The European Parliament explained

I am not entirely sure how well representation works in India but it is quite impressive that such a large population elects a common parliament.

Indian tradition of democracy is 5000 yrs old..........

@Superpower India I meant ethnic tensions

@Superpower India But somehow they still don't have much toilet...

@Kagernak democracy isn’t always great

The words FRANKfurt and FRANce comes from the FRANKs , they are the origins of France and Germany.
That’s why in Germany and France we have words with “fran” inside, that’s all 😂

@milan cora Frankfurt*

milan cora, Frankfurt is a German city like Straßburg was before it switch sides after the war.

Very often this seems the case :) Complicated is what you get if 28 member states come to a compromise I guess.

Ciceroni Especially if one of those state is Italy.
We even have a joke about having an office for it, the office of complication of simple business.
Also our elections are formally held each 5 years but in reality they are held each 15+ because the governaments continuously collapse and are replaced with technical ones.

@Ciceroni No it's what you get when your system is created and run by elite bureaucrats, sipping champagne each night. I think you'd be really surprised about what actually goes on there
In the US there's almost double as many states and nobody has any real problems understanding the system, because it's not overly complex. Plus it's actually democratic.
The EU parliament is not democratic at all because they're just the rubber stamp for the bureaucrats to give themselves legitimacy. Why didn't you mention that obvious fact?

@Mario Luigi sure... cause Americans don't actually care to learn a whole lot about their governments.

@Mario Luigi eu parliament itself is democratic, but the other institutions are not, and its hard for parliament to check them. like a 2/3 vote is needed to throw out the executive branch in EU, but in most parliamentary nations a simple majority will do

Why??!? So impractical & costly to move all ur dpcuments every month.

@Oldën Grimsey French Beuracracy

France wants to have an important EU institution as well as one of the founding nations. Belgium has the comission and part of the parliament, Luxemburg has the Court and Germany has lost the war, wait, I mean they have the EZB.
Netherlands and Italy didn't really get anything either, though.

@Melon Lord Italy have pizza and pasta and that's it.

@From Far East Italians are the winners here

Eu nato and west overall is pure hell on earth usa and british ++++

@Marko and yet they're currently the best places to live in with the highest standards of living

​@Bryan Fongo that dude probably uses a hole as a toilet lol

You are very welcome, glad you like it! :)

Yeah not like French people

I mean, Maastricht wasnt hard as a Dutchy should be able to pronounce Dutch citynames xD

lucaslelego same XD

Leaders of the Atlantido Globalist Organization Now !. Shame on you !. Your own God in Atlantis is ashamed of you! You Weren't Able To Compensate Me For The 20 Years Of The Holocaust, The Total Blockade To Which I Lungu Caius Octavian Is Subjected By Your Branch From: EU, ROU. CS Caransebes. Branch of Atlantido Globalist Organization which; a) He forbade me access to the most basic sources of economic income., B) He forbade me to have children (threatening, blackmailing any girl who talks to me). According to your EU Globalist Laws. I Lungu Caius Octavian I Paid even when I was not Guilty. And you Globalist Devils don't pay for the harshest Persecutions Your Branches do. - Devils Atlantis Globalists God feels ashamed of you. G: Führer der Atlantido Globalist Organization Now! Schäm dich !. Dein eigener Gott in Atlantis schämt sich für dich! Sie waren nicht in der Lage, mich für die 20 Jahre des Holocaust zu entschädigen. Die totale Blockade, der ich Lungu Caius Octavian ausgesetzt bin, unterliegt Ihrer Niederlassung von: EU, ROU. CS Caransebes. Zweig der Atlantido Globalist Organization, die; a) Er verbot mir den Zugang zu den grundlegendsten Quellen des wirtschaftlichen Einkommens. B) Er verbot mir, Kinder zu haben (jedes Mädchen, das mit mir spricht, zu bedrohen, zu erpressen). Gemäß Ihren EU Globalist Laws. Ich Lungu Caius Octavian Ich habe bezahlt, auch wenn ich nicht schuldig war. Und Sie Globalist Devils zahlen nicht für die härtesten Verfolgungen, die Ihre Zweige machen. - Devils Atlantis Globalists Gott schämt sich für Sie.

