American Reacts to What Will Europe Look Like in 2025?

Hello! I'm an American on a quest to learn more about history, geography and the universe in general. In this video we take a look at a few hypothetical scenarios that Europe might be faced with in the next few years. I definitely have questions. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!

00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Reaction
21:06 - Outro

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[SoGal_YT]

What changes do you want to see in Europe over the next few years? Like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video 👍🏻 Follow me on social media:

[kaiserreichempireofohio]

21:56 Europe was a term used for the continent as far back as Ancient Greece, when he says“Founders of Europe”, he’s referring to the European Union, or an eventual nation of Europe.

[michael-pnpo]

Belgium has two distinct populations - French speaking south (Walloons) - Dutch speaking north (Flemish)

[aragorniielessar]

I doubt Europe will look like that in 4 years.

[danielleeskelton]

Please don't look into Brexit. For your own sanity and ours.

[Waterford]

17:48 Error: Thats not the Faroe islands. thats the Shetland islands that are part of the UK.
Faroe islands are much further to the north west

[hippouk]

There is a real irony in UK politics in that one of the key arguments put forward by the Brexit campaign in rejecting EU federalism was that the UK was unable to control it's own laws. This same argument is put forward by those seeking Scottish independence in that as a country, while having some independence, they have many laws imposed upon them by the UK Government with the UK Government claiming we are "better together." .... But just not with European countries apparently.

[forwardslashbeats]

I'm English but have a great love for Scotland and have a blast every time I visit. My view of Scottish independence is that is a matter for Scotland. Whatever they choose to do, I'd respect the result. Hopefully, you'll still let me in for a visit if you go it alone!

[christian-eo]

Europe will never be a federation, we are to different in many ways to get along in that way.

[And-ljgb]

3:55 - this map seems to be dividing Europe among ethnic borders. For example, 300 years ago, less than 50% of France spoke French as their native language and Occitan language was the most spoken language in the south of the country, hence you got Occitania. Places like Spain, France, Italy and Germany have never been ethnically homogenous, there are many more ethnicities in Europe than there are countries, although many of those regional identities have been on a decline for hundreds of years, assimilating into the dominant culture of the state.

11:48 - Armenia and Georgia are usually considered Asian countries, although they're in many ways a "crossover" region between Europe and Asia. Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine are undoubtedly European.

11:54 - yes it makes sense to count Turkey as a Middle-Eastern country but they do have some land that's geographically in Europe (Istanbul and surroundings).

15:38 - unlike most of European countries, Belgium is not a country of one dominant ethnicity, it's a country made-up of two major ethnic groups- the Flemish, which are closely related to the Dutch and the Walloons, which are closely related to the French. Flanders is the region where the majority of the people are Flemish.

[evawettergren]

All I know is that a Federation of Europe is not at all supported by the Swedish. Probably not by any scandinavian actually. We can't even unite as a Nordic union so we definitely won't want to be subservient to main land Eruope's politics more than we already are as members of the EU. We have quite different opinions on many matters and one of the reasons we remain as EU members is actually to have a voice within the EU to put forth our point of view. Often to the chagrin of the central Europeans...

[dazza]

I would take much of this as a pinch of salt.

[RB-]

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory - when you get there it essentially has the same effect as if you were standing in the UK so it is very much not part of Spain (although Spain would like to make you think otherwise)

[brandonatchison]

One of the reasons why Brexit was a mess was because of the political infighting. We have two major parties here in the UK: Conservatives and Labour and both parties had pro-leave and remain factions within them fighting for control.

[Luredreier]

7:37
It being a *former* empire is kind of irrelevant.
The UK is fairly weak now all things considered especially economically as most of their economic strength was funded in the economic interconnectedness they had with the EU.
It no longer makes economic sense to base a lot of the current economic activity that's located in the UK there anymore after leaving.

[DayneD]

About 3% of turkey is in Europe, so no most of us don't really consider it to be European. It never really seemed likely to join the EU as there are requirements to join the EU that Turkey were unlikely to meet any time soon.

[webbofysgethin]

The EU clearly has ambitions to further integrate the countries within it's union. It already is effectively one political entity, it just isn't officially a nation state within itself (yet). This is obviously massively controversial and is one of the key reasons the UK voted to leave the EU.

[rmkstudio]

The UK joined an economic union, which it was at that time and I remember it very well. It seemed a good idea back then, easier to do business with the countries involved etc.
If it had been known at the time that europe was going to go the way it has gone, i.e. want to be a super-state with lawmaking and so on being transferred into the hands of bureaucrats in Brussels, I don't think we would have voted to join in the first place (imho).

I voted to leave (brexit), having run my own business for a little under 40yrs and prior to that working for others. I saw the changes as they happened. It slowly turned into something very different and we should have had further votes as to whether or not this is what we wanted, however instead politicians made the choices and decisions and the people just had to put up with it. That was very wrong, but that happens in every country throughout the world. People get very little choice.

Europe is not just a trading bloc now, it's moved far beyond what it was, way back when.. Europe wants even further powers and integration now..
For me, it was time to leave.

[andyhepburn]

The European Union treaties call for "ever closer Union" and the European Commission is tasked with making this happen. But most Europeans don't want a federal Europe at all, just a strong union of independent and sovereign states.

[druidicflame]

I don't want Scotland to leave the UK, but its only fair if they vote for it. We (the UK) collectively removed ourselves from the EU, even though Scotland (and Northern Ireland) voted in favour of remaining within the EU compared to England and Wales voting %. It makes sense why they might want to leave the UK and re-join the EU because they wanted to stay in the first place.