Romania in the EU

Romania, with its rich history and diverse landscape, joined the European Union (EU) in 2007. This video looks at Romania's political, economic, and historical background. We'll then explore how Romania is represented in the EU and its relationship with the organisation. Our goal is to understand the ties and challenges between Romania and the EU since their union.
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[@Frazv]

Greetings to my Romanian brothers 🇮🇹🇪🇺🇷🇴

[@razvanbarascu4007]

Salut, fratele nostru italian!🫶🥃🥃🫵😎

[@aurelaurel8222]

Romania is the most corupt country in Europa like Russia

[@Frazv]

@@NA-fq6hv I know someone that studied Latin here in my city, we have Liceo Classico (High school) were they study Latin and Ancient Greek. But I only know a few words in Latin haha

[@killthereds2.043]

“Greetings”, “brothers”?!? We will never forget how romanians were abused and humiliated by italian media and politics! Frog eating gypsy!

[@Frazv]

@@NA-fq6hv I'll read something about him, thanks for the advice. Per aspera ad astra c:

[@MojeidaNeMoje421]

Greetings to Romania from Bulgaria! Best regards, neighbours!

[@cosminmirea464]

Hello neighbour...greetings from Romania

[@HisameArtwork]

Hi! How's it going? I have no good memories of Bulgaria because of bad policemen robbing us on our way to vacation in Turkey when I was a kid. Can you please tell me something positive about your country? I have no bulgarian friends and all the news about you that reaches me is bad. Even when I lived in Michigan USA, my dentist there complained about Bulgaria because she adopted her son from there and I think she confused our two countries. 😞

[@aurelaurel8222]

Romania is the most corupt country in Europa like Russia

[@aurelaurel8222]

@@HisameArtwork I visited Bulgaria 🇧🇬 is beautiful country and beautiful people

[@aurelaurel8222]

@@HisameArtwork in Romania is OK only Transylvania

[@rotnem0017]

I wish nothing but the best for Romanian people they are hard workers and respectful 🇦🇱🇷🇴

[@user-mi4yc7pr3x]

Thx Albania. We wait you in EU.

[@razvanbarascu4007]

Fratii nostri albanezi!!💪😎🫵😏

[@Iulian4200]

@@user-mi4yc7pr3xbetter far away from EU. Netherlands want Constanta port to put us in Schengen space. Fuck EU

[@alf3071]

I am a Romanian peoplez and I am not a hard worker cuz idgaf

[@antlerman7644]

​@@alf3071lmao good one jippo

[@empjorium]

Greetings from Bulgaria. May our friendly relations never end! 🇷🇴 🇧🇬

[@user-mi4yc7pr3x]

Hi BG neighbor. We love BG

[@officialhellotravel]

💙💛❤️🫂🤍💚❤️

[@sergerea]

LOVE 🥰 Bulgaria

[@dawidrejczak3208]

Im form Poland, I have many friends from Romania 🤝 I would never say a bad word about them. Very ambitious and hard working people 👍🏻

[@cr4yv3n]

Always cringed we didn't sided with Poland in WW2 ( BIG shame in our history to side with the bad guys ffs ) and ever since I always said we should side with you guys because you always chose right. When dealing with the EU, when dealing with Russia etc Poland - Romania

[@Bunga_Bunga69]

I’m Romanian who is currently working and living in Germany and i also have a lot of polish friends,my ex girlfriend was polish and all i can say about polish people that they are the best 😇 Kocham Cię Polska

[@Vlad_-_-_]

I swear every single pole I met in UK I liked without exception. Really kind people that know how to defend what is important to them and take shit from nobody. Every day my respect and admiration for Poland only grows.

[@Barabba.]

In poland do you still use zloty? I bet something change when euro will be in your pocket.

[@3ast3rn3r]

​@@cr4yv3n Do you know what happened to Romania in 1940? There was no other option back then. The only mistake they've made was to continue the war east of the Dniester river. They should've stoped there.

[@Mr-Weiss]

Im from Poland and i must say only one thing................ ROMANIA IS THE BEST COUNTRY🇵🇱❤🇷🇴

[@groovytau]

You make me blush 😊

[@cosimomancio9301]

❤🇷🇴❤️🇪🇺❤️🇵🇱❤

[@sorinpatrik5444]

🤝

[@evaraiara]

❤

[@George-Chris]

I so wish we still had the 1930's border in Europe (excluding USSR) so that we Romanians and Poles would have a common ground border

Beautiful country, kind people. Out brothers. Greetings from Moldova.

[@alex990ism]

you guys need to pull your shit together and stop listening to russian propaganda and letting russian spies in all of your administration and society fk things up

[@alex990ism]

second post: come to thing about it, we need to do that to

[@popacristian2056]

Suntem de fapt aceasi tara din 1918!

@@popacristian2056 am fost, ai vrut să zici. Realitatea este dură

[@popacristian2056]

@ Nu "am fost" ci *suntem* fiindca pactul Ribentrop Molotov a fost denuntat si nerecunoscut de nimeni. Totusi ne complacem intr-o nebuloasa !...

[@divumque]

Love and blessings to Romania from the US. 🇺🇸❤🇷🇴

[@cr4yv3n]

You guys are the REAL safety guarantor. Western Europe is a bunch of bitches and traitors.

[@user-mi4yc7pr3x]

Thanks for covering our ass from russians

[@alexanderolteanu3236]

[@MoldovanNationalist]

I don't think americans from california,Arizona or other states will like you after saying you love romanians 😂

[@cr4yv3n]

@@MoldovanNationalist wtf is a "Moldovan nationalist"? Putler's bitch? Fsb stooge?

[@EUMadeSimple]

Dear Romanian viewers, I have been told I butchered some of the Romanian words. I apologize and will do better next time :) I am still learning Romanian pronunciation and I hope you will forgive me. Either way, I hope you enjoy the rest of the video! 3:45 - accidentally showed the Hungarian flag on Czechia. Sorry

[@ContextlessMonarchist]

To be honest it's not too hard but that's maybe because I'm Romanian

[@confuseddog6746]

At least you perfectly pronounced Ceausescu.

[@hidderaven7890]

you made a little mistake with showing hungary on the map

[@stanciucatalin7267]

I was more focused on the content than pronunciation, so don't worry about it. 👍

[@Richard1A2B]

Looking forward to your video on Ireland... let me know if you need any help with the pronounciation😂

[@wojciechluzinski4503]

The idea of making a video on every single EU member state similar to this one on Romania is excellent! I would watch them all! 🇪🇺

[@EUMadeSimple]

Great to hear :)

[@MyAnimeTL]

​@@EUMadeSimple That would be similar to what ARTE did on TV, which was a really good series.

[@hugovillajos6709]

Completely agree!

[@gordonfleming458]

Try doing one telling us who are not basket cases

[@user-wk7bj7ze1p]

Next country BULGARIA! As bulgarian I want you make video from my territory!👏

[@DrAlex-np2uu]

As a Romanian i feel honored for this video! Thank you! ❤

[@EUMadeSimple]

happy you like it :)

[@maxalbon9557]

As a Pole, I am 100% sure that if Romania does not make the same mistakes that we are making now (taking money away from people who work like an ox and giving to those who do not want to work, a.k.a. socialism) it will overtake us economically and in a brutal way, and I am keeping my fingers crossed for you as much as possible. In fact, I can't say a single bad word about Romanians, with whom I am in contact practically all the time, they are all awesome people. I envy your good method of learning English at school, we should apply this in Poland. What else... aaah, it pisses me off how people confuse Roma, with Romanians, empty heads without knowledge.... Well, and I am glad that finally our countries are starting to cooperate more and more, even militarily, in these times it is especially important.

