American Reacts What If Whole European Continent Was Just ONE Country?
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As the former president of the EU, Herman van Rompuy stated:" the offical language of the EU is Bad English".
true on so many levels. XD
Logically it will be Arabic
@@purpled.komeada7202 why ?
@@kengnisiewe1049 cough immigration crisis cough
Bro it should be Latin. I know it's a bit impractical but would be cool as hell
The capital of an United States of Europe, if there is any, would probably be Brussels as it is already kinda the case for the EU. I don't think so many countries would agree to have London, Paris, Berlin or Moscow as a capital. The latter two could even bring back old and unpleasant memories lol.
Maybe Prague, if the capital must be not only for EU countries. It is somewhat close culturally to both west and east, and almost in the centre. And not many nations have beef with czechs.
Edit: and it also was a "capital" of HRE for some time
I first thought berne Switzerland but then I thought what about Geneva? Its not the capital of Switzerland so berne can be swiss national capital whereas Geneva could be federal capital and could be the home of the "Geneva Constitution" rather than the Geneva convention
could also be maastricht in the netherlands
I would vote for Prague or Vienna are kind of obvious choices but actually Krakow or Kyiv would have been more appropriate because they are closest large cities to the center of the continent. I think of those two Krakow would be the best because it has far milder winters than Kyiv + close to that virtual border between west and the east both culturally, historically and linguistically.
Rome
6:52 Romanians are actually a Latin people related to the Italians, Spanish, French and Portuguese :)
Our language is Latin based but our culture is pretty much slavic.
When i went in slavic nations such as Serbia, Ukraine and Slovakia i realised that the we are very much the same with them but speaking a different language.
Romanians aren't slavs, they even speak a romance language like Italian or French
Agreed.
Yep , the Romanian Language is derived from the old Roman Latin. I can speak some modern Italian and recognise a few words in Romanian.
Romanians are honorary Slavs with some Slavic influences on their language.
It doesn't sound like a romance language.
@@Lotsielots :-)
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For capital of a united Europe i would personally put Geneva in Switzerland, its at a good position geographically, its a developed city, and its part of a neutral nation, so i think most of europe would compromise with that choice
Switzerland isn't even part of the EU now, they have made it very clear they want nothing to do with it.
@@JasonLaneZardoz the video asked if europe united, not just the EU. If they somehow, all agreed on unification. And switzerland isnt in the EU, but it is in europe
@@spirosgreek1171 I said Geneva too, Geneva could also be the home of the "Geneva Constitution" as opposed to the Geneva convention
@@spirosgreek1171 So why did the video show a supposed united Europe under the EU flag then?
You are right, the video did ask that question, but I know the intent of these videos, It is very clear.
I'm not talking about Connor because I think he does some great reactions.
@@JasonLaneZardoz A modofied EU flag would most likely be used if Europe ever united. And if it was just the EU, why show Russia, serbia, ukraine, bosnia, montenegro etc.? None of them are in the EU, so why color them on the map, let alone include them in the stats (european Russia for example)
For a lot of French the idea of learning English is insulting
Others will just pretend to not know
LOL
aaaw.😂😂😂😂😂
La vie est dure à vivre, plusieurs Americans le sont encore plus.
But it's already the international language of business and science
If you put 5 europeans into a room from different countries it’s likely that they will have at least 8+ languages between them or even more.
I speak 3 (romanian, english and french, plus understad spanish and a bit of italian, then know a few words and phrases in dutch and german). My boyfriend (romanian, english, german) and understands a bit of french. So there’s 7 different languages just between of us. I had a roommate that spoke fluently 7 languages (is a hotel director on cruise ships): romanian, english, german, french, Hungarian, norwegian, italian.
The idea of a united states of Europe was actually talked about a little bit.
And i think the capital should be Brussels, since it's basically the political center of the European union
"Everyone in the US speaks English": Yes, especially the people in the "Deitscherei" (Mennonites, Amish, Hutterians), in Alaska (Yupik, Aleutians, Alaska Natives), Latinos/Chicanos/Puertoricans, American Indians/First Nation Natives, Haitians, Hawaiians... You're correct if you say that English is the lingua franca, the language of IT, trade, banking or the military i.e. it's the common ground.
i dont really think the language would be the biggest problem. I am from Sweden myself and back in the 70's they barely taught English in our schools as a second language, German was much bigger. And if you compare the level of English we had back then to now i'd say if we can become almost fluent any other country can aswell. Most EU laws are set with 150 astricts attached to them because what might work in Italy might not even be an option in Sweden because of weather for instance.
