The European Union Explained (with Restaurants)
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- Into Europe: The European Union is a complex organization, with 70 years of history. Its decision-making process is sometimes obscure. So what is the European Union? How did it come to be? And how does it work?
To explain this institution we need to ask an important question: What if the European Union was a Foodcourt?
Script by Into Europe (Hugo)
Edited by Fabio Albertelli
Animated by Jakub Misiek and Fabio Albertelli
Music:
Clockwork by Hans Johnson
Moments in Time by Tristan Barton
Circularity by Brianna Tam
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French restaurant: We should all eat baguettes.
Italian restaurant: What about no?
That scene broke me.
italy do you realise just how much Pain you've avoided?
@@AlexC-ou4ju i see what you did here
"The EU explained"
"I've seen that before..."
"With restaurants!"
"Go on..."
"the EU Explained as a food court"
Me, an Italian:
"My time has come.."
Me as a French : Finally a worthy opponent our battle will be legendary !
@@squirrel287
A battle for honor, the winner takes land
every europeen it's finally time for my country ;D
@@schtolzessparbuch2398 yes basically
France and Italy joining forces through the new friendship treaty.
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How did you come up with the idea of comparing the EU with a food court? Great video as always!
ChatGPT
It really sucks that a single chef can refuse all the others from buying chilipebers and mango chutney, just because he/she personally doesn't see a use for it.
It also sucks that the stronger chefs can force the weaker customers to eat the chilli peppers even though they have a severe allergy to it, simply because the stronger chef and their customers think they know more about a restaurant they've never stepped foot in
@@freakyscottdude Yea but in reality nobody is allergic. They just say they don't like chilli peppers but haven't even tried one ever...
This whole food metaphor just... amaze me
@@Micha-qv5uf It's good to see the colonialist mindset of 'we know what's best for you' still lives on in Europe
@@freakyscottdude Just that I come from a country that barely had anything to do with colonialisation. Europe is not that big. I can be aware of the situations in different country around me and have an opinion about it. Take the Piss party in Poland. It's not shit because some countrys in west europe say so. It's shit because thats the truth and many people in Poland share this opinion. So don't talk as if only you can know about your country or as if you represent it. Thats not the case at all.
This is the best and simplest explanation of the EU that I've ever seen/read. Congrats for the great work :)
I think it's important to say WHY were the European restaurants ruined in the beginning. Because as tiny as they were, even if some were franchises, they were fighting over 5cm of the fence placement, instead of working together to get nicer places, richer and provide better services to their clients
I thought it was World War 2.
@@SuperWiggler well WW2 was the last piece in the brick called all the wars and turmoil Europe have been in for itself since the fall of the WRE
The deadliest food fight in history
I like the franchise comparison to colonisation very much 😂
Restaurants in food courts do very often fight over seats for their customers
An important element is missing, the fact that the various restaurants actually been trying to destroy each other for centuries. The EU is a peace project with huge economical benefits. The British never truly understood that, they only had a narrow view on their own economics.
Basically everyone tried to destroy every other restaurant at least once in last 500 years. We have some new countries with by far shorter history. But when a eu Coutry hat at least 500 years. Was on war with everyone else. So yes. I love peace and prosperity. We say to War: "never again!".
And you are saying that the EU have huge economical benefits today. You have seen nothing yet!
@@mortenlund1418 Eh, not really. The economy of the EU has been stagnant for about a decade and a half. The EU originally had a larger economy than the USA, but that hasn't been true for years now.
@@jeffmorris5802 Just for understanding "originally": are you referring to the 1957 EEC, or the 1993 EU?
@@jeffmorris5802 It would have been worse if the EU did not exist. It is a question of economy of scale. The way Europe and USA function are quite alike. I would argue that the biggest difference is economies of scale.
If you run 27 countries copying each other but insist on being a closed cell, they have to duplicate everything.
Imagine you have to bake buns. If you choose to shop for 1 bun, mix, knead and bake it, to wash it all up afterwards. Repeat this until you have an ovenful of buns. Wouldn't it be much faster to make an ovenful of buns at once?
Now think of buns as general industrial products, services, etc. This is pretty much how Europe makes buns right now! There is so much potential for optimizations - that's why I say: "you have seen nothing yet!"
