How does the EU pass LAWS?

[@novvak168]

Great video. I wish you made videos when I was in university. It would definitely make my EU integration exam a lot easier!! In other words, it would make it simple (very bad joke)

[@daisy1441]

They probably made it complicated so one would not realize it was an unfair system. The Commission has too much power. Like a parent, they are the only one who is allowed to propose a law.

[@Eoin-B]

I've a suggestion for another video: How a member state suggests a nominaee for a commissioner, if they can be even voted out by the people like the members of the council (in their own by replacing the party or in their constituencies) and even how many terms they can serve. This info is really not clear online and they seem to be the least democratic legislative branch that literally drafts our laws. And from a few minutes of research, it's even less than I thought. You have covered the process of the council and parliament selecting suggested nominations as well as pointing out its slightly undemocratic nature, but I couldn't find out if they even have to be elected parliament members in their own member states, like council ministers, or even if we can vote them out like we can with a local minister or prime minister and how we can get rid of members of the EU council the same way. You do a great job, and I think this topic has enough content for a video. You could also point out improvements, like forcing the council to choose them from MEPs. So we have a say in them. I'm not a fan of electing some populist president, so having the council and parliament choose the commission from MEPs from the majority party would be my preference. We in most of Europe do have our prime ministers and therefore parties having the helm. But it's up to you for promoting possible improvements.

[@thodan467]

EU citicen are called to vote for parliament

[@yiannchrst]

Hey, can I give you a topic suggestion? Make a video about AI regulation in the EU so far. Personally, I'd be very interested!

[@DamaxThomas]

Always thank you for the video and explanations

[@MassilianeDupont]

Hi! Great video, thank you for making it! I am a bit confused about the conciliation committee. Is that the trilogue phase? Thank you very much for your answer and your work on the EU!

[@vel0_rouge]

How can you find out where in this process a specific proposal is? For example the European Commission proposed changes to updated requirements for driving licences and better cross-border enforcement of road traffic rules (press release 01/03/2023 IP_23_1145). I'd like to follow this in some way as it goes through the European Parliment and European Council. How do I do that?

[@TheEdMab]

Thank you ! great video

[@TheCellarGuardian]

So, the only entity elected by the people, the parliament, does not have any power of legislative initiative. Now, look up onto your dictionary, look for the word "democracy", read the definition, and do your thinking.

[@tiefkluehlfeuer]

Is this process mapped out somewhere in a diagram for example?

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

One system I would like is the replacement of the Council of the European Union with a European Senate. Each state has an equal number of senators, for example 4 or 5 and a national political party cannot have all the senators, in order to guarantee representation also for political minorities. Every law should therefore be approved by both the Lower House and the Senate. The veto, where present, can only be placed if all the senators of a nation vote for it, in such a way that this is an expression of a large part of the population of that country and not just of the majority in government.

[@lowlandtech]

Why? The EU works fine, it's not a government! In fact it's the greatest political feat ever achieved in history. Not Caesar, Alexander the Great, Napoleon or Hitler with their armies could achieve the what the EU has achieved, a forum for debate and common law making. Europe is already united, it does not have to be a federation, it already has achieved everything a federation does for its constituent states and is becoming more relevant each day. The united states of europe already exist in all but name, that you don't recognize it is because it's the first of its kind, truly an unparalleled achievement in history.

[@walideg5304]

Same number of senators for Luxembourg and Cyprus vs France and Germany? Are you dumb?

[@Ketzakal]

But at that stage, the Member States would lose all control on the EU system. And Member States are the main component where citizens reflect too - still

[@theswagman1263]

​@@Ketzakalthe european council would still decide the general course of the EU, and they're of course going to prioritise their nations interests

[@thomasjgallagher924]

I'm trying to get a handle on what your suggesting and whether it would enhance or diminish a single member state's ability to muck things up. Just picking a country at absolute random here, for the sake of example, would what you're suggesting make lil' ol' Hungary more of a menace to the European Union than it already is? Having one or two member states that can throw a spanner in the works made sense when there were six members, but for 27...

[@Герман-я8и]

Such a huge bureaucracy system...

[@daisy1441]

The Parlament should be allowed to introduce laws to be voted on. Only one branch having that power make this set up unbalanced.

[@amnest1ac]

This contradicts the information on the EU's website. The EU's commission passes the proposed law to both Parliament and the Council, and the proposal is reviewed by both legislators in parallel.

[@EdVanMeyer]

A load of unaccountable people at the top presume that the EU citizens are unable to make their own laws and then do it for them.

[@RynaxAlien]

Opposite is Russia which is like North Korea

[@sambones1092]

Why do laws only come from commission ?

[@jasmienuva4431]

its because they are the REAL illuminati (bad joke!)

[@daisy1441]

Both the Commission and the Parament SHOULD have the power to propose laws. As is, the commission has too much power. Like a parent over a child.

