdg_08_10/default/table?lang=en

@TheHelllord

8 ай бұрын

That's because you are using the real GDP, not the nominal GDP, which is fair enough, but I would recommend mentioning it in the table header. Usually when you say GDP people mean the nominal GDP imho.

@Aggoenix

8 ай бұрын

Never ever in my life i have seen someone comparing countries using real GDP per capita, but nominal or PPP. Portugal in GDP per capita is behind Czechia, Estonia or Poland.

@YourD3estinY

8 ай бұрын

​​@@AggoenixThat's just false. According to IMF data from October 2023, Poland is expected to reach a (nominal) GDP per capita of 22,393.030 USD at the end of 2023 and Portugal 26,878.872 USD.

@Aggoenix

8 ай бұрын

@@YourD3estinY im talking about ppp which to me seems like the best indicator of personal economical/life quality. Nominal doesnt tell you much about local price. Here Poland is above. If you switch to nominal then Czechia, Lithuania or Estonia are still above

@Just_another_Euro_dude

8 ай бұрын

The GDP per capita you used makes NOOOOO sense whatsoever! For ALL THE countries in the list, not just Portugal. This is NOT a nominal GDP per capita of those countries and this is not a GDP PPP per capita of these countries. Your channel doesn't look too good right now and honestly i don't know wtf were you thinking. Make this video but do it with a MUCH BETTER effort. This is painfull to see how bad your effort really is.

Almost skipped this video at the ''second greatest footballer of all time'' seriously

Good content! Accurate as well. Congratulations!

You described good Portugal just mistake in one little but important point . Ronaldo is the best . 😊 Love from Portugal to the world ❤

My favorite Mediterranean Country! 🇵🇹

@miatj9366

7 ай бұрын

Technically is not a Mediterranean country. Portugal doesn’t border the Mediterranean Sea. Our coastline including Algarve is Atlantic Ocean. We just culturally live and enjoy the Mediterranean way of life ☺

@PedroSoul2011

7 ай бұрын

We are an atlantic country, not mediterranean.

@LoboBrasileiro1

7 ай бұрын

@@PedroSoul2011 CULTURALLY Mediterranean.

@polyglot2023

7 ай бұрын

@@miatj9366Mediterranean in all but geography.

@luislopes7593

7 ай бұрын

Portugal is not a Mediterranean country. Not geographically and not culturally. Only the extreme south can be considered Mediterranean.

A fact that not included in the history part of the country, that some people might find cool: - The portuguese have one of the longest standing alliances, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance that stands for something like 650 years

Hello, could you please explain this Anglo-Portuguese? Regarding this ancient treaty, now that the UK has left the EU, citizens of these two countries can still apply this treaty to obtain rights. Can British and Portuguese citizens continue to freely circulate and reside between each other?

Together we can go very very far 🇵🇹🇪🇺🤝🌍

I'm Portuguese and while I'm not always in support of EU's policies, I love it as a whole. It helps our economy, safety, culture and above all, it helps keep the politicians more honest (which is a challenge, they are pretty corrupt, but without the EU they would be as corrupt as the Americans). Unfortunetly, we don't learn much about the EU in school, what most Portuguese know about it is what we watch on the news. I'm studying law right now and most of what I know about the EU I learned in EU "Constitutional" Law. Most of what my parents know about the EU they learned from me, which is very alarming.

Nicely balanced review of my country.

98% of cars made in the EU are made with at least 1 portuguese component We also are the only european country that produces tea or coffe

@Maddog-xc2zv

8 ай бұрын

In fact we were the one who introduce tea to the British. guess they liked it.

Obligatory "PORTUGAL CARALHO"🇵🇹❤🇪🇺

@polyglot2023

7 ай бұрын

Não podia faltar 😂

Portuguese here, great video! Agree with everything, just have 2 things to add. 1st - When the dictatorship ended in 1974, Portugal had one of the highest gold reserves in the world. There're reasons to believe that it was poorly allocated. 2nd - The prime minister you mentioned as recently resigned due to a corruption scandal.

The Portuguese, the Spanish, the Greek, the Italians and us Irish really appreciate what EU membership brought us Giant predatory speculators on our Housing.

Excelente vídeo!

