European Political Parties EXPLAINED

Multi-party systems are confusing, so here's a quick guide to the main political parties in European politics.
For Americans it can be especially challenging to understand European politics, as they're so used to the Democrats and Republicans dominating the scene. Hopefully this explains the basics well enough, so you can get started on your deep dive into whatever political topic you want to research.
Note: This is obviously just a super short introduction and is based more on stereotypes than on any actual party. The continent is far too big and politics far too diverse to cover in one video. Also: The colors and names of the parties sadly don't always match up with their real life counterparts. Sorry. That's life.
#Politics #Europe #Socialism #Conservatives #Liberals #Labour #Greens #Germany #France #Italy #EuropeanUnion #Communism #Populism #Animation
Special thanks to my cousin Raphael and Thomas Wilkinson for helping with the sound and proofreading my English.
Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Workers' Party
00:58 Peoples' Party
01:23 Liberals
01:47 Greens
02:22 National Conservatives
02:44 Far Left
03:20 Right Wing Populists
03:50 left vs. right
Music used in this video:
Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod
Link: filmmusic.io/song/3891-hyperfun
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com

[@LucasBenderChannel]

*Footnotes:* Hey, how are you? Welcome to the footnotes, where I comment on the video and answer the most common questions :) *(¹)* If this doesn't quite match up with the parties in your country, I'm sorry. It's just a generalization of the types of parties and common movements we'll find across the continent. *(²)* Yes, I did make the Liberal party seem a bit too... libertarian and forgot to emphasize the more socially liberal wings in many countries. Let's just say, there's a variety of flavors for each party! *(³)* If this doesn't feel balanced, you're right! It isn't! Some here expect me to weigh off jokes, to have a word count for each party, to keep track of how many "positive" or "negative" adjectives I'm using in each segment. Please don't waste your time with counting any of that. I didn't put half as much thought into this video, as some here think I did. I made jokes where they felt most natural and I animated a lion... well, because I thought that would be funny! That's all there is to it. So please, don't waste your time analyzing this five-minute video as if everything in it had some deeper meaning. *(⁴)* Thank you for the lovely feedback! I've really enjoyed all the little comparisons to the parties in YOUR countries! :D Please do keep them coming! I love seeing all the similarities and differences between our systems! *(⁵)* I sadly did have to cut the ending of this video, because of a copyright-strike. Silly me didn't realize I was using the wrong kind of music, for the outro. *(⁶)* Yes, I will be making new videos! Don't worry. :) But lord knows, how long that's gonna take. Maybe check out some of these channels in the meantime: Fredo Rockwell: kzbin.info State of the world: kzbin.info Tapakapa: kzbin.info They've all been very kind and helpful, while I've been working on my next video :) Now put your phones away and get some fresh air!

[@oiergarcia7533]

You forgot the extreme right though. We suffer in Spain

[@Wolf-tn7sz]

I guess I wouldn't really say you made the Liberals out to be Libertarian per say as if I remember correctly there are dedicated Libertarian parties in some European countries. I think they'd fall more along the lines of standard Classical Liberalism as I believe that's what most of them claim to adhere to (aside from the Social Liberals who take a couple steps to the left).

[@thegang-]

It does not match my country All parties(that you can vote for because we can't have nazis and stuff like that) my country is like this: I have money you can have free everything And when old people vote for them they are like: Ok so how about you gonna pay higher taxes for everything B- but you said I didn't say anything about free in a nutshell a very little nutshell

[@merkel7647]

@@oiergarcia7533 "We suffer" and "Extreme right" just proves to me how your critical thinking about the Vox is as little as it gets.

[@oiergarcia7533]

@@merkel7647 fun fact, It specially affects me because im from Basque Country

[@muninnsays9296]

Wait till Americans learn about coalitions.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

No kidding: Right at this second I'm writing a follow-up script about coalitions! 😂

[@anothergermanmapper7754]

@@LucasBenderChannel I am so happy I discovered your Channel. It’s nice seeing Quality on this Platform.

[@worm2576]

Our brothers up in Canada taught us

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Fun fact: the U.S. basically operated as a 4 party system until the 70's.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@IkeOkerekeNews Weeeell, that's a huge overstatement.

[@MidgeCat]

"Regional parties" *Shows separatist emblem* Perfection

[@josepho3366]

Either all the replies were removed or people genuinely don’t care to reply to this comment.

[@MidgeCat]

@@josepho3366 There were replies, not sure where they went

[@Donald_Trump_2024]

@@MidgeCat this is youtube, we all know where they went to

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@Donald_Trump_2024 Poyais?

[@mckitsune7600]

@@Bacony_Cakes Brazil?

[@trobertt7271]

As a European, I think this is a pretty good explanation of the different factions within European politics. Good job!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thank you :) Happy to hear that.

[@MemekingJag]

I think only someone that would identify as a "European" would agree this is a good explanation. This was a sloppy and clearly biased take on vague categories of parties.

[@aeternum_boii4447]

needless to say tho that it highly differs in every nations. the liberals here are e.g. way more left than in the video and the right wing populists are literal nazis and there are no other right wing parties other than the christiian party. Well there was a party for four years that was even more right...

[@trobertt7271]

@@MemekingJag I don't really get what you mean. Of course, it differs in every country (for example, in my homeland, Hungary, you can't clearly categorize parties like this), but it's still a decent introduction to what kind of parties one can find within the European Parliament. What do you disagree with in the vide?

[@trobertt7271]

@@aeternum_boii4447 I absolutely agree. By the way, where are you from?

[@Oliver-eh6hc]

And Pirate parties!

[@Succubusisis]

Yaaaaarrr!! Represent 🏴‍☠

[@challah4311]

Iceland moment

[@TSGPhilipp]

I wonder... are they still relevant in some countries? Here in germany they basically completly irrelevant by now

[@Oliver-eh6hc]

@@TSGPhilipp in czech republic they happen to be the biggest opposition party with a huge chance to win next years elections and they have mayor in Prague and many local mayors and politicians.

