So no one drafting the Lisbon Treaty thought to give the "European Council" and the "Council of the European Union" different names to avoid confusion? The latter should really just be incorporated as a higher chamber of the European Parliament and renamed "European Council" and what's now known as "European Council" should be renamed to something entirely different.

@TheWayoftheSith

7 жыл бұрын

Its designed to make the real source of power difficult to change by EU states, unelectable and secretive.

@rainblaze.

6 жыл бұрын

QuantumBraced these poeple ARE NOT stupid. they know exactly how it is perceived

@iustinianconstantinescu5498

6 жыл бұрын

QuantumBraced Yes, why not : CoM= Senate of Ministers EP=EP European Council=European Council EC=EC

@MarkWilliams-mo5ic

8 ай бұрын

It's a massive con the corrupt unelected parasitic eu government is brilliant at forcing unpopular undemocratic laws on member states populations controled by corrupt elected governments run by corrupt meps to get around pesky Democracy lol

Quote from Herman Van Rompuy, the EU President "We have together to fight the danger of new Euroscepticism. The biggest enemy of Europe of Europe today is fear. Fear leads to egoism, egoism leads to nationalism, and nationalism leads to war" He claims that the biggest enemy of Europe, not the EU, is Euroscepticism. The EU is not a cause of peace it was a consequence of peace brought about by the defeat of Fascism. To imagine that the EU is a cause of peace is just another assumption by a presumptuous supra-national ideology.

@ferociouspokemachine

10 жыл бұрын

The EU is a total ideological catastrophe that never should have seen the light of day. Its laws supersede national laws, increases taxes and enforce budget cuts to nations in order to fuel economies that have failed as a result of incompetency. Edgy uni-aged Marxists beat off to the EU for its insane collectivist policies and removing classes by making everybody equally miserable. The words "thief" and "traitor" are written on faces of those such as Barosso and Van Rompuy.

0:00 “what does Europe mean?” Well Europe is a continent that stretches from the Alantic Ocean to Central Asia Russia.

@kriptoniteXD

4 жыл бұрын

Your point?

@timocstt8388

Жыл бұрын

@@kriptoniteXD Europe is a continent and the European Union isn't

This system is actually quite similar to what we had in America before 12th and 17th amendments. The Council of Ministers is essentially a Senate, which up until 1913 were not elected by the people in America; while the European Parliament is similar to the House of Representatives (or other Lower Houses) The European Commission is basically the executive branch, which to this day is not directly elected by the people in America, but rather a group of appointed Electors.

@seanjames6642

11 ай бұрын

It’s a scam in Europe kid

What video editor this video is made? I would like to know further. Thanks

Sweden already had a free trade agreement with most European countries prior to joining the EU. Also, Sweden have saved billions of kronor by not adopting the Euro. All elections, including for the EU-parliament are 100% about internal national politics. All of the big parties work towards a European federation. Very little information about the EU are published in state funded media (=all major media), so people do not know what the EU is about.

not sure i entirely understand this i mean i know we vote for a mep but i never recall being given an option too vote for who runs parliment? correct me if im wrong but isnt that done within the parliment itself

It's now actually 28 countries, including Croatia who joined in 2013

@philagelio336

4 жыл бұрын

Now it’s back to 27 The U.K. quit the bloc

I remember the vote for this in Ireland. Voted no. And then the government was like "are you sure??" We went again and said yes , like we were told to. It was a different world 15 years ago , so crazy to think how much has changed

@eduardottosen3829

Жыл бұрын

Wat is er zoveel veranderd? De mening van de mensen of het land zelf. Bij ons in Nederland gaat de gemaakte EU wetten rechtstreeks naar de eerstekammer. Jullie?

@cristianz858

10 ай бұрын

Except for the fact that before the 2nd referendum, the EU agreed to clarifications and measures in order to solve the concerns raised by your government and voters, resulting even in a binding Protocol to the Lisbon Treaty that was approved by all countries a few years later ("Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon").

very good !! thanks. I'm waiting for others videos :)

Hey Could you please tell me what program you used to make this video? Maybe somebody else already answered, but there are so many comments... Thanks

Yes i know, its normal some of them to keep doing that but don't pay attention, let them talk you did what you had to do and honestly you deserve sheer congratulation!

Thanks for clarifying. However, I still say that each country working independently of the others would do better. The interests of the region as a whole cannot be accurately described seeing as how the interests of inland countries and coastal countries can be very different.