I loved the video, really a great sum up of our nation😁 I would just have added the participation of Antonio Guterres as the Secretary-Geberal of the United Nations and his important role!

A good overall commentary on Portugal and the EU, mostly accurate, with the obvious exception of the Ronaldo joke and the “almost bloodless” 1974 Revolution comment. It might have been almost bloodless in “continental” Portugal but it resulted in rivers of blood and millions of deaths in its overseas ex-provinces, but that’s another story. This video is a good representation of Portugal’s relationship with the EU. Well done.

How does Portugal de-criminalize drugs and not suffer from citizen addiction? Other nations would certainly like to know how that works.

@pedrolopes3542

8 ай бұрын

Only consumption is decriminalised, not the sell of drugs. Also, drug consumption is highly disencouraged by school campaigns, etc. The recipe for successfully dealing with drugs has more ingredients than just decriminalisation, that is actually the last step to take, first you need detox programs, metadona and needles exchange programs, social workers mapping the areas and working with the addicts for rehabilitation, work reintegration programs, housing programs... The list goes on and on and on...

@lxportugal9343

8 ай бұрын

It's a kind of magic Or... it's what @pedrolopes3542 is saying

@helenan7368

7 ай бұрын

Consumption is decriminalized, but the drugs are not legalized! The substances are still prohibited, but the repercussions for being found in possession of an amount of the substance for personal use (not for sale!)are no longer criminal and those found in possession of drugs are redirected to services and have the drug seized. The production and sale of the drug itself is still illegal. Impossible to perform if the country doesn't have a National Health System to support it in first place (for free detox and methadone, psychologists) and a large effort of the Social Services at all levels, among many other things implemented all at the same time. It is a big operation with multiple entities working together since 2000-2001. To give you an idea - a simple thing as having all pharmacies of the entire country cooperating with the needles exchange program, allowing addicts to come in as any regular costumer to ask for a new syringe/needle for free, had a big impact in preventing the spread of diseases as HIV and hepatites by shared needles. Consumption is treated as a (social) disease, drug traffic is illegal and therefore treated as a crime.

As a UK citizen, I see this as the Portgal I know and love. I have always found Portuguese people to be tolerant, pleasant, cooperative, and progressive. Well done Portugal!

As an portuguese I realy live the EU and I think Portugal needs to start contribut more the institucion and that we shoud have more menbers on the EU. Thanks for talking about my contry.

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

What?

@adrianofeixa5026

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer what what?

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@adrianofeixa5026 what what in the bhat.

@adrianofeixa5026

8 ай бұрын

@@Communism.is.a.cancer Respect

@Communism.is.a.cancer

8 ай бұрын

@@adrianofeixa5026 respect the bhat?

Portugalia should be much more devolep considering it join EU in 1986. As in 2022, Portugal is 78 % of PPP! Too Little ....Hungary and Romania who joined in 2004 and 2007 both are at 76% of PPP EU AVG.

@pedromiguellima4374

8 ай бұрын

True. Our development in the XXI century is nearly nil. Politicians in Portugal are incompetent. The party that has ruled the majority of times, PS, does not govern for the long term and in a strategic way. It governs for every four years to make sure it gets re-elected. In the end we are a democracy and the people that govern us are our mirror. We can’t complain much. We, the people, are the ones to blame.

@tomorrowneverdies567

8 ай бұрын

Of course, because they are trying to make southern Europe less wealthy than northern Europe (when I say northern Europe, apparently they include Hungary and Romania in it). Notice for example how it is only in southern european countries that bad things (at least relevant to their economies) happen, such as they deliberately have high indebtment (to increase taxation, to keep growth low), and also they were the only ones who had their GDP per capita decrease so much due to the virus. I cannot find a plausible reason why they do this, considering how many immigrants from Asia and Africa countries in northern Europe import yearly. I am greek and this seems completely unfair to me for now.

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

@@pedromiguellima4374 So what's the solution?,I don't like PS either but I don't see any other party being able to form a government. PSD will need Chega to have a chance to form government,but if they do so,they will do a political suicide.