Not sure if this made the EU easier to understand or even more confusing.
Either way you did a great and creative video here.
If the EU is just a food court it makes totally sense the UK left 😂 (just a joke)
After leaving the UK is probably gonna be like a fish and chips van driving elsewhere for business lol
This was just a creative, fun and informative video, love it ❤️
I’m in awe of how good this video is! Production and the content, it’s amazing. Really love the idea and the way you explained it :)
That metaphor works surprisingly well. Great Job!
GO, GO, IntoEurope!
Your videos are great! Keep on the good work and you'll grow a lot!
Always fun to watch videos about projects, conflicts and history about Europe and the EU
I think as someone with dyspraxia and dyslexia explaining it like this helps me to understand it better as my brain is wired differently and I learn in different ways than most I remember seeing a video talking about how difficult the EU is in terms of getting everyone to something explaining it like a dinner party if you have a group of people who all like the same food (one county) it's easy but when you have to accommodate people with different tastes plus vegans and vegetarians (EU trying to get every member to agree on one policy) it becomes more complicated
Sorry for asking, but what is dyspraxia? I know dyslexia makes things harder to read, but I never heard of the other one.
@@devinhigoy221 dyspraxia is to do with hand eye coordination difficulties and dept perception also have difficulty with fine and gross motor skills so things like picking up items or driving a car I would struggle with also I walk around with the skill of a drunk person despite being sober lol
Your videos keep getting better and better! Keep up the good work!
the choice of a pixel video is great 😍
Fantastic animation and explanation. Good job!
This was an amazing video!
Fantastic video! Really creative. When I will be asked next ti e by my friends what eu is, I will gladly make this analogy and pay your Chanel the credits for it. Hope your community wil grow substantially in the future and with vids like this one, sky is the limit!
Love the animation and the explanation. Chapeau!
EU explained as resturants. Italy and France: okay guys, we rule
I dont know, I think the Irish have a good shot with their pubs.
@@neodym5809 well and nothing is better than German bread and Hungarian Salami
Incredible, thank you for this.
Great video!
Good stuff, well done!
damn, this was amazing!
beautifully made video!
I'm getting some DougDoug vibes here XD
(Awesome video !!!)
Great video! Am I the only one feeling hungry after watching this video? LOL
Isn’t there some saying about “too many cooks…”? Guess it fits this analogy pretty well.
Props for coming up with such an idea and actually executing it to a well-suited working explanation.
Five minutes I wouldn’t have even ilagined this video existed. Thanks for your great channel !
Thank you for the sub! :)
Love the content. I hope your channel will become more popular especially among Europeans as many don't fully grasp what the EU is trying to do. The fact that it falls short in some areas and in others isn't efficient means that we should work on its shortfalls and build upon its advantages, not give up as many sadly think.
Great video. And great explanations in the comment section.
Best way to explain this
this is nice!
This was so cool
Great Analogy 👍
This is the first time that the EU has made me hungry. That was an interesting approach to explanation, but the background noise was too loud.
I am proud to be a patreon
I don't like it when someone says nations had to give up their power. We didn't give up anything. We pooled it, and that is a major difference.
People who say this talk about who owns the power.
When a state is alone, they own most of the power over their national territory. The power they don't own belongs to local entities (municipalities, administrative regions, länd, whatever), that are still under the power of the state.
Now when a state is a part of an international organisation that can take decisions on its own, the European Union, the state has to give power up so the European Union can have it. It means if one European state wants to do something that's in the power of the Union, then they just can't. They have lost power.
Though I talk about the power of states (institutions that rule over given territory and population). What about the power of nations (community associated to each state) ?
Well the power of nations can mostly be judged through democracy level. If the EU is democratic, then indeed nations didn't give power up. Though if EU is not democratic, then the nations have lost power. But democracy level within the EU is another topic.
To summarise, yes states have given power up, nations not necessarily.
