How Can the EU Become a Global Superpower?

The EU's Foreign Policy Problem Exposed: Chaos, Confusion, and Missed Opportunities
How did the EU handle Hamas' attack on Israel? Not well. Institutional chaos, conflicting loyalties, and indecision plagued its response. While the U.S. moved swiftly with a unified strategy, the EU stumbled. Discover the five fatal flaws crippling Europe's ability to act on the global stage—and the bold reforms that could fix them.

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[RobinTorrekensTravelVlog]

Giving the curent attitude of China, Russia and now also the USA, it's has to be "We should be asap!"

[languist]

Excessive bureaucracy is what keeps the EU from thriving to its full potential. 🇪🇺

[michaelpilos]

MEGA 🇪🇺

1. Harmonize EU economy.
2. Create unified EU military.
3. Lead in tech innovation.
4. Achieve energy independence.
5. Strengthen global diplomacy.

[karliszemitis]

This is the moment in time where we have 3 choces:
1) Become one federation and unite as people and find common ground
2) Admit that besides free trade and movement of goods we have nothing in common and dissolve EU
3) Do nothing, and continue stagnation/regression as long as we can until eventual dissolvment by populists

[albevanhanoy]

Only together can the nations of Europe survive.

[damm]

8:10 removing the veto would also make the EU more democratic

[markojovanovski]

Eliminating the veto would also finally allow EU expansion. As balkan countries would stop using it for nationalistic purpouses

[yazey]

From France, we need to do that. In France we are in deep political crisis. I think it's the same in Germany. This is du to the lack of power of country with only 60 M people for France and 80 M people for Germany. We can't stand alone against power like the USA, China or Russia. We need more common policy now or we will be eaten by other bigger country. For f*** sake we already share so close political systeme and values. We are more left than the american with all or complexe regulation. We need to share the same regulation for them to be effective. No more France regulation that restrict or companies even more than EU legislation and who kill the industrie because people will simply bypass France.

[PuNicAdbo]

Middle east is not our beer. Ukraine is because it's our direct neighbor and part of Europe. This is where we should focus. And like everyone here agrees. We need to be one force not 27

[mv]

Very good summary of the problems we're facing in the EU. It seems like Europe can pick one of 2 directions to deal with them. 1. Federalize so that we become 1 unified block, streamlining policy, defense, economy. 2. Bring EU (legislative) power to a minimum and go back to sovereign, almost fully independent nation states.

[spadaacca]

The timing of this video feels so wrong. The EU is literally falling apart with our divisions and diverging interests. Migration has brought back borders, there are literally opposing alliances within the union, and progress is stalled with disagreements and regulations. I’ve loved the EU and everything it has brought. But if it keeps going in this direction, I give it about another decade max.

[JoyousLightBeam]

there is no single "europe". you cannot make a federation out of peoples that don't want to be one.

[TgamerBio]

EU should stop playing soft and be more serious about its future including unifying and strengthening it’s defence industries to become less reliant on 🇺🇸 but still work with them as together we are stronger

[Leodiazz]

@EUMadeSimpl As an Irish viewer, I appreciate your analysis in this video. Could you delve deeper into the mechanisms that would ensure the EU maintains its democratic integrity and prevents any drift towards authoritarianism if these proposals are enacted? A dedicated video on this topic would be highly valuable ☘

[KukharyshynOleh]

Having 27 veto vote possibilities in a council is so dumb.

[JayH-ds]

As a European having lived half my life in the US, I can honestly say that Europeans have far more in common with each other than they think, and far less in common with the US than they think.

[HrvatskaDemokratskaZajednica]

EU will never be 1 country
every country has its own rules, government and culture

[michaeljf]

Most EU problems would be fixed by further EU integration/federalization

[FenryrGrey]

Make it simple: We should restructure the EU to one executive branch, which does everything any normal elected government would does. As the name implies this branch would handle the execution of mandates and represent the EU internationally.

The parliament would have two chambers. The first chamber is the same as it now representing the population of the whole bloc. The second chamber consists of representative of the member states, with each country having 1 or 2 representatives, either chosen by the governments or elected separately.

For policies to pass, both chambers would need to agree. Foreign policy decisions would require either a majority from both the people and the member states or a two-thirds majority in both chambers. This setup keeps things straightforward while balancing representation for citizens and countries, making the system more efficient and fair. I mean this is not rocket science and there are plenty examples in the real world how democracy works well with "efficient and effective governance" (as efficient and effective it can be).

Yet, the emotions surrounding this issue can’t be ignored. A lot of people - if not most- feel uneasy giving up sovereignty and the rise of more nationalistic parties across Europe confirms this. Any attempt to reform would need to address this directly and the domains of responsibility for each level of governance (EU and nation-state alike) would need to renegotiated. As the presenter mentioned, it’s not necessarily Hungary or Slovakia acting as the biggest obstructionists here. France and Germany must decide whether they are ready to be part of the bloc for an united future or prefer to go their own way. Would not be off-brand for both of those countries to make it unnecessarily hard for every other European.

[RafaelW]

God, i can't stand von Der Leyen, Costa and Kaya Kalas. They couldn't pick worse people for the job if they tried. Nothing will change in the next 5 years.