A Stupid Summary of the European Parliament

Extra exasperates every ideology by making fun of all of them equally
The resolution condemning Qatargate:
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/...
ID's article on Qatargate:
www.idgroup.eu/qatargate
Results of the vote to condemn Russian agression against Ukraine:
howtheyvote.eu/votes/6476
About ECR's push of the EPP to the right-wing:
www.politico.eu/article/far-r...
The European Union is a bureaucratic nightmare, but in the middle of its complex entanglement is ... a glorified soap opera? In this video we'll go over what the European Parliament is, which political groups there are, and what their functions are. In a very stupid way.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Parliament
02:23 EPP and S&D
03:24 Renew
04:34 Greens/EFA
05:41 ECR
06:36 ID
08:03 The Left
09:01 Non-inscrits
09:40 Functions
11:17 Outro(duction)
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[@brotastic8601]

Ah, us Europeans Are quite sophisticated, im sure the parlamentary system isnt a gigantic mess……

[@ominosentenzioso5100]

We like it complicated

[@MagnusIratusLiberales]

Chill its not that complicated

[@robotkade9107]

Indeed

[@Gallalad1]

Growing up I heard the EU parliament described as "jobs for the boys" and as I got older and learned more about it, that's correct. It's just a spot to put our political rejects out to pasture

[@ExtraInExile]

Some of the debates really feel like a "boys will be boys" kinda thing, but that's the main part of what makes it enjoyable to watch lol

[@Gallalad1]

@@ExtraInExile Oh no, jobs for the boys isnt a thing about drama, its code for corruption. For example, if you help an MEP get elected in my area in Ireland suddenly you may find you have a job in his office, or some cushy spot in Brussels doing nothing but making a healthy bit of cash. Maybe you suddenly have a job working for the county council which wasnt available before. That sorta thing.

[@ExtraInExile]

@@Gallalad1 Oh gotcha, I haven't heard of that expression before, thank you!

[@Gallalad1]

@@ExtraInExile Its a much more rural Irish phrase so it makes sense.

[@leechaktatotato3355]

And that is how Ursula Von De leyen got the most powerful position in the EU.

[@SebiSuper9mil]

It’s a good day when Extra uploads, also at 1:18 it shows that extra had been to the Wikipedia page of Cyprus and Ireland

[@ExtraInExile]

Damn Wikipedia really snitching on me like that

[@cgt3704]

Another thing about the Europarties is that they also have observant members, which are political parties from non-Eu countries but are involved in their policies. Ex. The rulling party in Ulraine, the National Servant is an observant member of the RE group. Meanwhile, the rulling party in Moldova, PAS, is an observant in the EPP. Suprisingly enough tho, another country that also includes observant parties, is Israel.

[@myri_the_weirdo]

european politics and splatoon music this man reads in my interests like in an open book

[@sheevpalpatine-grayson2456]

Never in my life have I wanted to see a session of D&D in the Greens/EFA Group more than I do now.

[@cgt3704]

I can imagine Greens playing as a druid, EFA as a ranger , Pirate as a rogue and Volt as a wizard

[@CindersUwU]

Thank you for this informative video, Extra... I am still confused! Great video as always.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

3:45 The "liberalism" in Europe and the "liberalism" in the US are two completely different things.

[@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd]

The liberalism in the US is positioned between European social-liberalism and social-democracy, I still wouldn't call them left wing but they aren't as right wing as the conservative-liberals and classical-liberals in Europe.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd You cannot "position" a political ideology between two others. These are complex systems of values, worldviews, symbols, and beliefs that can't be conveyed through measurement.

[@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd]

@@IkeOkerekeNews Most political scientists disagree with that assertion. We position political ideologies on a spectrum for simplicities sake and to understand how different ideologies interact with one another. You are more likely to see an alliance between dem-soc and soc-dem or soc-lib and soc-dem than dem-soc and National-Conservatives or F*cists because of how different in ideology they actually are. It isn't the best way of trying to understand politics but we need a method of simplification and a political compass comes with there own flaws and isn't nearly simple enough for the layman to understand.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd Why many ideologies share similarities to each other, political spectrums fail to convey the complex realities and relationships between them. It nigh impossible to predict outcomes (the alliance structures might have worked a lot more during the 20th Century than now). Most political scientists disregard the spectrum in deeper analysis, and many have proposed additional axis models to "improve upon" the commonly-used two-axis model. I prefer or have been thinking about creating an evolutionary taxonomy to showcase historical development and the many connections between systems of thought, but this still have problems. Any formation of a spectrum comes with the acknowledgement that it fails to truly capture the complexities of the political landscape.