@@gael9270 What those people don't get, sadly, is that there is nothing stopping someone who lives in some county of their own country making the same argument in relation to the nation state, and someone living in some area of that county then making this argument in relation to the county. It's a fallacy that would devolve down to no organisation at all, if that were possible. The bottom line would be every person being their own state, and society can't function like that. The argument is mostly made by nationalists, because for them the devolution stops at the level of the nation state, their level of political group identification. But that's just arbitrary, and they quickly abandon their own reasoning when people don't agree with their level of identification and try to break off from their idealised nation state fantasies using the very same points (e.g. Scotland and Northern Ireland in the UK).
Cute, clever, love it
Thank you.
Seems like the EU grew very fast without being able to adapt quick enough.
By the way, the British (well, the English) didn't seem that serious about working in the food court. They only needed it for the money.
An ironic statement given the UK were net payers into the EU every single year from when they joined to when they left.
@@MJPP090909 Ironically, they are worse off now than previously. All recent data both ONS and OECD suggests Britain is f××kd. Zero growth, very high inflation. Yet comparable European economies are still growing.
Interestingly, the Northern Ireland is outpacing every part of Britain.... Maybe that's why the UK government want the protocol dead.
@@EdgyNumber1 It isn't data its a forecast, from the OECD based in Paris... who has consistently had the UK under performing in their forecasts and consistently the UK has outperformed both the forecast and other EU members when looking at actual data.
The UK has in reality outperformed both Germany and France both since the EU referendum June 2016 and the formal leaving of the EU on Dec 31 2020....
Very nice explaintion
Lol, it actual makes sense
Lol, american pikachu
I mean.. yes and no..? as a simple explainer for comparing nations and the single market sure... but your addition of security to the door of the EU is implying that they are the only ones... US and China both have intense security and are probably far more severe than the entirety of the EU. If anything, the fact that they get to share the cost of the security between the richest and poorest means that poor restaurants get the same level of security and protection as the larger ones.
Fantastic !
For example AUKUS is pact of USA, UK and Australia that makes them cooperate on their security adding cameras, bodyguards, securing their online delivery websites from hackers and bots and more. I think there can be a lot more fantastic examples of restaurants as nations.
What a nice video, hope other regions like Latinamerica can recreate this system.
Great metaphor!
Very representative with the flags, the EU is Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Italy. You are doing great!!
This is a delicious, delicious metaphor.
Great video sort of reminds me of some Vox videos
Yess!!!
It made me think of a joke about European people seen as working within the same restaurant. Or rather two; one with the European paradise and the other with the European hell.
Inside of the European paradise, you are greeted by an English receptionist. A Frenchman prepares the food, an Italian does the entertainment and everything is organized by a German.
But inside of the European hell you are greeted by a Frenchman receptionnist. An Englishman is in the kitchen, a German takes care of the entertainment but, don't panic, everything is managed and organized by an Italian.
This is a very official joke of th European Parliament that they want to learn to each young european. XD And this one is not a joke.
Ironically, as a german, I would say the german restaurant would be pretty unpopular.
The European Union should be a Federal State.
Edit: Like it or not, it is in the agreement-plan of the new German goverment. France, Italy, Germany-all agree. It will happen in the future. For now, we want more integration and cooperation.
@Horse Steak my country France would gain a lot with a federal state more tourism, less defense budget.... For a federal state ! From France 🇨🇵🇪🇺
@UCk_TMg_ajCRGPdqTRocHSgA some countries are ready we should start with them.
@Horse Steak France didnot gain his wealth from Africa. Actually our wealth come from the industrial revolution our colonies in Africa were just there to show that we were a great country very strong. UK did the same but got the best colonies like India which was very profitable. Nonetheless some french company did won a lot of money thanks to colonialisme but not our state.
@Horse Steak and where are you from to still be made when everybody did the same. At least France said that our older republic were responsable. And we tried to free slave if only Napoleon didn't ruin the effort.
True👏👏🇪🇺🇪🇺
What is a treaty?
My favorite anime
Damn, this vid is smart.
I think we should make a new treaty adressing every flaws.
I know we don't agree on everything but we can think of a better solution for everyone.
We have to because the EU is doomed to fail if it does not evolve.
Indeed it's time to move
the problem is that as it stands today treaty changes require unanimity between member states, some countries do not want to change things (and it's not the big influential countries)
@@edipires15 yes I think we need to create another union that slowly eat the old one
What are you talking about? It is evolving all the time, do pay attention and don’t fall for the simpletons lure.