[@lebensmann6528]

Und DIE PARTEI, denn die ist sehr gut.

[@digdougx]

Alright. That was awesome. I'm in. "We shall watch your career with great interest." - Sheev Palpatine

[@LucasBenderChannel]

"Your subscription will make a fine addition to my collection." - General Grievous

[@BigMamaDaveX]

@@LucasBenderChannel 😎I hope, so will mine. Your thoughtful response to JJ's video brought me to you... and your first video I found thoroughly enjoyable! Best wishes and good luck with your studies... and this channel. Servus! 👋

[@robertdemeijer4465]

@@LucasBenderChannel wasn't planning on subscribing, but now you made me do it

[@Steenern]

As a European, I did not know other European countries were copying my country's parties.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

😂 That's one way of putting it.

[@yishaq204]

What is your country?

[@tomasbeltran04050]

Bruh

[@aurin_komak]

I know right

[@judeknowles2319]

@@yishaq204 by checking his about page he is Norwegian.

[@aNerdNamedJames]

How could you forget the awe inspiring kings of edge that is Pirate Parties?

[@LucasBenderChannel]

that was literally my first thought after I uploaded it 😅 98% 99% 100% Video released ... "Sh*t, I could've mentioned the Pirates."

[@Turagrong]

Can't wait when we will have a Pirate prime minister! 😄 (well, wish us luck)

[@danielcenc2370]

@@Turagrong Where?

[@autarch6376]

wait i thought they just were a thing in Norway, bruh are they like the illuminate

[@jacobbass6437]

@@autarch6376. Does this mean Tom Scott is the master of the Illuminati.

[@jh5220]

And let’s not forget that within each of these parties there’s usually loads of factionalism and those factions normally end up disagreeing with their own party more than with the other parties. (*Cries in UK Labour Party*)

[@LucasBenderChannel]

happens 🤷‍♂️ Aaand that might just be a good thing?

[@eliashardy9528]

Love your political compass!

[@LMvdB02]

The Dutch socialist party has recently abandoned their youth party because they elected a Marxist as their chairman that had been locked out of the main party a couple weeks before because of his 'extremism'.

[@marcharman833]

You are libleft, thats pretty cringe

[@eliashardy9528]

@@marcharman833 Libleft is the way pal 😏

[@pedroumpierre2624]

United States: 2 parties Europe: 7 parties South America: 27 parties in Argentina and 33 parties in Brazil And half of the Brazilian parties are a copy of each other.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Parabéns y Felicidades!

[@goncerex9521]

En España hay 12 partidos en el Congreso creo

[@ZetaFuzzMachine]

@@goncerex9521 más otros tantos sin silla

[@Peter-li5bc]

Europe has far more parties than 7 as well, but in the Parlement, they group together in 7 fractions to be big enough to make some policy. There are also parties not bound to one of the 7 big fractions.

[@LMvdB02]

In the Netherlands there are 60 parties registered for the parliamentary elections right now.

[@shayne-1880]

3:57 Woah that’s cool how you’ve combined the SocDem rose with the Green’s flower, and also the Liberal torch with the Cross.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

So glad you spotted it! :D Thank you! I was quite proud of the idea haha

[@unolimpico6451]

It is very beautiful indeed

[@pedrolikeshisway]

The fact that the regional party at 3:59, who can be pro separatist sometimes depending on the country, uses the symbol of the separatist Droid army from Star Wars is awesome.

[@haroldlawson8771]

I mean in Italy a regional separatist party became a national nationalist party to the country they wanted to leave from and is a right wing party lead by a ex communist who was apart of said party when they were regionalist

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@haroldlawson8771 mamma mia

[@xhinted690]

@@haroldlawson8771 "Ex-communist". He's still being nominated as leader of the Padanian Parliament by a party literally called Padanian Communists.

[@_MrMoney]

American: "Hold up, you mean that in Europe when you speak about Socialism you don't think it's literal communism and abolishment of all liberties?... how weird"

[@LucasBenderChannel]

well... *some* do

[@taliyahofthenasaaj7570]

@@LucasBenderChannel Certainly my family seems to

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@taliyahofthenasaaj7570 My condolences. (You were great in last week's episode of The Mandalorian, by the way!)

[@michaelgpd1103]

S&D are mostly blairite post-Socialists while some of them might still bare the name

[@danieldeburgh8437]

Socialism in the US is when the govt does stuff.

[@frocco7125]

This describes Germany pretty well.

[@willywodka1924]

Except there is no National Conservatives here

[@baiano2000sc]

@@willywodka1924 maybe csu

[@truedarklander]

@@willywodka1924 AfD

[@truedarklander]

@@baiano2000sc AfD would be the national conservatives

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Yeah, we don't have a prominent National Conservative party in Germany... although we'd find their kin in the right wing of the CDU and CSU, and maaayybe in parts of the AfD. Maybe. NatCons to me are distinct from LibCons, in that they're far more suspicious of the EU, free trade and globalization. But they are still distinct from Right Wing Populists, in that they're not overly polemic, just... Conservative. Old-fashioned in their values.

[@adrielsebastian5216]

4:13 Right wing: red shade below the symbols Left wing: blue shade below the symbols _My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined_

[@alejandroojeda1572]

It's just strange

[@Angglio]

There's this video by Vox which explains why Red means Republican. So during the election night TV media decided to call it "Red for Reagan" and other news media decided to just copy it and it caught on.

[@adrielsebastian5216]

@@Angglio this must've been the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/opjdZKNqmKqLkLc The thing is, anywhere else red is left wing, blue is right wing. That's why you hear "better dead than red" during the cold war

[@Angglio]

@@adrielsebastian5216 yeah that's the one.