[@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd]

@@IkeOkerekeNews As I have already stated adding another axis (ie. Making it a compass) is too complicated to explain simply, a layman is not going to understand much less take the time to listen to you if you make it anymore complicated. Also the only political position that matters are economical the rest are secondary and less important.

[@joaovitormatos8147]

Liberals asking to join the coalition and EPP answering "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah..." has to be the most European thing possible

[@cgt3704]

Same for the SnD saying "I hate this guy"

[@rabanzabalkan]

These videos are getting cooler and more informative, great job!

[@TheOnlyCaprisun]

Oh boy, facts and logic! Surely this won’t be confusi……oh.

[@quantummeme7655]

Do a summary of Mercosur, it is hilarious from time to time and you will get to draw many argentinas

[@namij2560]

There are probably less things to talk about than here

[@dmt2027]

I'm surprised you have such few subscribers considering how good your videos are. Im sure youll blow up soon❤️

[@vaporcranberries]

8:56 is the funniest part in my opinion

[@volt_slovenija]

We can confrm that this is 100% how the parliament works;) A great video!

[@ajrob1546]

Great video indeed!

[@universe1879]

Wait is this an actually Volt account?

[@volt_slovenija]

@@universe1879 Yes, we are one of the smaller chapter (Slovenia) and have just started on KZbin;)

[@volt_slovenija]

Ready to answer all potential questions.

[@thespiritphoenix3798]

@@volt_slovenija forgive me if I sound a bit sceptical but isn't an EU Federation an unrealistic aspiration. It would take years to form and be almost impossible to govern. A good comparison would be that of the Imperial Federation dreamed up by the UK in the 1890's a nice idea but totally impractical.

[@Miloradsfriend]

Great video! But as an American, I just have one minor correction. The term “Liberal” in the US means left wing, which in American means the Democratic Party with is is mix of progressives, neo-liberals, leftists and the like. While “Liberal” in the European sense of small government is referred to as “Classical Liberalism” and is supported by the Libertarians and to a lesser extent, the Republicans. It’s just a quirk of North American politics where liberal exclusively refers to the left.

[@underratedbub]

Yes, it's a gross mischaracterization by Europeans (including this video) to equate what is called "liberal" in America to what's called "liberal" in Europe. Classic "America right-wing, America bad" smearing.

[@a.e.m.1452]

@@underratedbub I disagree I'm American and I think the way we do it is stupid and misleading. We used to have all kinds of labels in American politics like "Whig", multiple contradictory kinds of "Progressive" "Populist/Bryanites" literal Anarchists and Communists during the 1880s-1940s, other left wing terms were dominant. This colloquial definition of liberal is relatively recent FDR-Lyndon Johnson following the New Deal and a right wing reaction to Keynesianism, largely reflective of a rightward shift in the Overton window, trends with like Barry Goldwater, Ayn Rand, Mises, Ron Paul and others, chiefly Reagan.

[@dswag8495]

That's true. Probably because America and it's constitution founded a nation that limited the governments power over the people so the people would have power over the government and the conservatives in America want to conserve that. The liberals in America want... Well it depends on who you talk to because as I've seen there are many different liberal opinions with some being socialist and others being in a way conservative. I don't know but that's my take on why conservatives in America want tiny government and in Europe it's different I guess again I don't know.

[@Miloradsfriend]

@@a.e.m.1452 I partially agree, but I would say that compared to the 1960s the Overton window is much farther left(socially speaking at least) Reagan was a neo-conservative but he wasn’t nearly to the right as Goldwater. Also, I probably should have clarified that the political parties in the US have changed quite a bit throughout their century and half history as there wasn’t a complete change from one generally left wing party and one right wing party till the 1970s.

[@Miloradsfriend]

@@dswag8495 True, my homeland has a far less centralized system of power than most of the countries of the west. And like most Americans individual liberty and protection against tyranny is part of our national psyche as our nation is codified by a shared set of ideals due to how pluralistic it is.

[@matoas7102]

Give me my hearth Since I guessed what was the video about when you announced it on the community page

[@ExtraInExile]

True!