@@abbofun9022 I'm sorry, did the Lisbon treaty had been rewritten recently ? I don't think so.
Good presentation about the EU!
Hello @intoeurope, great explanation. Can we make latin american union? 😁
I'd love to see a video detailing the exact history of the EU. From 1945 to today, touching on how colonialism/decolonialism affected it, how the 70s oil crisis affected it, how the social changed of the 60s 70s and so on affected it, how the cold war affected it, how the cyprus invasion affected it, how the fall of communism affected how the yugoslav wars affected it, how china entering WTO affected it etc. What kind of push-back was there for every step? I'd love a video that would do something like that.
I asked this on "History Matters" back when it was 10 minute history.... but it's not 10 minute history anymore, so....
So... WW2 was kind of like a massive food-fight (that got out of hand)?
The USA comparison to the EU is actually closer than this video makes it seem. The USA is comprised of 50 autonomous states, each of which have their own laws, tax codes, governments, and cultures. California, Texas, Utah, and New York are all very different from each other. The primary difference is that the US federal government is quite a bit stronger than the EU central government.
Hi,
I think that this is a common misconception: in the US secssion is illegal under the constitution (in the EU you can leave with Article 50), Congress can raise taxes (the EU countries haggle how much the EU's budget will be) and the states for the most part have no say in federal law (EU law in most domaines is also the subject of haggling between countries). The boils down to the fact that currently, in the EU, the member states are sovereign not the European Union (Ie the 27 chefs in 27 kitchens). I would consider these to be major differences.
Cheers,
Hugo
@@IntoEurope Most of that is technically true - except for the bit about states having no say in federal law. The states literally create federal law; the Senate is comprised of two senators from each state. However, I feel it misses the point somewhat.
Europeans tend to not understand just how different the states are from each other. For all intents and purposes, they may as well be sovereign. The federal government has overarching rules that it enforces, but the vast majority of laws that effect you on an individual or business level are determined by the state legislature.
It's true that the federal govt has more authority than the EU govt does, but the structure is broadly similar. They're both unions that act as large trading blocs.
If by similar, you mean that there is one entity above the rest sure, we can agree on that, but the EU is no federal enitity. I would argue that its closer to an international organisation at the moment because of its modus operandi, and the necessity for unanimity in nearly all decisions (something that most people with an EU law background I've talked to would agree with). Just imagine the gridlock if the US needed unanimity between the governors :P
That an organization has no power to enforce rules or raise taxes is not one that you can just dismiss: the power relations between the states and the overarching entity in the EU and the US is flipped on its head.
The fact of the matter is that the EU has no power to enforce rules at the moment (see the regular EU law supremacy disputes). Most EU law does not apply because it is EU law, but because the national parliaments agree to put it in their national laws (with their own interpretations).
Anyways, always interesting to hear another perspective!
Cheers,
Hugo
I made this comment to someone else pointing out the same aspect, but I'll copy paste it here as well.
there is an essential difference. In US, the head of the food court has the last say. In EU, each chef can block anything any time.
Imagine Texas having the last word over whether the US should allow any immigration whatsoever, or California having the last word over whether US should intervene in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the added bonus that Florida decided that they don't give a damn about what the US Supreme Court has to say about anything. That's EU.
Obviously, in the US there are clear mechanisms of what happens in such cases, and this is because the food court boss holds true power (military, FBI, etc.). In EU the solution for these issues is always "let's discuss it one more time, maybe one of us changes their mind". In my opinion, the EU model is better long-term, but it can surely gets frustrating when it's the 20th time all the chefs explain Wyoming that they can't continue serving only burnt food, just because the Wyoming chef doesn't want to learn to use the new oven.
@@IntoEurope "Just imagine the gridlock if the US needed unanimity between the governors :P"
We've actually had this in US history as well.