[@12DAMDO]

that's the United States for ya

[@Mical2001]

"They are here! They are q- here!" SAGDJS

[@austro_hungarian_nostalgia]

I didn’t understand that part

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@@austro_hungarian_nostalgia let’s just say the National Conservatives usually aren’t all that friendly to LGBT people.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@austro_hungarian_nostalgia A famous chant of pro-LGBT movements is "We are here, we are queer". The energy with which the NatCons enter in this video, reminded me of the energy at those queer protests. :) But since NatCons are often very protective of traditonal marriage and generally don't want to normalize queer lifestyles, I made them say "They are here, they are q...here!" That's the joke :D

[@Wizzy88]

@@LjuboCupic1912 Which is a good thing.

[@PhoenixFlame321]

The Fringe being depicted as a lovecraftian horror is incredibly fitting, the atrocities that spawn and fester the human collective mind can be... disturbing at best

[@tasse0599]

The "Fringe" is the only place where you find parties that are not being supported by big ass companies...

[@PhoenixFlame321]

​@@tasse0599 Perhaps, but "The Fringe" tends to do crazy things like: - arrest and condemn "undesirables" without fair justification; - shut down the government; - open concentration camps/gulags; - appropriate stuff forcefully and without compensation; - act without regard for common sense, the nation's own laws and/or constitution, or human rights and dignity; - Segregate/alienate parts of the population by social class/race/gender/sexual orientation; - practically/literally legalize slavery; - kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill; No wonder the big ass companies don't support them, they need stability to profit with their business, and moderate political parties are less inclined go do that.

[@elysian2765]

@@PhoenixFlame321 This is an extremely centrist point of view... gulags are just the Russian name for prison. And while there was hard labour in those camps, so it did (and still does) in the US, for example. Furthermore, while the USSR did have political prisoners, so did the US and the UK, which you don't seem to condemn. McCarthyism was big on arresting anyone that seems to align mildly with left-wing and socialist ideologist.. The forcefully appropriate stuff is very debatable since it's not objective. You have a very capitalist point of view if you view nationalising strategic companies or the whole private sector as theft. One can argue that the workers are what makes companies run, therefore they should own it and not their bosses that only want to exploit them and lower their salaries to increase profits. Western capitalist countries constantly act without regards to human rights and dignity. Housing is a human right. Right now more than 5 million people are homeless in the EU and several other million are in the same state in the US. And like this human right, several others are constantly violated, but you don't seem to be bothered. Whenever western capitalist countries commit all of the atrocities you mention you don't seem to criticise them because it benefits you and your political allegiance, but it's nevertheless a reality. Maybe be a little more critical of your reality and understand why these fringes exist. Plus, fringes aren't necessarily bad, they are simply the furthest away from our current neoliberal capitalist society, that currently is causing housing crisis, climate change, food shortages, one of the biggest recessions in history (which none of the socialist countries is experiencing) many other problems that many economists had predicted.

[@mikelmontoya2965]

@@PhoenixFlame321 wtf are you talking about?? here in Spain we have a coalition government between "the centre-left" and "the far left", and I can assure you this isn't some kind of soviet dystopian nightmare by any means, we have a pretty standard south-western European society and political system. Present-day "European far left" doesn't have anything to do with Stalinist Russia or Maoist China, for the most part it's democratic socialists who dislike capitalism but don't believe revolutionary violence will ever work at defeating capitalism in Western Europe (a lot of them even oppose revolutionary violence as of principle), unless somehow the whole capitalist system collapses on its own and we sink into chaos (some believe socialism will come when that happens, idk, I myself for some reason can't predict the future). For the most part they advocate for the return of the labour and wealth redistribution policies the social democrats held on their political platforms in Europe in the late 60s and the 70s. Would they love to get further than that? Probably. Do they believe it's likely they'll get to do that (or even advocate for that) in the near future? Of course not! And even if they got so powerful that they tried to abolish capitalism in Europe (which is highly unlikely, unless power dynamics dramatically change in the near future), they probably wouldn't try to replace it with soviet or maoist socialism (very few of them are Marxist-Leninists or Maoists after all), but with democratic socialism, which is arguably far more in favour of a drastically less authoritarian society than moderate liberals are (honestly, who do you see more advocating for demilitarization, defunding the police, anti-imperialism, and utilitarian justice instead of punitive "justice", young radical left activists, or complacent moderate liberals?).

[@LowestofheDead]

@@PhoenixFlame321 I agree and I want to add - the Center sometimes supports this in other countries. War in the Middle East over the oil price, sweatshops across South Asia, debt colonialism in the Global South, concentration camps in Xinjiang farming cotton... Big companies and centrist politicians are happy to ignore it as long as it's profitable in some way.

[@svenkobus4356]

I'm from the Netherlands and it is kinda weird how you perfectly described the major parties in mine country.

[@florianauerbach]

Thats bcz netherland is just drunk germans. This vid took his examples from germany.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@florianauerbach I'd like to say you're wrong. But no. Drunk Germans living in flat lands. Yess ;)

[@svenkobus4356]

@@LucasBenderChannel That is False we are drunk stoned Germans please get it right.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@svenkobus4356 My deepest apologies.

[@johnhargreaves4010]

What party would the VVD be?

[@dgsf9444]

4:41 I'm sorry, I have to say it *Green was an impostor*

[@LucasBenderChannel]

😂😂😂

[@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926]

Amongoose Sus!! sus!! 😳😳😳

[@LucasBenderChannel]

For those of you, who are asking: Yes, I *am* working on new videos, don't you worry! But they're gonna take some time to film and edit! Especially as I currently have to juggle the production of these videos, with my studies and a very demanding job. But several videos are in the works! :) *Edit:* FRENCH THE LLAMA, *1,000* SUBSCRIBERS??!?! For one teeny tiny video??!!? You people are absolutely mad. Thank you! ✌ *Edit 2:* 2,000!? Seriously!? What on earth is going on? O.O *Edit 3:* Okay... my subscriber-count has multiplied by *8* in only 2 weeks and is about to hit 4,000. That's absolutely mental. I hope that you do stick around to watch my future videos - whenever that happens. If you hit the bell icon, you'll get notified as soon as that drops. Thank you again. Dftba.