@Cultul Energiei Be thankful that you are alive! Only if it was 1940...

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There is in fact a European party that is trying to tackle this problem. Volt Europa participated in the last EP-elections in several countries with the same name and program. So that no matter whether you live in Germany, Holland or Italy you can all vote for the same party. Volt currently has one seat in the European Parliament.
The two houses similar to the US Senate and House sounds like a good idea. Where would you see the national leaders in this equation? Are they out of the picture? Is there yet another body like the current Council? Or are they the ones taking the 'Senate' seats?

You mean like a House of Representatives and a house of senators? Hmmm, where have I heard that before?

@Cookie Supervisor the EU has open borders and free trade but your government is a problem

We already have house of representatives (the parlement) and the senate (the council of the European union where each country is represented).
Those two body (the council of the UE and the parliament) are both co-legislators

Thanks for the great compliment! We try to explain it all as simple as possible without leaving anything out. Could you tell me where we didn’t explain it from the start? Might help us in the future:)

You are right to point it out. The explanation here was merely to clearly point out the difference between simple and absolute majority voting. In hindsight I should have mentioned the quorum for clarity and also because actually it is an interesting complication, since when looking at the rules (the ones you mention), I'm not so sure that a quorum is indeed required.
The Rules and Procedures of the EP state that “Parliament may deliberate, settle its agenda and approve its minutes, irrespective of the number of Members present”, “All votes shall be valid whatever the number of Members voting unless the President, on a request made by at least 40 Members before voting began, establishes that a quorum is not present” and "If fewer than 40 Members are present, the President may rule that there is no quorum.".
So unless the president rules that there is no quorum, the vote would be valid, regardless of the number of MEPs present. In case there are only 40 MEPs present, they would first have to request the president to rule about the quorum. In case fewer MEPs are there, the president MAY rule that there is no quorum. So what if there is no request, or the president chooses not to rule about the quorum? Of course this is probably (and hopefully) never going to happen, the loophole itself is interesting and strange though.
Moreover, the quorum only says something about the number of MEPs present in the chamber ("A quorum shall exist when one third of the component Members of Parliament are present in the Chamber."). It says nothing about their (voting) behaviour. So in theory, and again this is unlikely to ever happen, couldn't a single voting MEP (with the rest of the quorum abstaining, sleeping or whatever) win a vote?

Stars Steven and Lars Da haben wir den Salat!

MBitzDE Schade Schokolade... da kann man aber wohl nichts dran ändern:(

But your nation has nothing to say because you have no majority. Even-though you have the ability to vote Democracy has been wisked away to the large European capitals.

itloads True can't lie about that, but it is a cool fun fact.

It's a cool fact that you have for-fitted your democratic right?

How right you are! We’ll do our best to make some more. Thanks for the extra motivation :)

@Ciceroni Well, if you do I'll be there to watch them. =p

Calin SA
Probably because the majority never has given a shit about trying to understand the EU machine.

Leonidas Tullius nobody wants to know how the European USSR works.

Mr. Thong Song oh look, my Kryptonite - a self-proclaimed internet smarty pants. Boohoo 😂

HAHAHA
You don't have to be a smarty-pants just because you understand that striving for ignorance is bad. ;D
You're probably the easiest person one can manipulate. Politicians love you.
"Hey FinalLogicPro, why would you want to find out about my business ties? Do you really want to see some USSR documents?"

Haha thanks for this. You can also watch our other videos if you want more videos for your daily routine;)

We also have a video explaining the Commission, its tasks, etc. Or were you looking for something else?
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Exactly:)

Or don't.

@dean wlfc Why wouldn't you?

@Ciceroni If your uninformed it would be reckless to vote, voting should be like driving everyone has a right to do it but some just shouldn't. Also if there is no suitable candidate voting, would just be incentivising mediocrity.