I don't even think that a unified language should be an issue. Only representatives in parliament should speak English. In Germany alone, it is sometimes difficult to understand the German of the other regions (I come from Lower Saxony).
It's easy for the Swedes who speak a Germanic language. Also no offense but your language does not have a status to maintain unlike French, Spanish or Russian. Learning English automatically makes your language weaker. I'm pretty sure you won"t force the French to learn English.
Everyone mention France when you think of european country who doesn't speak english very much, and if you compare with Scandinavia or the Netherlands etc sure, but i feel like everywhere else in Europe (mostly south of germany) doesn't speak english that much either. Like i feel like if you would cut Europe in half horizontally the north part would speak good english and the south doesn't.
But in reality it's hard to really know these days i feel like, because with internet just in the last 10/15 years a lot of new generations grew up hearing and reading english everyday.
Here in România manny off us speaks more then 3 lanq. And we know english very well. In our schools for ex me i ve learned french, english, romanian of course..but we know also and understand italian, spanish. In the years of comunism we learned russian , romanian, latin( a death lanq) , french not in all schools. But for sure now for ex my kid is in a class where they learn english ( but brith english , not american english) but we all speak mostlly american english. Complicated i know. 😍
To correct you on something, Romanians are not Slavic. They are their own thing, same with Albanians, Georgians and Armenians.
Romanians not their own thing, their Latin
@@user-of5lb7xd9h key word "language", not ethnicity, unless we include Moldavians of course
@@fabulouscat3911 but i also meant language
@@user-of5lb7xd9h ok I think we've had miscommunication, I meant ethnicity
Russia is a Eurasian country and its future is with its ethnic minorities, like Putin stated. Russia is so large because of its empire and colonialism, it's a diverse and multi racial/ethnic empire.
2:50 Thrace is in Europe, Turkey isn't. Bosporus separates the two continents.
6:45 Russia is a multi-ethnic country. It was a US long before the US. There's different people with different colors and characteristics. The diversity is huge and this is why most women from there look "exotic". You can meet Asian looking women with grey eyes and blonde or even white (some times) hair.
10:44 Prague
3:57 As of January 1, 2021, there were 146,171,015 permanent residents in Russia (The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)). And 68.53% of Russians live in the European part of Russia, which accounts for 20.82% of the territory. So 31,47% live in Asian part of Russia.
"68.53%"
Wikipedia says 75% (or 77% depending on the article).
@@xenotypos Wikipedia no es fiable.😊
@@anacasanova7350 It's more fiable than a random guy posting on UA-cam. Obviously. And it was a sourced statement anyway.
Romanian it is latin people like: italian, french, spanish and portugheze.
Romanian ir is NOT slavici and / or russian!!!
Please watch Geografy now România!!!
potuguese*
@@anubis9151
Hahaha, no problem, just typing wrong.
Corect is: Portuguese!
In the video a part of Ukraine is Moldovan. Why? Please someone tell me who is the author of this map.
roughly 30 million people live beyond the urals in russia
Roughly the Canadian population
I don't think different languages are a problem. Switzerland has 4 official languages. Different cultures should also not be a big problem. Germany has >10 different cultural regions as it does not exist as a country for too long.
They are.
Switzerland is firstly not even part of EU now and never wants to be part of it, they have made this very clear. Secondly the Swiss style of government and make up of Switzerland, Cantons, allows this.
The exact opposite of what this video that Connor reviewed is happening, a "one size fits" all approach to politics is not working and will not work in the future.
This has already been played out in the form of the USSR and it didn't work there either.
@@JasonLaneZardoz this video was about Europe, not the EU
Most Europeans (at least in the EU) younger than 50 is fluent enough in English to at least understand spoken word and thus communicate. This number goes drastically up as age of people goes down. I am in my late 30s and pretty much everyone I know from in my age group is fluent in English. Language is only temporary problem.
Slight update.
Europe consists of 27 EU member countries.
4 EEA (European Economic Area) countries.
Excluding the UK.
Geneva, Switzerland... So its neutral to all members :)
And Berne can remain Swiss national capital whereas Geneva could be a federal capital and be home to the "Geneva Constitution" as opposed to the Geneva convention
Europe has already many capitals in a decentralized kind of way: the European Court of Justice in Paris (France), the International Court of Justice in Den Haag/The Hague (Netherlands), the European Parliament in Strassbourg (France), The European Commission in Brussels (Belgium), the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), some UN institutions in Geneva (Switzerland) and Vienna (Austria), another EU institution in Luxembourg (Luxembourg), The Commonwealth Office in London (UK), the Francophonie (Community of French-speaking Countries) office in Paris (France), the Lusitania (Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries) Office in Lisbon (Portugal)... I expect that this will be an ongoing development but there may be a shift with the seats of further institutions going more to West Balkan and East European countries.
