Defense and Migration! The EPP's Plan for Europe

EU Elections 2024: Is the EPP worthy of your vote on the 6-9th of June? We will look at their vision for defense, migration, climate change & energy, economy, social and EU Reform. The EPP is a political group in the EU parliament that include national parties like the German CDU/CSU, the Spanish PP and Romania's National Liberal Party. Ursula von der Leyen is their lead candidate. This video is part of a series where we will feature the EPP, the S&D, The Left, Reform Europe, Greens/EFA, ECR, and I&D. Stay tuned to understand the diverse political landscape of the EU!
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[@EUMadeSimple]

Which Political Group would you like to see next? The S&D, Greens/EFA, Renew Europe, ECR, I&D, or The Left. Let me know in the comments :) Corrections at 1:21: - Wrong logo for Portugal PSD party - Croatian HDZ is not called New Democracy, but the Croatian Democratic Union. - Romanian third logo (HDMZ) has the wrong party name. Party is called: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania - Italy should also include the: South Tyrolean People's Party - Romanian flag: The animation briefly shows the Romanian flag the wrong way around. Thanks @eternallearner5395 for providing the following EPP associations: For EPP the associate members are: Albania - Democratic Party of Albania (PD) Georgia - United National Movement (UNM) Iceland - Independence Party (XD) North Macedonia - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) Norway - Conservative Party (H) Serbia - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ/SVM) Switzerland - The Centre (DM/LC) Observer members: Armenia - Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Belarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), United Civic Party of Belarus (AHP), За Свабоду (The Movement for Freedom; MFF) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH), Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990) Georgia - European Georgia Kosovo - Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Moldova - Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM), Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA), Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Montenegro - Bosniak Party (BS) Norway - Christian People's Party (KrF) San Marino - Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) Ukraine - European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna (since 2008), Self Reliance (since 2019), Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR)

[@artalius5398]

Renew Europe

[@aaronfine734]

The Left

[@fifisko_voxen]

s&d

[@r.s.1281]

I'd prefer watching the presentation of each political group in the order of its current size in the EU Parliament. So, next up; S&D, please. By the way, I love these very informative videos! They are very helpful to me when making up my mind on which party to vote for.

[@eternallearner5395]

Just do them in order of current size in EU parliament. So, S&D next.

[@RagnarL314]

Thanks a lot for this video, very helpful because we don't really know europeans parties and I can't wait to see the next ones on the other parties! Keep going, from France

[@EUMadeSimple]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gtrdxz]

France? Do you mean little africa or Franc-istan?

[@RagnarL314]

@@gtrdxz ?

[@olezhastanislavich8818]

Would be nice to hear next about Renew Europe group in Europarlament

[@EUMadeSimple]

Olezha, hope you are well! They will definitely feature. They are having quite a lot of issues/discussions in their own party. So I want to wait a week or two to see if they resolve it.

[@AlexandruVoda]

@@EUMadeSimpleI am most curious how you will cover the Greens EFA since they are not as homogeneous a group as the others. They are an alliance between the various green parties (EGP), regionalist parties (EFA), the Pirate parties and the Volt parties/pan-EU party. That is quite a lot to cover and I would really like all 4 subgroups to be covered because they are rather different.

[@EUMadeSimple]

@@AlexandruVoda yes they will be tough. I need to give it some thought

[@floringabriel176]

who the f..k gives a sh1t about renew?

[@JUANVICENTEZERPASTOPELLO]

Dude. I love your schematics. Not only is the video extremely well put together and perfectly understandable on its own, but if I had any doubts, I can always return to your diagrams which sum up perfectly everything you've exposed. As a channel which aims at informing people, and for the information to be "made simple", I think this helps a lot and I really appreciate it. I hope you never keep doing them, I've even screenshot-ed some to share with my friends!!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Great to hear :) and thank you for the feedback !

[@razvantel9552]

I`m interested to see a similar analysis of Renew Europe group. Thank you!

[@marvinamann4969]

Same here! Considering between my local Renew Europe party FDP and Volt, so would be great to learn more about Renew Europe!

[@pablobomgiorno8273]

​@@marvinamann4969 Europe needs economic liberalism, for sure.