1. Party lists are on the ballot, not individual people;
2. If they had real solutions they wouldn't be interested in the EU.

We are glad that you like it and that it helped :)

The fact that the EP cannot propose bills is something that many people find weird. Mostly because national parliaments always have this power (although it is not used so much by them :P). I think the logic was to make it less political, the EC does what the political leadership of the member states wants and the EP is a check of the people. However, I would be in favour of adding the right of initiative to the EP :)

Heheh, gotta give those marginalised farmers some 'democracy'

Imagine having degrees in "GENDER STUDIES", or 48 genders.
Laughs in european.

@Blaster They'll import the genders pretty soon. It takes time to load them all on a boat..

@Blaster What?

No we shoudnt and thats even true 3J in the future

I've seen what the "average citizen" votes for, it's not anything close to a guarantee of high quality results.

Arcadium Then he speaks English very well, also this was an eternity ago

What you're addressing is the quorum and you are right to point it out. The explanation here was merely to clearly point out the difference between simple and absolute majority voting. In hindsight I should have mentioned the quorum for clarity and also because actually it is an interesting complication, since when looking at the rules, I'm not so sure that a quorum is indeed required.
The Rules and Procedures of the EP state that “Parliament may deliberate, settle its agenda and approve its minutes, irrespective of the number of Members present”, “All votes shall be valid whatever the number of Members voting unless the President, on a request made by at least 40 Members before voting began, establishes that a quorum is not present” and "If fewer than 40 Members are present, the President may rule that there is no quorum.".
So unless the president rules that there is no quorum, the vote would be valid, regardless of the number of MEPs present. In case there are only 40 MEPs present, they would first have to request the president to rule about the quorum. In case fewer MEPs are there, the president MAY rule that there is no quorum. So what if there is no request, or the president chooses not to rule about the quorum? Of course this is probably (and hopefully) never going to happen, the loophole itself is interesting and strange though.
Moreover, the quorum only says something about the number of MEPs present in the chamber ("A quorum shall exist when one third of the component Members of Parliament are present in the Chamber."). It says nothing about their (voting) behaviour. So in theory, and again this is unlikely to ever happen, couldn't a single voting MEP (with the rest of the quorum abstaining, sleeping or whatever) win a vote?

Ciceroni Interesting! This is way more in depth than I've gone, so this is lots of new information for me too. Thanks for the explanation and clarification!

he0s Dutch, i might already know Buddy

BlazeStorm NO iT is oranGje

İf Turkey joins after Germany Turkey will have most seats. Thats why Turkey can never join it.

no it doesn't. @Kjeld Schouten is right

Thanks a lot :) And about the France thing, we wanted to mention it but didn't have the time to go into detail. So we felt a joke could help lighten the complex situation :)

Why?

@Putin’s Gay Twin This way we would have a more democratic elected parliament. The European parliament would then resemble a national parliament. Right know it is still a construction from the early days of Europe where national vanities and peculiarities stood in the way of crafting a real parliament. I think it is time the EU makes a transition towards the supernational state. Having a parliament where every candidate can be elected from everyone is a step in that direction.

GeilerRitter I have 2 reasons as to why I disagree with that.
1. It becomes wayyyyy too difficult to study the thousands of nominees that run for a seat in the EU. How are you supposed to make an educated choice? How is the average person who doesn’t rly care about politics going choose the best person? They’re probably just going to choose the most well known candidate who may be famous for the wrong reasons. It’s much easier to study between the 3-4 candidates in your area that generally have the same political mindset as you and your areas best interests at heart.
2. Some countries with very small populations e.g. Estonia with 1.3m sometimes may not even have a representative. How would you feel if you were paying a large amount of money into the EU but didn’t even have a representative from your country? This would probably cause a couple of exits

@Putin’s Gay Twin Well your first point isn't a valid one. The size of the parliament can be fitted to the purpose. And just because there is a large number of representatives doesn't mean you cannot come up with a satisfying way of building a functioning parliament. By the same argument of yours Germany as well shouldn't be able to have a parliament then.
My point remains actually the same for your second argument. The several federal states of Germany send representatives to another chamber than the parliament. The parliament is being filed up by members of the voted party. If your Estonian politician is a good one, he or she will find his/her way within the party to get a seat. If not, he can run for office of the representative for the second chamber.
Overall I am talking huge changes of the political system.