Which Treaty Article is this?

is there a video like this one in german??

And as soon as the Lisbon treaty is fully implemented it is above all member constitutions, and can (according to itself) be changed to say anything. Like for example: making national or EU parliaments illegal. Or implementing a new unelected supreme position of power. Or the breakup of all nations into smaller regions... Lisbon treaty = fascist superstate

So if it's so transparent can we at least know who the 3,000 "working groups" ARE, the ones who actually write the laws?

Good video but why does the EU have two Parliaments in Belgium and France?

Beautiful.. And informative as well!

@Napoleon501ste Yes, but do you have a bill of rights? In the US the Bill of rights states that each state may override the power of the federal government, thus their freedom is maintained. And to be honest I don't fully understand this EU parliament thing, or the the Treaty of Lisbon. Mostly because the Treaty is about the size of a small novel, and is about as helpful as a library catalog. Now I ask you, why make a "treaty" sooo long?

Dosnt anyone feel exited about the idea of 500 million citizens united in an allience? I personally think we're stronger as a union and although there is a lot of corruption and bureaucracy that needs to be sorted out i still think in theory the closer co-operation of European staes is a good thing and all European nations can learn alot from one another...

"Year after year, significant legal acts are decided on the European level, which have an impact on the rights and liberties of the citizens. How long shall we wait until the threshold of real democratic legitimacy is crossed?" (German law professor Frank Schorkopf regarding the Lisbon Treaty judgement of the German Constitutional Court ). Google : No2Lisbon2,European Gendarmerie Force,Open Europe...and pray that the Irish say NO again and save European democracy !

Wait, so we have the council of ministers (formerly the council of the EU) and the European council, which now changed to the council of ministers? Call me stupid, but this is very confusing. (I'm having an exam on the EU this week...)

Brilliant video. Simple and full of information.

@seanjames6642

11 ай бұрын

Propagandist lies.

Ha ha, the part regarding the politics of the European commission and the council of ministers sounds pretty familiar to those of us in America. That is how a federal republic with such a diverse collection of member-states ultimately works; its not pretty, but it sure reminds me how similar Europe and America really are when you get down to a few essentials.

one week till my exam.. this has actually helped so much.. THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!

@DisconnectedRoamer

4 жыл бұрын

you have exams on the EU hahahaha conquered

how would the eu countries decide on anything if there was no eu parliament ? sending emails to each other back and forward ?

And what is EU causing? EU economy is stable, and just a few countries have a risk to default. But why is that? The countries are at fault themselves, and another reason is because the EU doesn't have much power over national budgets. Just think, 27 countries moving in a direction they each other choose themselves. EU had a flaw from the start - it lack power over countries to decide their budgets, but that has already changed with the established banking union and other treaties.

I understand your point but what has Europe done so wrong? Shared environmental goals for all its nations, better consumer protection for everyone and the protection of human rights for all of its citizens. Surely with reform of how the system works we can start to go further with EU integration with the European space programme or perhaps a European missile defence system. We can make this union benifit all EU nations if we just ignore the daily mail and give it a chance...

alot of regeneration in cities across europe. my city has been directly improved by europe's funding (Liverpool) . Liverpool was britains richest city until the british empire fell in which it became one of the poorest, until the mid nineties in which EU funding has regenerated the whole city back into a clean modern city.

great presentation

It should be called Treaty of limbo

@ludite12 where do you live?

I lost it at 4:52 :-( Why can't CPGGrey do a video about this?

Voting has very little effect if the end result is a betrayal of our mandate.

FACTION, but not fraction. oops ;)

Brits, didn't you know that you were already living, even before EU, in a hierarchised ruling of the Law, where the most general set of rules was given by your country? Your city could then give another set of local rules (noncontradictory with the first set). At your job you are given then a third set of rules, which must not contradict the first two... EU only makes the first set of rules to be even more general then before.

Why do you high light Britain and Spain with Russia in red when you mention the cold war? :S

Do you think governments just give away referendums on EU membership? The British people have been wanting to get out of it for years...

For example, UK Eu foreign minister was active member of nuclear disarm in Europe just to discover that she took money from UK Comunist Party to do that, while URSS increased nuclear weaponds "use" to extend their influence.

1:10 what type of nationalist European nationalist or British French Spanish and Hungarian nationalist?

EU did not force a ratification procedure to its member states. If your Parliament didn't cosider your opinion important or relevant then the first dictatorship you should consider is that of your Parliament.