[@sheevpalpatine-grayson2456]

I'm a politically active myself, and its an inside-joke, basically across party lines, that we like to "promote" politicians away into the EU-Parliament. Despite that, a lot of important decisions are made there and I find it sad that the institution doesn't command the respect to reflect that- not that the system the member states came up with is easy or intuitive. With the EU Elections coming up we will be beginning the candidate Nomination process (at least in my party). We, that is to say the district chapters of my city, will be voting for a Delegation to the municipal party conference, who will then elect delegates to the regional conference, who will then elect delegates to the federal state conference, and who in turn will decide the Federal State List. After that point, I lose track of how Nomination go through. I assume the list must be harmonized with the other federal states. So yeah not exactly riveting or transparent, even if you are a delegate, or a candidate I suspect. (I found this out through gossip, can't google this shit lmao) Nevertheless, the EU-parliament is still enormously paramount and the democratic backbone of the European Union. It should be reformed to become more intuitive to the average voter and have more power as befitting of a proper Legislature, with a proper Prime Minister and a proper Cabinet.

[@19Ouroboros96]

9:30 You don't understand, Hungry is quirky and not like all the other countries. They are *special*

[@leGUIGUI]

It kind of wild to see the NVA and Ecolo/Groen both be part of the same European group, because in Belgium, they are basically the most in opposition of each others.

[@level_breaded5364]

Wow a video on all the parties in the EU I wonder if he could do the same for Ameri- oh yeah I forgot

[@mildlydispleased3221]

In America: you have Right wing Far right That's it.

[@Miloradsfriend]

@@mildlydispleased3221 that’s just not true

[@ldubt4494]

​@@Miloradsfriendok, theres a tiny libertarian party to add to that, but otherwise its true.

[@scp-0962]

As a Canadian I wasn't expecting to see 3 of our biggest parties in a European Parliament video :D. (I think you like us!)

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

This explained the 'fractions' better than the EU voting program itself

[@sidewaysbush9387]

"I thought it was a bear!" Nice scott the woz reference

[@gss8532]

Cool and funny video, man. Liked it.

[@forty2170]

I genuinely do not know how you don't have more subs

[@moritamikamikara3879]

If the EU ever wants to federalize, it's going to have to completely reform itself, start over from scratch to make a more understandable. The current mess is completely opaque, and an opaque political system is anathma to the western political values upon which the EU's ideology is founded.

[@mrsupremegascon]

It's honestly not that opaque once you look into it. It's a good balance between making EU moving together while keeping it's member sovereign. The only reason why people see it opaque is because we learn less about it school and less present in média.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

@@mrsupremegascon No.

[@nikolaostrimpos5609]

Good video and good way to introduce people to a almost unknown subject +1 sub

[@1crafter176]

Quite a good video Imo, ID isn't necessarily more extremist then ECR, as the ECR is a mix of parties as moderate as the Czech ODS, to as extreme as VOX and FdI, which I would say are both more extreme then RN (as an example.) But overall, most of ECR is more moderate then ID, but not by a lot. But yea, overall, this video is pretty good :) Edit: changed "ODR" to "ODS"

[@KinaEKG]

I like all the various balls that are grouping up from every video in the outro

[@KinaEKG]

For a better experience watching this video, use headphones in a almost dark room with a cup of coffee or chocolate, wrapped up in blankets at your desk or in bed. You'll thank me later >‿⁠•

[@ludvig4800]

Im a simple man. I see polandball video essay, i click it

[@user-kg2lp8jz2r]

I love your channel

[@alexandrevidal5203]

Your video was funny and pretty right. I only noticed one mistake about the European council. It acts like the second chamber of the parliament and gather every member state minister concerned by the law beeing voted. So the number of member is kinda fluctuating depending on the context. 🤷‍♂️

[@ivanhortal1954]

That’s the Council of the EU not the European Council 🤓

[@alexandrevidal5203]

@@ivanhortal1954 Yup! My bad. 😅

[@haze154]

Finally a good video about the European Parliament

[@Castilleta]

As a 100% European guy, I confirm our EU parlament is *actually* stupid

[@cgt3704]

And how they are still stamding is beyond our comprehension

[@ldubt4494]

Yes, but getting rid of it certainly wouldnt be that good for democracy.

[@thetruth1107]

Greek Communist Party is considered really popular in Greece and even though its votes are not so significant, most of people like or are neutral about that party. Generally it supports poor people but also workers, teachers, artists and actors, students etc. It mostly famous of saying "no" to everything because it considers the governments as hypocrites. Also they are considered the most stable and honest at Greek politics, while it has strong impact on the country's popular culture. And also, about the civil war, around 50% of Greek population supports the left part of the war, not the right-wing.

[@dehydrateddarkness3565]

As a Pole I must note that our neocommuni- I mean "democratic" socialists reside within S&D. I'd like to note they called Stalin "controversial". European parliament is a lot more wacky if you look at individual parties

[@ImAHeroOnHiroin]

Lol

[@namij2560]

Nice! Also I hope you make a discord, I would definitely join

[@namij2560]

I think I'd make a viewer wars in it, cause I made a map with your Africa, so others could join in and be a nation in it, it could be a lot of fun

[@J_GamerSP]

Dude, nice video!