[@killthereds2.043]

Funny you say that. A study showed that poles hate romanians more than russians, to not mention the not so “friendly” comments I saw on social media. I understand your loyalty to the hungarians, but I will remind you that WE helped you in 1939. We don’t really forget your betrayals in the 15th, 16th and 17th century, and the fact that you called us “gypsies”. So, don’t expect a lot of favours from us in the future, especially in your “diplomatic” conflicts against the germans.

[@radubordea6359]

Thank you! I work with polish people, they are awesome and I respect and trust Poland.

[@maxalbon9557]

@@radubordea6359 🍻🍻

[@fonfaila]

@maxalbon9557 sadly,that is one of our biggest problem,but just giving the money to people who dont do anything good to the country.The politicians basically take their cousins,sisters,brothers and place them in big functions.They dont work but get paid a lot.And the rest,im ashamed to but,its history....

[@i.am.razvan]

Actually we are doing the same mistake. The "Social democrat party" is getting ready to raise the taxes for the ones that work like an ox and pay their contributions, while handing out free money for the lazy part of the population and also forgetting about the 10% GDP annual evasion. The problem with the Rroma and Romanian is a long time issue and it just tends to get worse over the years. Romanians have a very good opinion about Poland and we like the way your country is heading. Cheers!

[@vasiliivanov9618]

I'm Romanian and I would like to say thank you for the investigation, quite a good one! btw this new way of showing each country more deeply is awesome idea! good job and success!

[@SSS-sz8mg]

Also he has greatly pointed out the incompetence of our "beloved" government of sucking EU founds and lack of view for the feature of our country!😂 Unfortunately history showed that we would rather stubbornly kill our own people than give better life for our own kind, yes by own kind I mean Romanians not hungarians or gypsies.

[@allxiv6978]

Transilvania este ungaria

[@darius5113]

@@allxiv6978nah

[@platinum1418]

​@@allxiv6978Budapesta este oraș românesc. 😊

[@camelianedelcu5640]

MA FINITELA UNA VOLTA PER TUTTE CON LA TRANSILVANIA,BUDAPESTA.OGNI PAESE DEVE PENSARE E STARE A CASA SUA.

[@Belgrade94]

Greetings to Romania from Serbia. Less corruption among politicians to enable a better life among people and to promote family values ​​and the country will soon progress. 🇷🇸🇷🇴

[@tim3440]

Now just lets Serbia recognize Kosovo and be good yourself ;)

[@idkmyname2352]

kosovo is serbia

[@lexphoenixlex]

@@tim3440 hey dutch noob are you trolling are you just like to bark. I think you should pay some retribution to all the countries (especially in Africa) that you stole & messed up.

[@tim3440]

@@idkmyname2352 No kosovo is an indepent nation. Stop that childish conquest mate.

[@alexccc8982]

​@tim3440 they are just a territory a compromise between the Serbs and Albanians I wouldn't call it country.

[@narcispana9361]

That joke about the Netherlands opposing Romanian access to the shenghen area is so true... it would open a new trade corridor and probably devalue their ports... would do wonders though for the eastern part of Romania which is overall more under developed than the rest of the cointry.. hope we get in with the next vote! Great content!

[@cristiane.3908]

vorbesti prostii! Olanda nu s-a opus sa intram in Schenghen ci doar austria. olanda a fost contra bulgariei ca e coruptie. Asta cu portul e de ras..Roterdamul e de 10 ori mai mare ca constanta plus ca ei au infrastructura ci nu trenuri ce merg cu 10 km la ora ca la noi..

[@Bayard1503]

It's not, no trade that was going for a Dutch port would come to Constanta, it makes no sense geographically. Maybe ships that were going for Greek, Italian ports might come to the Black Sea for the Danube but that's it.

[@makerl1fe388]

@@Bayard1503land is faster than ocean. At the moment i know that mlst imports from asia go through the gibraltar straight all the way to netherlands as more countries with good autobahns blrder it compared to italy or spain. Lots of exports go through romania by land, having the asian imports come trhough bulgaria and romania would be able to export to hungary faster than the boat reaching netherlands, or at least sort out the goods so that the eastern part of europe is imported through romania. This would be a whole increase the netherlands doesn’t want

[@adamnagy42325]

God bless Romania, I really feel Romanian! Romanian PPP per capita has surpassed in previous year Spain, Czech Republic and Poland, and has put even bigger gap than Estonia's. Romania now has 1,2 million IT engineers, it's huge, 2nd per capita as number after Israel (mostly from Israel are American Jews though). This country is giving us great opportunities, I returned here after studying abroad!!! PS. God bless Romania and its friends!

[@TheMercyBeat]

Excellent feature on Romania! I love all the European Union countries and would like to see them all pictured like this too. Greetings from Croatia, an EU country since 2013! 🇷🇴🇪🇺 ❤ 🇭🇷🇪🇺

[@kidreative]

[@cr4yv3n]

@@kidreative what do you "love" about it? Specifically.

[@kidreative]

@@cr4yv3n whatever i want with it, non of your business? que atrevido!

[@cr4yv3n]

@@kidreative lol so you no idea. 😂🤣 Just babble. Nothing concrete. Stronzo!

[@whatsgoingon71]

I was recently on vacation in Romania. Lovely country, and lovely people. I wish for them to have a great future in europe. The border controls were a little bit jarring, because i only experiences those when i last traveled to China and Russia. I hope the situation improves, so that we can move away from them and welcome Romania in the Schengen area. There is a lot to be done to improve the infrastructure, but Romanians are very skilled, hard working and resourceful. Many have experiences working in other European countries and are fluent in other languages. Romania will prosper.

[@HisameArtwork]

thank you kindly, hope you had a good stay, what areas did you visit? :)

[@whatsgoingon71]

@@HisameArtwork mostly the south western area and in the centre of the country. I traveled by motorcycle, so i crossed the Transylvanian Mountains a lot criss crossing into Walachia and back.

[@aurelaurel8222]

rubbish rubbish rubbish country Romania ...the most corupt country in Europa like Russia

[@aurelaurel8222]

Ortodox system in Romania 🇷🇴 is like Taliban's in Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@aurelaurel8222]

@@whatsgoingon71 Romania very dangerous Country in Europa like Russia

[@sicos90]

I think Romania will become a real and competitive economic powerzone in the region..so we must get things moving.

[@Icy-ll5ie]

I'm a hungarian and I love living here. Romania joining the EU has changed the country for the better and I could see the slow but significant improvement in quality of life for over 2 decades. If it were not for the EU a lot of us would be still driving Dacias and having poor paychecks, thank God we're in the EU. I live in peace among my romanian neighbours, and I love them as much as my hungarian friends. My only complaint is the school system which fails to integrate ethnic minorities (such as hungarians, but not just) into the country by NOT teaching romanian as a foreign language (they're teaching it as if it would be everyone's first language). I hope to see this change in the future for the better of everyone. Being able to comfortably and fluently speak the national language is a win-win for both romanians and minorities. I hope to see our relations only build upwards. Much love to my romanian brothers!

[@alex990ism]

its a legitemate request from you, speaking as a romanian, we complain in this country that hungarians don't speak romanian, but don't offer the tools for them to easaly learn the language if they want, tbh it also doesn't help that udmr doesn't come with practical solutions for its electorate making part of gov coalitions for such a very long time, and our corrupt politicians, preffering to work with you corrupt politicions so they can better screw us over together and more easaly robe us try from our tax money and our future money by borrwing from internatinal markets and not building nothing with the borrowed money, but stealing it instead

[@killthereds2.043]

You live in Romania, you speak romanian. You don’t like it, back to Budapest or Mongolia

[@Troglodyted]

What do you mean? We teach romanian, English and French. If you live are born and live in Romania, your first language is romanian.

[@nickybutt4117]

Love and respect for our Hungarian friends and neighbours.. greetings from Romania !

[@killthereds2.043]

@@nickybutt4117 locul ungurului este la ghilotina

[@Elliasp-xx7mb]

as a french, I would love to visit beautiful Romania ! ❤❤❤

[@RaduRadonys]

What's stopping you?