According to the QMV, the EU needs 55% of the member states representing at least 65% of the EU population to approve a decision. It will not be passed if it is opposed by 72% of member states. The blocking minority must include at least four members representing more than 35% of the EU population. Can anyone tell me why there are 55%, 65%, 72%, 35%? I really want to know about the reason for these numbers...

Wait let's not focus on data..... really lost some points man

bring on the referendum, we voted in 1975 for a Common Market not a Super state

@ObjectiveMedia

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@philagelio336

4 жыл бұрын

This comment is like looking into history

Oh, so that is why 26 member state people are not allowed to vote on the Lisbon treaty! And Ireland make up so big part of EU inhabitants. Who would have thought so?

Brits, didn't you know that even before, you had the option to quit, but not to separate inside? In a solid state, a region doesn't have the power to separate, even if its people would be majoritary for it. In a city, a small community would not have the power to separate even if all its members would be for it, etc... So, in my opinion, the only mistake of Lisboa is offering the possibility of separation. Europe should become indivisible, as it should have always been!

"the european commission consists of 27 commissioners" then add graphic showing you 27 slashed out and 18 instead. so not confusing!!!

I totally agree wih you, but the EU wasn't created under war as USA but by agreement between States and to reach the desired point, which means in economic and political integration of EU, will require much work and above all patience.

2:34 unfortunately? What’s the problem here? Aren’t these countries independent countries and isn’t these heads of state elected to serve the people of these individual countries?

@xenogeneic7409

5 жыл бұрын

There's clearly a European bias in this video, how could anyone claim it is unfortunate for a nation's head of state to serve its own people's interests.

The EU is a great idea and I really want it to stay and progress, but over the course of the years it's government has been taking gradually more anti-democratic decisionns, such as force feeding the EU constitution to everyone through the Lisbon Treaty or freely kicking out democratically elected prime ministers. The EU has been progresivelly becoming more prone to lobbyism from big businesses instead of the interests of the European people. That being said, that doesn't mean we have to get rid of it, we just have to fix it. The EU has brought many positive things, such as facilitating trade and mobility for workers across the member states as well taking a step up in international relations by sticking together in terms of trade, human rights and enviromentalism. Also the fact that lately the Parliament passed some laws guaranteeing net neutrality as a countermeasure to the USA's more strict and controlling internet laws, is quite relieving.

@Ackreti

9 жыл бұрын

Jorge Allthedrums The only reason there were referendum about European constitution was the fact it has "Constitution" in it's name. You claim you should have referendum on Lisbon Treaty, while in fact *none of EU treaties were put in plebiscite*. There's no reason people should vote about 500+ pages international treaties. That's not democracy. Nobody does it. Is that reason why Commission fined Microsoft, Google, or recently Gazprom? Do you think Gazprom lobbists are so weak and poor they couldnt bribe clerks? That claim makes no sense.

@jorgeferdenav

9 жыл бұрын

Ackreti The European Constitution that was voted on, is almost the exact same text that was put into the Lisbon treaty, only instead of being called the EU constitution, it was presented as a mere set of ammends for the Rome and Maastrich treaties. What they did was take the same legislation that was rejected by the people, rename it and resell it. This a is a subject that's widely discussed in Law Schools all across Europe and on which I had to write several papers. My point; you're right, people shouldn't vote on 500+ pages international treaties, but the only reason the Lisbon Treaty had so many pages is because it contains all the treaties previously signed, the new stuff was not that much. Lobbyists are powerful, yes, but do not underestimate our politicians. Sure politics has a fame for crooks and greedy people, but the fact that society still works as we see it proves that most of the time most of the politicians do their job as they should. These sort of moments are the ones we should feel proud of.

It depends on the news, but you clearly don't know who Martin Schulz is and what goes on in the parliament meetings.

It doesn't, it's the same parliament. They just do the real work in Brussels because it's basically the capital of the EU and because other institutions are based there. The only do the formal voting process in Strasbourg. It has not practical purpose, the only reason they keep on doing the official voting in France is due to French insistence.

@TooDarnSoulful I do hope you realise that Norway, despite not officially joining the EU, is one of the countires most efficient at implementing new EU laws and regulations right? Norway's stance on the EU is basicly to join the second the EEA (the one for accessing the internal market, isn't that EEA?) agreement get's threatened. We just like being different up here.

The Lisbon Treaty is one of the best things that happened in the world for the last 10 years...

