What is the European Parliament?

The European Parliament is a key institution of the European Union representing over 500 million citizens. As the only directly elected body in the EU, it plays a vital role in shaping the future of Europe through its legislative and supervisory powers. This video will explore What the EP is, what it does, and who controls it
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  • @amos_melkersson
    @amos_melkersson11 ай бұрын

    I find it quite weird that the EU itself doesn't have channel like this to explain how they work. I think the trust for them would go up if they could explain themselves like this channel does. But now we don't really need them to do it since we got The EU Made SIMPLE but still they should really work on becoming more accessible to their citizens.

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks Amos. I agree - it's one of the reasons I started the channel

  • @eoinburke
    @eoinburke11 ай бұрын

    We really should be teaching this in schools. In civics, we had only focused on Irish Politics and when I hit voting age, I neither knew anything about or cared about the EU until years later. I just kept voting for my MEP because he was local. Shame.

  • @Un_pelican_pe_varf_de_munte

    @Un_pelican_pe_varf_de_munte

    6 ай бұрын

    In romania we learn at school about EU

  • @adamedlund6366
    @adamedlund636611 ай бұрын

    These videos regarding the respective government entities have really been helping me as i try to get a glance of how the EU actually works. Thanks a lot and keep it up :)

  • @novvak168
    @novvak16811 ай бұрын

    Another great on EU made simple. I'm happy that in the future we will have a video on every EU instutuon. Great work on making the EU simple:))

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏

  • @EvropaDnes
    @EvropaDnesАй бұрын

    Thank you for this great content, we watch your videos with highly attention! ❤

  • @HappyCatholicDane
    @HappyCatholicDane11 ай бұрын

    Great video as always 👍

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks Dane

  • @vincentjacobsson3981
    @vincentjacobsson398110 ай бұрын

    I think it should be investigated if the European Union now and then is legislated with the Bible written as a story. The word immunity (Latin immunitas, freedom from obligations to the state) comes from a religious revelation from the middle ages, most likely from a pope to become lawless, and which has since been rewritten into full immunity, personal and functional immunity (legally, cannot be prosecuted for criminal act) to the kings (head of state), presidents, and prime ministers, for law decisions and actions. The political exploitation of the vital ecosystem has now led to forest death (force majeure) and how will it affect people's economy, etc.

  • @fusionreactor7179
    @fusionreactor717911 ай бұрын

    Your vids need to be longer than 2-3

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    What would you like to see?

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    @@francoispignon7459 thank you that's valuable feedback. I think it makes sense too when topics are more complicated like accession (as you mentioned)

  • @relaxingsounds6168
    @relaxingsounds616811 ай бұрын

    You completely forgot a fundamental mechanism of the european parliament: BRIBES.

  • @andrasadam8256
    @andrasadam825611 ай бұрын

    Great explanation, just like the one about the EC! Thanks!

  • @louistan7560
    @louistan75602 ай бұрын

    A Circus and a Zoo. A Mad Hatter's Party. Pinnochio's Pleasure Island of Donkeys.

  • @francescot5012
    @francescot501211 ай бұрын

    Bona filmeto. Mi estas scivolema: ĉu iam okazis en nia historio ke la parlamento igis la komisionon rezigni? 🤔

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    Nope not yet :)

  • @falsevacuum4667

    @falsevacuum4667

    11 ай бұрын

    No, but two instances have occurred. In one case, the entire Commission resigned in 1999 when corruption allegations led Parliament to no-confidence proceedings. The resignation happened first, kind of like President Nixon who resigned in the United States before being removed by office by Congress. Secondly, the Parliament can evaluate proposed Commissioners and threaten to not give assent until certain people chosen by member states in the lineup are replaced. This happens every now and then.

  • @Kounomura
    @Kounomura3 ай бұрын

    Let's be clear about the EU-Hungarian debate. Did the union take out a loan to cover the post-Covid economic downturn? YES. Did the member states, including Hungary, participate in this as debtors? YES. Was the distribution of the loan subject to conditions in the case of other countries? NO. Poland was also blackmailed by the union because there was also a patriotic government. Now that there was a change of government there, everything is forgiven for the Poles. The other countries also received the money. In the case of Hungary, the loan taken by the country was tied to false and extortionate conditions. Despite this, the Hungarians tried to fulfill all conditions. This was also accepted by the leadership of the union, which is why the committee authorized the payment of 10 billion with great difficulty but still, because there was nothing else they could do. On this the EU-Parlament contested this and yesterday sued the Commission for how they dared to give money to Hungary. But that's not enough. This week it was announced that Hungary will not receive the remaining 20 billion at all, because the Hungarian laws do not allow minors (school children and kindergarteners in preschool age) to be educated in an LGBTQ-spirit. The Hungarians said that they are in no way willing to change their position on this issue, even if they even if they don't get their due money.

  • @mojtabazxcjmohammadi3895
    @mojtabazxcjmohammadi389511 ай бұрын

    Vous pouvez ajouter une chaîne française aussi s'il vous plaît ?

  • @pep-qew1977
    @pep-qew197711 ай бұрын

    "Electet by EU citizens to represent their best intrests" And then Polish EPP meps come in.

  • @Fenixion88ZX
    @Fenixion88ZX11 ай бұрын

    someone going to the EYE event in 9th of June ??