[@HisameArtwork]

​@@RaduRadonys probably cost, have you see our prices lately? also the railway system isn't great and the congestion by car is insane. I too want to visit that fancy castle Corvinilor in Hunedoara, even got my drivers license which cost me ~2800 euro/8700 lei, last year. But still stuck busy with work to pay bank debt for the apartment. At least I'll get to see Constanta next week since I have to go on busyness there. Been meaning to see that fancy casino/palace building again after 20 years. Wonder how it's holding up.

[@aurelaurel8222]

only Transylvania is OK in Romania only

[@aurelaurel8222]

@@HisameArtwork don't don't go South Romania is cancer ♋....only Transylvania is OK in Romania 🇷🇴

[@Siranoxz]

Once the Euro and Schengen problems are solved that is huh?.

[@DanielLundh]

More of these please! I'm a swede and don't hear a lot about Romania so this was very informative.

[@aurelaurel8222]

Romania is the most corupt country in Europa like Russia ...only in Transylvania OK

[@cr4yv3n]

Oh we hear plenty of you though, like when you take away kids or deport our families. You know...fun stuff like that.

[@sorinus]

Because of this you don”t want Romania in Schengen?

[@cr4yv3n]

@@NA-fq6hv last I heard from Sweden they bullied us to pay several million euros to those two crooks from "European drinks". The Micula brothers.

[@theguardvip5696]

@@sorinus What do you mean?

[@allenilica2012]

I truly believe that Romania needs more recognition from other people! Most of my friends didn't even know Romania was in the EU. And that comes from deep systematic racism by Austria and Netherlands. We have been kept away from the spotlight too many times! Our country is beautiful, but nobody knows about it (maybe they do if someone has Romanian friends).

[@mihaelafilipescu5818]

You meant xenophobic attitude from Austria and Netherlands. Racism is about the colour of the skin.

[@killthereds2.043]

@@teddy7681 Funny, France, Italy and England were the ones that created all the xenophobia against romanians and other East Europeans. I have faith God will do his job.

[@killthereds2.043]

@@teddy7681 I didn’t want to be funny.

[@OurSecretWorld24]

Switzerland is the root of all hate against Romania, mate

[@killthereds2.043]

@@teddy7681 so because I hold someone accountable I am xenophobic?:)))) Frenchie, I am not some moroccan or algerian, you can’t guilt trip me. What goes around, comes around, as I said, God will punish and reward everyone as they deserve. We have enough of unjustified french arrogance.

[@Bozebo]

I only visited Bucharest but I got a great impression of Romania (I am aware over centralisation is one of the issues). The amount of construction and general development obviously going on all over the city is impressive. I saw a lot more active younger people going around in suits and meeting and working in cafes than I've seen in London or Edinburgh. People and businesses have an effective no bullshit attitude, all the every day things have not yet been taken over by multinationals and they might not let it happen and grow properly within instead. If I had to bet on future prosperity, it's a good bet. I like the way they had enough of Ceaușescu and chucked him out properly, the best example of overthrowing an autocrat and getting on with things.

[@HermanWillems]

But the road building goes 10x slower than in West Europe. I saw they where busy with some road for several years. SADLY. Everytime i came back i thought, this simple easy short road should be finished i may hope? NOPE. Still not done. Insane how slow can you build a road? And the way they do it is super old-fashioned. EU should deliver them new proper machines to build roads. I saw them digging with hand shovels.

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

Dragoste pentru România din Grecia 💙💛❤

[@redguard128]

χαιρετισμούς από τη Ρουμανία!

[@razvanbarascu4007]

Romanians love 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸 like family🫶

[@aurelaurel8222]

Romania is cancer ♋

[@killthereds2.043]

@@razvanbarascu4007 take Italy and Spain out

[@georgexm_1]

@@killthereds2.043bro no

[@andreicristian3932]

Romania is among the countries that embraces Europe and and being European the most, it's always a shame Romania is always pointed at negatively from the west due to biased and outdated/wrong missconceptions

[@cr4yv3n]

Asa ne trebuie ca ii pupam in cur si ei scuipa pe noi

[@markobucevic8991]

What the hell do you mean by "being european the most"?

[@alindanielbranzea2905]

As a romanian I must say half of the country hates every thing about the West the european union or capitalism

[@21preend42]

I am Romanian and I'm not fond of the EU. While they help us with funds they also dictate for us what laws to follow, some which i am not fond of. It's a slippery slop.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@21preend42 they don't even help us. They put us on life support so we don't completely die while in a coma and they feed on our blood while we are unconscious.

[@emiibbb]

Greetings from Romania, to all countries, and thank you for this beautiful video.

[@olezhastanislavich8818]

Great idea for video series! Thanks!👏👏👏

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thanks as always Olezha! Love the support as thats what keeps this sustainable:). The next country video will be live in about 2 weeks. Another video will drop Tomorrow. Hope you will like it

[@corvus_monedula]

Austrias Schengen veto was most likely only for internal political reasons (local elections and the "need" to appear tough on immigration). If it was actually about illegal immigration, Nehammer would need to talk to his BFFs Orban and Vučić.

[@ManamaEd]

It's mostly because Austrians in general, and a lot of other westerners, hate Romanians with passion and view us as second class citizens, I've been abroad and felt it on my own skin in England, my brother has been in Germany and Belgium and felt it, my mother has been in Italy for years and felt it even worse.

[@tim3440]

@@ManamaEd In the Netherlands we have a saying for people like you; ''Calimerocomplex'' look it up.

[@tim3440]

It is about illegal immigration. Also for the Dutch. The Romanians are a big corrupt nations that lets through thousands and thousands of illegal migrants to our nations. Do you really think we want that?

[@somnorila9913]

@@tim3440 I can't deny the "national sport" of complaining. But you also can't really say that there isn't any kind of discrimination at all. I do understand it's something we can't really do much about it, it needs time and a few entire cycles of generations. I mean, i too with all my desire and effort to be better still fall at times in some old pitfalls of racism and discrimination. Old emotions, memories, can't be removed and generalization and profiling it's something we all do without even thinking, it's our build in statistics measuring tool. It's how our brains work, hence why also we struggle with true randomness or even why we can't really do very long time planning and keep those plans through generations, as there always is friction between young and old people and their approaches and ideas. I say we all are kids and i suppose one example for that is how we all resist change kicking and screaming but after a while after the change sets in, most will agree it was for the better.

[@_o..o_1871]

@@tim3440I wouldn’t comment as a Dutch considering the endless examples of Romanian discrimination from your fellow countrymen.

[@ebbeb9827]

I hope Romania will be in Schengen and Eurozone soon! Looks like a beautiful country I would love to visit

[@ovidiubogdansescu1163]

We are not so enthusiastic about Eurozone

[@vladsview194]

​@@ovidiubogdansescu1163speak for yourself, băi 🙄....

[@HorrorSFManiac]

@@ovidiubogdansescu1163 WTF are you talking about? In 2022 77% of Romanians said that they want the country to adopt the Euro. Stop spreading lies.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@HorrorSFManiac can u stop? Plz stop. We are not joining either. EVER. Eurozone cannot be joined with over 50% public debt. We have 49% and rising. And as long as Netherlands is not nuked they will veto us into oblivion. Stop!

[@sonyleon06000]

@@ovidiubogdansescu1163go fuck yourself pal, me and other romanians we want euro!

[@gerryhardy7933]

Romania is a beautiful country that is full of amazing and kind people

[@Simplyme689]

Lovely country, hard working and friendly people, wonderful music and the most delicious food.

[@abc-pb6mo]

German quality, Italian design, Romanian soul. I love this country

[@elvistermopan2944]

Oh, that's really lovely 🥰

[@George-Chris]

What German quality or Italian design do you see in Romania? There's nothing like that here except for a few big companies

[@abc-pb6mo]

@@George-Chris It is about people who believe in a concept that somehow shows a more recent or longer reality.

