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The European Union is a hotly contested topic, and what it actually is has been the subject of much debate. This video is the first in a series discussing what the EU is and what the institutions that make it up actually do. This video is simply an overview of the EU looking at the EU Commission, EU Parliament, EU Council, European Court of Justice and the Eurozone.

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  1. @TLDRnewsEU

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    QUICK CORRECTION: The Euro was actually introduced between 1999 and 2002

  2. @1pen2booksyehuda7

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Too corrupt entity

  3. @Mummysgirlsx2

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    You did not include Ireland it is part of the EU

  4. @nuttywalls8190

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    A dictatorship where MEP try their best to feather their nests nonchalant of the people situation

  5. @jjekedjrjkdkdkejdjskdnxidj9344

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    The most corrupt sistem with Eva Kaili with others EU bürocrats…

  6. @wandameadows5736

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Unelected Tyrants

  7. @vincentjacobsson3981

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    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?

  8. @vincentjacobsson3981

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Penso che dovrebbe essere indagato se l'Unione Europea di tanto in tanto è legiferata con la Bibbia scritta come una storia. La parola immunità (immunita latina, libertà dagli obblighi allo stato) proviene da una rivelazione religiosa dal Medioevo, molto probabilmente da un papa per diventare senza legge, e che da allora è stata riscritta nella piena immunità immunità, personale e funzionale (legalmente, legalmente, legalmente, legalmente (legalmente, legalmente, Non può essere perseguito per atto penale) ai re (capo di stato), presidenti e primi ministri, per decisioni e azioni di legge. Lo sfruttamento politico dell'ecosistema vitale ha ora portato alla morte della foresta (forza maggiore) e in che modo influirà sull'economia delle persone, ecc?

  9. @jasonkingshott2971

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    What Actually is the European Union?…Well there is France and Germany 'who sold £230million of military hardware including bombs, missiles and guns to Moscow' – likely used in Russia's invasion of Ukraine – despite EU-wide arms embargo in wake of 2014 annexation of Crimea.

    The EU banned 'the direct or indirect sale, supply, transfer or export of arms' Countries used a technicality that permitted contracts signed before 2014, France was responsible for making €152 million as part of 76 export licences.

  10. @fabio4366

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    3:05 with Brexit there are 705 members of the parliament, not 751

  11. @churchmusicfreesheetmusic3931

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    THE EU is not an Economic Union but a Pastor with hand pointing finger!!!!

  12. @emergentevolution2000

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    It's REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. The name you said it's offensive, they changed our name in imagination that we will enter in EU. Fucking politics. Nobody wants EU from our country

  13. @Shaun-60

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT

  14. @Ingen12

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    It's a prison!!!

  15. @antoniofioravanzo704

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    The European Union is a club with many members of different background( Languages,
    Religions,Cultures,Traditions,History, Ideology and taste;} this differences cannot be
    changed ,the EU foundation will never be strong to support the club.

  16. @alexusman6485

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Booo bitch I'm a ghost

  17. @eoghanwaldron3774

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    micheal brennan rum num num

  18. @kablg81

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    As an EU citizen who is not much into politics I'll say at best is that the EU is a loose confederation and at worst a big trading union which has freedom of movement of goods, people and business(capital/money) that also makes some laws.

  19. @camwyn256

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Down below

  20. @TheCCBoi

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    The EU is a confederacy, not a federal government. The US operated like this in it's first 10 years.

  21. @douglastodd1947

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    It,s a Trading Post that was set up to aid Member States to acquire goods at reasonable rates. but was not kept in check , until it grew into the monster it is today. Now it,s totally out of control . and will eventually self implode . it,s a case of it enforces laws and fines on its own Masters, the PRESIDENTS and Commisioners in an Office block is unbelievable. IT,S A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN THE EMPLOYEES ARE LAYING DOWN THE LAW TO THEIR EMPLOYERS. 27 Member States need to shut this down before it goes down the drain and takes them all with it.

  22. @nataliehanson851

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    I wish you had subtitles or other wording in your videos, it makes it much easier when I ask students to answer questions about it and it also helps my students who are still learning English. Just a thought!