  • @Gudha_Ismintis
    @Gudha_Ismintis11 ай бұрын

    0:44 - Lithuania Vs EU

  • @75davide47

    @75davide47

    11 ай бұрын

    Lithuania VS Estonia

  • @Gudha_Ismintis

    @Gudha_Ismintis

    11 ай бұрын

    @@75davide47 i like that

  • @vincentjacobsson3981
    @vincentjacobsson398110 ай бұрын

    Je pense que cela devrait faire l'objet d'une enquête si l'Union européenne est de temps en temps légiférée avec la Bible écrite comme une histoire. Le mot immunité (Latin Immunitas, liberté d'obligations envers l'État) provient d'une révélation religieuse du Moyen Âge, probablement d'un pape pour devenir sans loi et qui a depuis été réécrit en immunité complète, immunité personnelle et fonctionnelle (légalement, ne peut pas être poursuivi pour acte criminel) aux rois (chef de l'État), aux présidents et aux premiers ministres, pour les décisions et les actions en droit. L'exploitation politique de l'écosystème vital a maintenant entraîné la mort des forêts (force majeure) et comment cela affectera-t-il l'économie des gens, etc.

  • @jonsigwanz7993
    @jonsigwanz79933 ай бұрын

    Now do a video about the EU central bank and the EU court of justice

  • @HUSSEINALBAKOUR
    @HUSSEINALBAKOUR4 ай бұрын

    السلام عليكم

  • @paulus514
    @paulus5144 күн бұрын

    Stop Lobby Mafia

  • @viola995
    @viola9954 ай бұрын

    Nothing about the attack on the Polish media? Not a word? Now you are not worried about the rule of law and democracy in Poland because your man became prime minister? Hypocrites

  • @donnadonna8469
    @donnadonna846910 ай бұрын

    What is it?! The new Babylon!

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub11 ай бұрын

    So new videos get released on Wednesdays and Fridays now?

  • @EUMadeSimple

    @EUMadeSimple

    11 ай бұрын

    We experimenting a bit . But for the next couple of months yes. Educational video on Wednesday with a current events/editorial type video on Friday

  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679711 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare.

  • @HappyCatholicDane

    @HappyCatholicDane

    11 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a Brexit bot.

  • @falsevacuum4667

    @falsevacuum4667

    11 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a legislature?

  • @user-wr4yl7tx3w
    @user-wr4yl7tx3w11 ай бұрын

    The problem with members of European Parliament is that they consist of the same groupie that sees it as their right to be in government since their days in school when they got involved in student government and politics. They think they know best.

  • @user-hu2wm3lm9i
    @user-hu2wm3lm9i2 ай бұрын

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  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679711 ай бұрын

    Yeah, gotta ensure those strict procedures Where the hell would the universe be without those?

  • @falsevacuum4667

    @falsevacuum4667

    11 ай бұрын

    When you have a body of over 700 people... rules need to be followed. This is the same for every legislature. Just look how hard the Speak of the House of Commons has to work!

  • @JamesFernandez-qf9yw

    @JamesFernandez-qf9yw

    11 ай бұрын

    Good morning Ms Rebecca

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    11 ай бұрын

    @@falsevacuum4667 No. We need to sack the useless lot. That's what we did. They all swan around with ipads, red carpets, two pensions, private language lessons, golf club membership, clocking in and out and collecting hundreds of euros for doing it. They are worthless leaches with their snouts in troughs and getting Qatar graft.

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    11 ай бұрын

    @@JamesFernandez-qf9yw it's evening. It was afternoon when you posted.

  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679711 ай бұрын

    Yeah, gotta approve those appointments, right?

  • @falsevacuum4667

    @falsevacuum4667

    11 ай бұрын

    What do you mean?

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    11 ай бұрын

    @@falsevacuum4667 Those appointed presidents. Gotta approve them. Cuz we need all those presidents. Where would we all be without them? Right? I mean, who the hell would Qatar bribe?

  • @falsevacuum4667

    @falsevacuum4667

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rebeccanoble6797 I don't get what your problem is. They don't have a lot of presidents, they're just bad at naming things. Commission President = Prime Minister Parliament President = Speaker Council President = [Actual] President ECB President = Bank Governor / Chairperson Yes there was Qatargate, but the EU is one of the best institutions for going after corruption. People lost their positions. There's investigating and reporting. Corruption exists in every society, yet EU citizens in more corrupt countries trust the EU much more than their national governments.

  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679711 ай бұрын

    ROFL 🤣 When the UK was a member of the EU the EU election turnout here was a *risible, 34%.* And the last one was *38%* and we elected *29 BREXIT PARTY MEPs* making them the *largest single party in the EU parliament.* 😅😅😂😂

  • @RazorMouth

    @RazorMouth

    11 ай бұрын

    Nobody cares 😂

  • @SH-jg5zq
    @SH-jg5zq3 ай бұрын

    Shameful organization

  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679711 ай бұрын

    😊 The UK elected 29 brexit party MEPs. Making them the largest single party in the EU parliament! 😂😂😅😅

  • @RazorMouth

    @RazorMouth

    11 ай бұрын

    Nobody cares 😂

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RazorMouth No, well, that's because we're never going to rejoin the EU.

  • @ricardomews3597
    @ricardomews3597Ай бұрын

    mafia does not explain its own actions!

  • @costante_3196
    @costante_319611 ай бұрын

    What is the European Parliament?...a sewer