3 Reasons Joining the EU Might Not Always be a Great Idea

There's no question that most European states have benefited from joining the EU. However, while it leads many of them into prosperity and increase in regular trade, it also affects the population in ways that many may not necessarily think it would.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - The Brain Drain
04:13 - Worsening Regional Inequality
06:13 - Euro
07:11 - Conclusion
07:33 - Sponsored Content

[Stefan]

The Balkans brain drain affected non EU countries such as Serbia or Albania as well.

[tech]

To be fair, brain drain is not really a EU thing but a developed vs poor country thing . Romanians were leaving the country to work and get high pay jobs well before EU, joining just made it simpler and we actually get something in return now in form of funds . Also the progress is there, from the early 2000's the gap in pay is way smaller . It's less and less of a question of money and more of a question of quality of life and better government.

[rockseihftn]

6:51 "Since joining the euro Italy's gdp has stagnated" nah Italy's GDP DOUBLED in the 10 years after adopting the euro and has stagnated since the 2008 crisis what in the misinformatin is that what

[tomlimer]

As one commenter mentioned, Estonia and Lithuania's brain drain is no longer an issue. In Lithuania for instance, for the past 5 years, more Lithuanians are coming back to the country than leaving (Including myself). This has finally started to improve lithuania's demographics, and the population is once again going back up, + some migrants from Ukraine have also contributed. I see this overall positive because more people = more growth, productivity and economic bonuses.

[FDafieno]

The brain drain would have happened regardless. Just look at regions that don’t have the ability of free movement. So that’s a none starter.

[investigator]

Average GDP per capita (in USD) of European post communist countries that joined the EU: 25454
Average GDP per capita (in USD) of European post communist countries that didn't join the EU: 8896

[nurshatkalimullin]

If country is poor people will leave anyway. At least in EU their are able to help their home countries by paying taxes which will go to the EU funds.

[mmcworldbuilding]

Bro that Italy chart is crazy💀 you said the gdp “stagnated” after joining the eurozone but you can see on the graph an unbelievable growth directly after adopting the euro, and a stagnation after the 2008 recession! Also, as other commenters have pointed out, brain drain is not a problem because they are staying in the eu, which ultimately helps their home country too, and moreover as you mentioned in the video the eu is the only thing actively spending tons of money to solve the regional inequality problems. Please post a follow up highlighting why eu accession is good because this video just serves to embolden stupid euroskeptic ideas that, if fruitful, will make us all poorer, weaker and more divided.

[jurgbalt]

mentioning EUR negative "can't print your way out of debt crisis" - is one of the most re-tarded things I have heard - and it is an indicator of complete monetary illiteracy. I can only add: enjoy the next wave of inflation that "came from nowhere"

[struanpeat]

heads up, your thumbnail says "is joining the EU is good idea"

[bogdanburlacu]

The massive difference in wealth between Romania and Moldova: exists
TLDR News: I'll just pretend it doesn't.

[robbie]

There's a joke somewhere about a Brit telling others about the downfalls of the EU.

[emikke]

Cope. As long as the EU exists and you have them as a neighbor, you will have a problem benefiting more from staying out of the EU. People would still move to where the money is, but you will still be kept out of the shared market and won't get anything in return for it.

Just look at Latin America and the US and Canada.

[ZabavTubus]

Strange arguments that equally apply to any union or federation. It could be used to argue that the US needs to decompose into states, and that Germany needs to break up etc. because of brain drain, a strong currency and a tendency to develop powerful cities. Laughable.

[colinthompson]

The point of joining the EU is freedom of movement. The video refers to people that move as "migrants". They are EU citizens. If you come to North America, people move around to different cities to work in industry.

[airtonsilva]

6:55 You say Italy´s GDP stagnated since joyning EU, but the graph shows that the GDP went up from around 1, 250 billion USD to over 2, 000 billion USD now. It´s almost double.

[BoringopinionLMP]

In my village at the end of Romania. Was not asphalt, no running water, internet. And there were few cars or villas. Now are more like west

[Real_MrDev]

It has cons and pros. But the benefits FAR outshine the negatives.

[sigitasd]

1. Yes, but in a long time, this effect is going down. 2. Is not related to the EU. You can see the same effect outside the EU. 3. Let me guess: you never actually lived in the country the government printed itself out of every problem? Euro is the best thing that happened to my country. I hated hyperinflation. You cant imagine how it feels, than food prices going up 50% a month, and your income - not! The governments should be financially responsible because in the long time your government ability to print money is a problem, not my government inability to do that!

[uplink-on-yt]

It's bad, but it's also good? Like that joke about statisticians: one with the head in a block of ice and the feet in a bucket of boiling water says they're feeling fine on average.