[@kevhynaleks2631]

😂😂😂Laughed well, thanks

[@Simplyme689]

Lovely country, hard working and friendly people, wonderful music and the most delicious food.

[@alexandruxmaris]

Romania gained a lot from the EU support, and will give back a lot in the future. Such a success for the unity of Europe.

[@AndreiGrozea]

We gained a lot, but a majority of what we should have gained got stolen by crooked mayors and other "officials". I can only hope the day they all rot in jails is approaching.

[@iGhostr]

Unlike Hungary lmao

[@ThatsThatOnThat]

Too bad there are many uneducated Romanians who are extremely anti-EU and European ideals. Will remain to be seen how this will play out in the future.

[@Siranoxz]

Make sure you don´t turn like Hungary did, or else you will be deprived of EU funding.

[@buraflaviu6133]

romania already gave too much to EU, good luck finding a good handyman , electrician, plumber or doctor! We sold our country to EU and now we are left with nothing, it is impossible to live anymore in romania due to EU , I cannot find labor for my company, doctors for my child or plumber for my house. All the good ones were stolen

[@andreig4252]

As a romanian, I would be really curious about the adherence to the eurozone, considering we have one of the lowest average salary in the union, which is something that will have to be dealt with. I hold a deep respect for my people, that somehow they make ends meet with such low incomes while the prices for food and amenities in the country are on par with western countries such as France and Netherlands. I live abroad, I went home this summer. I was shocked to see that I was spending the same amount as I do in the west for food or restaurants. Really curious to see how this issue develops in the next years. Well done with the video, great documentation.

[@cr4yv3n]

Lol once public debt goes over 50%, bye bye eurozone. We are at 49% now. What do you think is gonna happen? 😂🤣

[@adrianstere]

@@cr4yv3nHe don’t have time to check that 😂😂 the short answer is simple: Romania will be bankrupt since they don’t have the dollar printing machine like US. Will be brought like Ukraine by some Templeton fund of Rockefeller or something similar. Anyway, difference won’t be that much since the country is anyway the puppet of EU/US since many years now. They decide everything that happens there

[@eEmm1]

Bro I live in Romania and I'm getting so tired of the prices here. We have the lowest salaries with the biggest prices. It's getting beyond ridiculous

[@cr4yv3n]

@@eEmm1 prices in my town have made LONDONERS gasp in amazement! Fucking London!

[@HermanWillems]

Really? I am from Netherlands and i went there for my job in Romania. The food was CHEAP. What was expensive (relativly) i saw the house prices where higher than i expected. And electronical stuff are more expensive than in Netherlands. Gasoline wasn't cheap either. So yes, a lot of stuff is not "super cheap" in Romania. Maybe that is because so many Romanians work outside Romania and bring in the hard cash and buy real estate and stuff?

[@leftidetarg2615]

I live in Greece and Ive been in Romania when I was young. Beautiful country and people. Nowadays I just see them as a diamond in Eastern Europe and literally its one of a few countries that doesnt draw negative attention. They are based xD

[@ursu16codrutza]

As a Romanian, you really did your homework! Great insights in here!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Glad you liked it!

[@vlad-emanuelpetreanu2793]

As a Romanian, I can say that everything in this video was true. Good job on research. Also I am glad that we are in the EU. One of the best things that happend to this country.

[@FunAngelo2005]

Same

[@addygreen8919]

@@bitbitbit137 Do you disagree with "the main migration route"?

[@nocapoca5313]

@@addygreen8919 Absolutely. The main route was and stil is Croatia, yet there was no issue with their accession to the Schengen area last December.

[@addygreen8919]

@@bitbitbit137 Okay, I did not know about this, so this was a serious question and no trick question or something. I think one of the main concerns about letting eastern Europe join Schengen are probably Romani people or Gypsies, even if politicians don't want to say it. They have the reputation of not paying rent, stealing and not working. But maybe all the Romani people or Gypsies who want to come to Austria or Germany are already there.

[@carianopol9328]

Mananca ma jegule niste gandaci. Umbli si cu rozeta sparta precis. Apoi ia o funie si salveaza planeta, parazitule.

[@alexandracoman51]

As a Romanian, I really enjoyed watching this video! I appreciate the information you presented, the aspects you highlighted and how you incorporated some of our recent history. Everything about this video was so balanced and objective and I do hope more people learn about our country. Keep up the good work and looking forward on watching every video from this series!

[@gabrielsilviu3718]

Great video! I hope at the end of this year Romania will join Schengen zone. 🇷🇴 ❤

[@radur263]

Migration routes to Austria pass through Serbia and Hungary, not Romania. What the Austrian chancellor says is nonsense. Austria, a non-NATO country, a friend of Russia. FYI

[@tim3440]

Any clue why they are non-Nato? Beside that as a Dutchmen I also dont hope Romania doesnt join the Schengen area. We have enough troubles and trash from eastern Europe already.

[@gror7849]

@@tim3440 Its an arrangement made after WW2 between the Allies (US, UK, France etc) and USSR to maintain Austria as a neutral zone - it was decided for them. Having said that, today unfortunately Austria is "infested" by Russian interests because of this ...

[@dacian_1346]

@@tim3440well we should kick the Netherlands out then… we will solve all the drug dealers and smugglers of cocaine into Europe, a good portion of human trafficking will be stopped oh and also the disgusting food you produce could rot in your country, you only export trash.

[@tim3440]

@@gror7849 Exactly, and what examples do you have of Russian ''infestation'' in Austria?

[@thegarfield2414]

@@tim3440 The former Secretary of diplomacy of Austria has moved to Russia. She is the one who danced with Putin back in 2018. She was a austrian who spied for Russia 100%. We also have in Romania somebody who is doing the same thing right now, an MP named Diana Sosoaca.

[@NomadDev]

Great video with much insight into Romania in the EU, hoping they get to join the schengen soon 🇸🇪 ❤🇷🇴

[@Ge0rGi.]

Me as a Romanian I don't even care that much about Schengen area, I don't mind showing my passport when I'm getting out of Romania in to the Schengen area. The problem is that Romania loses lots of money, because our transport companies waste lots of time at border with the merchant waiting sometimes for days. We loose billions of euro every month. If Austria wants to pay us back the money we loose every month, that's good, because most of us Romanians don't care if we are not in Schengen or not.

[@Siranoxz]

@@Ge0rGi. You may not care, but a lot of other Romanians will flock to other European countries for opportunities.

[@Ge0rGi.]

@@Siranoxz Schengen has nothing to do with this.

[@docuziulian8892]

​@@Siranoxz Soon all romanians from austria will move to germany cause austria discriminate romania and Supports russia

[@MoldovanNationalist]

​@@docuziulian8892and USA blocks romania visa waiver 😂😂

[@inko_lor]

I am Romanian and I could probably find a few bad things to say about us, but it's great to see all this love

[@UlpianHeritor]

Sadly, being negative about ones own kin is part of being Romanian.

[@100yan0v]

Great idea to make a video for every EU country! It will be great if the next video is for Bulgaria. 🇧🇬 Romania and Bulgaria entered the EU at the same day. It will be interesting to compare them on level of development.

[@EUMadeSimple]

Bulgaria will come soon. But it isn't the next one :)

[@ElektronicMade]

Romanians' perspective is basically, help us help you. After decades of communism and being tied by force to Russia, the majority craves freedom and a chance. No doubt there are problems that have yet to be overcome, like corruption, from which most other problems stem, but overall there have been a lot of change for the good since adhering to EU and NATO. The Schengen fiasco is a bad mark for Austria, which has been accused of being Russia's puppet lately. Surely blaming Romania for their immigration problems makes no sense since Romania is neither their neighbour nor one of the main routes of immigration into Europe, and this is the exact thing that Right wing extremist parties feed on to fuel anti EU sentiment.