[@desnecessauro1686]

Great video!

[@omskc_gb4728]

Fellas... is it possible for an EPP boy and S&D girl to be in a relationship? 👉👈

[@marinmilevoj4829]

Great video man, I might actrually use it to teach my low key nationalist friend about EU wide politics haahahah

[@valentinalagimnasta]

As an EFA member this is hilarious 🤣🤣❤️❤️👏

[@notinon9345]

WAIT, so the eu usually makes laws to apply to the whole eu right? Wouldn’t that mean the only new laws in belgium for the past 4 or so years when it didn’t have a goverment. WERE MADE BY THE EU. 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

[@JJAB.]

I think you need a goverment to implement this laws anyway.

[@notinon9345]

@Jakub Bieniek look it up im serious. Belgium went nearly 2 years without an actual goverment

[@Boretheory]

@@JJAB.OOOOOOO THAT HURTS

[@ExtraInExile]

Maybe the lockdown measurements were technically laws? I'm not sure though, but that's a pretty funny mental image

[@IAmWarden.]

Great Day when I find a new country balls channel…😇

[@elipaibomsai2031]

NDP would actually be Canada's social democratic party - 3:30

[@ant_cosacco1306]

What is your data source, because given the video, it would be very convenient for me

[@ExtraInExile]

There are a few sources in the description for some more niche things, but overall the wikipedia articles and websites of the political groups already give out most information in this video, as well as some articles on each year's elections. howtheyvote.eu/ allows you to check how each MEP voted on specific resolutions in the parliament, which I used for the vote on the Russian agression in Ukraine. www.politico.eu/ is a trustworthy news resource that I used for some help with Qatargate and the ECR. You can just input keywords in the searchbar to find any specific thing you want. www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en The website of the European Parliament itself is also obviously useful. www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en for example details all of the Parliament's powers and organisation. Digging deeper here's some information about plenary meetings: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/debates-video.html And the specific one about Ukraine which I didn't mention but used as a reference nonetheless: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2022-03-01_EN.html#creitem9 Good luck with what you're working on!

[@luc_Colism]

Parliaments go Brrrr

[@maxsnel5705]

Vote ID & ECR this year ❤

[@19Ouroboros96]

11:13 well now I'm hyped for nr 1

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

How long have you in exile and what were you exiled for?

[@evilmurlock]

Wow! do more EU vids!!! Very educating

[@ZarzenLetsPlay]

Sonic Music in background = like

[@bepkoyt]

Sad you didn't talk about die PARTEI at the non-incrisits, they are aguably the best party in the EU Parliament

[@Penguinchill1]

8:57 “oh wow guess I’m a Marxist now” best extra quote

[@thetruth1107]

The ID and ECR differences are not so simple. It's not a kind of "ID is far-right while ECR is right-wing". Not at all. There are actually functions at ECR that are obviously more right-wing than ID (see VOX in Spain). The idea that ECR is... a centre-right party it's not correct, they are right-wing and even described as far-right, anti-immigration, anti-Islam and generally they also support nation-states than EU. At the other hand, even if there are some extreme or ex-extreme functions within ID, they are not as evil as described😅. Generally, ECR and ID are really close. The main difference between ECR and ID is that the first one is more moderate on EU issues while ID is more euroscepticist. Also, ECR is more right-wing (capitalist) on economic issues.

[@L_back]

That’s not an entirely bad analysis. What I’d add is that some parties in ID are prone to pro-Putin sentiment, meanwhile most parties in the ECR staunchly prefer the EU over Putin

[@thetruth1107]

@@L_back well yeah, I think that is included at the phrase "the first one is more moderate on EU issues while ID is more euroscepticist". Generally, while ID is clearly pro-neutrality (for some pro-Putin), ECR is more catch-all at that issue, for example we see the Polish conservatives that are clearly anti-Russian, the Italian Fratteli d'Italia that are against Russia but also suggest more moderate stance, while in my country Greece, the ECR party Hellenic Solution is clearly pro-neutrality (described sometimes and as pro-Russian).

[@Riya-ho5zv]

As a Bosnian I have to agree we are the 3rd funniest country in the world

[@willmako5009]

If I were the GUE/NGL I'd be pretty flattered of being considered too moderate by the genocide denialism party

[@quinogonzo3090]

good

[@ermin2248]

To be honest ERC very often allies with ID

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I read "Stupid" as "Short" in the Notification-

[@krakenmommy5169]

Ur right

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

WAIT, MY COUNTRY IS AN EU CANDIDATE NOW?! :O

[@Sam_Sam2]

He uploaded

[@aestronom1920]

Why no extra lore :(

[@sollrandomguy]

Thank you for the information, my primitive brain exploded. Anyways, cool vid, why is Bosnia the "3rd" funniest nation on your list?