GeilerRitter maybe I don’t fully understand your points as my English skills aren’t great.
However, Germany does have a large number of representatives, but aren’t people only able to vote for candidates in their own constituencies? It’s much easier to study the people from your constituency than to study all 2000+ candidates across the country. The average voter is not going to study every candidate and some may feel overwhelmed and avoid voting. If they do vote they’ll only vote for candidates they have heard about, that are on the news regularly.
There probably are ways of making it satisfactory but voting for members from your own country is the most satisfactory way for me personally.
There is no such thing as an objectively good candidate. Good is a subjective word. If Estonians were authoritarian communists, the best candidate for them would be an authoritarian communist. Many countries wouldn’t agree with their policies and might leave Estonia with no candidate to represent them. If you want to vote across all counties, you must make sure that every country can be represented. I don’t know how that can be guaranteed if you allow countries to vote for other countries.
Germany has a good system for its own country. Europe contains so many diverse cultures, languages and diverse opinions, that I just think some people will be vastly under represented. When you have smaller countries, the leaders more accurately represent the opinions of the country.

The needs and wants of Malta are not the same as those in Germany ...

@ekwestyan I'm just saying how similar the systems and the flaws in the system are.

@Lucazza What flaws would you suggest exist?

@ekwestyan misrepresentation across countries in the EU as people in larger countries have more representative power. And how states in the US with smaller populations have the same advanced representative power.

Well spotted :)

In case you didn't notice his accent :p

Thanks :) About the quorum, you are the second person to point this out. The explanation was merely to clearly point out the difference between simple and absolute majority voting. In hindsight I should have mentioned the quorum for clarity and also because actually it is an interesting complication, since when looking at the rules, I'm not so sure that a quorum is indeed required.
The Rules and Procedures of the EP state that “Parliament may deliberate, settle its agenda and approve its minutes, irrespective of the number of Members present”, “All votes shall be valid whatever the number of Members voting unless the President, on a request made by at least 40 Members before voting began, establishes that a quorum is not present” and "If fewer than 40 Members are present, the President may rule that there is no quorum.".
So unless the president rules that there is no quorum, the vote would be valid, regardless of the number of MEPs present. In case there are only 40 MEPs present, they would first have to request the president to rule about the quorum. In case fewer MEPs are there, the president MAY rule that there is no quorum. So what if there is no request, or the president chooses not to rule about the quorum? Of course this is probably (and hopefully) never going to happen, the loophole itself is interesting and strange though.
Moreover, the quorum only says something about the number of MEPs present in the chamber ("A quorum shall exist when one third of the component Members of Parliament are present in the Chamber."). It says nothing about their (voting) behaviour. So in theory, and again this is unlikely to ever happen, couldn't a single voting MEP (with the rest of the quorum abstaining, sleeping or whatever) win a vote?

Wikipedia tends to do a great job in showing the division. They have information on party per country etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election

When you look at it per person, than in a way yes. In total the larger countries still have more MEPs though. It is hard to find a good balance I guess, what do you think about the current system?

@Ciceroni it depends. If we conseder MEPs politicians it should be a proportional system (doesn't matter where you come from), but if we consider diplomats then the current system is good

@Obi Wan While I agree, it is not that simple at the moment. With the current system of national parties running for elections and taking seat in the EP, national issues and interests are still a big part of the EP. If we would make a truly proportional system, the people from for example Malta, would have very little to say compared to Germans. Even now there is a lot more German MEPs than Maltese MEPs, but if we would make it truly proportionate the difference would be a lot bigger.
So yes, I would argue we should have a truly proportionate system, but in the current situation this is probably a good balance.