[@digdougx]

Sweet! You initial video was amazing and you have so much potential. I have a BA in history and am close to my M.Ed after which I plan to pursue a MA in public history. If you need capstone help let me know. I can give feedback if you need.

[@yngwievanhalen9640]

Great to hear it, I really like your debut here.

[@julonkrutor4649]

Well, it was a good video.

[@robloxwithfriends9264]

Can you make a indepth video about A bunch of fringe parties that get a few votes

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@robloxwithfriends9264 Not on a European scale, but maybe on a national one? Which country would you be the most interested in?

[@rob_olmstead]

I'm from a system called Brazil, where Stalin would support open market if someone gave him enough money. At least, the way I see it, stuff might be starting to change.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Oh that made me laugh out loud! :) So sorry bro. Hopefully they'll really crack down on corruption.

[@scrumptiousbee1032]

Well, Gorbachev opened the market for pizza hut.

[@rob_olmstead]

@@scrumptiousbee1032 money money money

[@Omnigreen]

Your art style is beautiful :3

[@LucasBenderChannel]

naw :3 thanks it's fairly simple so far

[@antlantis1234]

@@LucasBenderChannel Sometimes simple is very good, and when talking about politics, a simple art style can be perfect

[@vianabdullah2837]

Came to this channel randomly from your comment on JJ's video and I'm honestly impressed by how quality this is. Definitely deserves more subs in the future.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Oh thank you! :)

[@johanuuu8448]

JJ McCullough?

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@johanuuu8448 Yep. I'm a big fan of his KZbin videos.

[@johanuuu8448]

@@LucasBenderChannel Oh cool! I also enjoy his stuff. Nice video btw, i really enjoyed it.

[@shayne-1880]

@@LucasBenderChannel Oh wow as am I. Well I’m glad I found you, this was really funny, and I didn’t realize how many right-wing parties there were (I only really knew of the Liberals and just broad Conservatives, I didn’t realize that there were more factions)

[@Mongolium]

My recommendations have not failed me

[@theogaming2328]

As a french i can say that you did an exellent job at describing our political system

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Merci, mon frère :*

[@kosinusify]

Why do I even watch this? I'm a German, I know enough about our political system... Anyway, great video!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Haha danke 😂 Naja, bist nicht alleine! Jede Kommentarspalte wird sofort von Deutschen übernommen, wenn im Videotitel das Wort "German" vorkommt ;)

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Oh mei, no vui scheena! Du hoaßt "Da Hias" 😍🤣🤣

[@kosinusify]

@@LucasBenderChannel Ja do schau her, a Landsmann! Do muase ja fast abonnieren! :D

[@LucasBenderChannel]

​@@kosinusify I dad song, des is jetz direkt dei patriotische Pflicht, ja. Und I hab ghert des is fürn Umweltschutz super, wenn ma nur regionales KZbin schaugt. Und fürn Muskelaufbau huifts a!

[@kosinusify]

@@LucasBenderChannel Do host Recht! Und nebenbei lerne a na ebs üba Politik, des is quasi a Win-Win-Situation! (und wenns schee mocht... ;)

[@foxtrotdelta225]

Scotland : SNP SNP SNP SNP SNP

[@jahbama6202]

Hey! As the only member of the greens in existence we have 6 seats, so we’re basically big boys

[@hugh1486]

@@jahbama6202 if you take out the SNP, you basically have these exact parties without the NCs. SSP- Far Left Green- Well.. Labour- Worker’s LibDems- Liberal Conservative- Peoples UKIP/Brexit- Populists

[@jahbama6202]

@@hugh1486 that’s because without the SNP it’s just the same political system as the UK

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@@hugh1486 I think the Conservatives could also be NCs, especially the current government.

[@jivkoyanchev1998]

And all of than gets mixed and turned upside down in Eastern Europe. Btw nice job man, from an american point of view that's quite informative!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Pretty much, yes 😂 Thanks :)

[@dxvt]

well, Belarus has one party, Russia too. Ukraine's politics though is chaotic as fuck

[@dxvt]

@@dandadanda8983 yes, but for 20+ years only one party is in power

[@dxvt]

@@dandadanda8983 I meant the president

[@sodinc]

@@dxvt but president isn`t allowed to be a party member

[@sp0tb11m]

First, great video. I liked it. Next, the USA has a multiparty system, but because of the antiquated First-Past-The-Post voting system, those multiple parties form coalitions inside of two major party apparatuses before elections in hopes of at least getting some of their individual plans passed. Its an insane, unfair, and dysfunctional system that's not going to be changed as long as the actors inside and outside of said system mostly benefit from the 'controlled chaos' and 'confusion'.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thank you :) I think, saying the US does have a multi-party system is a bit of an overstatement, but I get the point. Most, if not all of the political ideologies in European parliaments can, to some degree, be found in the big two American parties as well.

[@Mrbertiification]

Just writting off the hook, but a lot of post-world war II thinkers liked the First-Past-The-Post-Voting System whith its mainly Two Parties-inpmlication. They deemed it to be "more" democratic (but I agree, mostly liberals in the European sens did it + Ahrendt). But as the tided changed to more communatirian concerns also the voting system preference with its party-structure implication and pralimantarian set-up changed to the preference of "european" Systems. With the newst twist beeing to call both into question and asked for a kind-of merger with new implications in ranking-voting system liked the one favoured by cpg grey, at least a couple of years a way. Take-a-way: Views change and should be looked into to not fall from one end to another, to evalute it and make you a little bit more free in you judgment (just comparetivly speaking). Also voting system preference seems to be tied to "most concerned" about problem x or issue/ value x in the political system and maybe should be better justified then that. (It is great for advocting but it would be even better to show what the place is or could be in the broader system and which other values maybe important and to way-in of those. Not to make it bullet-proof but more transparent in your judgemnt calls and giving yourself the possibility to reflect and decide more concsiously by yourself and giving it that way a higher universality and also more clear criterion for changing your view. BUT I can also see arguments for the advocate system, as long as it is claerly presented as such and takes counterarguments and especially counter "problems" seriously.)

