What Actually is the European Union? - TLDR Explains

The European Union is a hotly contested topic, and what it actually is has been the subject of much debate. This video is the first in a series discussing what the EU is and what the institutions that make it up actually do. This video is simply an overview of the EU looking at the EU Commission, EU Parliament, EU Council, European Court of Justice and the Eurozone.

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[TLDRnewsEU]

QUICK CORRECTION: The Euro was actually introduced between 1999 and 2002

[snowcold]

At 1:04 you coloured Lithuania as you said Latvia, and vice versa.
A good way to remember is that from north to south, the three baltics are in alphabetical order (E, La, Li)

[rikstan]

I'd love to see a video on all the candidates of the EU and their chaces to join.

[jokuvaan]

In the future I'd like to see videos on things that cause a lot of misconceptions about EU. Like what kind of regulations and to what extend the EU can force on their member states. How much saying does a member have on these and what happens if a member doesn't follow them.

Then just actual news on what is being discussed in EU to show something else than fake news of some curved cucumber legistlations.

[firch]

You said that the president of the commission is nominated by the council (and it's true), , , but you forgot to add "and then elected by the parliament". And it's very important cause that means MEP (who are elected by the european citizens) have the final word.

[johncoolberg]

1:25 Norway has joined EU and Denmark has left.

[hannahg]

I'm interested in literally *anything* concerning the EU, so just continue making videos about it.💪🏻

[cosmedelustrac]

Could you tell us Why Sweden hasn't adopted the Euro?

[lvoldum]

Good video, but I think you should have started with the historic perspective, where the EU's predecessors were formed as a peace project after WWII from the thought that if your neighbour is your biggest trade partner, you're hardly likely to attack him and consequently your own economy.
What is the EU? Short answer: a voluntary cooperation of sovereign states, working as equal partners to advance peace, human rights, democracy, prosperity for all members. Through its democratic institutions, it's a constantly evolving project, and the evolutionary direction and speed is decided by its member states together.
The institutions have been set up to create a level playing field, so that each member state benefits, and each member state is part of the decision process.

The purpose is stated in Article 2 of the Treaty of the EU:
"The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail."

I think you need to understand the background in order to understand the institutions. 😄

[AaronOkeanos]

When it comes to the Euro:
- Regulation and protections of financial systems
- What went wrong in Greece and why the Euro is or is not really the main reason for the problems.
- What went wrong in Italy and why the Euro is or is not really the main reason for the problems.
- Advantages of Joining the Euro-Zone (Stability (or not), Getting rid of trade deficits, currency manipulation and speculation, and so on.

[Camerongalexander]

If only these videos had existed before the referendum

[johnhobbes]

A funny thing about the Dansk krone is that it is part of of the exchange rate mechanism two. Which means that they have de facto adopted the Euro.

[zelevenz]

1)What do al european political parties stand for?
2)How far are we from a single United europe? I myself feel like that's the Future of Europe but I wonder what other Europeans feel like?

[tepesobrejac]

Would you make a video about the Shengen area please?

[Mysterios]

From a legal point of view, the EU is disribed as an organisation in international law of sui generis, meaning that it is its own kind, neither state, nor pure international organisation, but a thing in between.

[realhawaiio]

4:50
Andorra
Vatican City
San Marino

All these countries also use them.

[joshuahillerup]

I think there has been something like the EU before: the United States *before* it adopted its current constitution

[murphyellents]

A video about How the European union was formed and how it started with BeNeLux would be cool in my opinion. Great video and good start with the new TLDR channel, its fun to have one for Europe.

[QemeH]

What is the EU?
- An organisation sui generis

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk :)

[DagnirGlaurunga]

Protip: "Leyen" is pronounced exactly as "Lion"