Glædelig jul and Merry Christmas from Denmark..
European Capital - Luxembourg City, maybe Switzerland - Zurich. There are many egg shells to be walked across to settle on one and it wouldn't be in Germany because history - politicians have to forget much faster than the people do. It'd have to be outside British, French, German and Russian influence. We don't really want people coming up here to the North and the North Western side doesn't love anything East of Germany or France (if we're talking about the French). The Med is sorta unto itself.. It's complicated lol Imagine if the United States had originally been separate countries and was today trying to unite all the States together - Cali would want more influence, New York and DC for political reasons and then Utah sat there with a salty lake, desert and some Mormons. It'd kinda be fun to watch but would it actually be possible?
Edits - 2:51 - ...the side in Europe!? ;) lol it straddles Europe and Asia-Minor (Anatolia), to the left of the Bosphorus is Europe and to the right is.. not. *I know he knows, just made me chuckle..
4:25 - Red pill inbound..
8:33 - 'All of the States are worse of (than) some country outside' - i.e. weaker alone, stronger together.
I would vote for Vaduz as the continent's capital.
I would rather Geneva, its neutral to all and could be the home of the "Geneva Constitution" rather than the Geneva convention
Boundaries of Europe: North Atlantic, Gulf of Biscayne, North Sea, Bering Sea (Eismeer/Nordpolarmeer), Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus, Mediterranean Sea, Strait of Gibraltar. Within Europe lies the Baltic Sea, The English Channel, The Irish Sea, Lake Onega, Lake Ladoga, Lake Inari and Lake Constance as well as the Adria, the Ijsselmeer or the Zuiderzee. There are also mountain ranges like the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Tatra Mountains, the Erzgebirge, The Carpathian, Taurus and Ural Mountains. There's even a tropical rainforest in Bosnia and Hercegovina (You can also find 5 pyramids there --> BPS/Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun).
Interesting choice to react to.
We love our diversity. Making a McDonalds out of cultures and languages would never work in Europe, beside all other issues. Yeah, in the US they love to have it all the same over the whole country. 😂
So russia has a pretty decent population, but once you go like 100km east of Moscow, it just turns into a no man's land where it's pretty much the least populated area of the world.
I once zoomed in to a random part of russia in google maps and started scrolling looking for any signs of civilization.
I kid you not, the first thing i found after like 15 minutes of scrolling was a russian AA emplacement belonging to one of their air bases.
thats because 60-70% of russia is a perma frost zone. thats btw. also one reason why back in the past some clan federations like the huns, the mongols and later the russians could conquere fast a huge amount of land. one part was always without enemies and automatically added (even if there is basically no one). and most of the rest was also relatively empty. it was always harder within the dense populated areas like europe due to the many competitors, ,much more ppl etc.
No Slavs are linguistic group, the term , Germanic , Slavic, finno-Ugric reference as a ethnic groups dated to Tribes times and haplogroup like Slavic dna is (R1a) and Celtic/Germanic (r1B), and united Europe is better civil war simulation than united Balkan 🤣, btw the best option of capital would be Prague, because it was capital of holy Roman empire, it gave also + to cultural reason of influence of both east and west culture (Wich would make happy both sides) but that just fun fact but by strategic position of Bohemians mountains Wich create a perfect bowl shape (that's the also reason why small Bohemia wasn't even conquer until gunpowder era, it is also great defens by most strongest European plain nato member's, France, Germany from west, Poland, Russia, Ukraine from East, Italy Spain Balkan from South and Scandinavians by North
you should watch the video about Britains second empire. our Finacial services dwarfs even the USA but is hidden in overseas territory
6:50 Romania is not a slavic nation
Geneva is the common sense capital of this supposed eu superstate
11:38 they do know English but they just don’t want to communicate with us, that’s the french 😂😂😂
Yeah, the borders of the European (sub-) continent are difficult. Sure, you have seen at least Jay Foreman's video on that matter.
40% of Russia and 3% of Turkey lies within Europe (Russia, Kazhakstan and Turkey are Transcontinental Countries (part Europe, part Asia). Cyprus (including the TRNC/Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), Malta and Gibraltar are counted as part of Europe. The same goes for Iceland, Greenland (geolocically part of North America, but historically and culturally part of Europe) and the Faroe Islands. The Norwegian territory of Svalbard (Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen and Björnöya) belongs to Europe as well.