[@ernstthalmann4306]

@@LucasBenderChannel American here in America the lower chamber (the House of Representatives) has ideological caucuses. The Democrats have one left wing caucus, the Republicans have two right wing ones. The democrats also have Clintonite New Dems who are center to center left, and "blue dog" democrats who are center left to center right. So the Democratic Party represents the Left but the party is more mixed than the Republicans. The Republicans have one caucus that is center to center right, so some sane Republic still exist. But, simply, the right wing is further right than the left is further left. But after Trump that's obvious.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

4:14 Spain IS actually a really interesting place to evaluate this, beacuse our multiparty system IS lterally brand new (10 years ago we had basically a two party system). So... Right vs left IS still the most important divide and by a lot, coalitions are few unstable and usually along the left vs right line. However a couple months ago all the parties, Including the people's party, roasted the populist right party when they tried to get the presidency. So it's more complex than It seems. The far left and the socialist also have plenty of clashes, usually because the far left asks for more power in the coalition and the socialist don't want that.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

I've heard that exact description from a bunch of Spaniards now! In Germany we also had a gradual shift from a (de facto) two-party-system towards the multi-party-system we have today. But that happened over decades! In Spain however, it happened from one election to the next! :o Could you tell me what happened between 2011 and 2016 that made the election results shift as drastically? In 2011 PP and PSOE were the single two champions! But in the election of 2016, suddenly Podemos and the Ciudadanos gained massively and suddenly there were four dominant parties. What made them gain so many voters/ what made the big two loose so many? :)

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@LucasBenderChannel in one Word: corruption. In two, corruption and the economic crisis. The general discontent suddenly inflated "new" (actually ciudadanos IS from 2006) parties. Podemos mainly got a good piece of the younger generations and later on added that to the loyal voters of izquierda unida. In Spain The system IS such that you can escalate quite quickly once you're Big enough and focused enough, while parties that have few and extended votes get very few Seats. that's why regional parties have so much influence. It also hided the amount support izquierda unida really had. Essentially podemos established itself as a new party, outside the "corrupt elite", which grabbed many discontent PSOE voters, with their new more radical ideas. As for ciudadanos, PP had been seeing rampant corruption over the last years and ciudadanos emerged as a new and clean alternative, also atracting voters from the left with their "centrist" Outlook, and "liberal" ideas. Since then podemos Lost it's newness. many voters saw PSOE as the right thing to vote or simply didn't vote. However podemos still managed to mantain the loyal izquierda unida voters. Ciudadanos, shifted to the right trying to eclipse PP, but by doing so It Lost its centrist appeal and sunk misserably in the Next elections. Finally vox entered the picture, It fed on disilusioned people (now in great supply) and on the far right of the PP, doing better and better on the elections. All the while, PP was going through an indentity crisis as It also shifted to the right trying to grab as many vox voters as humanely posible. This ended on the moción de censura last month, where vox asked for the support of the right and instead got a slap on the face. Now the key IS how many voters Will migrate from PP and Ciudadanos to Vox. You also have to understand that the current voting system benefits Big parties over coalitions which IS why we have a socialist president.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

​@@alejandroojeda1572 Thank you! That paints a good picture! :) And will PP's plan to catch some fish on the far right work? The conservative Premier of my state tried that in the last state election and was badly hurt because of it, because the moderate conservatives despised his cozyness with the far right.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@LucasBenderChannel well that's what the censorship motion was all about, It was basically vox testing their odds, if they won they got the presidency, if they Lost they got to say their voters that PP and Ciudadanos had betrayed them. PP could either play lapdog to VOX or Close the door to their ally. They're former allies now, so It seems they've abandoned the idea of fishing in the far right, instead trying to show itself as the responsible right party. Everyone thought backing the censorship motion was a political suicide. The migration to the right was probably a mistake

[@KVPMD]

This was really good. Impressive short and still meaningful without big issues (missing or errors). Loved that 5 mins even as a european.

[@confusedowl297]

This should have more views!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks!

[@giannisvellichor5632]

well, europeans know about it very well , and the americans in reallity don t give a f"ck what happens outside the US !

[@Matej_Petr]

An extremely well made video! Entertaining and informative! I sure could use that to explain the EU to some people here in CZ. Looking forwards to more!

[@mikihirai335]

Came here from youtube recomendations and am not disappointed. cant wait for the next video!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Idk why but this little video has gotten so much traction in the last two days, it's insane! haha The algorithm is so random! :D Thank you! appreciate it

[@AbuBakar-wp7rw]

I’m a student of International Relations, and Political Science. When I started learning European politics, the most annoying part was keeping track all the political parties. And the most perplexing part was their names, and how so many names overlap.

[@vclipsofficial588]

Here from reddit, this channel is going to go far. Keep it up!

[@mucuspatty4649]

I’m glad I managed to find this. I’m excited to see what you do next!

[@BringJoyNow]

4:20 Liberals with Populist Right Wing? *VERHOFSTADT SCREAMING INTENSIFIES*

[@ginandromeda1618]

American conservatives be like

[@antonioklaic4839]

@@ginandromeda1618 conservatives be like "Don't step on me" And then they get a Republican in office, then it's "Step on me daddy"

[@cam_sus]

Same reaction here

[@cam_sus]

Nice timestamp

[@mix3k818]

In Poland, this is basically Konfederacja, if you swapped liberals for libertarians (AKA radical market liberals) and merged them with the right-wing populists, nationalists, monarchists and anti-vaxxers. I'd wish I was kidding.

[@hughoriordain372]

This is a really cool video. I'd love to see more videos like this about European politics

[@candycandygirl7433]

Wooah! Loved this video! Not particularly detailed, but I guess that wasn’t your main goal. It gives you an idea about the current situation. Congrats! 🇪🇺❤️👏🏻

[@waetschie3767]

4:25 why is it the right that's got the lightsaber? How unfair is that.

