for them to be doing this it's really good and they're really strong we know that the
euro is really much more powerful compared to the american dollar that's a fact right
so you know you guys are doing good over there i'm probably going to put this at the front of
the video so you guys can get you know inside of how much this video was amazing hey guys welcome
back to foreign react so i did a previous video about the european union and um a lot of folks
were like oh there is one country that's no longer in it this one is an updated video it's a longer
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guys let's check out the european union summary on a map the story begins at the end of world war
ii as the european continent lies devastated leaving the united states and the ussr as the
two major world powers their growing rivalry marks the beginning of the cold war while the soviets
control eastern europe the west looks to the u.s for reconstruction aid while the old continent
is found divided by the iron curtain in the west the idea of european unity begins to take hold
on the 9th of may 1950 france via its foreign minister robert chuman proposes a franco-german
reconciliation and placing under a common high authority the production of coal and steel the
main wealth of industrialized countries which is also needed for the manufacture of weapons
the aim is to boost the economy and maintain peace with the project left open to countries wishing to
join the following year in paris six countries sign a treaty establishing the european coal
and steel community as germany is divided by the iron curtain only west germany becomes part of it
to accelerate the development of europe the six founding countries meet on the 25th of march 1957
in rome to sign two new treaties the first treaty creates the european economic community whose main
objective is to establish a common market this video is really much more informative than the
one that i did before this i'm actually enjoying this one a lot more this one is really really i'm
getting some history right here including allowing the free movement of workers and
eliminating tariffs between member states the treaty also defines common policies on transport
trade and agriculture the common agricultural policy among other goals aims to increase
agricultural productivity offer reasonable prices and ensure a fair standard of living for farmers
the second treaty establishes the european atomic energy community
coordinating civilian nuclear research programs the treaties of rome enter into force in 1958
but it would take several years for its policies to be implemented many countries asked to join
the communities including the united kingdom but france under the leadership of charles de gaulle
vetoes the accession request considering the uk as too close of an ally to the united states
the institutions of the three communities are merged to enable more efficient functioning
there is now a single commission composed of commissioners chosen by the heads of state
its role is to propose european laws in the common interest of its members
there is the council made up of ministers of the member states and whose role it is
to approve modify or reject the proposals of the commission there is the parliament representing
the people of europe and which also gives its opinion on commission proposals its power
would increase over forthcoming treaties finally there is a court of justice that rules over the
legality of decisions taken right right 1967 the united kingdom renews its request for membership
which france opposes a second time again with the removal of tariffs for industrial and
agricultural products and the free movement of workers the economic situation improves
rapidly prompting a new wave of membership applications this time negotiations go well
but in norway the population opposes the country's accession in a referendum
in 1973 ireland the united kingdom and denmark joined the community that's right
i really like this video it um it gives a lot of light to um this particular topic the european
union it gives a lot of light to it i'm actually understanding it much better getting a little bit
of dissection if that's a word of this uh european union knowing who started it who's with it who was
denied twice i never knew that uk got denied twice bro that's mad crazy right but um
interesting pretty interesting bro in paris the heads of state and government come to
an agreement to create the european council as readers would meet at least
three times a year to together define the broad guidelines of the community
south of the continent after the end of dictatorships in portugal greece and spain
the three countries request membership of the community in 1979 for the first time members of
the european parliament are elected by universal suffrage in 1981 greece joins the community while
the following year greenland which receives more autonomy from denmark chooses to leave the
community after a referendum in 1984 the united kingdom under margaret thatcher says it does not
benefit enough from the common agricultural policy which then represented 80 percent of eu spending
the country negotiates to obtain a reduction in its contribution to the community's budget
in 1986 spain and portugal joined the community 12 member states and the european commission give a
boost to the internal market by signing the single european act in addition to
eliminating custom fees the goal is to remove all obstacles to the free movement of people
goods capital and services services every single market project to be completed by 1993.