EU is interesting, i have exam about it in two weeks. Its very hard because there is much facts to remember. My country did apply for it two times, but the refrendum voted against it. I have heard also that many countries like Germany for example misses the "mark"

Good vid m8, just wish more people would vote :P

All bloody marvellous

I quite like the EU. What's with all the negative comments?

@bobdawkins7473

8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Angelov These people expressing they "Quite like" the EU are clearly under 12 years old, or funded to scout the social networks and youtube to make it seem as though EU actually had some support, leading up to UK's exit. :)

@bobdawkins7473

8 жыл бұрын

Alexis Feliz You get nowhere with that comment, and I hope you find help if you still at this stage of the handover, don't understand EU yet.

Honestly, Lisbon has done little except given the Parliament (elected) more power. The EU is needed to promote our common interests on the world stage in the face of the rising might of the BRIC nations and USA, hence no British leader has or had any desire to pull out. With Thatcher Britain has constantly tries to isolate itself from the EU+member states - instead of working within it to change it to something better. This has been a total failure of British policy. It is still very possible.

This is very good.

Europol, Eurocorps and the ECHR (whilst an entirely separate institution it is an absolute requirement the EU member states are a part of it... the EU also wishes to 'ascend' to it shortly which would make our Common Law system here in the UK massively at odds with the Civil code system widely adopted on the continent).

@BananaPhone36 European nation states will become too small to remain independent on their own. European political union will become essential.

I think that was slightly exaggerated and harsh. Some commissioners of some countries know what they are doing, and are doing well. However, others, like Italy... are pretty much destroying the whole point of a European Union. But as they say, Italy is too big to fail...

European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Ministers, European Court of Justice, and The European Ombudsman = 35,472 employed (2008) Irish Public Sector = 259,300 (June 2009) Its not so massive when you look at the size of the EU (500million) and Ireland (4.5million). Ive sources to back them up if people do not believe me

The Treaty of Lisbon essentially summarizes what the USA, the UK and Trump are so greedy for: power.

And why did you write this in your profile? But let me guess ... you are from UK, maybe England.

@74711 That's right! And there are many more, like carrots are fruits, snails appear to be fish according to EU law or you need a certificate to climb on a tree. There is even an absurdity contest run by a Polish eurodeputee Miroslaw Piotrowski.

Everybody knew that the reason of no in the first referendum was cause your government didn't provide to irish people enough information for what Lisbon Treaty is about. Noone accused you.

@euskoferre its not about fighting ur views its about keeping soverignty?

@GodOfUnbelief Europe as a single country,is supported just by a tiny minority. Europe as a Federation of States would become more accountable,and would preserve the languages,cultures,and peoples,and in time it would become essential in their preservation.

@Jack70903 The thing about that argument is that everyone in individual countries has different opinions on government and interests as well. I don't even really agree with a deeply integrated fiscal union or anything, I just found that quite funny.

S.O.S. TO THE VENEZUELANS BECAUSE OF THE MATURE DICTATOR ..... WE DO NOT HAVE LIGHT, WATER OR FOOD .......... PLEASE HELP ..........!

The EU we got today is to 4/5 same political and economical system as it was in Yugoslavia after Tito's death. From 1980 to 1991. What happened in YU, people got poor in those 11 years and nationalism was awaken, and it ended in cold blood war. Well, for sure EU will not end up in war, but I strongly believe that nationalism will be the new political ear. I also believe that Scandinavian countries will first resign from EU or be only part-time members.

I hope this treaty doesn't pass, cause in the US we have been subtly moving to a move centralized government despite what our constitution says.

The UK has a £50 billion trade deficit with the EU. Some advantage.

You do realize that Switzerland is not in the EU right?

This video is telling me that because the individual nations are working towards their own interest we should have a "treaty" to disband this practice and have everyone governed under one banner? THATS HORRIBLE

The only thing I like about the EU currently is the ECHR but even that is under scrutiny in today's media. Until they fix the economic crisis and bow down to more democratic practices to choose the hierarchy I can only see more scepticism towards the EU growing. I don't think it's "fucking great" in the slightest, but it has the potential to be. I don't think the EU should federalise anything until these issues have finally come to a conclusion.

you're free to think as you like it ,God forbid otherwise. I know it's true that EU has a democratic deficit ,everyone knows it, but from there it is a far cry from saying that we have to erase all what we've done, it's crazy throw away 60 years of work for issues that you may resolve with a bit of will

Out of curiosity, what is the current political state of America? I say this because, over the screaming and confusion brought about by the UK wanting to leave the EU and all the other political steps being made by the country, that jumping ship sounds like a good idea. It just seems that there is so much being done to prove why each party is right, that little progress is being made. Please don't debate saying which party is right to me as I'm just at the point where the country can fuck itself

nope. For example in USA every states have equal rights to vote, for example for President. So every states, and every peoples included minorities have equal influence. This is very good, and this is true democracy with equal influence of everyone. From my point of view a little states with USA system can have the chance to make decision for himself instead to follow the dictate of bigger states reducing them to a protectorate like Greece or Belgium itself. Coalition are not always good.