[@torherk_185]

Well, far left has a Tommy Gun, so I guess we can say: _Perfectly balanced, as all things should be_

[@imie5762]

@@torherk_185 it's soviet ppsh, not tommy

[@jadapinkett1656]

The Republic was pretty much a libertarian institution, so...

[@dilettantish]

Thanks for your video. I'm an Asian student studying central and east European studies in Estonia. It's quite helpful for me :)

[@ulriksteenandersen4215]

Came from Reddit, nice vid!

[@ulriksteenandersen4215]

@Anonymer Nutzer What do you mean?

[@NMiccolupo]

You cracked me up at the end of Workers' Party. Interesting and informative video. Hope you make more!

[@user-ls1bw2uw1j]

Thank you for this video! You explain everything so well and animation is very good as well 💙

[@klaym782]

Nice video, you perfectly explain the european multiparty system, keep it up ! 👍👍👏 Bit up from france 🇫🇷🇪🇺 !

[@georgizlatinov1792]

4:41 I laughed out loud when I saw the groups greens vs everyone else.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

That's what happens when you bring up veganism in a room full of meat-eaters ;)

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

Great explanation! + I love the visual style of the video :D

[@shaesmith2831]

I would love to see more content in this style. I know it’s been a year and it’s literally just one video but I’ve watched this so many times now. Also, to any Americans who are curious, we also have factional divides inside parties despite Europe having a million parties. In most parties you tend to have a split between socially progressive and reactionary factions. You even get this in socialist parties. European politics can be a mess but it’s always interesting

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thank you, I appreciate that.^^ As I'm writing to you, I'm currently working on another video and it's quite frustrating. 😅 I really want to film this video, and have that "real life" portion mixed in with the animation. But since I'm really new to cameras, lighting and sound editing, I've had to reshoot the entire thing four times now! I hope this time it sticks. I'm definetly gonna churn out one to three videos until the German election in September :) Thanks for your patience.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

And as far as the split in American parties goes: YES! Definetly! I think you're probably gonna find the same kinds of ideologies in the major two American parties as well. It's just the organization that is different.

[@colinbisasky1134]

Interesting. There's still plenty of factional division in our parties. It used to be said that there were more differences within the Democratic & Republican parties than between them. Today, I'm not sure. However, the "whips" in American parties don't have the power that they do in countries which are parliamentary democracies. Take into account the attempted repeal of Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) back when Trump was president. The House of Representatives voted in favor of the repeal, but when the Senate voted on it, the repeal failed because three Republicans--considered more moderate than the rest of the pack--voted against party lines. In countries which usually have stronger party discipline (very powerful whips) that could not have happened. In some countries, if you don't vote the way the whips tell you, then f*** you you're out of the party and won't likely come back. How much division is there today, and how powerful are the whips in the US these days? I couldn't tell you. But also take into account that Democrat and republican lawmakers at the state level aren't 100% the same as in Congress (federal level); and looking at Congress alone gives you an incredibly incomplete picture of American politics.

[@bumblingbureaucrat6110]

@@colinbisasky1134 The Whips have as much power in America as they are capable of wrangling. Just look at Obama's presidency and how Mitch McConnell was able to get a huge degree of solidarity in order to stimy everything the Democrats did. Not every whip will have the same success as Mitch because it relies largely upon their Charisma. You can hate him all you want but you can't deny that he was on a roll and had the Senate on lockdown.

[@Kzzak]

Found you from the comments of a JJ McCullough video, and I think I've found a hidden gem! :D Can't wait for your next videos.

[@BigMamaDaveX]

...and me! 😹

[@FredoRockwell]

This is AMAZING! Great animation, but also you've explained everything so clearly. Also, it's a pretty good fit for UK politics as well ! Thank you.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Naw, thanks mate! :3

[@cutedandelion1409]

THIS VIDEO NEED MORE LIKES!!! Cuz I loved this a lot!!

[@elonmuskofbadideas3035]

This is the first video I see of you. And now you've got me as a new subscriber

[@davgg9621]

I knew you were German, my sweet european neighbor :D

[@jonnil1997]

Good video never realized about how alike european political spectrums are, this is quite accurate to swedish politics.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Glad to hear people from so many different countries repond positively :)

[@hudhifaal-kharusi6974]

Nice vid. Saw your comment on JJ's channel and it was totally worth the watch. A definite sub from me. 😁

[@Hazardius]

As an European - this is quite accurate. Even though as someone on the left I initially felt that this video bundled up communists and anarchists. Then I remembered - anarchists don't get involved in the party politics. :)

[@cookie856]

Goal acquired : making an anarchism party in Belgium. My country is weird enough for it to pass.

[@Hazardius]

@@cookie856 Got curious and looked for it on Wikipedia, but the closest thing I found there was CAP. Is this the one you mentioned?

[@cookie856]

@@Hazardius No, I talked about doing my own because my country is weird enough for one more paradox XD

[@mr.chicken1017]

well they did talk about liberalists, and thats just slightly less extreme anarchism

[@Hazardius]

@@mr.chicken1017 Nah. Liberals are liberals. With exclusion of some "classic liberals" liberalism nowadays focuses on "licking the capitalists' boots" as hard as possible in hopes that "some day I will own a boot myself and then other people will lick my boot". Anarchists are left-wing - fighting against ANY hierarchy, capitalism included; and "an"cap was made up as a joke and unfortunately was picked up for real by people who missed the point of this sad joke.

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

That was a very good video, you just earned a new subscriber! This makes me miss old KZbin

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Oh wow. Being compared to "Old KZbin" is the biggest compliment imaginable 😂 Thanks!

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

@@LucasBenderChannel yeah reminds me of cgp grey and stuff like that. Looking forwards fo another video

[@Siptom369]

This was a great explanation off all the Parties we have

[@brightenight8699]

Hey dude nice video. Hope you keep making video because this is so well done.