[@dvfh3073]

KZbin is being constantly and also frequently changed for me.

[@francescot5012]

Interesege. Mi ĉiam kredis, ke la EU-parlamento povas ja proponi leĝojn proprainiciate. Dankon pro la filmeto. 🇪🇺 Mi tre interesiĝas pri la problemojn, kiujn vi pritraktas. Mi kelkfoje povus havi malsaman vidpunkton, sed ĝenerale mi ŝatas la ideon, ke eŭropa generacio konas kaj re-diskutas la strukturojn de niaj institucioj.

[@isakjohansson7134]

No they are made by the WEF

[@paulsmith1981]

The Soviet Union ruling body also had the power to make laws that applied to all of its member republics. Ireland wants its sovereignty back.

[@Kannot2023]

In England and France king till 1789 proposed to the parliament the law and they adopted or not. Now instead of king we have a commission. Why EU parliament is not allowed to propose laws? I think EU citizens will be more interested in EU politics and more united they discover that french and romanian citizens have the same problems and can do something together.

[@inteallsviktigt]

Because the commission are actually experts in their fields. The parlament elects the agenda and a points every commissioner. So laws can be made to actually do what's intended and then debated by the politicians of what to do or oppose instead of the reverse

[@angelg3986]

​@@inteallsviktigt the nurse is the biggest expert I guess

[@falsevacuum4667]

The Commission is indirectly elected that just like the national governments. The legislature also has full control to modify the legislation and vote on it. The Commission does not get a vote.

[@angelg3986]

@@falsevacuum4667 more indirection results in more twisted representation

[@falsevacuum4667]

@@angelg3986 Sure, but the Commission isn't really any more indirectly elected than the British or German governments.

[@overvieweffect9034]

yeah, we need to reform the sh*t out of this process. it's no wonder the eu has the unfortunate reputation of being so inefficient sometimes. but by making the eu simple (or as can be), at least as a citizen we can now better target and demand specific changes to our representatives

[@johnsay4434]

EU Law more crazy ,more chances to pass.

[@TheHreshtak23]

VSU4 kurs

[@TheHreshtak23]

VSU

[@nemanjaognjenovic40]

I had much hope for the EU and for the united Europe of the future, but now I think it's an impotent institution that is slowly but surely fading into irrelevancy and taking the whole continent with itself.

[@lowlandtech]

You only think that because you don't know enough to really understand what the EU is. Europe is already united, not into a federation but into a confederation, and that is what it likely will remain. The EU is currently more relevant than it has ever been, the war in Ukraine has proven that. Without the EU half of europe would have been at war right now, like it has been in every conflict that arose for over 2000 years. The fact that the eu has rallied most of europe behind Ukraine, is a unprecedented feat of political engineering that has no equal in history. So the EU works as designed, to prevent major conflict between the nations of europe and find unity in diversity, through collaboration and interdependence. You just saying it's irrelevant and impotent is just you ignorance talking, The EU was conceived as a peace project, and since we have gone for over 80 years without major war in europe, we can safely conclude, the EU works!

[@nemanjaognjenovic40]

@@lowlandtech I disagree with your optimistic view of the EU. I used to have high hopes for the EU as a peace project, but after doing more research and observing its actions, I have changed my mind. The EU is not only a peace project, but also an economic and political one, and it has many flaws and challenges that undermine its relevance and effectiveness. For example, the EU has failed to address the migration crisis, which has caused humanitarian tragedies, social tensions, and security risks. The EU has failed to uphold the rule of law in some of its member states, such as Poland and Hungary, which have eroded democracy and judicial independence. The EU has failed to counter the rise of populism and nationalism, which have threatened its cohesion and values. The EU has failed to reduce the social and economic inequalities among its member states, which have fueled discontent and resentment. The EU does not have a united defensive and foreign policy, and often its member states only pursue what is best for them and not for the EU as a whole. For example, the war in Ukraine has not proven the EU's strength, but rather its weakness and impotence. The EU has not been able to prevent Russia's aggression, nor to provide adequate support to Ukraine. The EU's sanctions have been ineffective and inconsistent, and some member states have even undermined them by pursuing their own interests with Russia, such as Germany with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The EU was conceived as a peace project, but it has not been able to prevent or resolve conflicts in its neighbourhood or beyond. For example, the EU has not been able to stop the wars in Syria, Libya, Yemen, or Nagorno-Karabakh, which have caused immense suffering and instability. The EU has not been able to promote democracy and human rights in Belarus, Turkey, or China, which have oppressed their own people and challenged the international order. The EU has not been able to deal with the threats of terrorism, cyberattacks, or disinformation, which have endangered its security and credibility. The EU has not been able to cope with the challenges of climate change, digitalization, or globalization, which have transformed the world and required new solutions. The EU is not as united or relevant as you think. It is facing a crisis of identity, legitimacy, and leadership. It is losing its influence and credibility in the world. It is struggling to adapt to a changing and complex environment. It is not working as designed, but rather as divided. You are not ignorant, but you are naive. The EU is not a success story, but a work in progress.

