Will the EU Become Stronger WITHOUT Britain or will it Collapse? - TLDR News

With the UK and EU continuing to try and negotiate an agreement, it's worth considering the state Europe is left in once the UK has departed. In this video, we examine how the EU will cope without Britain, and wether things look better or worse for the bloc.

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[F-J.]

The sensible answer is : it depends who is doing the reporting.

[mcgrathc]

As a European I look forward to putting this behind us and focusing on more productive endeavours,

[Saukko]

Since we are talking about the future of EU, maybe a video about candidate countries: Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania.

[MichaelWarman]

9:25 The voice over says France and Germany were always in favour, but the text on screen says they were *not* always in favour

[darthcalanil]

I find all the power shifting fascinating. It's something I never gave thought to.
If anything I think the Brexit debacle showed mostly negative consequences for any EU sceptic member.

[TheLPcollector]

my opinion: the EU will be hurt by brexit, but be better off in the long term

[trudilm]

I hope they do thrive. I wish them no harm whatsoever. I hope they all live happily ever after without us.

[confusedwhale]

I think that single nations inside Europe don't understand the weakness of not being unified.

To divide is to be concurred, and I can see that occurring.

[MaximilianOOO]

The EU will be better off without the UK. Now there will be more integration and less obstruction.

[gene]

If it means that finally Europe will focus on being competitive, I am all in. It's sad to follow how Europe became a follower instead of one of the leades.

[DieNWOsiehtAlles]

I read somewhere uk threw a total of 1712 vetoes through its membership blocking 72 efforts of European integration, 29 tries to form a European defense, 11 tries to combat money laundering and 38 votes on common curreny stability.

So undoubtfully YES, Europe is better off.

[kristofsportingdogs]

Not economically, but politically they will be far more stronger.

[TomM-nyzp]

I don't think the EU will just collapse because the UK are leaving. But when the vote happened everyone was talking about how this has to be a wake-up call for the EU, and I agree. There are lots of things we need to fix so that we can get closer together without feeling like everyone is left out. Stuff like the Eurozone is complicated, because we need to change how we treat European monetary policy. But you know, only time will tell.

The only thing I know is that business as usual will not be possible.

[bjarkih]

When the other EU countries see how the UK is messing things up after Brexit, no-one will want to leave.

[Demonetization_Symbol]

I don't like the idea of more countries leaving the EU. I think organisations like the EU are a great idea, and they lower tensions at least somewhat. It works towards peace, and I love it. I love the idea. As an American whose country is known for strict border control, the idea of the Schengen Area (or however you spell it) is really appealing to me.

[finlaysime]

Can you do a video on the potential candidates for the EU. Countries like Serbia and Turkey. And maybe a country like Ukraine. I know they have a special thing happening there but I think I saw somewhere that they wanted in. Unless Russia invades them again.

[PanozGTR]

I don't understand why people keep claiming that 'the UK will be fine without the EU because it was fine before it joined' or the other side 'the EU will be fine because it was fine before the UK joined'. The UK joined the EEC in 1973, 47 years ago. The EU didn't even exist. The economic and geopolitcal landscape is not the same, the EU has had several more countries join since, what possible reason is there to suppose we can use the state of affairs back then to judge the current state? It just doesn't make sense.

[ciangargan]

I'm not sure if the EU will be stronger without the UK but the UK will definitely be weaker without the EU.

[OkabexKurisu]

as a german I would say: one burden less

[pieterjan]

I dont care if they leave or not.

But i would welcome them back whitout a problem.