@Ciceroni It would be better if each nation-state had an equal amount of seats, therefore, each member of the union would be treated equally. This would make the union more "European", instead of simply German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Since each European country has different values and traditions, this would help create legislation that equally takes into account all of these factors, equally.

Similarly to the UK where Scotland is overrepresented in the Commons

We couldn’t agree more. The parliament as the democratic body of the European project should be more powerful so the people of Europe have control over our laws.
A stinger Parliament does not mean less power to the nations. It means less power to the democratically deficient European Commission and Council and more to the European voters.

Monarchist 18 that's so stupid just keep it in one place

Democracy amiright?

cameron burke
France is desperate to keep control over the EU. When the EEC was formed, they had almost complete power over the union. But since the reunification of Germany, they have been losing more and more power to Germany.

It must be a lot more that that. There is a fleet of lorries to move all the papers then you have accommodation and travel for everyone involved and the cost of having a second building that serves the same purpose as the one in Brussels 12 times per year.

It costs millions of dollars to move the president of the United States.

True, for new EU laws to pass a majority of Member States must also agree. This is done through voting in the Council and by giving national parliaments the option to object. Watch our video on the Council and the legislative process for more information.
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Ciceroni Thank you, I will check it out.

There are indeed several regions that have taken a page from the book of the EU to create unions that could bring great advances in peace and prosperity in the region. The African Union is a great example of this.
If the effect of such a union can prevent war in Africa as it did in Europe, the world would certainly be a better place for it.
Additionally, the collective bargaining power of the 55 African nations should benefit the global geopolitical position of the African peoples greatly.
Lifting millions of people out of poverty and bringing peace to a continent are big ambitions, let's hope the African Union can make it happen! (and learn from some of the mistakes the EU made too)

@Ciceroni If they could typically organize voting blocs to do the same with a commonly aligned foreign policy, it would be an excellent way to stand up to the authoritarian government of Xi Jinping, and the remaining colonial problems, debt, and other problems with negotiating with Canada and the US along with Europe and abusive monarchies in the Arabian peninsula. They would have a huge voting bloc that would nearly be enough to veto any UNSC nomination, needing just 10 more countries do so so alongside themselves, and while the UNSC has a veto from each of the P5, to do any action they also need 9 of the 15 members to support doing an action including supporting a nominee for Secretary General. They would get a big bloc on the varying councils like human rights and economic action, and on parallel organizations like the WHO, Interpol, and the ICJ assemblies they would have a big bloc there too.

Well we are getting old

And this right ^^ (i am french)
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, and Italy have want a part of the UE at the start, so Italy and netherlands have got a treaty, others have got a institution in one of their cities

What you say makes no sense, execpy if you are peruvian and if it's the case, you are just immature

Matisz253 what about their football team ? ;)

BECAUSE FRANCE

Right?!

Thank you so much 😀

I respectfully disagree. Destruction without offering alternatives rarely leads to improvement. So in that light, what alternative solutions to the problems of our time does Korwin-Mikke or you offer?:)

​@Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis "The EU must be dismanteled if Europe is to survive."
That is complete bullshit.
"Alternetivly you could leave sovereign states to be sovereign states, or create a Europian Federation by europaisn for europians. "
Every country in the EU is a sovereign state. And the EU consists of people elected by Europeans for Europeans.
"The birocratic foreign run nightmare that is the EU must burn."
You can barely write a sentence. Maybe fix that first before you start rambling on about burning things you clearly do not understand.

@Vayate "Every country in the EU is a sovereign state." Really? So why did the EU go after Poland for defending its borders and outlawing abortion without justification. It does appear they dont want sovereign states but rather puppet states.
"And the EU consists of people elected by Europeans for Europeans." Ursula the woman who was Germanys minister of defence having never served in the army and saying IFW are work places for pregnant woman, the same one whos unckle as governmenor of a german state threatened to take away funding from a university if they dont drop the plagerism against poor Ursula who knew no better, the same woman married to an american capitalist decended of southern slave owners, is the face of the EU. And do tell when I voted for her, or for anyone in the commission or any judge for that matter. I have never voted for any of them. They could at the very least be honest about being of the western oligrachy for the western oligarchy.