@ArtisZ

8 ай бұрын

​@@tomorrowneverdies567 Could it be that you've started with a conclusion? And now all that you do is trying to find a reason? It's not: Conclusion > Justification But: Observation > Thesis > Conclusion

@rizkyadiyanto7922

8 ай бұрын

​@@Humble_Bundleexactly what i thought. thats why a lot of tech nomads go there.

As a portuguese I actively support our place in the EU, however we could be doing more and be more active towards it. If we weren't in the EU (with the currency) our problems would be much worse, our economy would crumble even more. We would be truly fodidos

As a Portuguese citizen, Portugal is not currently the country where I live, as it made me immigrate, due to its living conditions around 20 years ago. Even though I live in England, my country will always be my beautiful Portugal, where in every place there is a surprise that pleases the eye.

@OGajodaForquilha-bn7we

7 ай бұрын

Obrigado por teres abandonado o barco. Podes fazer aí a reforma! Vendido

@g-ps

7 ай бұрын

Fez a vontade de quem quer baralhar tudo e consegue. Escolhas. Eu escolho sempre ficar.

@gl2023_

7 ай бұрын

You did well! Portugal is not a country to grow up and improve your career! Doesn’t have a good opportunities in Portugal, the salaries is too low and the mind set is old. People like to resolve their problem with paper.

@polyglot2023

7 ай бұрын

@@OGajodaForquilha-bn7weNão sejas assim, cada um sobrevive como pode. Não sabemos se teve de ir com os pais porque era mais novo, se tinha filhos e queria um melhor futuro para eles ou talvez queria se melhorar a si mesmo para um dia melhorar Portugal. Um pouco mais de compaixão para com o teu compatriota🇵🇹 Mas o comentário foi engraçado, vou roubar…

@_JPTS_

7 ай бұрын

@@polyglot2023 Ele é compatriota, os filhos dele mal vão saber falar português, os netos dele nem vão saber o que é Portugal. ( A magia da imigração )

Very good video from Romania. Hope next is going to be Spain. Can you make a video with Kurzgesagt.

@EUMadeSimple

7 ай бұрын

I would love too. But they are quite a lot bigger than me :)

@razvanciobotaru3089

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@EUMadeSimpleI really hope to make a video with Kurzgesagt, and I hope next video to be about “…. in EU” to be - Ireland 🇮🇪, Germany 🇩🇪 or Bulgaria 🇧🇬.

love to Portugal from Italia♥♥♥♥♥

I'm so glad that my country of origin is in the EU. As I'm now currently living in Estonia, I'm glad to see Portugal sees the threat that Russia poses to Europe at large, and it amazed me how much Portugal supported Ukraine since February 2022, with statistics showing the Portuguese public has some of the highest levels of support from the public for Ukraine. I hope to see Portugal integrating more into the wider EU in the future, including rail infrastructure wise - I hope the country changes opinion and builds standard gauge high speed railway instead of Iberian gauge as they (stupidly) planned.

@tnightwolf

7 ай бұрын

I'm portuguese and despite being left-leaning politically, i fully support Ukraine. I think we do understand what Ukraine is going through because it kinda mirrors Portugal own history. Nowadays we are one of the oldest countries on Earth, but we had to fight countless times against much bigger nations to keep it that way (specially against Spain, which nowadays i wouldn't trade for any other country as our neighbors). Usually we would also get invaded instead of invading (except during our unfortunate dark-age of exploration, colonization and slavery when we invaded and exploited people from Africa and South-America). During the 90's/early 2000's we also had many Ukrainian people that emigrated to our country (i worked with some) and they are, overall, genuine good people that hardly ever caused any trouble. And finally i think most of us have always seen the relationship between Ukraine and Russia kinda like the same as the relationship between Portugal and Spain: like brothers. And real brothers, even if they don't agree in many things, usually try to help when the other needs or, at the very least, don't interfere with the life of the other... and never, EVER, goes to the brother's house and tries to appropriate it! In my view it would be like nowadays Spain trying to invade Portugal just because a crazy power-hungry dictator said so!... and that's just sad to even imagine.