That would be the dumbest idea ever.
27 individual sovereign member countries would never give up their Independence.
You should take a look into CANZUK at some point too mate, if you haven't already! Basically this but with Canada, Australia, New Zealand & and the United Kingdom 👍 I, as an Englishman am all for CANZUK!
It'll probably never happen, which is a shame as it's a nice idea. More cooperation between us all would be good.
@@generaladvance5812 Canada would never join, or if they join the country will need to be bilingual English-French which basically undermines the idea of CANZUK
@@augth Not sure why bilingual would cause issues but ok.
Language wouldn't be an issue, not for these newer generations. We all speak several languages already. As for a capital, many say Brussels, but the reality is... we probably wouldn't need one and keep a decentralized system. Were it up to me, i'd keep a rotation function. Each former state would have a specific job for a specific period of time. In this fashion, the cultures would blend easier as it would be a requirement for specific people to work in a specific fashion beyond their location.
Good reaction, but In my opinion the video you watched, is not very good. For example he didn ´t mentioned the EU, which shows that European Country alredy work togetther. And there are more People which speak German. He forget Austria who also spek German and German is one of the four languages of switzerland.
And I think the Econmy where even stronger, becouse of the shared resources. Germany is alredy the forth strongest Economy in the World. Imagine it wouhld habe acess to all the recources of the other countries.
This video is a bit too theoretical without taking into account any of the possible implications of these changes. A bit pointless in my opinion.
romanians arent slavic
Romania (Romanians) are not slavs!!!! We are latins, like Italy, France or Spain!!!
My French pride would want it to be Paris, but it would be more likely to be Brussels. Also note that it does not mean it should be only one capital
During our long history, Europe was ruled by 3-4 royal families, but! We're so different for be one Nation like the US. The USE will never exist. I love Germans but they aren't like French and vice versa. I love Russians but they aren't like western Europeans.
The US was built slowly and with one model Europe is old and is built with one million models. (Roman Empire, French, German, British, Austrian, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Scandive and many other cultures).
Love you Europe,
Love you America,
Love you World.
Merry Christmas!!!
Love the channel for finding new videos....but maybe consider to:
1. Stop rewinding, please just pause
2. Stop drinking out of these ENORMOUS drink "bottles", by god's sake
3. Stop excusing for every pause and comment, that's the point of the videos.
4. Consider enabling subtitles in the videos you react to, helps the viewers and although yourself.
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The video maker added Türkiye's European part too but didn't mention about us in military, population & economy topics 🤨🇹🇷
As European, I think best capital would be Moscow, because it's largest city in Europe or Rome because of history.
And btw European union was made to unite entire Europe into single country
No. Too far from the rest of the continent, not to mention it's the capital of Russia. Nobody would want that if you want a united Europe. The capital would have to be important but at the same time very neutral. Brussles is the obvious choice here as it's the capital of the EU and already a culturally diverse city.
@@QuinlanLJ But if you unite the european nations into a country Belgium wouild not be neutral anymore. If u want a capital in the center of europe it should be Berlin. Berlin is also very diversed.
@@kerim.s8801 I would never agree to being ruled from Germany, and millions of Europeans think the same. Geneva Switzerland is the better choice, no one would be mad at being ruled from Switzerland.
@@augth I would. Underhanded slimy country. The repository for the world's criminals.
The best capital would probably be Strasbourg. It shouldn't be a country's capital, and Strasbourg is close to a lot of other countries, with a mixed history - French, German, EU...
Only disadvantage? A bit too far west, maybe.
I'm a supporter of either Brussels because the infrastructure is already there if not it should be city that is not also a capital of a current country. Maybe Barcelona, or Zurich or Frankfurt?
6:50 according to that USA would be a germanic nation
also Romanians are not slavic
En el Imperio Romano había muchos pueblos en su ejército y muchas lenguas y en el Imperio Español, había alemanes, suizos,austriacos, polacos, italianos, franceses castellanos y portugueses etc. Y en el inglés indues , pakistaníes, árabes. Egipcios, libaneses,.....
Europe will only unify as one country after several centuries of dispute. Attempts to enforce the process on such a large and diverse group of countries will not work. Sixty years of union has achieved nothing but political muddle and economic survival of the fittest. Further unification, led by the dominant members of the EU is not what anyone wants.
Please consider reacting to MrBallen especially the title, the most fxxked up interview ever 👊
Romanians are a latin nation, not slavic.
