The European Union - Summary on a Map

In this video, we trace the evolution of the European Union since the end of WWII until Brexit.
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Music: The Devil's Piano - Audio Hertz (YouTube library)
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Software used for editing: Adobe After Effects
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Chapter
0:00 Beginnings
1:10 Treaties of Rome
2:23 Economic growth
3:41 Development
5:07 Eastern Europe
6:11 Schengen
7:17 Enlargement
8:50 Eurozone debt crisis
9:55 European migrant crisis
11:11 Brexit
12:05 Current situation

#geohistory #history #europeanunion #europe #brexit #schengen

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[j.c-]

Britain: Tries to enter
France: *no*
Britain: Tries to leave
France: *no*

[kripto]

UK: Let me
~50 years later
UK: Let me

[talos]

“Hey Ireland want to go the pub?”
“Hold on let me have a referendum”

[petergohan]

Britain is like a cat at night, it keeps calling you to open the door to let it in, and after it's in and you close the door it keeps calling you to let it out.

[manchujon]

0% Fake accent,
0% complicating things
100% clear and simple explanation
Love u guys, Keep up the good work

[kimi]

Meanwhile Switzerland: No, I'm good

[impressionQ]

Ukraine: Can I join?
EU: Sure, you have a great CV. We will “call” you back.

[SuperLusername]

Croatia: *falls under Habsburg rule*
Austria-Hungary: *collapses*
Croatia: *joins Kingdom of Yugoslavia*
Kingdom of Yugoslavia: *collapses*
Croatia: *joins the Axis*
Axis: *collapses*
Croatia: *joins Federal Republic of Yugoslavia*
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: *collapses*
Croatia: *joins European Union*
European Union: *migrant crisis, Brexit...*
European Union: *chuckles* "I'm in danger."

[DHDZ]

Everyone: Britain was the first to leave the EU
Me: *GREENLAND*

[karu]

Norwegian government: join?
Norwegian people: no.

[saatvikkrishnam]

Switzerland during WW2: eating popcorn
Switzerland after WW2: still eating popcorn 😂😂

[NewNicator]

10:38 Ironically today Turkey said it would officially no longer prevent the flow of migration into Greece due to the escalated Syrian conflict following the Turkish military intervention into northern Syria.

[veer]

Britain: ill be apart of this
France: no
Britain: ill try to join again
France: NO!
Britain: please let me join
France: ok fine
Britain: ya i want to leave
France: no
Britain:😐

[Unwebonnn]

EU: we are looking for members
Switzerland: *Great, but did I ask*

[joshuat]

It important to note that the UK has a long history of disagreements and strife with the European Union, and Brexit is not an out-of-the-blue populist disruption like many media outlets like to portray it.

[several_names]

9:14 I'm once again asking for financial support

[icywind]

France was right from the beginning about the UK :D

[TheMercyBeat]

The European Union enlargement 🇪🇺:

1951
- Belgium 🇧🇪
- France 🇫🇷
- Italy 🇮🇹
- Luxembourg 🇱🇺
- Netherlands 🇳🇱
- West Germany 🇩🇪

1973
- Denmark 🇩🇰
- Ireland 🇮🇪
- United Kingdom (exited 2020) 🇬🇧

1981
- Greece 🇬🇷

1986
- Portugal 🇵🇹
- Spain 🇪🇸

1990
- East Germany (unified with West Germany) 🇩🇪

1995
- Austria 🇦🇹
- Finland 🇫🇮
- Sweden 🇸🇪

2004
- Cyprus 🇨🇾
- Czech Republic 🇨🇿
- Estonia 🇪🇪
- Hungary 🇭🇺
- Latvia 🇱🇻
- Lithuania 🇱🇹
- Malta 🇲🇹
- Poland 🇵🇱
- Slovakia 🇸🇰
- Slovenia 🇸🇮

2007
- Bulgaria 🇧🇬
- Romania 🇷🇴

2013
- Croatia 🇭🇷

[gustavschnitzel]

UK: We want to leave the Union! We don't want to be controlled from Brussels! We demand sovereignty! *leaves*

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: We want to leave the Union! We don't want to be controlled from London! We demand sovereignty!

England: HoW dArE yOu?!