  23. @lorenzodibernardini8891

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    you overlookd the European ministry council (Council of the European Union).

  24. @antoniorsoftware

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    The Fourth Reich.

  25. @fl00fydragon

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    If you ask me the best description of what the EU is is "It's an egg"
    It will either "hatch" by federalizing to form a proto "type 1 civilization" as it takes a path that upholds democracy and the well being of its people while entering a phase of rapid technological advancement or the egg will "go bad" courtesy of isolationist, reactionaries and those who wish to remain adhered to US foreign geopolitical and economic policies.

  26. @evajust1139

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    EU is a forced POWER OVER ALL THE MEMBER COUNTRIES. As simpel as that.

  27. @bigtimejames8641

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    What is the EU?

  28. @eliasraptis3409

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Interesting topics to cover
    -European Constitution
    -Western Balkan candidates (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia)
    -Greek debt crisis and why it was the most serious (three bailout programmes)
    -Greek management of the coronavirus pandemic
    -EU-Switzerland agreements
    -Council of the EU, European Council and Council of Europe
    -EU exclusive competences, EU-MS shared competences

  29. @olegmamchych

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Would be nice to see the video about possible new countries entering EU in near future. Thank you very much!

  30. @pkaczyn

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Denmark was missing on your map (1:28)

  31. @arthurheidt6373

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    the EU is an attempt to get rid of nazism in europe not just german nazism but also french, greek, italian nazism etc.

  32. @krpkrp3033

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    As the EU is not a living beathing human being, so it must be a businss or a charity. This is based upon the EU to have a bank acount it must have a legal identity, and to get this legal identity is would have to register as a business or posibley a charity. People get their legal identity when thier parents register their birth or for a business when a person registers a business or charity. The EU is a third party business, which uses agreements with members to legal bind them to the EU, and passes of these agreements as law which they are not as the EU is not a soverign state and threatens them with legal actions in the ECJ which is not a real court as it does not belong to a sorverign state, it is a construct of a business.

  33. @mseg1437

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Hi. Just watched this video. One error. There is only ONE European Parliament, not two. It is located in Strasbourg. The plenary session are all taking place there. The other building in Brussels is used for the preparatory works and specialised work groups

  34. @TheXander008

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    6:01 "EU can't levy taxes"? OH REALLY? Because from what I remember, EU put a HUGE tax on coal because of climate change…..

  35. @sambland3903

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    I don't really like the eu. Europeans are great though.

  36. @kjartannn

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    veiry simple: it's a union

  37. @samuelskulavik3684

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Slovakia adopted euro long time ago

  38. @candycandygirl7433

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐💙⭐

  39. @XescMainzer

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    At 3:36 you mention the name of the group as the "Greens – European Free TRADE Alliance", but it should be "Greens – European Free Alliance" instead

  40. @Jungfrun1

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    What the difference between why Denmark does not use the Euro and why Sweden does not use the Euro?

  41. @TheCutiepuffs

    February 16, 2024 at 11:52 am

    oh, also a video on socalled “judicial lawmaking” by the CJEU (especially the establishment of direct effect and supremacy) would be interesting

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Student List program:
https://studenti.org.rs/en/plan/
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2105208664881557577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2105208664881557577%7Ctwgr%5E286dd96e36fbc96dbbcd3184e186b4f05377e279%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danas.rs%2Fvesti%2Fpolitika%2Fstudenti-o-sankcijama-rusiji%2F
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2055953192458834226
https://newunionpost.eu/2026/09/15/student-list-ready-serbia-elections/

Train station canopy collapse:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/1/mass-protests-planned-as-serbia-marks-anniversary-of-train-station-collapse
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/president-vucic-inaugurates-novi-sad-subotica-high-speed-line/

CRTA report: https://crta.rs/en/first-interim-report-on-long-term-observation/

Snap elections:
https://www.politico.eu/article/serbia-leader-aleksandar-vucic-calls-snap-elections-after-dissolving-countrys-parliament/
https://srpske.rs/en/news/ekonomija/2026/08/02/serbia-600-million-euro-cash-handout-payment-dates

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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/

EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/

EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation

US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15

G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax

European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/

Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/

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Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250

Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/

Laws
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025

Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
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