[@loverdeadly6128]

I've been told by some friends who live outside the US that the key difference between our two-party system and their multi-party system is that in a multi-party system different parties tend to build coalitions based on whatever the issues of the time are, whereas the US's two-party system tends to be locked into perpetual conflict and therefor may deliberately take "opposing" sides on an issue for no other reason than to garner votes and political capital.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Well they're not wrong! :) Although I wouldn't say that parties form coalitions "on whatever the issues of the time are". It's more that parties come together after every election and then stick with that coalition for the duration of that term - until the next election. And since you (as a party) want to get in power, you should get along reasonably well with every other party... Or at least most of them. For instance in Germany. Our Green party is pretty firmly on the center-left, whereas our Conservative party is on the center-right. They usually wouldn't want to work with each other and have other preferred partners. Like, the Greens would _much_ rather work with the social-democrats than the Conservatives. But the current polls show, that nobody will get a majority with their preferred partners next year! So, they will probably need to come together in an uncomfortable, but workable Green-Conservative coalition. Every party knows about that, which is why the big fight in German politics is for the center. There's little reward awaiting you at the political edges, because nobody will vote for you, if you insist on radical poisitions. Voters know that radical parties probably won't have a shot at entering a coalition and will never actually get to decide anything. There are exceptions of course... aaaand my answers are always too long haha

[@headcanon6408]

I watched this whole video before I realized he wasn't talking about European party groups in the EU parliament. Weirdly enough it still fits with the 7 main EU parties. Based on what I found online, it seems like it's: S&D=worker's party EPP=people's party Liberals and Democrats=liberals Greens=greens Conservatives and Reformists=national conservatives United Left/party with an unnecessarily long an complicated name=far left Identity and Democracy=right wing populism

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Right! Haha... There's definetly a reason why the EU parliamentary groups are divided in the same way. This is just a comprehensive list that fits nearly every European country :)

[@andreasthinksyoureprettyco5206]

I did not expect this to encompass Norwegian politics so nicely. 😅 Great job!

[@caninec1836]

hey this was pretty accurate and nice, cool video!

[@Kanelipullla]

For a general video about European parties, this is suprisingly accurate description of most Finnish political parties 😆

[@LucasBenderChannel]

great! :D

[@williamlangdon2596]

Darn, us Americans should implement a system like this. Much higher diversity of ideas.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Would certainly help heal the divisions... :/

[@colinbisasky1134]

@@LucasBenderChannel Not necessarily. I'd like to see someone prove that. It's easy to observe the world through the eyes of one's own country/system of government/political culture. But it's an intellectual trap. It's a statement that you can't prove! BTW, if you do a little digging you'll find that, for a while in the 19th century, we DID have a large third party and a few small fringe parties in Congress. There have also been third parties which have fielded presidential candidates which actually won whole states (and therefore, electoral votes!)

[@miguelpadeiro762]

​@@colinbisasky1134 Actually there's a pretty obvious way to prove it, the empirical way, aka doing it and seeing how it works out. Can it suceed? Yeah! Can it fail? Yeah. Only one way to find out, though. Refusing to outright try it out because x might happen is the oldest excuse in the book though. It's the only way to get it out of the realm of speculation

[@colinbisasky1134]

@@miguelpadeiro762 sometimes one country's politics aren't compatible with another country's political culture. "Trying" it out can be just as dangerous as doing nothing. If something doesn't work, it is often difficult to clean up the chaos afterward. Often, the change is permanent, and it might go in a direction that is harmful. So i cannot agree with your statement. I reject the view of "let's try x, because it works so well for the People of country Y..." Political culture is unique from one country to the next, and what works in the EU nations isn't necessarily going to work in the USA. We're not talking about testing something in a laboratory. This is real life, and lives can be lost whenever an unworkable political system causes chaos because you wanted to try it out by turning an entire country into the political equivalent of a lab rat.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@colinbisasky1134 How do you think political cultures change??? Do tell me the scenario where...people die--the US likes to call itself the bastion of democracy but from what I am getting from you, it apperantly is incompatible with democracy? The only political culture that works in the USA is a right wing oligarchy split in two parties?? There are no lab rats. Americans are democratic-counscious people, they are aware of the democratic process, a change like this wouldn't kill anybody...the Europeans are likewise democratic-counscious people. We're not different species with a mad scientist going "well this vaccine worked on this species, let's try out on this one....they may die but ah well" Please clear this out to me, are Americans braindead or something? Are they mentally incapable of counting beyond 2 in a ballot? I'm genuinely confused at how this is incompatible with the self-titled bastion of democracy

[@swedishguyonyoutube4684]

The animation in this video is AMAZING! Simply AMAZING!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thank you! Really appreciate the compliment!^^ (But just in fairness to all the awesome animators out there, this can hardly be called "animation", since I just drew different pictures. None of them moved at all. So I don't have those animation skills just yet. Hopefully some day ;) )

[@througheuropetheheadinthes8602]

Good job! Explaining political parties in Europe is not an easy task, especially in 5 minutes!!!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

[@johannesclimacus5509]

Super well made video. Top quality and informative! I'm definitely subscribing (also self-promoting worked)

[@elilagnio3497]

Here in Spain basque and Catalan separatist parties are really important, as well as some other regional parties (like "Teruel exists") which offer their votes in the national parliment in exchange of money and privileges to their territories.

[@DakiDaki7]

Really good video! We in Europe are different from Anglo systems which are two party systems. You could do episodes explaining each group of parties. For instance, workers party are mostly against free trade and for fair trade etc. etc.

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

A really impressive very accurate summary. Very good video.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thank you!^^ Glad you liked it!

[@NOAHPCPRO]

"Owning stocks is hard work" 🤣

[@synsam12345]

This was very accurate. Good job.

[@williamnettlesjr.3323]

This is absolutely wonderful man!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

thanks^^

[@DarthSidian]

Ah yes, a young educational channel. I will be watching your career with great interest.

