American reacts to 'Your Rights as a European'

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[ajkulac]

Right to argue with cops without getting shot

[Vojtaniz]

2:00 "The right to shop" means that you don't have to declare what you bought or pay duty for that, and you are not limited with how much you can buy and transport back to your country.
7:00 The Roma, also known as the Gypsies

[norma]

As a European I can choose to accept only the neccesary cookies

[svenpedersen]

05:39 in... I have a danish passport but if I am in Africa where Denmark has not a huge presence, I can go to a french embassy and get the same "treatment" as I would if I was a french citizen and that is valuable thanks to the EU

[jacekk_]

It didn’t exist in 2012 I think, now in every EU country you have free roaming (roam like at home), no extra costs for calls, text messages or internet which is super handy while traveling, you cross the border and don’t have to worry about paying anything

[dragonblade]

The law about blind people having the right to use the internet means that governmental sites have to be designed in a certain way that makes them useable. For most commercial websites its not mandatory

[moreno]

Croatia joined the EU and the UK left since this video was made

[yhz]

I’m a social worker in the netherlands. The right for disabled people to use the internet is something we take very serious. We want to protect our less abled population online against harassment and abuse. A way too large proportion of less abled people gets exploited and harassed and we want our people to be able to use internet safely and get value out of it.

[GazilionPT]

They mentioned shopping to emphasise you don't have to pay import duties when buying from another EU/EEA country

[cellevangiel]

As a Belgian, I can own a gun, but I can not carry it. And I have the right to be unionized and when I am hired, the company can not ask me if I am.

[gloin]

For most Americans, the biggest European right is a negative one; 'medical bankruptcy' is not possible in the EU/EEA.

And no, we do NOT pay for ambulances to take us to hospital

[Khantia]

The minority group she mentioned was "Roma", also known as "gypsies".

[Frankboxmeer]

Europeans have the right that other Europeans do not bear arms

[tehweh]

The EU is a bureaucratic nightmare. But under all that red tape is a seriously massive and extremely powerful entity, that has basically taken a shattered and war torn continent and welded it into a highly successfull economic powerhouse with a high standard of living and many social security safeguards.
It's actually really impressive.

[tristanridley]

As a Canadian, the EU often restores some of my hope for humanity.

[kacper]

You can live in Poland and work in Germany and you (except slightly different signs and different language) won't even notice difference from working in single country ;).
I love that :).

[WookieWarriorz]

Theres actually a lot of specific childrens rights in some eu countries that are really interesting, they take the freedom and dignity of children very seriously and seek to foster independence from a young age.

[Steve_Coates]

It didn't even cover some of the major differences between EU and US citizens lives e.g. safety standards, employment laws, environmental protection, consumer rights and in particular food standards. When you look at the things the FDA allow in food it amazes me that there are any old Americans.

[TheSuperappelflap]

"Traveling outside the EU" can just mean, taking a train across the English channel, or a ferry, to visit England, or going through Switzerland on your way to Italy, or visiting any of the countries the EU has free travel agreements with, like Turkey, which is a very popular vacation destination.
Shipping something from California to Indiana is much further than shipping something from France to Germany.

[rexy_]

Since that video was made, the EU introduced the General Data Protection Regulation, which governs who can have your personal data, for what reasons and how it can be handled. Individuals can have their data deleted, companies are required to keep their data accurate (change name etc) and be forgotten at their request. This applies in all EU states (and the UK), as well as the European Economic Area states (EU + Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)