[@ronaldonmg]

There is a similar video about Renew

[@Giannhs17a]

less regulation " we have to trust our companies to let them do what they do best" that never went wrong ... this continent is doomed

[@js_hd]

Yeah, as if that wouldn't lead to any issues

[@kenkrak4649]

As some in business in the EU - we really need much less / transparent / unified regulation

[@AVR021]

From the USA, I’m excited for a future with a strong and united Europe

[@SP95]

Go make a socialist union with Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Haiti and see the result.

[@ВасилийБогдановский-у6э]

If that happens, you'll be the first one who doesn't like it.

[@EllieD.Violet]

@@ВасилийБогдановский-у6э I suggest you leave it to others whether they like it or not. It's not like one needs you telling us what to think.

[@EllieD.Violet]

In the long run, the EU and the US need to team up in order to stand united against the likes of China, India and what else dictatorial crap inhabits our planet.

[@ВасилийБогдановский-у6э]

@@EllieD.Violet America will suffer more from this than others, that's a fact. I'm not forcing you to evaluate it from a moral point of view.

[@KevinAdams26]

Absolutely no enlargement prior to unanimity reform. It makes no sense to not have learned from past mistakes.

[@theb1z0n]

This! I am Ukrainian and it’s understandable that I want to be EU citizen - more freedom. But I’m so pro majority vote. I mean it’s my reponsibility to talk to my gov and tell them they are doing something wrong, but when it’s for example Hungary doing stunts when every other country in EU is unanimous, it’s bullshit. No Ukraine in EU without reformed both.

[@mpelle129]

It wasn't a mistake. They did it that way purposefully.

[@MyPrideFlag]

So no enlargement it is

[@imcbocian]

Totally agree. Veto rule is what coused decay of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, through Moscow bribed internal agents. Sound similar to what is happening right now? Becouse it fcking is.

[@juniorrokudevelopertutoria3734]

Veto could be updated from 1 country to 2 countries to make veto.

[@pedroleuenberger4270]

I like their vision for the eu but I think they’re too soft on illegal migration

[@juniorrokudevelopertutoria3734]

For migrant its its all gain and no risk. All they risk is some time. There are no drawbacks of applying for asylum in EU. While being processed you get pocket money. So you risk nothing. That needs to change.

[@Carl-Gauss]

7:40 “Our furry friends” got me puzzled for a couple of seconds 😅

[@yoannbelleville7763]

Oh, good. I thought I was the only one 😆

[@orktv4673]

Would it perhaps be possible to have some videos about parties' voting records? Manifestos are nice and all, but talk is cheap and I want to know what parties really stand for.

[@EUMadeSimple]

Good idea

[@dariusalexandru9536]

,,To trust our compannies"(6:32) for real EU companies prefer to ship people from Sri Lanka to work insted of paying the their workers a living wage .

[@terminatora1249]

And in some more corrupt countries (like mine) these companies constantly violate regulations, steal funds, pollute and use connections with politicians/mafia/police to control the market. From my perspective, less regulations is the last thing we need!

[@orktv4673]

Sounds a bit mid. Hesitant on climate change, lack of vision on social, strong on migration, defense, and EU reform. No idea what to think of economy, probably a mixed bag that's influenced by big business interests.

[@orktv4673]

@@Dengo101-rl5fk That sounds typical

[@vladanlausevic1733]

"Supercharging Frontex" sounds similar to the development in the USA, which has been described as "the tough border" paradox. In practice, they are spending more on border guards, fences, and surveillance equipment = more humans trying to cross in irregular or illegal ways. Such governmental behaviors lead to a false sense of security, human rights abuses, and more corruption among public officials. "Strong borders" or "tough borders" are, in practice, dangerous, unsafe, and inhumane. When there is free movement and open borders, humans will migrate for a shorter or longer period to work, study, and do other things. This is often called circular migration. When borders are closed and militarized, it leads to humans trying to enter and stay as long as possible, knowing that they only have one chance to work in another country until they get arrested and deported.

[@Chev29]

When you cannot find details about their plans it generally means that they have no plan 😂 this group is like Macron, full of empty promises

[@Darian___]

One of the best video's yet! I'm glad to see you're planning to do the same vid for all the other fractions!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Glad you liked it. And yes, that is the plan.

[@philipmilner9638]

The EU should haqve its books audited and balanced, before it allows new member states...

[@maksimromanyuk1]

wow the best video i have seen about this party !!! love it very simple now i know who to vote thanks!!