Latin: Romania, Italy, San Marino, Vatican, France, Spain, Portugal ect.
Slavic: Russian, Slovenian, Polish, Serbian, Czeck ect..
Grrmanic: Uk, Germany, Austria, Dutch,…
Celtic: Irish
Baltic: Latvia, Lithuania
Finno-Urgic: Estonian, Finish, Hungarian
Turkic: Turkey, Aterbaijan
Armenian and Albanian dont share a a language familly with other european countries
Hope this helps
The end goal of the EU is unification in the same way that the individual states are united under the USA. It obviously won't include Russia. But the EU is moving towards a unified military. The French will never agree to speak English as their national language, just through principle. But most countries in the EU do speak it. The loss of the UK was quite a blow to the EU both in terms of economy and available military, including nuclear weapons (the only other EU country which does so is France). Brussels is the current "capital" and I don't see why that would change. Whatever the pro's and cons of the EU it is definitely moving towards becoming a unified country similar to the USA with "state" laws, unified federal laws, a unified military, freedom of movement and common legislation.
And unless you have a deep understanding of European culture, you will find it hard to understand why the EU is never going to succeed.
Not once did you mention that these countries all have their individual cultures and character?
@@JasonLaneZardoz Last time I looked I was European. The EU is no different to other mergers. Throughout history small areas have merged into larger areas. It starts with a small village which merges with other nearby villages as it grows, becoming a town and then maybe a city. All those small villages once had their own unique local culture until they were swallowed up in mergers. Then bigger and bigger areas merge as you form counties, then countries, and now we are starting to see trading blocks emerge which will inevitibly get closer to integration as the decades move on. It will take time. But it will happen. Individual culture is fading away and becoming less important to people. English is the global language of trade, shipping and air travel. American TV is rife across the world. Smaller national companies are being swallowed up by larger international companies. The EU naturally has a unified currency and there are frequent proposals for a united military. The high streets in most Western countries are increasingly looking like each other. Cultural identity hasn't stopped any of those happening. With each small step the individual national culture is starting to fade. I'm not arguing that this is a good thing or a bad thing. I am simply observing it happening. I've seen how vast the changes have been across Europe and the EU since I was born - and I was born closer to WW2 than I was to the present day. The world is different. Europe and the EU are different, and it's only going one direction.
A full merger of the EU (which is different to Europe) will happen. It's just a matter of time. Even if more countries break away like the UK they will eventually merge back in. The direction of travel is set and the world is only going in one direction. There is an argument to say that culture might actually be the driving force to unite the EU. While every EU country has its own individual culture, they also have a shared European culture which is distinct from other parts of the world. As the rest of the world unifies into trading blocks it will push the EU towards closer integration to survive economically against those other blocks. In the face of growing economic power in China and India the individual countries of the EU might drive for closer integration to compete.
@@tnetroP You're not, European is just a label. If you cannot appreciate your own culture you most certainly cannot appreciate others, which you don't. You seem hell bent on assimilating them into one, which will never happen and if it does will be a disaster.
Your simplistic analogies are just that and have no bearing on reality, so you think this 'merger' is no different to any other. Very foolish, laughably naïve.
I was raised in Catalonia from the age of 2, lived half my life on the continent, is this just an academic exercise for you?
@@tnetroP "I am simply observing it happening"
You have no idea what's happening, and you most certainly do not understand cultural differences, how could you?
You are astoundingly ignorant. I guess it's not really your fault.
@@JasonLaneZardoz So let me understand this correctly. You don't know me. You don't know who I am. You don't know my history or that of my family. You don't know where I have lived through my life or what experiences I may have had. You don't know whether I am anti, or pro, EU integration and I have not indicated that in my replies so far. I have even stated that I'm not saying the the coming merger is right or wrong. But for some strange reason because I have a different opinion to you, you feel the need to call me foolish, naive, say I don't appreciate my culture, that I seem hell bent on assimilating something and that I'm not European (despite me being born and living in Europe). I'm not sure why you feel so threatened by someone like me, a total stranger, just because my opinion differs to yours. Perhaps the strive for Catalonian independence, where you say you were raised, explains why you feel threatened by someone who can see where the future is inevitibly headed. I'm fully aware of that regions push for independence and how that went a few years ago.
I'm also very aware of how the EU started as the ECSC between France and Germany's steel industries in a deliberate attempt to bring the European nations together and avoid another continental conflict. In that it has been very successful and the trajectory of the EU from a simple steel industry integration to free movement, through the Common Market, to removal of internal borders, a common currency, aligned trading and tax laws and potentially a combined military force in the near future, in just 70 years, shows exactly where this is going, whether either of us like it or dislike it.