Thanks for this :) To clarify, why don't they require legislation? What type of separate legal acts are we talking here?

​@Ciceroni As with everything in multinational organisations, it's all complicated :p
With regard to the common external tariff and common commercial policy, the Commission proposes to the Council common external tariff change and trade agreements with third countries, which the Council then approves. The power over specifics of trade policy in the EU, as with most entities, lies with the executive branch; however, in virtually any case in which there's a significant change, the European Parliament is required to vote on it as well. For instance, take the example of the recent trade agreement with Japan - Europarl was required to vote on that, by virtue of Article 218(6)(a) of the TFEU, which states that (to summarise) if any significant budgetary responsibility, institutional changes or legislation is required, Parliament must consent. In fact, even if none of these things apply at all, the European Parliament must be _consulted_ - which, whilst it isn't a requirement for approval per se, is a stronger safeguard of parliamentary sovereignty in the EU than most individual Member States have vis-á-vis trade agreements (see Article 218(6)(b)).
In respect of monopolies and concessions, whilst Europarl doesn't have involvement here, it's not accurate to say that this process is legislative, as the Commission acting alone can't introduce new limitations or restrictions. Under Article 106(3) of TFEU, the Commission alone can address Directives or Decisions to Member States for the purposes of monopoly control - or the "operation of services of general economic interest" - where provisions are already made in the Treaties to do so. In effect, in this regard, the Commission acts more as a regulator than a legislative body - the rules it has to apply are already set down in the Treaties, especially TFEU articles 18 and 101-109; it merely enforces them, and has the appropriate power to compel Member States to do so. They already signed up to these rules by democratically adopting the Treaties. (Incidentally, to the best of my knowledge, these powers have only ever been used twice!)
The rights of workers to remain in a Member State after losing their employment there is the only really contentious one on this list, and I'll be honest with you - I don't really know enough to explain why it's there. TFEU article 45(3)(d) says that if you lose your employment in a Member State, you can remain in that Member State "subject to conditions which shall be embodied in regulations to be drawn up by the Commission". Why this is there, I don't quite understand - the best guess I could make would be to prevent the meaning of freedom of movement being fundamentally changed by a contentious act of Parliament - but to the best of my knowledge, this has never actually been employed either. It's also worth noting that there is precedent for Europarl taking control of freedom of movement in reality - regulation 492/2011 is a good example of this - and also that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights declares in Article 45(1) that "Every citizen of the Union has the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States", which would make it very difficult for the Commission to place any real restrictions on remaining after losing employment. So as usual, there's a load of asterisks after it :)
Usual set of disclaimers to anyone who comes across this: I'm not a lawyer, and you shouldn't consider this legal advice. If you actually need interpretation of any of these parts of the Treaties, you should consult a qualified legal practitioner in your Member State.

Haha sadly in case of EU documents this is not a bad time, although 10 minutes should be ridiculous :P I'm sad to say we did indeed not help a lot in this case... Thanks for pointing it out though, I'll put the direct link in our description. If you are looking for other sources, be sure to let us know. Maybe we can help you find them quicker ;)

The only way to make it completely proportional is to give every citizen 1 vote each.

My point is that he should just call it what it is. Semi-proportionality is not a problem, but you should strive for accuracy.

Very good of you to factcheck ;) The point we make is that Parliament can reject, approve or amend most proposals, but it cannot when it comes to proposals on a number of subjects (you can see some of the subjects listed on 02:18). So Parliament does not have a say on all subjects, which is often seen as a democratic deficit.