[@EUMadeSimple]

great to know :) But there are 6 more parties to come. So that might help too

[@terminatora1249]

Before deciding who to vote for please look into all the parties first , as well as the politicians who participate in them and their controversies. Also look into the national parties that are present in your country as you will be voting for them and their representatives (for example here in Bulgaria the biggest party that is part of the EPP is pretty much the most corrupt party in the whole country!)

[@JoK04]

Vote EPP man. Best Party by far 💙🖤💛💙🖤

[@Pavel-xh4xi]

Спочатку подивись про усі партії :) Я тобі рекомендую приглянутись до Renew Europe, в них для нас більш привабливі позіції.

[@jaumejoseoranies7948]

They call themselves people's party but their policies go for the enterprises and not exactly to revert benefits to the people but to fiscal paradises.

[@FifthGate]

The parliament can't even get rid of the Strasbourg parliamentery session boondoggle.

[@vladanlausevic1733]

"Outsourcing" asylum seekers is also a slippery slope, false hope, and already disproven measure. One of the main reasons is that it is impossible to "outsource" everyone to a single or several countries. It would be like saying that in Italy, all asylum seekers should be transferred to the city of Parma and nowhere else. Therefore, what, for example, the UK is doing regarding Rwanda has already been exposed as a political rather than a possible measure. If it was so easy to "outsource," why is it being discussed for the last two years and not done before, for example, in 2015? Also, the overall development regarding humanitarian migration and the EU is worse than before 2020 since the focus on rights and security for refugees and others is being shifted towards the language of "security for us" as Europeans but not for "them" as others. Also, there is no need for "outsourcing" human rights and security since there is a need for globalizing to create a global-local system for migration, including for refugees and asylum-seekers.

[@arktseytlin]

Globalization is over and done, in case you did not notice. Migrants from Middle East and Africa don't belong in Europe, they need to be sent back.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

I hope you guys grow big. We need pan European media sources.

[@juanche978]

Reform first, then enlargement

[@Halebopp97]

Nobody will want to join a reformed EU because it will be a federal state

[@ClydeBreeze_994]

Vote for a change! These are the same people who's policies made us poorer and less safe in our own countries!

[@paul1979uk2000]

You have to be careful when voting for change, the UK voted for change with Brexit and now things are worse, the US voted for change when Trump was in power and now things are worse. I'm all for change, but not change for the sake of change, it's got to be change that improves things and not a protest vote by angry voters, as that usually backfires into change that hurts the people's interest.

[@punitapillai5091]

Change with a scope for the progress of Europe without any slavery from the US !!!! We have a culture.... they only have economy and finance over humanity!!!

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Regarding "defense tech," a fundamental problem in the EU today is a growing military-industrial complex being developed without enough democratic insights and discussions across the union. Also, there are already cases of corruption and mismanagement regarding military production and the absence of global regulations to, for example, prevent weapons made in the EU countries from being used for wars of aggression and invasions, as well as by authoritarian regimes.

[@Xyz41974]

Epp / Germany can fund its own private army and they can take all asylum seeker's .i sure they'll find a solution

[@ベン-q6u]

Huh? 🧐

[@davidlefranc6240]

From EPP to Renew Europe is the way to go ! Hands down !

[@Halebopp97]

Yeah we need an EU dictatorship

[@KaloyanKasabov]

I am not a fan of our representative of the EPP, but I sure do hope the whole group does their thing right

[@amonx8307]

Thanks for this video, cant wait to see more about others european parties

[@EUMadeSimple]

Coming soon!

[@docopoper]

This was a very helpful video. I often feel inclined not to vote for the EPP partly because they're just so big and status quo, but these proposals are decent. I'd love to see videos on the other parties to see why I might vote for them. I really like how positive this video is. It's much nicer to focus on the good stuff parties do instead of always focusing on division and flaws. If these guys stay in power I won't be upset.

[@mikhaelganapolsky755]

They want a lot of stuff, don't they? Why haven't they achieved it in the last four or five years? What have they done with 'But it is, the Europeans, who decide who comes to Europe and under what circumstances'?

[@rufioh]

I’m pretty sure the UK is trying the Rwanda asylum thing, and it’s going poorly

[@MyPrideFlag]

Thr only solution is to turn back the boats, by force if nessecary.

[@gtrdxz]

The UK is soon becoming a african/muslim colony. Too late for them unless they fight back.

[@dprout3392]

Excellent presentation. Although I would tend to tilt towards the socialists, the EPP present an attractive manifesto. Furthermore, Ursula von der Leyen is a member of that party. I have great respect for the lady and her hard work.