[@HisameArtwork]

exactly. we even had a running joke that any refugees that ended up in Romania was because they couldn't read cyrilic and they got lost trying to reach Greece while passing through Bulgaria and Macedonia.

[@Siranoxz]

I agree on that regard yes. It seems that western Right wing politicians doing everything in their power to have less affairs with the Eastern part of Europe and keep the western part the way it is. And this is first class based exclusion instead of equal partnership which a lot of people from the center and east are yearning for, a voice to action instead of waiting for the so called bigger western powers.

[@luiitra]

i like this new series. continue with the other nations cause I would watch em all. it's interesting to discover the role of every nation in the EU

[@PaulCostePacoFi8]

Romania was never a poor country my Friend ! It's a very rich country on natural resources .... Romania paid a very expensive price for the so called NATO and EU participation .... Anyway .... A lot of nice information it's in your video !

[@alexandramilos392]

The fact that this is the first video in the series makes me very happy as a romanian

[@zoltanzorgo]

Being an emigrant from Romania to Hungary for 25 years, having both nationalities, I am devastated by witnessing the shift of prospects and achievements of these two countries in this period, especially in the past ten years. Visiting Romania relatively often I do see a lot of positive change, infrastructural and economic development, now surpassing the results previously achieved by Hungary. Because of this controvery, I would love to see your view on Hungary.

[@begombre]

Same here, I moved to Hungary from Romania 12 years ago, to go West, and in that time, Romania outgrew Hungary in every aspect.

[@hullandras]

Go back to Romania than lol

[@olarul99]

I am from Romania and I love to visit Hungary. Two months ago me and my family visited Budapest, one of the most beutiful capitals in Europe. But I realised, that somehow, the Hungarian roads are getting worse, like the maintanance of them are not a priority anymore. I think that such cycles are happening from time to time to every country and it's just a period.

[@killthereds2.043]

@@hullandrasthe truth hurts, mongol?

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Don't worry, Hungary will follow the Programme, no mater what. And no matter how you look at it the Programme is bad for humans and good for machines.

[@hiss9989]

I met lots of people from Romania in Ireland! They were awesome :3

[@AndreiOt]

Romania's accession to the EU was one of the best things that happened to our country. I wish our politicians would use all the EU funding properly tho. We are at risk of losing our 2021-2027 funding because our politicians care about their own wallets more than the development of our country.

[@vittoriopantaleo216]

Thi video and the idea behind it are very good, and I am looking forward to watching the other one. Regarding the content of this specific video I think that it was very well done. As an italian living in Romania since 4 years ago I can say that joining the EU was an enormous advantage for the country. The european founds and politics have had a very positive impact in the region, and I think that also most of the people realize it. As you say in the video there is a very big economical mismatch between many people, especially between the ones living in the cities and the ones living in the countryside, where EU economical help is not arriving, or arriving partially. But this lack of allocation of funds and investments it is not due to joining the EU, rather than many corrupted local politicians who are not investing in their towns or villages. Neverthless I think that by keep pushing its economy, Romania has the strong potential to become an important member of the EU, but the local corruption and lack of faith in many people may undermine the stability of the country, and slow down its developement process.

[@Pointi69]

As a German I like to see Romania in the EU. But as soon as possible we have to reform the EU vote System. It doesn't. Ke sense one country can block all other countrys.

[@thegarfield2414]

We are part of the EU since the 1st of January 2007.

[@DacianRider]

We're already in the EU, but yes.. I would like for us to be in Schengen too. & I agree with you, the veto system has to go. It sabotages every democratic institution.. the EU, NATO and the UN.

[@blogger1851]

Romania the Carpathian country is already in the eu

[@dand7763]

we are in EU since 2007 man, maybe you want to say about Schengen Area , Romania ,Cyprus, Ireland and Bulgaria are the countries from EU that are not in Schengen Area

[@TheHungarianOak]

Hey guys smething wrong with your understanding? The German dude said he likes to see Romania in the EU, (in the present tense) so he knows Romania is a member.

[@AstroTheFungus]

Fun fact: The only time our constitution has been amended was in 2003, when we applied for membership.

[@robertbaico8484]

I am from Romania and is a very close to everything that is happening . Thank you very much for your reffort to share this video.

[@silviubaroiu6234]

For a very long time I hadnt the same pleasure watching a so well video, thank you!

[@deepinthewoods8078]

Romania has come a long way, given the fact that it was the most dysfunctional of all Eastern bloc countries back in 1989, and also its transformation to capitalism was very troublesome during the 1990s. The progress in Romania since joining the EU is remarkable, and it is slowly transforming from an Eastern outpost into a pivotal EU-member given the rising importance of (presumably) future member states Moldova and Ukraine 🇧🇪💙💛❤🇹🇩

[@George-Chris]

As a Romanian I really hope that one day we will be united again with Moldova like we were in the past. Fellow Romanians shouldn't be part of other countries.

[@cr4yv3n]

Delusional...

[@BobuxGuy]

@@cr4yv3n Then you live in a different timeline than the rest of the world

[@cr4yv3n]

@@BobuxGuy keep telling yourself that. Btw this smug attitude powers AUR

[@danix8538]

​@@cr4yv3nOh no, Romanians want to be reunited with the Romanians forcibly separated and assimilated by the USSR. Delusional indeed. You know, AUR may be idiots, but you, you're an useful idiot.

[@Jeffreypennings8]

As long Romania continues to tackle corruption it has allot of potential!

[@HisameArtwork]

yeah, it's a very tedious long battle. and when you live here it feels like forever.

[@characterthing9432]

​@@HisameArtworkWell comparing it to what it had to deal before, this situation is easy. Much better than having to fight empires.

[@George-Chris]

​@@characterthing9432maybe but unfortunately we Romanians steal a lot more from each other than foreigners do nowadays. So our enemy is our fellow kin. Oftentimes an invisible one since bribery and corruption happens behind the doors unlike an enemy empire which you could at least see invading your country.

[@BozesanVlad]

IS strange that only "corrupt people" a caught, but is NO ONE that bribed them, especially if is an outsider. Look at out forests stolen by Austria, no one bribe the corrupt rangers USA didn't paid a cent for Bechtel (highway) or made some pressure, but took a few biliards $ from it not constructing it Holland wants Constanța Port, that's why they manipulate and look like lil bictes Oh, yes, corruption, bot no one to bribe us. Really strange indeed

[@BozesanVlad]

@@HisameArtwork Mda, mă piș pe lupta anti corupție dacă corupătorii nu-s prinși. Măcar EU o are pe Laura ca Procuror General. Și măcar am și eu concetățeni tâmpiți și orbi. Și așa, mai crește corupția, că și repetă prostii ăștia. Știi de cine e sponzorizată inJustiția aia care luptă cu corupția? Norvegia care a luat a cincia (5) Flotă Maritimă COmercială de la acea dată, cu preț de fier vechi. De la Băsescu care a fost spălat de aceeași inJustiție. Sponzorizată de Norvegia. Bravo Națiune de proști.

[@alexandruvarga871]

Hello , i'm Romanian citizien , and i really like how you put all things togheter , from what i know and i believe Austria will not let us in Schengen because they wanted gas from black see and Romania denied it, it's a Russia afiliated country , they like Putin and yea , imigrants are not crossing Romania, they come from Mediteran See , Greece-to Serbia, and then Hungary where Putin are also agree so well, the plan to dirty more the Eu state , where Serbia-Hungary-Austria are 3 state who like Russia alot...Rusia the enemy of our nation . Thank you.

[@SoftwarewithAlex]

I am from Romania and i am very happy to see someone talk about us country.Good Job!

[@teodorionescu7639]

in Romania, support for the eu used to be much higher, but has decreased during the pandemic and even more after not entering Schengen because of Austria's veto. People are also more mad at austria because it used to opress romanian ethnic peoples in the Austrian Empire.