Small error in your video: The presidency of the European Council does not rotate every six months like you say at the 2:10 mark. The current President Donald Tusk has a term of 2,5 years and is elected by the European Council members. The Council of the EU/Ministers has indeed a rotating presidency of six months. Source: europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/presidents_en

And what is our say in this? Nothing, we the people have no say.

I think and hope we are the generation that begins the construction of the Continent-States.

The EU is great. The idea of a United States of Europe is the beggining of the end. The only times it has come about clearly shows that the bigger economies and the larger represented cultures would suffocate the smaller ones and civil war would be the only outcome of that. Europe is definitely going in the wrong direction. It should be about working together, not letting go of who you are. Your land, your history, your culture, your way of life. The people of Europe need to fight this together

You did'nt answered my question bro.

@Spenner56 - you are absolutely right! People forget that!

It will be interesting when the UK goes, taking its funding with it. First, that money will have to be found elsewhere. Then, as other, poorer, countries join, the EU itself will become poorer, yet the tax burden will further increase. The 70 million of Turkey come to mind. Then, the many thousands of mainly unskilled who currently come here, for the benefits, will have to go elsewhere, and be provided for They work for less, so jobs will go, wages will fall, as will the tax take. Good luck!

IF YOU APPOSE THE EU THEN THE 15TH OF MARCH 2011 IS THE DAY TO ACT! On the 15th of March 2011 No matter what EU nation you are in. Don't go to work, Go out in your cars with EU OUT signs in the windows and cause as much gridlock as possible.

"Currently, the EFTA States have established preferential trade relations with 20 States and Territories, in addition to the 27 Member States of the European Union." It is NOT disputed, it is a fact. As Sweden still have the Krona free its stability have little to do with the EU. Benefits like the EU stopping Swedish mergers while allowing even larger German/French mergers? EU policies... Hahaha very funny! =D All I heard where points which they all agreed upon = zero opposition allowed.

FACT: Croatia joined the EU on July 3rd, 2013.

Brits, what is it that you are afraid of? Do you consider your culture so weak that it must depend on some laws to survive? Are the laws that thing that makes you specific, in that if you receive some laws from Bruxelles you would become German or French or Belgian?

@UK - located comments UK has rapidly declined in my eyes because of its irational eurosceptic attitude. And when I think I grew up in a decade of full admiration for UK values... This admiration is now moving from UK-centric to Germano-centric all over young generations of Eastern Europe. This is normal giving the general reactionary attitude of the Brits towards Communitary Politics. As for me, I'm now a French culture fan :p.

@ursus9104

6 жыл бұрын

UK, never got over it's post-colonial heresy, hence living in the past! An illusion of a prosperous country.

Nice one. I like this vid.

The EU will continue to trade with us when we pull out as they have far more to lose than we do. We have a trade surplus with the rest of the world, and when out we will be able to negotiate free trade agreements and so increase that surplus. We gain NOTHING by staying in.Think of the BILLIONS we'd save on benefit payments, schooling, the NHS etc, not to mention our massive contributions. But more importantly we'd be free to govern ourselves, in our own country, rather than being dictated to.

and what - the eu is the future of politics, just because our media is generally biased against the eu - shouldn't mean we should follow it. the eu has done alot for this country, without it, we would have no power whatsoever, we have to face the fact that we are NOT a superpower anymore. We shouldn't hinder progression. yes the EU needs alot of change, but it is at least a step into the future.

what do you use to animate something like this?

I think the problem with EU is not the intention or what the they aim to do, but the very advanced and overwhelming bureaucracy. It's very confusing and not at all see-through for the average EU citizen. If they could bump EU down to a more simplistic system where each country was represented with a party or a minister to agree on purely political issues, instead of this criss-cross system where the power is used in odd ways. Like there is an EU law of how straight cucumbers have to be. Madness.

Who exactly is SHE ?