Name: Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?
Uploaded: 2017-04-27T05:09:10.000Z
Duration: 7 min 42 s
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Do you think the European Union is worth it?

Many people feel a strong disconnect with the EU, while others praise its achievements.

Everything considered: Is its existence good or bad for Europeans?

Since it looks like the UK is leaving the EU, we'll mostly treat it as if it's no longer part of the club.

The European Union, combining its 27 member countries, has a population of about 450 million people,

making it the third most populous sort-of country in the world.

It's the world's second largest economy by GDP, and has the biggest single market in the world.

But originally, the creation of the European Union was all about one thing: Peace.

so they were involved in bloody conflicts for basically all their history.

A century-long rivalry between Germany and France

alone, cost millions of lives and ran so deeply

that Germans invented their own word for it:

After the second World War, Europeans decided

Instead, the economies, politics, and peoples of Europe,

should become so closely interconnected, that war

would become both impractical and unthinkable.

Between EU members, we've had over 70 years of peace.

Okay, peace is great and all, but what are the

European Union's achievements and problems?

Today, EU citizens benefit from many individual freedoms.

a great variety of goods and services, as well as very

competition, tax evasion or data protection.

Through the EU science programs, the European countries

became a collaborative engine that serves

In turn, the EU became the world leader in terms

But many citizens feel distrust toward the EU.

Brussels seems far away and untransparent, technocratic,

It doesn't help that the EU is terrible at outreach,

This disconnect has also led to an ever-shrinking

institutions want the trust of their citizens.

Other countries are shocked by the initially

The population is split on how to react to that.

Some argue that Europe let in too many immigrants,

To strike a balance between helping refugees,

successfully integrating the ones that stay,

wants to depend on the United States for its safety.

That could save a lot of money, safeguard

different countries serving one common purpose.

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Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?

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