[@JoK04]

Consider voting for your national Epp party :) The biggest problem with S&D is that they have lots of members who want to stop the Ukraine aid which is absurd in my opinion

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Regarding "Made in Europe," it is an excellent example of that center-right parties are mainly not pro-market but more pro-business. The difference is that being pro-market means that the size and interventions of public institutions are as small as possible, which is why le regulations should lead to market actors as consumers, cooperatives, and companies having as much freedom, space, and opportunities for interactions, innovations, competition, etc and being pro-business means, in practice, using public institutions to give taxpayer's money and subsidies to certain companies and industries, making it harder to global or regional compete, and providing exceptional treatment and privileges. Being pro-business is the opposite of reducing regulations and "cutting the red tape".

[@1mnyenaphar727]

This is true. But unfortunately, there is no better alternative for them. Right now (because of populism) the centre-right parties are giving their place to more "Protectionists" like ECR and ID.

[@danp5073]

Can we also get rid of tax havens?

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Regarding the European Social Model. One important thing to understand is that the term is not about a single system or a system based on the EU level. In general, there are four types of labor and social models in the EU: Nordic (Sweden, Denmark), Continental (Germany, Poland), Mediterranean (Italy, Greece), and Anglo-Saxon (Ireland, the UK before the exit). Thereby, it is not true that "everyone" has access to social security and health care, even if one only counts official EU citizens. The question is how honest the EPP is with their statements because center-right parties, due to their pro-business agenda, have a history of being very against labor unions and collective bargaining, favoring more income inequality or different levels of payments.

[@ExtremelyTriggered-tl4nv]

As a Liberal Socialist (I’m kinda between the Left and the Social Democrats) it’s pretty frustrating how impotent the left has been to harness anti-establishment sentiment, all over the world we’re seeing a face off between centrists and the far right meanwhile the left has no real representation.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

On the economy, the EPP’s position of less regulation and recognition of the importance of competitiveness is welcome, however it contrasts contrasts with how its MEPs have been voting recently.

[@pedritodeportugal6]

Will you do a video for every party? Kudos on the amazing work!

[@EUMadeSimple]

I will 😊

[@MegaTri4]

ID/ECR PARTY THE SOLUTION

[@KevinAdams26]

I hate von der Leyen. The gap between her words and her actions makes the Grand Canyon look like a pothole. EPP will not get my vote while she is leading.

[@MibomTali]

Get out British brexiter

[@matthewyoung8314]

Sounds like they are the second best party after the ECR in Europe.

[@iii7702]

A spreadsheet with all main points comparison of all parties would be great

[@Przemek16l]

Thank you for your service, very informative!

[@andreavaleri0]

Your breakdown is really helpful. Do you have any link for tables/charts showing Country parties to EU affiliation and bullet points for what they stand for? Keep up the great work! Edit: the Country parties affiliation breakdown is in your video description. Thanks

[@nanucit]

Volt, the only EU based party

[@JaegerDreadful]

Volt, the only BASED EU party

[@davidescristofaros2241]

Too left leaning

[@JaegerDreadful]

@@davidescristofaros2241They are literally a progressive centre party, what do you mean.

[@davidescristofaros2241]

@@JaegerDreadful they don't seem too centre to me. At least the Italian branch over here, it's total crap

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

​​@kaiserfranzjoseph9311Second best in Portugal. In issues like the housing crisis, only 2 parties (the liberal innitiative and volt) want to increase supply to solve the issue. Same 2 parties are the only ones that have better ideas to increase salaries other then "Increase minimum wage"

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Regarding the proposal for a "European Security Council," similar institutions and structures already have intergovernmental meetings and EU-NATO coordination. Also, a problem with contemporary security councils is that they are limited to ideas and behaviors that security is essential for "us" and not for "them" since there is a lack of real global/world-level security agencies. The UN Security Council is international and not global and thereby directly responsible for the security of all humans and others.

[@arktseytlin]

UN is too impotent because it tries to solve too big of a problem. That only worked with either 2 superpowers on the same page, or 1 superpower. That world is over, and we are in the regionalism paradigm. In that arrangements, regional "UNs" are more efficient to actually do anything.

[@Signupking]

i believe like the epp that banning isnt such a great idea, atleast for most things like plastic straws, rather big things should be banned like privat jets.