after the fall of the berlin wall germany is reunified
in the east the ussr can no longer contain revolts and collapses opening up new horizons
bro look at that ussr bro ussr it's a big ass word um estonia latvia lithuania bell bell whatever
they'll ignore that country yeah whatever ukraine and uh maldova uh
i'm not sure did was i don't think poland was in it no poland wasn't in it germany is reunified
in the east the ussr can no longer contain revolts and okay oh so was it that um the ussr was trying
to get into like poland romania and those country hungary and bulgaria was it was that the situation
that was going on right here the revolt like he said and then when it collapsed he had to separate
and now you have russia you've got all these other countries new horizons for the community which
establishes contacts with the countries of eastern europe right on 7th of february 1992 european
heads of state signed the maastricht treaty the european union is created and gets new powers
the treaty envisages an economic union and the future creation of a common european currency
all countries ratify the treaty including denmark where two referendums and negotiations to be
exempted from the common currency are required a new wave of countries request membership finland
norway sweden and then norway oppose potential candidacy via referendums on the other hand
in austria sweden and finland negotiations succeed and in 1995 the eu grows to 15 members
in 1985 the schengen agreement is gradually introduced from 1995. its objective is to abolish
border controls and therefore have total freedom of movement within the european
union agreement is incorporated into the european union through the treaty of amsterdam in addition
the common currency project advances which would be called the euro however the united
kingdom sweden and denmark do not want it the remaining member countries set up the european
central bank the euro was officially launched on the market in 1999 although the currency would
be put into circulation oh wait so what would like maybe i missed it maybe i'm an idiot and
i missed it was it that um the before we became the european union right was it that they were
using a different currency or their own selected currency like let's say the finish we're using
finn dollar finn dollar right sweet was using a sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet iron sweet iron
let's let's just give some random names right was it that type of situation where we were
using our own currency owned money and um then once the eurozone was created we started using
the euros was it was that the situation because i probably missed it i'm not sure
but was it that before the european union was established you know we got the name european
union was it that all of these bodies the 15 bodies that he mentioned was it that they were
using a single currency single type of money already or was it that it started using that
after the eurozone on the 1st of january 2002 as negotiations take place to enlarge the union state
meet in nice to try and improve the structure nice that's nice the outcome is considered mixed
to referendum oh it's needed in ireland for it to come into force okay education time baby
enlargement okay let's go first of may 2004 10 new countries are included in the european union
all new members join the schengen area with the exception of cyprus as part of the island
is controlled by the turkish army since 1974. after the half failure of the treaty of nice
the 25 heads of state meet in rome to again try to streamline the functioning of the european union
this time they aim to create a constitutional treaty that would replace all existing treaties
with a single text this sparks heated debate across europe fearing an overly powerful european
union at the expense of national sovereignty the french and dutch populations oppose the treaty via
referendums this triggers a period of reflection and in-depth consultation within member states
on january 1 2007 romania and bulgaria joined the european union the same year 27 heads of
state signed the treaty of lisbon which aims to strengthen and improve the functioning of the eu
after enlargement notably it is agreed that the eu's role is to promote peace support sustainable
development fight against social exclusion and discrimination and safeguard cultural heritage
the treaty is ratified by all states but ireland which holds a referendum and rejects it yet again
more negotiations and a second referendum would be needed in ireland for it to take effect
crisis the global economic and financial crisis has repercussions on the eurozone which enters
a recession after the route of major european banks many countries find themselves in difficulty
in particular greece part of whose public debt has been kept hidden with the help of consultants from
the goldman sachs bank the country is forced to ask for financial aid from the eurozone
and the imf in exchange for which it must implement austerity measures ireland coming
to the aid of its banks also sees its public debt explode but the country does not want to ask for
aid from the euro zone fearing it may in return be forced to raise its low corporate tax rates
the country finally receives aid all the same in exchange for which it must adopt a strict plan
subsequently portugal greece a second time spain and then cyprus obtains financial aid
