Germany Takes Over EU Presidency: Germany's Plans for Europe, COVID & Brexit Explained - TLDR News

Germany has just taken over the Presidency of the European Council, and important role within the EU. In fact, that role has rarely been more important with Germany leading the union through turbulent times with economic uncertainty, Brexit negotiations and the pandemic. In this video, we discuss Germany's leadership, their plans and their ongoing influence over the union.

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[WanjiJibei]

Me: “Wait... It’s all Germany?”

EU: “War schon immer gewesen”

[zep]

“Germany takes over Europe”

Hey I think I’ve seen this one

[ori]

"Germany takes over Europe"

Congratulations, you did it diplomatically this time!

[cynicalobserver]

Took them about 80 years but they’ve finally done it

[samehatt]

Germany: If we cannot beat them with nationalism, beat them with globalism

[goodlookingcorpse]

What a strange place, where politicians respond to things, and have plans.

[coletrain]

Well we know Germany knows how to deal with economic depression

[robertarisz]

Notice how Brexit is not really in the top five priorities? That ship has sailed and the EU is not jumping into the water to swim after it.

[HypercopeEmia]

me as a pole: hey I've seen this one!
germany: what do you mean? It's brand new!

[travis]

don't be afraid... we are friendly this time ... i think...

[cryto]

Video: "has germany related context"
Germans: *Lebensraum*

[HuangGengran]

Germany take over EU?
third time is really the charm then.

[AttyEK]

I've long been a sceptic of our European Union but not anymore. I've changed my mind about it for a year now... The benefits far outweigh the drawbacks, if any. The world has become very competitive. China, USA and few other countries pretty much lead the world and I think we need to play a bigger part. Because let's face it, neither the Chinese nor the American model aren't well balanced in terms of social and economic benefits.
But we in Europe can only compete if we go about it together. God I sound like a Europhile.

[baumfan]

I don‘t find the expected german comments.
Dies sollte eine angemessene Korrektur sein.

[ogerpinata]

Bismarck has a plan. Because Bismarck always has a plan.☝🏼😇

[sbls]

I came to the comments expecting to see a lot of “4th reich confirmed” but the comment section is actually pretty pro EU

[Trashplat]

I was really excited for the projects of the German presidency, especially regarding China, Africa and Global Warming. Too bad its only concern now has to be getting the EU through the Corona crisis.

[EzekielCarvalho]

Good riddance. The UK is no longer as one of the priorities.

[roxanneadu]

Peace will always cost less than war and crisis. Germany has learned this lesson out of its history and cannot deny this fact. If this humble attitude can be combined with strong leadership, then Europe as a whole will set a milestone in facing emerging/established markets like China and Africa.

The sacrifice of our great-and grandparent's generation is memorable, and we must prevail in honouring it. We want to call ourselves intelligent and learn from our past. Succeeding together may not be optional.

The EU model is more important to the world than we might think while living in it.

[jolie]

2020 with all it’s turbulences and crises has only made me more proud and glad to be european. i wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world right now. 🇪🇺🇩🇪