[@kopirator3325]

Maybe i just didnt see it in the video but are you doing this for every party that is running?

[@EUMadeSimple]

for political groups yes. Parties would not be possible as there are 100's in Europe

[@PresidentsPlayhouse]

For me it's either Renew Europe or Epp's

[@Vagolyk]

Nice summary, thank you! Sounds like the epp hit its head and woke up from a coma amnesiac, swearing ethernal rivalry to their past self.

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Promising peace by arguing for more spending on military aspects is often counter-productive, false, and absurd. In Weber's case, he is arguing for the simplification of weapon systems in the EU compared to the USA while promoting the creation of a European Defense Union as "complementary" to NATO, which means creating extra administration and spending, resulting in double spending and unnecessary institutional competition.

[@arktseytlin]

Si vis pacem, para bellum

[@worldcitizenoss]

I would vote for less EU i.e. back to the fundamentals, economic cooperation. With a lot of parties in the EU we will be less safe. As they are warmongers. I want peace and diplomacy, not propaganda and war. The current EU is the worst wecan get. They are completely diconnected from thier citizens. And very undemocratic, I didn't elect von der Leyen (In my opinion the worst EU president ever).

[@ComradeAart]

Agree. What party will you vote for?

[@worldcitizenoss]

@@ComradeAart What I don't like is that I have to vote for someone of my country. If the EU doesn't go back to it's roots I hope. I will be able to vote for any one in any EU country. If it would be possible I would vote for Clare Daly. (Sadly that is not possible).

[@mohammadreza.beygifard]

Whenever there are discussions about immigration in the EU, there is a discussion about illegal immigration! And different parties are in favor or against them. What about international students/workers? Do they have any space in the EU political mindset? Is the EU willing to do what Canada, Australia, England, and even the US does, to attract talents and skills and persuade them to stay?

[@vladanlausevic1733]

They are promoting setting up a new commissioner post. The general problem with the EU Commission is too many commissioners since every member state elects one. Instead of 27 commissioners as of today, it would be better to reduce the number to 12-14 and have them democratically elected based on their political party affiliation.

[@columboyle527]

Wouldn't say we elect a commissioner. They're appointed behind closed doors and have to be approved by the commission. The EU commission is an oligarchy.

[@heavenboulevard]

Something I’m really confused about - if I vote for a party in my country (Christian Union in the Netherlands), and this party is part of both EPP and ECPM, both of which have their own Spitzenkandidat, then which candidate does my “vote” technically support? Or am I not really understanding how the process works? I really do not want to support Ursula the witch becoming president of the commission in any way but the CU is the only party I feel I can vote for based on my values

[@_swordfern]

US observer. I see how having various countries with solid cultural identities almost makes it easier to cooperate and integrate. You get to have many represented parties which may look conflicting, but man, I tell you this polarization over here is driving us crazy.

[@edwinmolinab]

European PP is a left party and isn't a center right party because they voted almost of their policies in the same way of the socialists

[@vladimirholi5121]

Ursula von der Liarer

[@traduly1997]

warmonger lady

[@ivanvikalo4995]

Please do all, but do the second biggest, so S&D :)

[@liamdaniel9597]

As an American living in Poland, your videos have helped me out a whole lot in understanding how politics in Europe work. Thank you!

[@SP95]

Thanks for all these summaries as those groups are still barely unknown despite sitting in the parliament since 21554984 years

[@nicolasgeusen3399]

Would be interested to have an analysis on Renew Europe. Merci beaucoup ! From Belgium

[@2Ventiler78]

Thanks for this video, great source of information.

[@lenydrake1716]

More anti-immigration, less climate talk. It’s up to them to deliver

[@ararune3734]

Don't be naive, they were at the head of creating the "immigration crisis", which is really easy to resolve if they were so inclined, but they're not. That's not on their agenda. Start voting actual right wing, ECR or ID group

[@MyPrideFlag]

They're destroying Europe on purpose, stop lying to yourself.

[@CKNonsense]

isn't frontex conducting illigal pushbacks and pullbacks, breaking human rights and known to include other forms of violence? How is it that they are supposed to grow in size now?

[@MyPrideFlag]

No, frontex is actually doing the opposite, making the job of national border guards difficult and helping illegal migrants get in. Pushbacks and pullbacks need to be legalised and protocols need to be made. It is absurde that you just break in illegally and the state can't do sh*t once you cross the border. Migration needs to be controlled and only through visa programs. EU countries should decide how many and what people they let in. NO TO ILLEGAL MIGRATION. PROTECT THE BORDER.