[@lowlandtech]

@@nemanjaognjenovic40 The primary directive of the EU is to prevent war between the major nations of Europe like there were in the last 2000 years, and that they achieved. All these other countries, are not in Europe, it's not in their mandate to prevent those. The EU is the first of its kind, they need to learn and figure things out, furthermore it only has existed in its current political form for just over two decades, give it a fawking break with those fantastical problems solving skills it is supposed to have. For European cohesion to flourish, nationalism needs to die out with all those people who remember a day that the EU did not exist. Because their mentality is the cause that lead to 43 thousand wars in over 2 millenia, in europe alone. You cannot just wave it a magic stick and make human stupidity go away. It has reduced war in Europe from two a month to just two a handful in 3 quarters of a century, that is the major accomplishment. To look at government to solve our problems is both stupid and wishful thinking. Everything else is up to us, the people of Europe. We need to work tireless to make the European project work, to do anything less is treason. Those who stand in the way of progress makes them an enemy of mankind.

[@mattearl8213]

@@nemanjaognjenovic40 I disagree with some things what you said. The EU is a continental union, not a country like the Confederate States of America, that's why it doesn't work. We are talking about 28 democracies that will never agree with each other, and it is all about turning these 28 democracies into one cohesive democracy. This solution will work and it will lead to federation. On the other hand, small countries like Estonia or Latvia will not be heard in this one democratic system, so the best solution will be a confederation. The EU does not have a presidential or parliamentary system, but an intergovernmental system, then how could the EU fail at anything if it rules nothing? The most important decisions in the EU are taken at the European Council by European Leaders.

[@tomvanaarle2622]

@@nemanjaognjenovic40 The projects intention has allways been to prevent wars between its *members*, of the countrie the EU has according to you failed to prevent them from going to war NONE are in the EU. Just like all the other "failings" are *not* within the EU power to actually do either. Are you blaming the EU for operating *within* its mandate?

[@zionismisterrorism8716]

Europe needs more integration. The EU is like the second Holy Roman Empire.

[@mikel9138]

Don't you dare utter that disgusting name here

[@falsevacuum4667]

The EU is much better than the HRE. I agree with more integration, though!

[@davidepalmisano5788]

Eu is the reincarnation of Roman Empire, but democratic and whith France and Germany on the top.

[@zionismisterrorism8716]

@@davidepalmisano5788 I meant the second one. It wasn't that great.

[@davidepalmisano5788]

@@zionismisterrorism8716 the Eu and the Roman empire are very similar in size, the Holy Roman Empire was extremely smaller in size.

[@joepatroni8777]

Possing…😅

[@Moc5116]

Brown envelopes

[@skeetertv1235]

2 words- by FIAT. This video is irrelevant

[@TheHreshtak23]

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[@ingridlinda-215]

But this EU was NOT alekte by The population.

[@kimhart5846]

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[@Rick_Gillian]

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[@Rick_Gillian]

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[@emiliajoe1426]

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[@rabii501]

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[@radostinpetrov9561]

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[@TheHreshtak23]

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[@ffarkasm]

How does the EU pass GAS?

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[@angelevstatiev8522]

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[@vincentjacobsson3981]

I think it should be investigated if the European Union now and then is legislated with the Bible written as a story. The word immunity (Latin immunitas, freedom from obligations to the state) comes from a religious revelation from the middle ages, most likely from a pope to become lawless, and which has since been rewritten into full immunity, personal and functional immunity (legally, cannot be prosecuted for criminal act) to the kings (head of state), presidents, and prime ministers, for law decisions and actions. The political exploitation of the vital ecosystem has now led to forest death (force majeure) and how will it affect people's economy, etc.

[@rebecca_noble]

ROFL 🤣 This is all true, in the land of lala and make believe.

[@thodan467]

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[@rebecca_noble]

@@thodan467 it's just EU land fairy tales. Make the EU sound like the good ship Lollipop 🍭.

[@thodan467]

@@rebecca_noble source for your well reasoned Bias?

[@rebecca_noble]

@@thodan467 seven solid years of listening to EU sychophantic zombies and comparing it with real life.

[@rebecca_noble]

@@thodan467 how's Qatar gate going? Do you remember when France boycotted UK beef for six years after the EU vets declared it BSE free? And the EU stood by and did *ZILCH?* Remember that? Oh yeah, the EU "looks after its citizens", except when it doesn't. This is just lying to yourselves. I'm glad we got out.

[@JimStanfield-zo2pz]

Interesting, so europe is almost like a country like america

[@adastra3591]

EU made fascist...