But an argument in the comments section is probably not what the video author is looking for. So I will bid you a good day, despite you being so agressive. I wish you the best for the future.
The main reason why USA is a superpower is because they're a developed nation of 330 million people, far more people than any other developed nation, by a VERY long shot.
Now, as to why it attracted so many people, what you say may be right (relatively peaceful land), along with a lot of uncultivated arable land, and some smart leaders (in the 19th century at least) who knew how to offer a good alternative for Europeans.
most likely capital would be one of these, berlin, warsaw, vienna or prague.
The argument that it are all so different countries and identities is not valid in the long run. Every 'national' identity is a creation. The US one being a prime example... you create a flag and a national anthem and most important you create a shared idea that people can believe in and than you spoon-feed your children this concept... et voila... that's how every national identity is created.
35 million is the population of Siberia
Feliz navidad bruh :D¡
The ideal capital of Europe would be Viena ,cause IS in the center east west and north south .so wien
you know turkey is not european for geography but for history he can talk about europe
The European diversity of cultures and languages is not a problem at all. We are different and that is beautiful. The world is beautiful because it is diverse. We should not try to change this. Let's respect each other. Europe will never be one country. Because people would not agree to give up their language and culture and would not allow others to impose their worldview on them. Because of that, there were all the wars. If we cooperate economically, if we respect each other, our diverse culture and most importantly, the independence of each country, then we will live in peace and prosperity. Attempts to create one European country will only bring war and suffering. Therefore, let us cooperate, let us create the future together, but as a Union of free and independent countries.
It is 30 years from separation Czech Republic and Slovakia Republic ... How can somebody talk about Europe, and have over 30 years old maps ????? It is so sad and stupid ...
Good luck suggesting Berlin as our future capital 😂
Why not?
ikr I'd rather die
I am from România and we will never be russians, we are latins , our country was force years ago to have comunism by russians band from the country our king Michael the first. We are latins with a pinch of slavs. We allways had before comunism , monarhy , now we are in U. E and democrats.
I think the US capital should be in Kansas. It's the middle, it makes sense. 🤷♂️
worse off than some other country outside.
It should be in swiss capital as they have been neutral and so they will be hard for anyone to have a grudge against or find slight by its also very defensible with the mountains and close to the middle of EU
6:55 In Eastern Europe nations are basically connected to ethnic groups, not to states.
Slavs is an ethic group composed of smaller ethnic groups called "nations" here, and state borders not always cover ethnic borders and that is problem to solve.
Also to be accurate Germans should be given there together with Austrians, and British need to be separated to English, Scots and Welsh.
that's not all, Slavs are not an ethnic group its a linguistic group. It's like saying USA is germanic because they speak germanic language. Also Slavic languages aren't necesserily that close to each other, Polish and Russian ar as close to each other as English and German
It's on its way of becoming that..
One of the most utopian and useless videos ever made (if not to do a online discuss, as in this case).
Like it or not Europe is made up of peoples who have fought each other for millennia; peoples with different language, tradition, culture and religion who will never be able to unite (even a federal state would be impossible).
In my country there are deep and true rivalries even between cities (not to mention north and south) think if people could accept a sort of "european state" (no matter what form it); and I'm sure this happens in 99% of european countries (it would work probably just for countries like Malta, Luxembourg, San Marino etc).
Sure ... despite the things that divide us there is still a history that, for better or for worse, has been going forward for millennia but the only thing that can work, despite the inevitable problems, is this peaceful coexistence each other.
As usual, speaking of different languages, sorry for "eng".
Russians are Slavic people but Russian is an ethnic group whilst Slavic is a subgroup that the Russians, Poles, Romanians and others are part of. Even though there are 150 million Russians in the world, there are about as many Slavs as Americans in the US. However the slavic population has been declining recently due to low fertility rate
romania is not a part of slavic subgroup, we are latin
Debiera de serlo Franfurt y Roma , una capital económica y otra política. Y Paris capital de asuntos territoriales e internacionales . 3 Capitales.
If you could join all Eurasia together, you could join all the world together.
slavic is like all is like you call africa black or the ovest europe latins plus greek
No thanks, Europe is a continent nothing more, the EU is a business/organisation that looks after the interest of its members, it isn't a country in itself.
A single European culture/tradition doesn't exist because each individual country have their own unique cultures.