from the eurozone wow while almost everywhere on the continent austerity plans are put into place
migraine crisis in 2013 croatia joins the european union that's right at the borders of the continent
the so-called arab spring creates instability in many countries the civil war in syria
a second civil war in libya and in iraq and other events such as the war in afghanistan and
violence in the horn of africa push many people to migrate to europe despite the construction
of walls at the turkish border in 2015 over a million migrants enter the schengen area europe
tries to slow the flow of migration security patrols are reinforced on the mediterranean sea
while certain countries temporarily reintroduce controls so what we talk about right here illegal
migration or um legitimate like what is it like like a type wall type stuff where we
got to set up a wall or something like that or is it legal because that's wild for a million
if it was a million illegal world has that's kind of wild or if it's a million um
legal and illegal that's still wild that's crazy does in addition the european union
signs agreements with turkey and then with libya where the political situation is very unstable
so that they control and block the so-called illegal migration routes in exchange for financial
aid migrant processing centers are funded mainly in italy and greece where migrants find themselves
awaiting regularization in overcrowded conditions the migration crisis divides
european countries and fuels the rise of nationalist and eurosceptic parties
that's it in june 2016 the united kingdom through a referendum
votes in favor of leaving the european union the country then enters long and
difficult negotiations with the european union to define the conditions of their withdrawal
after numerous failures an agreement for brexit is finally reached and the united kingdom exits the
eu on january 31 2020 while the uk no longer has any decision-making power in the block
it continues to contribute to the european budget and receive funding at least until the end of the
year oh by this deadline it is meant to negotiate future agreements with the eu in particular
concerning customs duties free movement the status of europeans living in the united kingdom
and vice versa and the status of the border that separates ireland from northern ireland
after the departure of the united kingdom the european union has 27 member states with a
population of about 450 million associations are underway for the access listen i'm not trying to
trying to tell nobody to do nothing stupid but if the european union can actually work together
they can actually be when you put america on the uh table you put russia on the table
because you got to put russia on the table big boys um and you put the european union i don't
know how many people are living in russia but i'm pretty sure that america has more than them
if i'm not mistaken russia is larger but murky got way more population murk got about 329 mil
he just said 400 is something milk right that's a lot so the european union could actually create
their own military um unity where people from each country you know participate in something
and they put some money towards military bro they could be the most powerful what you would say um
i wouldn't say organization but you know unity like something like that it's really appalling
if you think about it to be honest but you know we'll see where it goes with the um european
union because i'm telling you this sounds really good and it's it's actually you know
i i think ukraine is going to join after the war ukraine is doing very well shout out to
all my ukrainians if you uh watch this video to this far shout out to all you guys ukraine
probably joins the european union so we don't know how much more countries will add to that 27
after the brexit but kind of looking dope bro new countries mostly in the balkans negotiations
for turkey's accession which started in 2005 are stalled 19 countries are members of the eurozone
while six other countries have adopted the euro without being a member of the eurozone or the eu
finally the schengen area now comprises 26 states including four non-members of the european union
with cyprus croatia bulgaria and romania expected to integrate soon
okay okay okay i like what the european union is doing bro the european union i like you bro
i like i like what they did to this it's um it's it's it's it's very um it's it's a beautiful thing
to observe somebody actually made a comment on the channel and they were saying that yeah
because i was talking about 70 years of peace is not anything to you know be too happy about
you know due to the fact that bro we've been on this earth for so long and that's all we could
have for peace like we're just psychos that's my point of view right and somebody was like well the
european union is such and such and such it wasn't and i was like bro that's really smart that's
actually factual right so for them to be doing this it's really good and they're really strong
we know that the euro is really much more powerful compared to the american dollar that's a fact
right so you know you guys are doing good over there i'm probably gonna put this at
the front of the video so you guys can get you know inside of how much this video was amazing
but um i hope y'all enjoy man leave a like in the video and subscribe out of here peace