Thanks a lot for clarifying that. I have factchecked that information as well haha. Sorry, I do not do it on purpose, but I believe that factchecking is the only way we have to fight the phenomenon called post-truth. As stated below, you are indeed correct. Thanks again for the clarification.
"For the vast majority of EU legislation, Parliament shapes and adopts laws jointly with the EU Council of Ministers (representing EU member states). The ordinary legislative procedure - “co- decision” - covers, inter alia, asylum, immigration, justice and home affairs, economic governance, financial services, the single market, free movement of workers, services, agriculture, fisheries, energy security, visas, consumer policy, trans-European networks, environment, culture (incentive measures), research (framework programme), social exclusion, public health, the fight against fraud affecting the EU, incentives to combat discrimination, specific industrial support measures, economic and social cohesion actions, the statute for European political parties.
In a few areas, specific decision-making procedures apply where Parliament simply gives its opinion on a proposal from the Commission. In these cases, the Council must receive Parliament’s position before voting on the Commission proposal, but it is not bound by it."
Source: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/faq/0/parliament-s-powers-and-legislative-procedures

You're welcome and you are very right to factcheck us (and everything else for that matter). If you find any mistakes in our videos, please do let us know! :)

We actually did, along with some other aspects of the EU. You can find our videos here: clip-share.net/p/PLqNq8AGWK_cmguZHPRMxrO-leUD5H-Dsr

​@Ciceroni many thanks!

Leaders of the Atlantido Globalist Organization Now !. Shame on you !. Your own God in Atlantis is ashamed of you! You Weren't Able To Compensate Me For The 20 Years Of The Holocaust, The Total Blockade To Which I Lungu Caius Octavian Is Subjected By Your Branch From: EU, ROU. CS Caransebes. Branch of Atlantido Globalist Organization which; a) He forbade me access to the most basic sources of economic income., B) He forbade me to have children (threatening, blackmailing any girl who talks to me). According to your EU Globalist Laws. I Lungu Caius Octavian I Paid even when I was not Guilty. And you Globalist Devils don't pay for the harshest Persecutions Your Branches do. - Devils Atlantis Globalists God feels ashamed of you. G: Führer der Atlantido Globalist Organization Now! Schäm dich !. Dein eigener Gott in Atlantis schämt sich für dich! Sie waren nicht in der Lage, mich für die 20 Jahre des Holocaust zu entschädigen. Die totale Blockade, der ich Lungu Caius Octavian ausgesetzt bin, unterliegt Ihrer Niederlassung von: EU, ROU. CS Caransebes. Zweig der Atlantido Globalist Organization, die; a) Er verbot mir den Zugang zu den grundlegendsten Quellen des wirtschaftlichen Einkommens. B) Er verbot mir, Kinder zu haben (jedes Mädchen, das mit mir spricht, zu bedrohen, zu erpressen). Gemäß Ihren EU Globalist Laws. Ich Lungu Caius Octavian Ich habe bezahlt, auch wenn ich nicht schuldig war. Und Sie Globalist Devils zahlen nicht für die härtesten Verfolgungen, die Ihre Zweige machen. - Devils Atlantis Globalists Gott schämt sich für Sie.

Yes the official and legal seat of the EP is in Strasbourg, however the majority of work is done in Brussels nowadays....

I'm pretty sure it is not. Juncker is is the president of the Commission which has its seat in Brussels, so would be weird if he would be in Strasbourg all the time ;)

In what sense?

Pretty much, its a parliament for a large union of states so it will be similar to a congress for a federation of states

Yeah not the most efficient use of time and money;) but luckily these things are the exception and by far most of the money does go to useful things:)

I bet you blame Europe for that and not France?

You're welcome to link to our video from your channel/video's ;) As for the sources, (most of) the information can be found on the websites of the EU institutions.

Simon let me know if you need any tips for going into middle school

Then you're not a liberal :)

Liberal is not a political movement. Being Liberal is a way of life. It's tolerance and patience towards fellow humans. It means to respect the LGBT community, migrants, Muslims, Christians, Jews, people with disabilities, drug addicts. Liberal is an ettiquette, given to the people that live by the "Live and let live" way of life. People who are relatively individualistic, but friendly towards humans of different backgrounds, religions, sexual orientation, lifestyle etc. Sometimes Liberals pertain to one or more of these groups, that is why they have learned to respect other people. The opposite of Liberal is the racist, the xenophobe, the homophobe, the white dude who blames immigrants instead of blaming the damned politicians that have ruined our respective nations. Those that live in America and consider themselves liberal, are another breed, they might be sheep, stupid vegan elitists, hipsters, pseudo anarchists and what not. In Europe, we have a totally different outlook on politics and life. Hence in Europe we consider Anarchism, Liberalism, Democracy, Communism as ways of thinking, and not a political party that we follow blindly. Liberals in Europe don't vote, don't partake in politics, or vote for minor ideological parties that will never have a future like the Pirate Party, Green Parties etc.