[@DacianRider]

Indeed. And for some reason Europeans tend to overlook this every time, siding with the hungarian whiners.... even though, their government goes against so many EU standards. They only chose to focus on what our leaders did back in WW2 ( without too much context obviously, and casually overlooking that hungary was on the same side ) paying no mind to how the austro-hungarians treated us throughout history : LIKE CATTLE ! ..many of them still do ! calling us hairy apes, or some sort of hobbit like creature, etc. ( and not just because our gypo minority, they include everyone ) Just watch ANY social media post about Transilvania & you'll see what I'm talking about. It's also not just the politicians who are dead set on implementing this hatred, it's the people too... like a generational thing with them. Like a constant revisionist theme interwoven with an age old SPITE that seeks to DESTROY the justice of the Trianon treaty and the peace we strived to work for ever since, for the subjugated peoples living in said empire. Both sides have their ultras with pitchforks, and both have their arguments, but I honestly feel like the hungarians are taking it a step further. I truly hope the EU doesn't turn a blind eye to their political leader's behaviours ( and their ties with ruzzian government / oligarchs who CLEARLY seek to destabilize the region, with aims of redrawing the map and causing more chaos ) Have an EU commission look into the shadow organizations overtly investing in Transilvania through the hungarian government too, because I'm pretty sure that's illegal. People should really start calling out for this !

[@HisameArtwork]

not really, when ever I meet a anti EU romanian he's a truck driver or hairstilist that watches russia today. and you'll rarely find an educated anti EU romanian that isn't a putin brown noser. Seems like every anti-eu romanian has some soviet fetish. so I doubt it has anything to do with the existence or history of Austria and everything to do with russian propaganda.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@DacianRider the EU is Hungary's bitch. And Putler's bitch. It took AMERICA to smack them or else we'd be sold in a Ribbentrop-Molotov 2 just do they can get cheap gas.

[@Leiwanderer]

But it was Hungary and not Austria that was responsible for the administration of the Romanian parts of Austro-Hungary. Do you know where I could read more about the oppression of Romanians in the Empire or could you tell me in what ways Romanians were oppressed?

[@theseeker3073]

There were more Romanian schools under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy than in the Kingdom of Romania. Level of literacy was also higher, first Romanian ABC, the “Bucovana” was also created under the Monarchy’s rule. You don’t know your own history.

[@confuseddog6746]

I can see Romania being very similar to western nations in a few year. It developed a lot since 2007 and grew a lot.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

wont happen ... as this guy said the extremist party is getting huge overnight and may win the 2024 elections and they dont like ukraine/eu/and especialy nato ...

[@Andre-by4su]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 they are at 20%, how are they going to win anything?

[@AstroTheFungus]

@@Andre-by4sulet’s see the polls: •PSD- 30-35% •PNL-20-18% •AUR- 20% When no party reaches a majority, a second round is called between the two largest parties. AUR is unlikely to win the runoff, but they will certainly make forming a government very hard and will influence the country for years to come.

[@confuseddog6746]

AUR is really just a loud minority. The 3 largest are PSD, PNL and USR and they will be the big ones in 2024. I dont think AUR can win yet and wont in the near future but it will certainly have a growing number of parliamentarians@@nicolaeadrian7882

[@confuseddog6746]

those are from the 2020 general elections, since which both PNL and USR popularity has grown while PSD got lower and lower. AUR popularity i dont expect to grow, its reached its maximum potential imo. Heck, maybe it will lower.@@AstroTheFungus

[@blackairforceone]

this is going to be a hell of a series! I always wanted something that discuss these in details

[@BrindlePitbull85]

this country is unique and needs help to become better in any way ...keep on going

[@Masterlewger]

Let them and Bulgaria freakin join Schengen!!! My father has to wait hours and hours at the borders every day to get through

[@cr4yv3n]

yOu aRe nOt sAfE eNoUgH Apparently shitholes like Austria that had a million criminals pouring into their country are "ok". The EU de-facto ends where the old iron curtain was. NOTHING changed. We are still the enemy and it took AMERICA to smack these EU morons to wake them up from selling us to russia again !

[@MoldovanNationalist]

​​@@cr4yv3nand America don't let romania in visa waiver 😂

[@cr4yv3n]

@@MoldovanNationalist that is their business. They are the reason Russia is not here already. There is no "Moldovan nation", imbecile. You are: A) a Romanian brainwashed by ruskies B) a Russian piece of shit pushing stalinist propaganda

[@OurSecretWorld24]

@@MoldovanNationalist oh but they do. 2025 is the date

[@severianradu]

I'm Romanian and been living abroad for almost 13 years. I'm actually really proud this video-analysis is the first one in your new project, means a lot to me and other Romanians. I have to say it's pretty objective description of my country regarding internal and external affairs, politics, society etc. Well done! Romania's economy, living standards, infrastructure, industry, military and maybe even agriculture has been steadily growing in the past 2 decades. The country has had it's fare share of stagnation in some areas, wake up calls, accidents and near misses at national scale. The government, which has gotten more stable in the past 3-4 years, it's trying to implement big reforms in all critical areas of society. We also meet and exceed the Schengen requirements, and yet because of some massive economic interests from both The Netherlands and Austria, we still have to endure this rejection humiliation. I don't understand how Greece, with no Schengen neighbours and with much more internal and external instability, being literally at the south-east corner of EU, with so many islands shared between Greece and Turkey, they were accepted to join. I personally can't wrap my head around certain workings that are happening in the EU. With this being said I hope that within 5 years I can go back to my native land, Romania, because I believe in it.

[@tim3440]

Romania will not join the schengen. And rightfully so. The nations is extremly corrupt. Plus the amount of migrants coming from your nations makes everyone slighty xenophobic.

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

"I don't understand how Greece, with no Schengen neighbours and with much more internal and external instability, being literally at the south-east corner of EU, with so many islands shared between Greece and Turkey, they were accepted to join. " - because there was no illegal immigration (at all in general) in the year 1992, when Greece entered the Schengen zone. So there was no reason not to accept Greece by anyone else in Schengen/EU back then. "I personally can't wrap my head around certain workings that are happening in the EU" - don't worry, you are not the only one. About 99.99% of the people around you are in the same place. Personally, I try not to waste my precious time in their politics (and I say "their", because I can prove that I have no say on politics). And thirdly, why is not being in Schengen zone something "humiliating" for you, or for Romania? Is the US in the Schengen zone? Is Canada? The UK? Russia? Belarus? Ukraine? And if you find being in the Schengen z. so important, then it is easy: the only thing the romanina government must do, is to make sure that nobody enters its borders illegally. I can tell you also that the Schengen agreement/treaty was partially annuled/waived in 2015 (and before even) at least for my country Greece, although I am not sure of the reason. Also I remember when I last travelled to Germany, in August 2013, that all passengers of our plane had to pass border control at the airport, and policemen asked us questions about why we came to Germany, how long we will stay, and to see proof of what we said. And this was in 2013, although, as I said, I am not sure why they did it.

[@lexphoenixlex]

@@tomorrowneverdies567 also/or it's about geopolitics, Greece wasn't so close to the USSR and was not sacrificed by the western bloc at Yalta in 1945-1946

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

@@lexphoenixlex but Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Slovakia were also politically "alligned" to the USSR, just like Romania was, but they are all in Schengen. So to me, it does not seem to be the result of only 1 variable.

[@Player-re9mo]

​@@tomorrowneverdies567It's humiliating because we were refused twice, although we fulfill all the criteria. There is no illegal immigration going through Romania towards Austria, otherwise Hungary would complain about us too. But they supported our ascension. Romania can't stop imaginary immigrants that Austria invented!

[@abelnicolae]

As a romanian, I grew up alongside my country, so to speak. During these 33 years since de revolution, I've seen Romania grow and improve each year. I can tell you we still have a long road ahead of us, but at least I know we are on the right path.

