The Establishment of the European Union

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[TheVitalOne]

Simon,

Three reasons we need a video about the Human Genome Project:
1. It was a megaproject. It even has project in the name.
2. There are few good YouTube videos about it and it could bring new traffic towards your channel.
3. It was an important scientific and medical undertaking

[donovanscully]

He just set the course for having to explain the creation of Modern Asia, The USSR Collapse into Russia, The Establishment of North America, The Fluctuation of Tides in South America, The Rise of Australia into a New Western Nation... I see what you did here Simion

[KeshavSharma-uzqn]

You should ABSOLUTELY make a video about NATO and the Warsaw Pact too.

[ignitionfrn]

2:45 - Chapter 1 - A long held ideal
4:25 - Chapter 2 - Post WWII
9:05 - Chapter 3 - The EU
10:15 - Chapter 4 - Organisation
12:45 - Chapter 5 - The euro
13:40 - Chapter 6 - Budget
15:10 - Chapter 7 - Where is the money spent
16:35 - Chapter 8 - Brexit & the future

[adrianmbutnariu]

I hope to be still alive when the United States of Europe will be established.

[stewilson]

How bout a mega project on the east Indian trade company? Dnt think I've seen you cover it directly!

[alexandrurotaru]

Proud to be born in Romania grow up in Italy for 17 years, leaved in UK for 7 and left when they come out of Europe and now leaving in Estonia!

[davey]

As I'm born in 1997 in the Netherlands, I've never known a world without the EU and I can't remember a world without the euro. For me it's completely normal and how it's been all my life. It's mostly the older people who lived befire the EU and/or the euro, who want to go back to that time.

I do however agree with those people that the EU has some major problems. It costs way too much (for instance, the members of parliament earn absurd wages for the amount of work they do), it's very bureaucratic and it is not democratic enough. European citizens don't have enough influence.

But it has also done a lot of good: a single market, the GDPR, keeping peace in Europe, freedom to live, work and study anywhere within the EU/Schengen area (this is the most important one for me as a student), free mobile data usage, phone calls and texting within the EU, and much more.

[venera]

The little speech at the end was actually rather beautiful. I'm watching these videos in the background as I work and I had to stop what I was doing, tab back in and pay attention fully at the end. Thank you Simon.

[dantetre]

EU won Nobel peace prize in 2012, which shows it achieved the main objective. Making peace on the continent.

[Hofferman]

The Øresund bridge connecting Denmark to Sweden, where the half of the straits length is an actual bridge while the other half is a man made island and a submerged tunnel - so bridge pillars don't conflict with the entry path of Copenhagens Kastrup airport

[granselos]

This was interesting, somehow we seem to forget the history of Europe. When we are united, we are a major player on the world scene....when not, we fight each other.

[GmMefst]

"Assistance from Soviet union" is called a gulag in Siberia.

[MikeyA]

Mega project: United Nations and its predecessor League of Nations.

[vladanlausevic]

Soviet Union was a forced integration on basis if dictatorship and fear. While the European Union was a volunteer integration based on peace, democracy and economy

[quasarsavage]

imagine if Scotland now leaves the UK bc they wanna stay with the EU lol

[carlopton]

An Englishman in Prague, doing an international show, with contributors from other EU countries. A fine example. Or should it be EU Localities now? And here I thought American politics was complicated. Whew. My brain is spinning. LOL

[lilrubfrsocal]

Man you're killing it!!! 👍
That ending, so moving!!
Awesome job well done!!!👏👏

[althing]

This is a wonderfully succinct overview of a *very* complex organization.

[anarchyantz]

Megaproject Suggestion. Longest deep bore ice core in Antarctica. Took years, loads of drama with it and they found some cool stuff like a fresh water lake under the ice containing previously unknown lifeforms. Would go Well with the other hole projects that are popular

Speaking of deep holes, how about the Kidd Mine as well?