[@ExtraInExile]

Just kinda felt like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@sollrandomguy]

@@ExtraInExile Ah ok 👍

[@fusionreactor7179]

10:47 Don’t forget sustainable deve… 😴

[@RedAxolGaming]

If pirates was a party in yt most of us KZbinrs will vote them

[@Krepples]

Ae this is a good video. This was a good into on the taste in the EU, I'd eat the EU in one bite. Good job

[@adokce]

i wonder who would Bosnia send to the parliament

[@italybanglaball]

Try to make a video of the balkans

[@swedlandia_CB]

Upp live in belgium

[@pep-qew1977]

Eu should be united under Polish rule!

[@newpaperyes]

Well at least you don't try to mask your biases as facts.

[@tobeytransport2802]

3:30 where you displayed the SocDem+Con+Lib couples at the top you got Canada the wrong way around... the NDP are on the left and you should’ve put the Liberals undeneath the FDP and Lib Dems as they’re the more liberal, less left wing, of those two despite the colour scheme which, as a European myself, I will admit is difficult for us to get our heads around... why the hell you’d make the liberals red and the socialists orange I don’t know! Edit: you also aren’t entirely right on your explanation of liberalism. Liberalism is very broad and can be like the German FDP who are free market, small state, or like the British Lib Dems which are so called Social Liberals who believe in a small state on social matters, like anti-surveillance, social progressivism etc but on the economy are more open to state intervention to free the people from big corporations... sometimes even more so than the Labour Party during eras like the 1990s/2000s under Blair and their current era under Starmer.

[@anzhel4747]

Bosnia do be pretty funny

[@spagmonk]

damn its sad that there is no true radical left in the eu parliament

[@Jonas_M_M]

Eurorealists rise up!

[@walorianfederation666]

4:35

[@David-zc1ts]

Based

[@Afri_Pandora_Archieve]

not everyone in GUE/NGL are euroesceptic

[@0106B]

Europe🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

[@JJAB.]

See you next time in 2024.

[@clodsirelover2501]

one hundred and seventyth!

[@mikakuolemankissa2782]

renew won't have that role for much longer, most people hate my president(Emmanuel Macron) and his party right now(Ensemble!) lol

[@amir12789]

🥜

[@SalvadorCiaro]

I'm always disappointed by my fellow leftist. Don't be cringe

[@mariasirona1622]

As someone who dislikes conservatism, you make ECR sound actually kinda nice

[@ldubt4494]

Well ID is certainly worse, so in comparison they are indeed nice.

[@ericboom1712]

Video would have been good if you where neutral and joking about all parties equally instead of saying "these parties good, these parties bad"

[@Xgennn57]

Biased video

[@redneckengland]

Please speak slower

[@BtrDedThnFed]

As an American Libertarian, we US “European Liberals” aka Small Government People aren’t labeled leftist, we are labeled far right sadly, and are at the same point on a lateral left-right diagram as center right.

[@ExtraInExile]

Does that mean that Republicans and Democrats are seen as centrists in the US?

[@BtrDedThnFed]

@@ExtraInExile American ‘political spectrum’ is far from the actual spectrum,Dems and Repubs are like both moderate to substantially left and right as of 2023, they were up to the 90s centrist left and right, then became more mid left and right, now media/colloquial wise there is no center, you’re‘far left and far right’ for everything not in the parties umbrellas, and even though Libertarian is the true centrist, in american media it is lumped in with the worst of the worst far right (mainly because its a threat to the two-party-corporate-hegemony). Its confusing but would make a decent video, there are probably more American libertarians than anyother group here however they’re politically homeless and don’t even know the root of the word of liberal.

[@BtrDedThnFed]

The democrats though earlier, 1800s-70s we’re definitely just less right wing then the republicans like you showed in the video. However the late 90s 2000s they took a HUGE step left.

[@ExtraInExile]

@@BtrDedThnFed Alright, thank you!

[@BtrDedThnFed]

@@ExtraInExile Democrats v republicans be a good video! Look into the american primary system to find the real circus! (The primaries don’t allow moderates to win)

[@joaovitormatos8147]

How can people look at GUE/NGL and ID and still deny the horseshoe theory

[@TGamesTmedia01]

I'm way more grateful of Brexit