[@popapopas]

Excellent material, completely true and informative! I'm delighted to see all positive comments from our friends all over the Europe. Thank you all, people! I start to see less and less negativity about Romania and better and more positive attitude. Thank you all!

[@thecarpathians4365]

Romania has 45% of its population living in rural areas (way above the EU average). The challenge is that participation in the economy for people living in rural areas is minimal. For example, Bucharest has a higher GDP per capita than Berlin, but overall Romania's GPD is at the lower end of the EU. On the positive side, things have also been progressing in rural areas with the help of EU funding (roads, agriculture), and there are perspectives for Romania to further lower the gap vs. Western countries.

[@im_searching_the_reason4806]

Mostly of them are old peopel, second a lot of people who live in rural arra usually go to work in the city and just do back and fourth for the older members who might need help

[@ManamaEd]

45% lives in rural areas, sure, but the majority of those 45% live in rural areas that are 5-20km away from big cities, so majority of people in those rural villages/towns actually work in cities and contribute just as much. This is not a real problem, and it actually is a good thing, moving the entire population in cities creates higher density areas, that creates higher rents and expensive houses, that creates poorer people and more homelessness, look at Romania, because we have so many people still living in rural areas, we are number 1 at most people that live in houses they own or their parents own, compared to western countries where over 50% live in rent.

[@dacian_1346]

Bucharest’s gdp is very inflated and doesn’t reflect the reality, they “suck” the money from the rest of the country and they add it on their gdp.

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

The fact that GDP pc in cities (all over the world) is higher in cities, rather than in the countryside, does not mean that people in the city have better lives than those in the countryside. Why? Because: 1. The wealth in the cities belongs, is produced, and goes back to wealthier people. So business owners, managers, etc. If you are a worker, you may be poorer in the city, where many people want to go to have access to "amenities" such as cinema. So cities are wealthier because they have bigger frequency of very productive people in their income distribution. But the rest could be poorer than in the countryside. 2. Depending on the city, if the city is the opposite of beautiful (Emperor/king of mankind YT does not allow us to write the u-word here) then people there live less good lives, than people in the countryside. To me, in Europe the only cities worth living in, compared to the respective countryside, are the cities in "germanic" countries.

[@rickc.9664]

Pretty much like almost every single capital city in the world. Right? @@dacian_1346

[@omarmyia]

Thanks for starting the series with our country! EU membership and private investments from friendly countries has brought prosperity that was unthinkable 20 years ago in our country. We now enjoy a lifestyle that is not that different from Western European countries. While Western millennials are the first generation that earn less than their parents, it's not unusual for millennials in Romania to earn more than both their parents combined, thanks to high paying jobs in multinational companies setting up operations in our country.

[@George-Chris]

I'm a millennial and after 1.5 years in IT I'm already earning as much as one of my parents, and they've been working in public sector as a nurse and a teacher for 25+ years. Won't take long until I earn more than both parents combined. Though this isn't the case with every economic sector, people are thriving more than in the past, and the infrastructure is improving after it was neglected for 30 years after the Communists fell.

[@ICameToBringThePain]

Woop woop 😅😅 show me moneyyyy

[@glamoagency5642]

that's a blanket statement (on prosperity) which is true only regionally, in key/hub cities. Yes, the Bucharest/Ilfov agglomeration has above EU average PPP (purchasing power parity), higher than some lands in Germany, while the north-east counties are still the poorest counties in the EU by any measure. If your job is in one of the Pipera business parks and you commute from Corbeanca I can understand the rosy colored tint on your glasses. Also, parts of Ferentari are still the worst slums in Europe, not just the EU. While the prosperity is real, this is a country of very sharp contrasts.

[@omarmyia]

@@glamoagency5642 that's true, but what people outside the country don't know is that these islands of prosperity were not something that anyone seriously expected/wished for. I remember that in 2007 my dream was to earn 400 euros and live a comfortable life here, eating french fries and a salad, I didn't dare hope for anything more, it didn't even cross my mind. Since then I spent my holidays all across Europe and currently earn a wage that would sound fabulous to my 2007 self (but is quite average for a Bucharest young professional). I really wanna take the time and appreciate what we have right now. Yes, there's a lot of work that still needs to be done, and that could have been resolved already, but let's not make perfect the enemy of great.

[@glamoagency5642]

@@omarmyia my point was the 'great' is a rather thin section of society, and is also hyperlocalized geographically. Yeah, I have it rather good too, as I write this comment from Primaverii and building a house in Ilfov. Meanwhile, the countryside is a wasteland.

[@HermanWillems]

I have seen some amazing growth in Romania, the one thing it needs is: Decent highways all around Romania. The road infrastructure is terrible it's bad. If they improve infrastructure in the country the economy could even growth so much faster. The workforce has good knowledge, education is pretty good and i think Romania will run after Poland and become very productive. BUILD HIGHWAYS.

[@razvanciobotaru3089]

As a Romania from Bucharest this was a great video but not forgotten about truism in my opinion Romania has one of beautiful forests, mountains, leeks and etc.

[@Daniel-ux7oc]

Romanians view on EU drop a lot since we got refused by Austria. However, we are very aware that the fact that we are in the EU is the best thing that can happen to us. It was almost imposible for 90' Romania to get there but after some events (the war in Yugoslavia) we managed to negotiate entry into the accession process.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

yes and not ... its not like romania cant ez replace eu/nato/usa with china/india

[@confuseddog6746]

no, its acctualy hard to do so and is not worth it. China will only put Romania in a debt trap and India doesnt have any potential to help Romania grow nor is an economic or military giant like the US or the EU. Plus, the 2 options you stated are too far away and it would easily put the Romanian economy in shambles.@@nicolaeadrian7882

[@AB-zl4nh]

Sorry that happened. Romania is in the EU & NATO. Hopefully Austria and Netherlands leaders change their mind. We can't give up.

[@tim3440]

@@AB-zl4nh As a Dutch men I dont hope my nation leaders will change their mind. Romania has no place in the Schengen zone.

[@Kaesar1984]

@@tim3440 swamp germans...

[@Intreductor]

In my humble opinion, one of Romania's greatest contribution to Europe was the Laura Corduta Kovesi, current head of the EPPO. She was an anti-corruption avalanche in Romania and after being sacked in 2018 she was invited to head Europe's prosecutor's office.

[@adrianstere]

😂😂😂😂

[@mikerudles8956]

She was definition of corruption she stole a lot of money

[@lexphoenixlex]

@@mikerudles8956 another former communist aka PSD oligarch. Prove she stole anything or you're just barking the party's propaganda ;)

[@lexphoenixlex]

Laura Codruta Kovesi as Europe's prosecutor should now put all the guns on corruption in Romania - mostly PSD & PNL, all honest and hardworking romanians respect her.

[@raresshaham2164]

Kovesi Codruta built her career on corruption, together with her seat as european prosecutor…she’s the type many need , the type to execute as ordered. God bless Romania if she wins for presidential elections, Basescu reloaded…Russians business will flourish , salaries cut , etc …all for the greater good of “fighting corruption”

[@justsaying5749]

I'm romanian. In the name of my country I would like to thank you all for the kind comments I have read

[@andrewkuhne2586]

I'm from Australia (the other EU country down south). Ive only just discovered your channel which is really comprehensive and gives great insight into each country in Europe. I'm hoping to once again visit next year and travel by train through these beautiful countries...especially Romania !

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

Chancellor Nehammer, how is it possible that said people (can't write the i-word on YT) reached Austria from Romania, without entering Hungary, or Slovakia, or Slovenia? Why are they still in Schengen?