[@andrewmtula]

Great video!

[@flex_96]

I initially thought that this video was about the European Parties and Groupings like EPP, S&D, ALDE/Renew Europe, etc. But the point is pretty much the same and the video is really well made!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks!^^ Yes, instead of the party groups, I wanted to make a video about an fictional "average" European country. That way, I didn't have to spend as much time on the scandals and history of the real party groups.

[@hugovillajos6709]

Live your videos! I was wondering if there are any future videos coming for this channel because I really enjoyed how u explain these topics!

[@Bluebanana2121_]

Found you from recommended, i feel like you my be blowing up soon

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Haha, not with the upload schedule of a sedated sloth. 😅 But I appreciate the comment!^^

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@LucasBenderChannel don't know, i subscribed just after this video, it's pretty good.

[@Michael-pn7xm]

Still waiting for the next video, dude. Love from Greece.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks :) Sending love back! Hope you're not suffering from a hot night at the moment. I'm genuinely sitting here, editing my next video right now! It's a real hassle, since I can only really find the time to edit late at night... But I'm trying my best to get it done as quickly as possible. And it's 100% going to be released in September. :)

[@micloney]

This a great video! Amazing that it's your first upload. Subscribed :)

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Too kind, thank you! :)

[@tomandrews125]

Came from your comment from JJ McCulloughs Women cabinet positions video Not disappointed subscribed

[@ghostninja5035]

Came here from a J.J. Mcullough comment section

[@LucasBenderChannel]

I've advertised the hell out of this little video in every corner of the Internet haha 😅

[@somedude8468]

"Literal nazis" i died

[@LucasBenderChannel]

👉😉👉

[@mewosh_]

You got a sub from me after just 30 seconds of the video. It's truly amazing. I'm so glad KZbin recommended it to me. 👌

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Aw. Too nice :) Thanks!

[@nazom_oko]

That was the most easy to understand video about a european muti-party sytem I've seen yet. It even helped me understand the parties in my country Austria better, which is greazt thing. thanks for the cool video. but also i thought thw video would be about the EU-Parties which are basically muti-parties parties for the EU

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Glad I could help! And yes,... I always knew that'd be a problem. "Political Parties in Europe" vs. "Political Parties of the EU". It just sounds too similar! 🙈 Scheene Griaß ins Nachbarland!

[@GlebSem2]

Meanwhile me living in Russia: Political party? What is it?

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Someday 😔🤞🤞🤞

[@GlebSem2]

@@LucasBenderChannel I hope so...

[@imienazwisko4219]

In the US it is not Left vs Right it is Right vs Far right.

[@JanKralik1]

I really liked the video, keep it up!

[@olislusher5923]

This was great! Thank you!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks. Glad I could help! :)

[@DarkerRunesASMR]

This explains the parties in Finland quite well. I'm impressed. Though I would say, that The National Conservatives and The Right Wing Populists are in one party in Finland, but that might be basically the only difference.

[@SavolaxMitsu]

One old Finnish party wasen't in this video, which party's are more common to Nordic than other European countries, that are Agrarian Political Party's aka Central Party's

[@KappaChiino]

This is pretty good, yep… Though, Scandinavian politics are a bit less… extreme than most other European countries

[@Exnem]

Hope you doing well. Looking forward to whatever next you make.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks. I'll try to produce regular videos starting in spring of next year :)

[@jankisi]

I discovered this channel, clicked the first video I saw since it seemed intresting, was amazed by the video, went to see if there were more videos like this on the channel... well you can imagine the rest

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Sorryyyyyy. 😭 But I'm glad you liked the first!

[@theletter4349]

Good job you deserve more subs

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks. I will if you share the video 😉

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

from my experence I see that this is good to have diversity and parties to rule the country have to cooperate eachother not like in America there are only 2 parties.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Yep. It definetly makes the political climate less toxic and encourages healthy debate. Also coalitions signify that nothing is possible without compromise, which is another healthy lesson, I think.

[@flyingsquirrell6953]

As much as I believe you are entitled to your own opinion, I do believe that being a European (I think, the name sounds Polish but idrk) it’s hard to understand the American logic to our party systems as it is vice-versa. So I, as an American, disagree.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@flyingsquirrell6953 As an European I tell you that Europe is just as much of a mess as you are so don't worry. We have unfunctional parliament which rarely agrees on anything. We have an EU which overregulates everything, is technocratic, undemocratic and ineffective. Both Americans and Europeans have their unique problems but in the end Europe is in far worse condition than the US. Europe is essentially dying out. Both figiuatively and literally.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@flyingsquirrell6953 We're both Polish just have different opinions. I'm kinda done with the current system.

[@JuliaGarbe1]

Woah, I had no idea you had a channel too! This is so well done!!!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Thanks! Well, it's hardly a channel with just one video ;)

[@JuliaGarbe1]

@@LucasBenderChannel But, it's a GOOD video! Regardless, I've just added a link to it in the description of my video, in the "support our creative participants" section :)

[@LucasBenderChannel]

@@JuliaGarbe1 whaaaa- oh that's too nice :D Thank you!

[@a12i9]

this is pretty funny and really informative! especially for politically rather uninterested people like me 🙄😏 DFTBA!

[@petrov3411]

amazing video man !!

[@DavidZuhlke]

Very interesting. Luckily, we have more and more pan-European movements and parties now, like Volt Europa, who actually have the same name, branding and programme all across the continent.

[@hoi4noob765]

ohhhhhh yes VOLT EUROPA nice party

[@LucasBenderChannel]

it would definetly make it easier for outsiders to understand ;)

[@JurisLLM]

And much like any pan-European party it has 0 seats.

[@schlanki2481]

@@JurisLLM Volt actually has a seat in the European Parliament :)

[@DavidZuhlke]

@@JurisLLM Volt got elected into the EP in its first attempt and is also present in several city councils.