@antoniolima1068

7 ай бұрын

this is starting to look like a scam, doing political mentoring now KZread? shameful

@tnightwolf

7 ай бұрын

@@antoniolima1068 Foda-se! Oh António tás bem? Queres que chame o 112? 🤣 Tu é que claramente tens uma agenda e das duas, uma: 1- Não entendes muito bem o que se está a passar á tua volta e foi só um comentário infeliz (como todos já tivemos muitas vezes) e respeito-te, porque não acho que eu seja mais ou menos que os outros. 2- Sabes muito bem o que se está a passar á tua volta e és tu próprio que estás a tentar fazer-te passar por burro, com o intuito de influenciares pessoas que, no fundo, achas que não têm o mesmo número de neurónios que tu, ou só mais 2.

The influx of digital nomads are not main reason of the increase of housing costs. There are no numbers that defend that fact. I can give you at least 5 more import reasons for the increase of housing cost. Why the digital nomads are the main reason and the flux of emigrants in Portugal in the last 2 years is less the reason? How many digital nomads Portugal have vs how many emigrants come to Portugal?

@FaithfulOfBrigantia

8 ай бұрын

Immigrants are state-protected groups. You are not allowed criticise them. Portugal imported 750k (7.5% of it's Population) in the last two years alone (excluding the hundreds of thousands who came illegally), but trust me, house prices are through the roof because of a few hundred "digital nomads" or so called "American Tourists". Because you take a walk outside and all you hear and see are United Statesians right? right???

@kermitthethinker1465

8 ай бұрын

​@@FaithfulOfBrigantiaThey are mostly Brazilians,so they mostly fine,having Arabs would be worse.

@FaithfulOfBrigantia

8 ай бұрын

@@kermitthethinker1465 Brazilians are absolutely NOT fine. All crime rates in Brazil, especially violent crime are much worse than in any Arab country. In fact they are worse than Arabs, because at least Arabs segregate themselves in their own communities and don't actually pose a threat to the cultural continuum of the Portuguese heritage. Brazilians absolutely terraforms the entire land into little Brazil. Under the pretense of sharing the "same language" they will infiltrare into everything Portuguese and make it Brazilian. Look at Portuguese children, most of them basically write Brazilian and speak a strange hybrid already, fruit of being immersed in an overwhelmingly Brazilian dominated social and public media 24/7. This would never have happened with Arabic. No matter how many Arabs lived here, the cultural landscape of Portugal will always remain the same. Brazilians on the other hand are fundamentally turning this country into another Brazil. And I would rather live in Morocco than in Brazil.

@Maddog-xc2zv

8 ай бұрын

@@FaithfulOfBrigantia And gold Visas

@joaomatos1420

8 ай бұрын

​@@FaithfulOfBrigantia Portugal has 1,4 births/woman, a severe youth emigration/brain drain problem and an already crumbling social security system. Do you want to explain how bringing in population that mostly speaks Portuguese already (PALOPs and Brazil), cost nothing in terms of education (vs. 100.000EUR per student between 1st and 9th grade), needs less healthcare costs on average, and pay taxes on top of all is a bad thing? Even then it's not enough to stop the bleeding, Portugal lost more than 200.000 people in 2011-2021. Also, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants? You got to give us your dealer's contact, that's some good zaza.

i love my country, i only wished my country loved me back...

I'm Portuguese we have a very beautiful story and we're good people, and what about the rest? What really matters to the Portuguese? They made a revolution(74) with flowers instead of lead They handed the country over to a bunch of thieves with kissed hands Unfortunately we are the Venezuela of Europe, if I were from another European country I would not want Portugal in Europe

everything about politics and the country is quite accurate. The biggest downside to Portugal's development is the business side of things. Most foreigners there mention experiencing a lack of innovation as most companies aren't prone to take risks. New ideas are put aside, keeping the status quo, as no one wants to be the escape goat. I always found customer service inefficient, and who you know carrying too much weight to get things expedited. But it is a social thing that i hope will go away with globalization: hiring more foreign workers and the influx of Brazilians to our workforce, bringing a much needed fresh perspective.

@jorgefrade8900

7 ай бұрын

To hire foreign people they need to have appealing salaries tho

Wow, thanks for making a video so accurate about Portugal!

Portuguese people are amazing 🙂

As a Spaniard, I would rather have a federal Republic with Portugal, capital Lisbon or Cáceres (Never Madrid of course). Everyone in Portugal has at least a basic knowledge of Spanish and English. The Portuguese are overtaking Spain by the right lane. Gentle and clever.

