Romania and Bulgaria: 5 years in the EU | Journal Reporters

Journal Reporter Karl Harenbrock on the road in Romania
DW-TV's Karl Harenbrock tours Romania and Bulgaria to find out what's changed since the two countries joined the European Union in 2007.

[@poatemaine6200]

We didn't have any debt in 1989, but there were 3 hour queues for bread. Meanwhile, Yugoslavia didn't have this problem being closer to Europe, ideologically.

[@gloin10]

It would be interesting to see an updated version of this program. What has changed since 2012?

[@healththenopulence5106]

Visit us, the changes visible everywhere in Romania

[@dragos550]

Nothing 😂😂😂

[@Ggeorgiev89]

Very good video. Regards from BG

[@pizdanpula223]

you cannot sum up changes in Romania and Bulgaria in just 10 min :|

[@bogdanbO]

Yes it is it's a Euro Asian Country

[@politicalchanel]

useless? do you have any idea how much economic potential those countries have? and that potential will be exploited;

[@pizdanpula223]

you could have gone to many acces points from Romania into Bulgaria you just chose a bad one )

[@politicalchanel]

but that's that big of a deal either; Romania and Bulgaria will probably undergo huge economic growth on par with turkey within the next few years; certainly once the eurozone crisis ends, the economies of those two countries will skyrocket

[@Not_Yandere_Im_Ayano]

it could have been great,but they blew it.

[@Philip-nd9jn]

Well that didn’t happen

[@iseethroughyouresoul.5605]

@@Philip-nd9jn what Romania now is the 1st balkan country by wealth Bulgaria is the third

[@Philip-nd9jn]

@@iseethroughyouresoul.5605 still doesn’t mean nothing

[@iseethroughyouresoul.5605]

@@Philip-nd9jn it means we have more money than before

[@HollyGolightly078]

that is true

[@niker82]

... apparently this is Bulgaria. But the truth is quite different. Poverty, misery, unemployment, growing corruption, depopulation of villages and towns, high mortality, low wages - € 150, high food prices. Bulgaria was the first among the other countries of Europe, where food is the most - expensive.

[@aporia82]

How old are you boy ?

[@meralodem]

Looking at the Bulgars-Romanians and other Balkan countries, yessssssssss we are def not European at all !!!!

[@Ggeorgiev89]

Wow you might just be right. i really hope you aren't. it is a great idea, i hope we don't fuck it up

[@qwert1forutube]

Întrebarea de la Ucraina. Sunt România Uniunea Europeană? Dacă se poate - argumentruyte argumente pro și contra. Pentru noi este foarte important.

[@Muhafaka]

Nu te-ai exprimat chiar pe intelesul tuturor dar cred ca ai vrut sa intrebi daca e mai bine acum in Romania ca e in UE ... Si raspunsul e "da" , e mai bine... ii forteaza pe politicieni sa fie mai corecti si mai cu simt de raspundere. Nu se mai fura cum se fura pe timpuri...

[@kellogsnotavailable]

poti sa o si traduci daca esti dragut. You might want to put that into English too.

[@politicalchanel]

turkey isn't that great; it's gdp per capita is about the same as Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and whatever you said there; it has a huge economic potential because of its population growth and already large population but per capita, like i said, gap per capita not much better than south east europe; also the value of its population growth is reduced by the lack of quality education for many turks; what turkey does have is a huge economic growth;

[@user-xy3pe8ij6r]

I was one deperted from France, my poor Romania!

[@poatemaine6200]

troll much?

[@politicalchanel]

who the hell cares? I am tired of seeing that stupid ceausescu's policies praised; so what if there was no debt in 1989? there was also NO FOOD! currently romania's public debt is 30% of gdp; the EU limit on that debt for stability purposes is 60% in other words romania still hugely benefits from little public debt; so what? there's also little economic growth; it's not the debt that's the problem it's what you do with it; it should be invested; I for one trust the EU a million times more

[@user-xy3pe8ij6r]

I have both girlfriend and boyfriend :-) And I have a job too, I wash toilets, now in Germany, then in the Uk. :-) Proud to be Romanian!

[@DarkAncientZ]

Nu chiar. Rusii sunt de vina exclusiv pentru ca nu au respectat una din cerintele comunismului. Comunismul trebuia sa apara numai in tarile cu o economie puternica, atunci cand mijloacele de productie au devenit extrem de eficiente. Rusia era o tara cu o economie de ras la vremea respectiva, nu indeplinea conditia aceasta si s-a vazut.

[@kellogsnotavailable]

Eu sunt roman. Dvs sunteti o televiziune care prezentati exact ceea ce vi se cere sa prezentati. Cu singuranta nu de Merkozy! A, si nu, nimenui nu ii pare bine ca Romania este in UE, nu oamenii oricum. I am Romanian. You are a television presenting exactly what you are commanded to present. And it is not Merkozy the monster having placed this order. Oh, and nobody enjoys being in the EU, not the folks anyway.

[@aporia82]

hahaha I am a Political Scientist. You do not support Scottish Independence, so, you are one of those who `take advantage of` the existing English colonialism. Very well, support the independence or not, Scottish people are definitely second-class citizens of the UK. Your support of colonialism that doesn`t make you a `first-class` citizen.

[@Not_Yandere_Im_Ayano]

thanks, you know more than lots of scots scot brits make me sick

[@politicalchanel]

the romanian national government

[@aporia82]

Well I don't know if Turkey is European or not, but it's the 15th largest economy in the world and 5th largest economy of Europe with 10% economic growth per year. And it's way better developped than Bulgaria and Romania.

[@furkansenyigit]

totally agree

[@gloin10]

@aporia_darkpath Oh dear, that really, REALLY, did NOT age well... Turkey, as of November 2022, has official inflation in excess of 85%, while its currency has collapsed and its economy is in a death spiral.

[@aporia82]

@@gloin10 yes, exactly !

[@bulgariainsight429]

This aged so well xD, Bulgaria is 2x richer than Turkey and Romania is 2.5x richer

[@maximummask]

All hail the mighty EU!

[@poatemaine6200]

we won't fuck it up, countries like U.K. will. The want out but lack an excuse.

[@Not_Yandere_Im_Ayano]

it is not the uk its england nobody else has a say

[@antimagefromdota1858]

that was both funny and stupid

[@arditgashi662]

The narrator sounds like a bot

[@politicalchanel]

pai, atunci esti un pic dobitoc

[@politicalchanel]

intre 2000 si 2008 a fost crestere economica uriasa; studiaza subiectul inainte sa iti exprimi o opinie

[@freebox1248]

The EU is great for poor countries but now the Eu is broken and if you dont take on passport control on the Turkey border then low wages or jobs will not be the major problem any longer .

[@furkansenyigit]

turkey is 5 largest economy in europe and salary per person way too higher than bulgarians

[@stoyanne]

like your mom

[@winiestfeline7199]

i got set this by my geography teacher and i cba to watch it so ima report it for terrorism sorry

[@politicalchanel]

zau? poate vorbesti de grupul tau mic de prieteni sau vorbesti nu de "oameni" ci de oamenii dobitoci; bineinteles ce UE este un imens beneficiu pentru Romania; daca te educi un pic o sa ajungi la aceiasi concluzie;

[@sogard3190]

😂😂😂😂

[@redriver1552]

i dont wanna join EU as Turkish people !!! TURKEY is as strong as Europe...