[@paul1979uk2000]

When talking about defence, I can understand that some want to keep it in national hands, and there might be some ways we can do that whiles being more effective than we are, but realistically with how the world is changing and with superpowers like the US and China, as well as others on the horizon, we have to be honest with ourselves, our military, defence and forign policy is always going to be limited at national hands because of the limited resources, if we really want to protect our interest, we really need to find a solution of doing it at an EU level and there are many ways of achieving that, which works and works in the interest of all its members, but I think doing it at an EU level is the only way we can protect our interest whiles having a bigger voice, the alternative is likely a slow decline. I don't have a problem of fewer regulations on companies, as long as it doesn't reduce standards on goods and conditions for workers, I also think rules need to be different depending on the size of a company, especially if a company has a large amount of market share in any given sector, in other words, make it easier for smaller companies to compete with bigger ones to spur more competition and growth. I do agree that reforms are needed to the EU and they need to be quite big reforms, especially on veto rules, until reforms are done to the EU, I can't see how any new country can join the union, so ideally, a lot of decision on that should happen after the elections later this year, with them concluding at the latest before 2030, if that happens, it sends a powerful message to countries wanting to join the EU that the door is open, because the reality is, it's firmly shut and won't be open until reforms are done, with that said, the EU should open up negotiations with countries that want to join the EU, being that it's not a quick process so it's better to get them ready for joining sooner rather than later whiles the EU can work on its own reforms, I also think the European Parliament needs to be given a bigger role whiles the EU and its members need to find ways of bringing the EU closer to its citizens to reduce the risk of popularise movements, they after all feed on Europeans not having much idea on what's going on at an EU level so a lot of lies are told, in other words, we need more democracy to the EU, by expanding the European Parliaments powers whiles reforming the EU Commission.

[@troels1767]

Thanks for a really nice video, hope to see a similar video for each political group. Also the overview is so good, so remember to make them for each group.

[@EUMadeSimple]

Will do

[@Tsejjest]

For their manifesto explaind check Barnum effect.

[@Michformer]

Great vid as always! I'm personally partial to Renew Europe and Greens/EFA (both of which I wouldn't mind seeing covered), but it's still neat to learn more about different EU political entities.

[@vladanlausevic1733]

When it comes to climate change, environment, and sustainability, center-right and moderate right-wing politicians can have valid criticisms and arguments against bans on nuclear power. For example, even the UN-based International Panel on Climate Change has been promoting further improvement of nuclear power as a vital part of energy transition and reduction of CO2 emissions. At the same time, center-rights parties have an appeal and communication to voters who either do not believe in climate change, do not understand the need for climate transformation, or who, for different reasons, are uncomfortable with adopting a climate-friendly and sustainable general lifestyle.

[@Tally403]

Why are they considered center-right? Based on this, they are center or even center-left...

[@eternallearner5395]

Would be cool if you also added the associate members from EU candidate countries to these videos. For EPP the associate members are: Albania - Democratic Party of Albania (PD) Georgia - United National Movement (UNM) Iceland - Independence Party (XD) North Macedonia - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) Norway - Conservative Party (H) Serbia - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ/SVM) Switzerland - The Centre (DM/LC) Observer members: Armenia - Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Belarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), United Civic Party of Belarus (AHP), За Свабоду (The Movement for Freedom; MFF) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH), Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990) Georgia - European Georgia Kosovo - Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Moldova - Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM), Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA), Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Montenegro - Bosniak Party (BS) Norway - Christian People's Party (KrF) San Marino - Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) Ukraine - European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna (since 2008), Self Reliance (since 2019), Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR)

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thanks for this. Added it to my Sticky.

[@eternallearner5395]

​@@EUMadeSimple No problem. It is also worth a mention in future videos, for other EU groups, which international organization they are affiliated with. Only because there is a lot of overlap between the two and voters should know which parties might be influenced by their global partners. For example, ECR has the GOP listed as their global partner on their website, while most members of S&D are also members of the Progressive Alliance and have close affiliations with the Democratic Party in the United States. . Other S&D members are members of the Socialist International. For example, for EPP most parties are also members of the International Democrat Union (IDU) or the Centrist Democrat International (IDC-CDI.)