@ferfire9

8 ай бұрын

Thats not right, i am portuguese and we arent going anywhere but the sink...i could be here telling 1000 ways why this country has no future. Spain is much better

@duartesilva7907

7 ай бұрын

@@ferfire9 Spain is not much better, they have more poverty and unemployment.

@antoniolima1068

7 ай бұрын

hell no... lets keep things are they are, friendly rivals, we are not the same.

@l23722

7 ай бұрын

No thanks! Keep on on your side of the border!

🇵🇹Portugal is a country made for tourism with a beautiful history for the history books, but for living I can say that it is simply unsustainable, very high cost of living, with successive governments applying austerity policies, at the moment we have a government that is destroying every sector of our society, low wages and low purchasing power, unaffordable housing, rising taxes, the health system completely in a shambles, many immigrants living on the streets, in short, only people who have no idea what it's like to live here come to live in Portugal. Every day I see Brazilians and other people of different nationalities saying that they want to live in Portugal, coming with false hopes attracted by false propaganda.

As a Portuguese citizen living abroad for 10+ years I can't emphasize enough how big the issue of wages and cost of living has become. It was bad when I decided to leave and it's just gotten worse and worse over the years. Housing is unaffordable (sadly an issue shared with most of the Western world) and living costs are sky high. A liter of fuel or kg of meat both cost nearly the same if not more as they do in countries where the average wage is two or three times higher. The perception most people get is that greedy company owners try to pay their employees as little as possible to pocket as much of the profit as they possibly can. It's a "save yourself and damn everyone else" mentality that is not necessarily unique but strongly exacerbated by the other factors I've mentioned. I would not consider returning unless all of these things were tackled and, even if that were to happen, these are things that take generations to influence slightly let alone completely fix... Maybe I'll spend a considerable amount of time there when I retire but that's in a few decades so we'll see what happens.

@mvk4343

7 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you reverse all the social gains made from the Carnation Revolution.

@iainpattison903

4 ай бұрын

Being in the EU is not doing Portugal any good. Portugal would be better off outside the EU in many ways.

@diogorodrigues747

2 ай бұрын

@@iainpattison903 Correction: it would be much worse.

Portugal is a great country and its people are very decent and kind, all that it needs is more women in politics and this country will be way better, Portuguese women are the strongest I have ever seen, gentle, smart, hard workers and never self-center

@zedeco

7 ай бұрын

what are you talking about? you clearly don't live in Portugal to say stupid crap like that, most women in politics are incompetent, I just need to look to my government to see that and I'm from Portugal.

@diogorodrigues747

2 ай бұрын

No my friend, Portugal needs competent politicians the most. It doesn't matter if they are women or men, because I believe there are both good and bad people on both genders.

Obrigado a todos pelo carinho

@miguelvales5125

7 ай бұрын

É bom ver alguém a escrever em português!

@noobyt3418

7 ай бұрын

Tugas de raça meu colega! 🔥🔥

When talking about the close ties whit china you really should have mentioned Portugal using their veto to end the annual human rights report, where they downright said that they would protect China in gratitude

I love that you just skip over the Portuguese Empire like it wasn’t one of the most influential entities in modern history

7:29 "Percieved corruption" is the biggest euphemism for the most corrupt government we've had since the end of monarchy... There have probably been more corruption scandals in this government alone than all the previous ones combined

this shit ain't so bad, but we are not battling the EU we are battling our self's do to corruption,miss management of funds and a capitalist policy that gives great profits to companies at the expense of portuguese citizens, thanks for the love 🇵🇹 👋❤

Correcção! O maior futebolista de todos os tempos.

@davidguedes5857

7 ай бұрын

É isso mesmo caralho!

Great video. Too bad you guys forgot to mention the other 5 colonies that Portugal held for longer than Brazil in Africa and their relationship with the spice trade route to India... They were as important as Brazil (or more).

@truthismycause2800

8 ай бұрын

Fvck the glorificantion of our colonial past. It's a stain in our History! Be proud of the Discoveries, that was indeed a glorious endeavour giving new routes to the world, but a rancid Empire built on occupation and slavery is nothing to be proud about.