Exactly ;)

Good guess ;)

An American desperate to feel superior... Never seen that before

The president is elected by the MEPs directly. The other institutions are not involved (i.e. no nomination required for a candidate).

Thank you very much for your response. So, are there numerous candidates (for the European parliament Presidency) for MEPs to choose from on the ballot paper? How does the parliamentary electoral process work? Thank you, I've just subbed.

In theory every MEP can run for president, so the number of candidates can vary. However since 1994 the president is usually a candidate from the largest two parties (European People's Party and the Party of European Socialists) who ‘share’ the presidency between them, supporting one and other in elections.
In the elections all MEPs cast a vote (by secret ballot) for their preferred candidate, who must have an absolute majority to win the vote. Because of the requirement of an absolute majority, multiple rounds can be held. If after three rounds no candidate had an absolute majority, a fourth round is held with only the two leading candidates (the ones with the most votes in the previous round). In the unlikely case of a tie, the oldest candidate becomes president (simple but effective I guess).
I hope this answeres your question ;)

That's a very satisfactory response, thank you very much.

I feel like it should be highlighted that the "President of the European Parliament" can be a little misleading as a title. The role is much closer to being the "speaker"

Only a few countries, like the UK, use(d) constituencies for the EU elections. In those countries you would have a MEP as your representative. In the other countries they you would not necessarily have 1 MEP, but rather all the MEPs of the party you voted for.
But, I am pretty sure most people don't know who they voted into European Parliament...

It is good music. Sad the EU has tainted it.

@Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis not really just the sh.. show that is happening right now...

@Pirscho What I mean its like with the USSR anthem, its an awsome song but whenever I sing it everyone thinks Im a communist.

Well i dont think it sounds like communist however you look at it. Its classic maybe thats the problem

@Pirscho If i sing the EU anthem everyone thinks I support the EU.

Have you ever even tried to actually study how the EU works?

@Samir Salesi this my good sir is what we call a joke. It is fairly rare nowadays but they do still exist.

@Is me ? Jesus, I know what a joke is, and his point was that EU is transparent and can't be blamed for our problems.
To reach such a conclusion one must be completely informed by infographics without ever trying to actually study how it works, because in my years at law uni I've never heard a professor\student ever suggest that EU is transparent and simple, even pro EU people.

@Samir Salesi Isnt the EU just a relic from when the soviet conglomerate was kicking around. Nowadays there is no super-block threat besides china. EU should be disbanded now i think and have each nation be self-governing. As an Australian I see no reason to be in a democracy with the US, Japan and South Korea (the major pacific democracies). We trade and immigrate as seperate entities.

Jackson Dice The EU wasn’t created to ward off the Soviets, that’s NATO. EU was made to bond together European economies so much that Europe would never have a major war again. And it succeeded, there has no been no war between EU members in its history. Now the EU acts as a way for Europe to express its own will and to compete with USA, Russia and China.

Possibly, however not sure if the lobby is more effective on the Commission/Council than on Parliament. Nonetheless, this is something that should be changed in my opinion.

This is the interesting thing. It "can" be struck down by the president. But the president doesn't have to. So while this is an extremely unlikely situation of course, according to the rules it could work.

Well it is a pity you guys are leaving, but you can always move to the continent :) You're always welcome here ;)

Ciceroni yes I would of definitely voted to stay and at the moment it’s kinda chaos right now

@I don’t know yeah chaos seems the only word to decribe it... Good luck on that side of the water man!