[@CFS-nq7nc]

I Fu*kig love this country Romania 🇷🇴 Grate nature, good food 😋 and the peoples are really welcoming to foreigners especially when u pass, the threshold of their house ... Fu*k politics and media. Just simply go and visit Romania. 💯 % I guarantee you my friend that u will not regret it . PERIOD

[@ISQUARED]

Thanks for this video from Romania!!! Very good video!!!❤

[@dany_]

I'm from Romania, and I'm glad to get to know my country better. Some things I knew and some I didn't. 🇷🇴

[@octaviantimisoreanu5810]

Austria did us dirty. They vetoed our ascension to Schengen and invented a nonsensical reason for it. What a slap in the face. Despite this, our economy is growing, and I am hopeful for our future.

[@DacianRider]

ascension to Schengen. We're already in the EU....

[@octaviantimisoreanu5810]

@@DacianRider Thanks for the correction. Edited

[@TarebossT]

Don't forget Netherfuckland too...

[@rimozione_cittadinanza_a_l4847]

The beautiful Romania!

[@tim3440]

The corrupt Romania!

[@MoldovanNationalist]

😂😂😂

[@_eurosign]

Well done video! Thank you for the stats and anymation!

[@alienware18]

Amazing video. Well done brother! All the best from Timisoara!!! GREAT WORK BTW!!!!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thanks a ton!

[@69COBEIN]

Romania is the only country that ever have paid his debt to FMI and that happened in 80' last century in Ceaușescu time

[@dms-f16]

Yeah but it sacrificed everyone's quality of life and hastened the fall of Ceaușescu.

[@Frostmournebg]

Love Romania 💙💛❤ From: Bulgaria💚

[@cristianrusu2529]

Right back at you

[@stefro007]

Bulgarians our neighbours and brothers

[@carguy.carguy]

I really want us to join the schengen and the euro zone after almost 16 years of us being in the EU, but i guess austria doesnt want us there

[@dacian_1346]

Romania didn’t make any progress in implementing the euro… Bulgaria will have the euro way before Romania.

[@raducapris5881]

​@@dacian_1346and I dont think euro is good. Romania could go poor if it goes to euro esspecially bcz we have a bad gdp, near bottom. We have to wait, its not the best time rn.

[@dacian_1346]

@@raducapris5881Romania won’t take the euro anytime soon anyway so the problem isn’t even taken into consideration, they haven’t met any requirement except for one.

[@richardkis5426]

As a Romanian, I must say that this video was incredibly well researched and all the points touched were relevant for us as a EU country. Hopefully we can get rid of our corrupt politicians and restart the country by investing in education, infrastructure, healthcare, manufacturing etc. Unfortunately we can only do that with the help of Brussels because most of the citizens do not care about revolting and making a change through protests and civil uprising. All the best to all EU countries and neighbours!

[@EUMadeSimple]

thank you!

[@diegor.950]

Thanks for this, I really enjoyed this video. I'm french/spanish and I would love to see videos like this not only about my countries but also about every EU state. I will watch them all. Good job!!

[@davidedemartini4318]

Would be nice to see a simile format for those countries that are very closely related to the EU, but not in it yet. Such as candidates (Moldova and Georgia) or members of the Schengen area (Iceland, Norway, and the various micro nations)

[@George-Chris]

Moldova is made up of Romanians (approximately 80%). Many of them have been brainwashed by Soviets to think they're different from the rest of Romania after the Soviets took them by force from us in WW2. But many kept their Romanian heart and souls and gave them to the next generations. Nowadays Moldova has a Pro EU Parliament, Government and President. They've closed out all Russian speaking TV channels and are doing much better on corruption handling. The Russian influence (which continued the Soviet fake propaganda that they aren't Romanians even though they share common History, Culture and Language with us here in Romania) is decreasing a lot. More than 1/3 of Moldovians already have Romanian citizenship (albeit for working in the EU more so than for symbolic gesture) and one poll showed that 50% of them would vote to Reunite with Romania again, like it happened in 1918 and 1941. I'm positive they will join EU/NATO either by themselves or instantly when they will unite with us again.

[@John01C]

Interesanta inițiativa,în felul acesta suntem informați mai bine cu privire la UE și țările care fac parte din ea.Felicitari pentru videoclip,mult succes in continuare!

[@oliver5880]

Great video, good job!

[@diogor420]

I'm loving this new series! Can't wait for the video about Portugal!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Portugal might come very soon ;)

[@offnight1]

Go on with that explaining of every country, you could probably create a new playlist. The best part for me was that you are showing how parties and structure of the state works, great job!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thanks

[@bogdan3907]

Romania was only country in world without external debt. That was in 1989. In 1993 we signed the EU accession agreement and in 2007 we were accepted. Now, in 2023, after help and guidance of UE and other international bodies (World Bank, International Monetary Fund etc) we have over 160 billions € external debt. In 1989 the country was heavily industrialized, it produced absolutely everything locally, from marine oil platforms, to heavy water for nuclear power plants, to the steel industry, to the textile industry etc. The country has significant amounts of natural resources, oil, gas, gold, ferrous and non-ferrous ores etc.Agriculture was highly mechanized, with intense irrigation and achieved very large productions. Now, in 2023, the industry is almost non-existent, we import absolutely all finished products.The big factories were sold to foreigners who bankrupted them after 2-3 years. Agriculture is doing badly, we import goods that we used to have in abundance. Also, over over 60% of the agricultural land is owned by foreigners. We had the third largest ocean fishing fleet in the world, now we don't have it at all. So.... But hey, at last we have coke, Mc Donald`s and democracy.

[@TheHungarianOak]

Bogdan, you said it all. Romania even imports stuff which they can produce. When Romania joined the EU , the main concern of Brussels was to shut down Romanian agriculture so that it wont endanger Western European productivity and they made sure that there wont be any cheap goods from Romania. Although Romania has mountains and has all the conditions to produce world quality dairy and agricultural products, you wont see any of them in Western European malls and shops. On the contrary, you will imported French milk and German and Austrian Yoghurts and so on.

[@cristiane.3908]

fugi ba de aicdi in 89 totule ra subventionat de stat, totul era pe pierdere. Se poate compara un produs dfe la noi cu unul occiidental? tot ce se producea era pentru fostul caer adica mongolia, cuba, vietnam...eram rupti de foame si in cur. In 89 nu aveam datorii, dar nici hartie igienica nu gaseai. Tara cea mai dezoltata din lume e cea mai datoare..america...Trebuie sa faci imprumuturi ca sa te dezvolti

[@jivkoyanchev1998]

I love this new format and would love to volunteer for the Bulgaria video!

[@antonsasaran1377]

Joining Schengen it's a must , for both , Romania and Bulgaria , not only due to economic reasons but military , too . Austria is Russia' s YES MAN depending on importing the oil and natural gas . Shame on , Austria !!!!

[@HisameArtwork]

once Ukraine joins the EU I'm sure they'll feel more comfortable expanding the Schengen borders, who knows maybe even Serbia will pull its head out of its ass and complete the EU adherence process so they have extra buffer.

[@antonsasaran1377]

@@HisameArtwork Romania & Bulgaria joining Schengen has nothing to do with Ukraine joining EU ! This is a military and economic MUST DO ! Shame on Austria , serving Russia's interest .

[@cr4yv3n]

@@antonsasaran1377 yeah they don't care lol. Welcome to the EU. Remember the Austrian product boycott? Haha yeah it fizzled after 3 days, cuz u r all their bitches.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@antonsasaran1377 they did not allow to join schengen because while slaves ARE useful, they shouldn't be allowed to exist on the noble's domain. We "dirty" their precious schengen with our... EWww... Eastern europeaness.

[@cucurucu753]

​@@HisameArtwork"Once Ukraine joins EU"? That would mean waiting for a very-very long time for Romania! Totally unacceptable!

[@PuNicAdbo]

I'd love them in the shengen, Euro and EU. 😊 you are very welcome 🙏 my dear friends from romania.

[@cynetyc2830]

That was a very good video cheers from Romania!

[@Peter3335551]

Great job❤👍👏! From Romania🇹🇩! Love you all🇪🇺!