[@eternallearner5395]

@@EUMadeSimple Meaning that EPP, Renew and Greens are the most for strategic autonomy. While ECR and S&D might be too influenced by the US major parties, respectively, to execute any relevant strategic autonomy.

[@mariosvourliotakis]

I'd love to see the other parties like the left, or renew europe and the greens.

[@AlexandruVoda]

@EUMadeSimple, at 1:11 there were some mistakes with regards to the Romanian parties belonging to the EPP. The 4 EPP parties from Romania are the PNL (National Liberal Party, the fist logo), the PMP (Peoples Movement Party, the second logo), the FD (Force of the Right, missing) and oddly the UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania the third logo but wrong text), the last one actually being a regionalist party and presumably more aligned with the EFA but nevertheless officially part of the EPP. However the EU Parliament elections in Romania will be a clusterf*** because you can't actually vote for those parties. So far PNL formed an electoral alliance called CNR together with the PSD which is aligned with the S&D. And PMP and FD formed a 3 party electoral alliance called the ADU together with USR which belongs to Renew. That leaves the UDMR as the only EPP affiliated party that is not in an electoral alliance with non-EPP parties, but again, they are actually a regionalist party. What is left is: - a few minor parties running separately which various polling agencies place alternatively above or below the line: PUSL(S&D), PRO(S&D), REPER(Renew), AD(ECR) , AER (an alliance of two green parties) - the two evil nazi parties AUR(ECR), SOS(ID) which have significant percentages in polling Therefore, from Romania it is really hard to see the European level groups through the lens of what can actually be voted. If a Romanian wants to vote for EPP, S&D or Renew their only options are either to risk wasting their vote on a party that might be too small or to vote for one of the two alliances which decide the order on the lists by themselves. I think this practice of forming electoral alliances that cross the borders of the european groupings for the EU Parliament elections is undemocratic and it actively prevents Romanian citizens from properly participating in EU elections.

[@EUMadeSimple]

Ill add to the pinned comment. However, FD is not part of the EPP according to their official website. Not yet anyway. Thanks for the elaborate comment and sorry for the mistake

[@KevinAdams26]

What happened to the EPP bribery scandal?

[@Filippo11235]

Hi, love this series, I’m sure it’s gonna help me make an informed choice during elections! In the energy chapter, could you please mention what kind of sources the party is focusing/mentions (e.g. nuclear, gas, renewables)?

[@EUMadeSimple]

Ill try :) thanks

[@PatrickJane-jq9zs]

IF you are blindfolded, and take walk anywhere in EU squares and touch somebody, he/she would still be a better leader than herself!

[@emekli_nihilist]

Thank you very much for the Videos! Despite I'm not a European Citizen, as a Europe resident I wanna know how it proceeds and you are replying all the gaps I cannot find / find out about EU Elections and Parties... Looking forward to watch the video about the next party... Kind Regards

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

The EPP actually sounds better then I thought, but given they are currently the majority (and Ursula's party) I have a lot of doubts

[@red_orange2971]

These videos need a lot of different captions because there are a lot of EU citizens who dont speak English but would like about these parties.

[@akosfellner5061]

The unification of capital and financial markets is good for only the biggest EU countries.

[@arktseytlin]

Being a small country will always suck. Thats the fact of life. There is a reason countries tried to be as big as they could.

[@chuhaistyr3807]

Greetings from Ukraine! 💙💛 Thanks for your job! Hitler annexed Austria & the Sudetenland. Then Czechoslovakia & Poland. Nobody stopped Hitler then! Consequence --> WW2 Therefore: Tyrants and Terrorists (Hitler/Putin/Hamas) should NOT be APPEASED, they must be STOPPED! N.B.: You can always help Freedom protect itself: Come Back Alive Foundation - Charity Organization, UNITED24, etc. P.S.: Join the Brave: International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine .... ....

[@paul1979uk2000]

I have to agree, with dictators, you have to use a firm hand, any weaknesses shown, they'll take advantage of that, in the case of the EU and US, they both need to speed up and do more to support Ukraine, less talk and more action, because it's in all our interest to end the war sooner rather than later, Ukraine will be in a position to rebuild and get it's self back on its feet with EU help, it would over the long run be less costly for the allies supporting Ukraine to end the war sooner than to drag it out over countless years. It would also be reckless of both the EU and US to reduce support for Ukraine that could allow Putin to win, because if there's one thing I've learned about dictators, they won't stop at just Ukraine, they'll keep going until there's enough force to push them back, we saw that with the second world war, allies kept talking but doing little until things escalated into something much worse, it's best the powers that can, put there foot down and resolve the situation before it escalate.