The first one was the original US government under the Articles of Confederation, between 1781 and 1789. The overarching US government couldn't really do much back then: all decisions had to be unanimous between states, the "federal" government couldn't levy any taxes whatsoever and didn't have a budget, there was no "federal" standing military... heck, we didn't even have a common currency back then. Those were some rough years for us; most individual states had weak economies and didn't really have good opportunities to grow said economies, they got picked apart and played against each other by foreign powers, a few of them nearly got into full blown hot wars against each other, and trade wars were commonplace. Many expert historians generally regard the Articles as a disaster for the United States.
So our country has gone through the same thing as well, but most Americans today aren't really aware of what it really meant for us.
This made me hungry.
That UK xd
At least they get to set whatever menu and whatever customer to get!
Churchill didn’t see the U.K. in a federal Europe but as a sponsor
this right here
@@hansgruber788 ?
@@andybray9791 i'm saying you're right
@@hansgruber788he was a liberal (when they were truly that at the time) but not like those now, who are awkward and impolite
Very creative analogy. However, a food court would be a horrible thing to do to French, Italian and Spanish restaurants!
This is a nice attempt at a new angle
Ironically with this food court analogy EU is behind when it comes to curbing down farm use of anti biotics
well following this logic the USA is also a food court with 50 kitchens and 50 chefs right? kinda similar
there is an essential difference. In US, the head of the food court has the last say. In EU, each chef can block anything any time.
Imagine Texas having the last word over whether the US should allow any immigration whatsoever, or California having the last word over whether US should intervene in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the added bonus that Florida decided that they don't give a damn about what the US Supreme Court has to say about anything. That's EU.
Obviously, in the US there are clear mechanisms of what happens in such cases, and this is because the food court boss holds true power (military, FBI, etc.). In EU the solution for these issues is always "let's discuss it one more time, maybe one of us changes their mind". In my opinion, the EU model is better long-term, but it can surely gets frustrating when it's the 20th time all the chefs explain Wyoming that they can't continue serving only burnt food, just because the Wyoming chef doesn't want to learn to use the new oven.
1:26 so this means a chef's power is determined by the size of their hat?
Should I contacted the European other
The United States of Europe🇪🇺💙
Not really. National healthcare, no guns...
But yes 💙🇪🇺
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@@petarspajic7648 🇩🇪🇪🇺💙
I'm sorry we left brothers, I hope to see you all again soon 🇬🇧🇪🇺💙
Lonely UK food stand :(
Really liked the video but more intonation would've been great
A cartel of restaurants- free trade and a CAP inwards, a common tariff towards the outside world
that british dude looked pretty lonely in his restaurant lol.
nah dw we've got our commonwealth cousins
meh, nice attempt but conclusions are off. actually heads of state have less say overall at first sight, but on the second they got more power!
Heavy black mesa xen vibes from the soundtrack
I really hope there will be a new treaty after ending of conference on the future of Europe. ✨
Oh yes that is also a wish of mine.
Now I'm hungry :)
Where is the lamb sauce!
You're using Vox's 8bit human figure style, aren't you? 😂
shhh don't tell them ;)
@@IntoEurope 🤫🤐
Analogy.
One day we'll come home 🇬🇧🇪🇺
nah mate i think not ;)
United we are stronger! Make the EU a confederation or even a federation!
You need patience along with you wisdom
Wouldn’t be better if the EU were just a restaurant?
I feel like countries that suffered a lot more, such as those that were great but fell due to the soviet occupation, and are now seen as "Eastern European", are not helped accordingly by the EU. Even with Schengen, blocking Romania and Bulgaria from joining is ridiculous, and there is no argument for doing this that does not come down to racism or extremism. As for the Euro, my nation will clearly never have it. We are planning new banknotes already
Whats your nation?
The EU was expanding far to fast. It would have been better if the Eastern European countries would have founded their own union and then this two union could later be merged.
Both Romania and Bulgaria will soon join Schengen. It is common policy in the EU that a member gets Schengen rights some years after it joined.
@@neodym5809 There are checks and so long they are not satisfied they cannot join.
Food courts suck.
EU should rationalise some of their institutions as a small step forward.
Well .... Greece should be doing rather better then ... but ...
Great explanation and just like the Union itself not all flags get the same airtime or get treated the same
Federate the EU now!
You're making me sad and pessimistic :'(
Good metaphore
your views is very bias, you focus too much in what according to you doesn't work, when it is much positive than negative