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Are Albania & North Macedonia about to join the EU
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North Macedonia and Albania have been vying for EU membership for years now. However, it seems that they might finally be getting close to joining up, with major progress being made. So in this video we outline their patch to accession & what happens now
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In this video, we’ll discuss the EU’s new plan to quietly tax US Big Tech – and whether it could work.
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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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In this video, we’re going to explain why the Trump-Putin diesel deal is probably illegal; whether it’ll get struck down; and why – either way – it’s a pretty rubbish deal anyway, even from Trump’s perspective.
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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
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
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
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
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
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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@bledigjata8017
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Even my Cat knows more about the Balkans than TLDR! You guys better stick to the fish-and-chips politics and forget about the Balkans. Europeans will never be able to understand our mess.
Ps: The title should have been Is North Macedonia about to join the EU? No mention of Albania in the video.
@xser4321
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
The problem with the whole situation is that Macedonia is historically a Bulgarian territory. However the Macedonian people have been brainwashed into thinking that they have some kind of Hellenistic root which is false.
@MAXIMUSLOK
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
There's gonna be a greek and a Bulgarian Veto
Greeks for the prosecution of a elected Greek minority maior
And Bulgarian for n.mkd. Bulgarian minority issues…
@ervin77a
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Enough applications for the European Union, we don't want to be part of the EU! please stop
@christiansannino1904
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
I hope it
@user-qm7jk6hb9n
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Can’t wrap my head around the fact that Bulgaria is in the eu and not Albania no hate for Bulgaria very nice country and friendly but is not even close to Albanian standards.
@WalknTalkVlogs
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Your voice is very mechanical. It makes your videos boring.
@luisduron2722
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Update
@balkananthropologist5836
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Join BRICS
Join free world
@blackeagle7947
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
China will be the new world's superpower and EU will desolve. It's time to change sides.
@TomyD1321
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Neither Albania or Macedonia are ready to join EU . Corruption its a big problem there especially in Albania with with all levels of the government corrupt . Everything is corrupt there starting from teachers , police , army , judges , lawyers, prosecutors, ministers, prime ministers. All government ministers are millionaires, none of them goes to jail. Recently the the economy minister and prime minister deputy got caught in a major corruption scandal and he was able to leave the country and still not arrested. Prime minister Edi Rama didn’t give a shit neither to resign or to apologize. In Austria few years ago the prime minister resigned in much smaller corruption scandal .
@GeoGraphyMaping
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
North Macedonia definetely won't join anytime soon and they don't even deserve it. Albania on the other hand does have a chance.
@thareus20
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
TLDR: No.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is coping really hard at this point.
First of all, most of the EU members couldn't care if we joined or not.
Second, some outright oppose us, or have territorial aspirations (Bulgaria against N Macedonia).
Third, we are still wrought with corruption. The thing that most Europeans fail to realise is that this corruption is mainly caused by EU backed politicians.
The EU is literally getting scammed by these guys. They display the situation as being one thing, while the reality is different.
Not only are the Balkans not advancing, we are regressing. This makes us super vulnerable to being exploited by both western and eastern private corporations, whose interests are easily realised via corrupt local politicians.
In N Macedonia, while a great percentage of the population would like to see the country in the EU, the majority also feels we are being forced to do too many things, for benefits which we may never see.
It's kind of hopeless, but that's the way it has always been in the Balkans. I hope the westerners can enjoy living, I have no ill thoughts. Hopefully, we can enjoy living one day too. But apart from a major revolution to crush the current power structures to the ground, I fear nothing else can have the desired effect.
@alextabet9247
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Albania will be a package deal with Serbia and Kosovo. Sad how bully nations such as Greece and Bulgaria are standing in the way of Macedonia’s ascension to the EU. That being said, I am not sure Macedonia is quite ready to join the EU.
@nimalifernando2383
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
What about Cyprus going to be scheger?
@cornet7934
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
I don't think so! both of them will be out!
@mariglenlici5391
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
The only main reason why Albania is not part of EU is the majority of muslims in my opinion! And the saddest fact is that Albania is really an example on religious cohabitation for EU and more…
@Bodlasona
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Macedonia deserved more than Bulgaria and Romania. Emm since 2003 Macedonia is a candidate 21 years later EU somehow became an irrelevant Union. IF Bulgaria and Romania can be a member s of EU undeniably Macedonia should .But asi can see the effects of that Union on their countries … I slowly but sure i would like neutrality .WHat exactly do we get from all of it !?
@vanderelst5996
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
If Bulgaria joined EU,if EU kept Greece after debt scandal,why not?
@StefanTCTS
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
The adjective is Macedonian and the country is Macedonia.
@blackeagle7947
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
EU it will lead us to dystopian totalitarian regime aka NWO.
It's all planned it's almost there, it happening slowly and a global government will be implemented and turning all of us into slaves and servants of global elites.
Agenda Kill Gates 2030
You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.
You ain't see nothing yet
Welcome to communism
@HandsomeStranger1963
February 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
be nice to expel the greeks. pilfering history
bulagria? has it backwards.