I myself don't dentify as European for those reasons, there are people who do though and that's absolutely fine.
each single state has some sort of diversity or majority in a nation :D US is not america, is united states OF america :D he means that some will choose because they are more many, like irish, like russians like... and so on :D
Aah. The European super state. A guy named Adolph tried this in the 1930s. Didn't work out...
The Germans wanted to have a united Europe even before the Second World War. So it has nothing to do with the madman Hitler.
@@kerim.s8801 The greatness of Europe comes directly from it's many ainchent divides and culturally rich differences. Or it's geography. But, then geography forms all those things in the first place- leaving us at a chicken vs egg thing. If this is to be changed then major changes to the continental geography is needed. Changes mandated by depopulation won't last unenforced- and that quickly becomes a losing game. Won't even last 2 generations I'd bet.
Want a unified Europe? You can't ever have one, unless you by some power of the gods remake the entire area with cataclysmic repercussions. Aka break it. You can have Europe if you break it.
Secund option is what they tried last time. And that is not only wherry hard to do- most seriously evil, but also ill adviced. As even a total victory wouldn't survive 50 years if Moses and Jesus both came to bless the work personally. People are not sheep. They are much more like hearding cats. Eventually they will eat your corps, and the metaphor will be complete. The continent would repopulate along the same geographic lines-turns ethnic lines-turned cultural lines, and on and on it goes..
A friendly Europe at peace is the best we get. And it ain't half bad eather. Not perfect. Not bad.
A philosophical approach is required to examine big questions with far reaching repercussions.
It's the only logical conclusion that the only responsible thing would be to work for collaborational autonomy within Europe. Not a superstate. Nothing like that can ever hope to work, and the human cost of trying is necessarily imens. Whatever value Europe is or has would be destroyed in the process. No matter witch option was used. Not even the power of gods could unify Europe. Better not to try.. Let's settle for being friends and partners
Just for fun Berlin couldnt be the capital of Europe cause of history (mister moustache)
And for the english frenches, all know english but don't want to speak it in their own country
why would french people speak english in France ?
@@echo444 Why would any citizen in their own country speak english?
Just because Hitler was there does not mean that Berlin cannot be a capital. In other countries, heads of state have also killed many people.
@@kerim.s8801 I would never agree to being ruled from Germany and many have the same opinion
Of course Germany has more people than France or Britain. Why do you think they dominate so much economically ?
And Russia is a slavic nation yeah, this guy seems to confuse nationality and ethnicity. But Romania isn't slavic, they speak a latin language. Poland, Czechia, Slovaquia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Belarus and Ukraine are slavic nations. I'm unsure about the Baltic countries, Estonia seem to saw itself as nordic.
Why doesn't Russia have the biggest economy if population is all that matters then?
@@Heatwave9000 That's not what I said, I said it's the only reason Germany has a significantly bigger economy than it's neighbours, because that's a fact: Germany's gdp per capita is roughly comparable with Britain's and France's.
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its what the EU were trying to do and what Hitler wanted, But like before. the Brits said "Oi . YOU .... NO>..
How about make reaction on Geography now video about countries that intresting to you ? Sorry for my english.
Around the 8:39 mark the narrator says "every state is worth of some country outside". It's just his accent that makes it sound like "every state is worse". For context, he then goes on to compare the combined worth of individual states vs whole countries.
How dumb! Europe does not include Russia. At least nowadays!
Paris would be a great choice, its representing europe quite nicely.
Too poltical, I obviously wouldn't object since I am French but some people might not like being ruled form France. Geneva would be a perfect choice since it's an international/diplomatic city.
being French (and Swiss), I'd say no... Paris is not the best choice for a pan European state.
We would need a choice that doesn't "favor" an established "big power" (=> exit GB, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Russia), that also doesn't leave a bad taste because of some ressentment, (Moscow and Berlin are out again), that is more or less central and connected and has room to grow (that put Geneva on the sideline), while still having some History weight...
Vienna would also been seen in bad taste by old Austrian empire subjects so they're out. If we don't keep Brussel, Prague may be a good choice but would need more "connecting" still.
Now, as a comparison (disclaimer: a very raw one), GB would be NY (finances), Netherland would be California (tech and agri), Germany would be... Illinois? and France would be Texas (military hub), Switzerland would be Delaware (taxe evasion hub), Monaco would be Nevada (Las Vegas, duhhh)...
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Romanians are not slavs!
Including Russia in a united Europe would likely depreciate the wealth of the region. Should've stuck to EU and candidate EU countries.