[@arktseytlin]

Europe has screwed Ukraine and used it as a disposable shield. They told Zelensky to keep fighting to grind the Russians down.

[@raenico5285]

Ruanda is not a safe country

[@ocanica3184]

Rwanda* and it's one of the safest countries in the world beating Spain, the UK and France on many lists.

[@MyPrideFlag]

@@ocanica3184I wonder why... But anyway it would be great to send illegals there but it won't happen. It would be ten times easier to just not let those people into Europe in the first place. Just "use the force" lol.

[@clmdcc]

I really liked this, i did not know who they were before, but they seem like pragmatic centrists.

[@RuthroAlt]

you are making a valuable contribution to democracy, thank you sir

[@vladanlausevic1733]

The statement by Ursula VDL is an excellent example of how and why politicians are making simplistic, false, and contradictory comments about migration. In this case, there are several examples: It is mainly national governments that regulate immigration in the EU and not the EU Commission. Regardless of what Europeans think or feel about migration, international laws, rules, norms, coordination, and other factors influence migration. "The people" cannot decide everything in detail, especially in the framework of liberal democratic constitutionalism that the EU is operating on. Because humans (and migrants as well) have rights and protection regardless of whether one is considered legal or illegal. The main problem is not the smugglers, despite the horrible and inhumane things the organized smugglers do. Because human smugglers operate in a similar way to drug smugglers, as long as there are illegal narcotics, there will be drug smugglers, and as long as there are illegal humans, there will be human smugglers. There is no need for humans to be smuggled and expose themselves to danger where there is a free movement based on individual rights and freedoms. Human smugglers are a threat to human security just as governments who are misbehaving.

[@Duck-wc9de]

I will, technically, vote for EPP, as my party belongs to it.

[@homeape.]

yup. i wil vote S&D, but that how it works, yes!

[@vincenzoc.1781]

I want to vote for it as well, but as an Italian I'd be voting for FI... Berlusconis party, which I cannot do, just thinking about that makes me sick...

[@paulmariu]

​@@vincenzoc.1781anche a me

[@Krasipol]

At 1:39 the logo for the portuguese social democrats seems to be incorrect. But i wonder why a party that calls themselves social democrats is even in the epp to begin with.

[@EUMadeSimple]

in the sticky. thanks and apologies.

[@tyson00001]

Less europe please

[@Alessandro-pi7bw]

it's crazy to think about expanding eu! reforms first, then we'll see. those who push for expansion don't want a strong EU

[@mateabonyi299]

Renew or the greens/efa should be the next video

[@KorisnikBr1]

I don't know man, seems like everyone wants to throw money at problems and hope it disappears.

[@tuams]

Thank you for the overview. You really are providing the information I was missing!

[@AlexandruVoda]

@EUMadeSimple, Can you make a video about the difference between an Europarty (eg. ALDE) and an EU Parliament Group (eg. Renew) ?

[@sss4258]

You have put the german SPD logo on the portuguese PSD logo

[@EUMadeSimple]

in the sticky comment. Thanks and apologies.

[@sss4258]

@@EUMadeSimple Sticky ? What's that ?

[@simonmrnka3405]

​@@sss4258 pinned

[@EUMadeSimple]

Sticky post. At the very top of the comments I pinned a comment.

[@matejdolinsek4118]

Thanks for this helpful video! Its surprisingly difficult to find concrete info about where I should place my vote to exact the change I wish to see in the EU, so thanks for this!

[@EUMadeSimple]

You're very welcome! There is more to come in case you want to see more

[@terminatora1249]

7:37 All because Ursula's pony got eaten by a wolf... The EPP has some great polices and ambitions, but allowing corrupt parties like GERB to be members and even proposing a corrupt, petty politician to run for EP president and influence the party's policies is just disgusting to me.

[@bernardotelesgoncalves3445]

The PSD symbol of the social democratic party of Portugal is wrong... 😅

[@ac11dc110]

nice, that makes me like Europe, more!

[@Frubs97]

Thanks thats very informative and useful towards our voting later this year. I'm looking forward to watch similar videos about the other european political groups to have a better understanding about all the picture.