The United States of Europe, makes me cringe every time I hear that.
well, if we unite the whole 50 countries, we can simply call it Europe... not need for "US" since the continent would be the country, in difference of the US of America that only represent one 4th? of the continent
@@kolerick nope, we are too different
It will never unify.
What annoys me about these sort of videos you reacted to is that Europeans, real people are seemingly not part of the process, like they are just numbers on a spread sheet.
I'm English but was raised and educated in Catalunya, a region in Spain that has been fighting for it's independence for a very long time.
Connor, there isn't even unity within European countries that are members of the EU, never mind between them. And to point out the obvious, the USA especially when it was formed was a culturally homogenous place, sharing language and culture. Europe does not.
I view the ideal of unifying Europe as a fever dream of those that have very little understanding of Europe. It's never going to happen and if it ever does it will be wrought with problems.
Also you do realize this has already been played out before? In fact several times and the result is always the same. The USSR already tried this and it does not work.
Love your vids keep up the good work
it will happen. just not for a very very long time. eventually the entire planet will be under one government.
@@hullmees666 Which won't last if it is ever tried.
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Washington isn't central. The most powerful city in Europe is London, so that would be the capital.
I think it would probably be a small artificial city that they make after becoming a country, probably around Western Austria or Eastern Switzerland since none of the European countries would want another country to be the capital. Either that or they have multiple capitals which is more likely.
London is hardly central lol and with Brexit, it's got little chance of being capita now.
Anyway, it will likely remain as Brussels like it is with the EU as the EU is going to continue to expand.
Please take a look on the map. The UK is on the edge of Europe. And with its history (not only Brexit) the capital will never be situated there, since this is a arbitrary political decision.
It should be in a often overseen country, so it could be i.e. Bratislava or Krakow or just keep Brussels.
@@paul1979uk2000 I didn't say London was Central 'lol", and this video is hypothetical, so there isn't any Brexit.
Have you even watched the video? "lol"
@@MichaelJohnsonAzgard Fair enough but thanks to Brexit, it's unlikely that London will hold onto it's position, especially once the EU starts to change the rules that are not favourable to the UK.
The difference is the way the 50 countries developed compared to the 50 states. The states never were, or were intended to be independent countries, they always were part of a whole. Its not just language its cultural differences that would make it unfeasible.
For a capital, it would make sense to choose from one of the continent's big 4 megacities: Istanbul, Moscow, London and Paris. Unfortunately they're all pretty peripheral, geographically speaking and I'm not sure they'd be popular choices across the whole continent. Berlin is the obvious choice. It's big enough, central enough and has been the main focus of EU politics for decades. However, I'm not sure how popular a choice it would be. Being central isn't so important in this day and age, many countris have capitals at the margins of their territory, including the US. Brussels, effectively the capital of the EU, would be the most likely compromise choice. Strasbourg, the seat of the European Parliament could be another candidate. Beyond that, who knows? Any sizeable city could make a case. There could even be more than one capital, as is the case in several nations already. A political capital, financial capital, judicial capital, and administrative capital could all be possibilities and could help settle the issue. It's all hypothetical, of course. It's extremely unlikely that it would ever come to pass. :)
Berlin is not even an option for the reason you mentioned, and I don't see why a capital city needs to be big. Currently typing from Ottawa, but there are other examples (Ankara, Brasilia, Abuja, US state capitals etc.). I think Geneva would male the most sense as it is an international and neutral city, also a diplomatic hub with a lot of international organisations.
@@augth - As I said, any sizeable city could make a case. Ottawa has a population of around 1m, Abuja over 3.5m, Brasilia over 4.5m and Ankara over 5.5m. None of those are exactly small. ;) I do agree though, virtually any city could make a case. Geneva would have a strong case, undoubtedly, assuming that a fiercely neutral Switzerland agreed to become part of such a union, that is.
English is an International language (much to France's disgust); the French are taught English but because of the English/French dislike of one another many of them refuse to speak English, though they have to learn it as a second language.
I have to admit, it does make English speaking people around the world just a tad lazy in learning languages. I know a lot of Scandinavians especially Norwegian and Danish, and they not only speak beautifully clear English, they also have a great understanding of the written word as well.
Having some Germanic languages (like Dutch or the Scandinavian languages) as a native language also makes it easier to learn English. Also, living in a small country (in terms of population) makes it more important to learn English (for tv, internet...), while for example in France you would rarely have the need to use it.
As for that "disgust", that's mainly a stereotype from the English-speaking world. The reasons are more complicated. They actually understand it way better than they speak it.
I think Munich would be a great spot for the capital cuz its big and its in the center