The Benelux Union Explained

[@jackf1841]

Benelux = probably the best place to live in Europe and even the world (but let's keep it quiet) ;)

[@economicsinaction]

Your secret is safe with me ;)

[@saidaelmallouki6753]

Im in belgium/benelux its true

[@ArienvanRijswijck.]

Im from belgium , and our goverment sucks. Benelux should unite again to 1 country. For real we split from the united kingdom of the netherlands in 1830 as a solution to someone elses problem , then our country splits in 3 we have our politics in flanders , wallonia got their politics , and brussel does his own thing as well . This is not a country to me , it's a mess . I rather call myself dutch instead of belgian.

[@youregay-]

Im dutch it’s kinda true

[@imwinningthisone7613]

@@ArienvanRijswijck. wtf no

[@strassenbahnfilmguy9306]

Aside from the damp weather.. it would be difficult to find a much better place to live .

[@GrunnenEnSeyst]

How do you mean damp weather? We actually had a few minutes of sun today, the wind even died down a bit, we only had about two and a half mm of rain and I'm pretty sure we got to about 15C. And technically it's not even June yet.

[@metalblind95]

Switzerland :)

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@metalblind95 you mean where the rhine ends.

[@jezusbloodie]

Fun fact: Nord Rhein-Westphalia almost became a member of the Benelux

[@Elderrion]

Could you elaborate? I'm interested

[@jezusbloodie]

@@Elderrion i dont remember where i read, sone wikipedia page, but it was talked about when the formation of the Benelux took place, but iirc NRW declined or stepped out or something

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@Elderrion It had to do with plans after ww2 , by the dutch goverment and belgians to clain german lands as compensation . 3 plans where made 1 included ost friesland, Rurh westfalia etc , alies didnt agree. 2 was large parts of northrein westfalia and rurh areas . also rejected and 3rd was small parts of western german states . All rejected by the alies as they wanted a strong west-germany preventing a fragmented nation .

[@jezusbloodie]

@Passivalkoholiker area and population wise, the two are also about equivalent

[@IndonesischeBapao]

🇳🇱Pls make the Benelux unite XD

[@Jokkkkke]

I'm from the Netherlands and I see that Luxembourg didn't really come up that much here. I can tell you that as a Dutchman who's dating a French Luxembourger and as one who has been to Luxembourg several times that this makes sense because Belgium's cultural connections are far more with the French, Germans, and Belgians than us. I mean many Luxembourgers study in the Netherlands and many Dutch folks spend their holidays in Luxembourg (as Luxembourgers will have you know), but its a pretty thin relationship culturally speaking. Aside from our Flemish brothers, I would say most Dutch people relate a lot more to the English culturally in many ways, and Dutch people living in the Eastern part of the country often feel a closer connection to West Germans as well. This is all purely anecdotal though but I think that there is a core of truth here (sadly)

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Are you mad dutch have nothing with english culture . their total oposite. Belgium , netherlands and luxembourgh are verry close . always have been dating back 1600 years . all different small states that formed the frankish empire . part of the same influances , lotheraingia , holy roman empire , hapsburg empires bourgoundians . The arch duke of luxembourgh is part of the house of nassau . 17 provinces of the 1600s and 2 treaties that devided them by religon and unified during the kindom of holland and united netherlands. only falling apart due to ineqaulity of representatives from belgium netherlands in parlement. and barely 100 years later united ones more. We have many afiliations with belgium english not one bit.

[@atrlawes98]

@@marcusfranconium3392 No the Dutch actually have a lot in common with English people. It’s something that became immediately apparent to me when meeting my Dutch family (I’m English) the closest linguistic cousin to English is West Frisian which is spoken in a region of the Netherlands. Dutch culture is also quite similar to ours as are our Maritime traditions. English people are also descended from Germanic tribes than inhabited Denmark, Northern Germany and the Netherlands. It’s not like English and Dutch people are identical but they’re easily the most similar to us out of any of the Continental nations.

[@goyguy3211]

Make Bene Lux Frisia again!!!!

[@renekuipers4563]

The first coperation .3 small countries.That.s why the banking is big in Luxemburg..

[@goyguy3211]

@@marcusfranconium3392 Frisian and middle English DNA is the same....old english is the closest cousin to old frisian. Time to let go of your jewish nonsense teachings.....

[@cryptocal7325]

Really good video. Keep up the work

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the comment :)

[@levinschmidt1121]

7:15 how he say schiphol lol

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

🇺🇸 interesting video, didn’t know much about this Union. I thought Benelux wasn’t an official union.

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks! I don't think you're alone, neither are there many Europeans that are aware about the Benelux Union being an official union.

[@5en_official]

bruh

[@indahooddererste]

It explains a lot why germany is the engine of europe. Without the dense population of the Ruhr area Rotterdam harbour would be obsolete. Its connected to Duisburg (largest inland harbour in europe) and other major cities in the Ruhr Area.

[@jgowner6076]

Without the Dutch port, water management and waterways, the ruhr area would not be that big either. Ruhr area till Rotterdam is of big importance, without one another, prosperity will fade

[@yothitweeling9691]

7:13 You tried. Also i didn't know there was a parliment in the union. I live there but i don't know the purpose of the parliment, I don't think there are elections for it.

[@Rob_nabi]

Economics of Nordics?

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the idea :)

[@rolandxor179]

7:13 'Schithole airport' - Donald J. Trump.

[@abadyr_]

is this... ...Middle Francia?

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Lotharingia .

[@johns5353]

You just talked about The Netherlands and Belgium, what about Luxembourg?

[@ernestgasp]

You're Spanish.

[@johns5353]

@@ernestgasp I am not. Try again

[@ernestgasp]

@@johns5353 Luxembourg belongs to Spain, no need to try again.

[@johns5353]

@@ernestgasp I am neither from Luxembourg. Try again

[@nevecenere]

The blue banana is the heart of Europe 🤩

[@regntonne]

Yes, it should unite as one country and call it SlightlyElevatedAndNetherlands

[@Instrucitd]

Good video! And i am from the Netherlands. 🇳🇱

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the comment ! :)

[@ashleyftcash]

All three countries are a kingdom and not an union. Together they form an union, but sepertly they are members of an union and not an union country itself. I have been hearing references to kingdoms as an union more often lately and I find it very weird. If someone knows more or if I am wrong, I love to hear more about it

[@Smellslikenarcspirit]

Nope luxembourg has a duke insted of a king .

[@economicsinaction]

Do you think the Benelux Union is a waste of time and effort?

[@switzerlandch4986]

Now that the EU is a thing, maybe, but it still has some value

[@thevoid5503]

Hell no.

[@qzorn4440]

wow.. 💫so what kind of stuff do they manufacture and sell to the world? 🌐 thanks. 😊

[@switzerlandch4986]

Another good video! *Brazilian flag emoji*

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the support :)

[@ligmablocks9998]

🇩🇪 high quality as always

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks :)

[@Hamsteak]

🇨🇦

[@Mukhomor]

Cool!

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks ! :)

[@gkdlmlnl7697]

Argentina brothers

[@imperialfootballleague7877]

I'm from ghana

[@Joostuh]

🌷🇳🇱🌷

[@commando2113]

Dude we need to make e benelux union soccer team 👍.

[@economicsinaction]

That would be a formidable team !

[@jamielocke192]

🇸🇪/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@rdekker2478]

Thé Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the comment ! :)

[@thevoid5503]

The Benelux summed up by means of a song (Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel): clowns to the left (the UK), jokers to the right (Germans). Stuck in the middle with you (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg). :p

[@janohudran]

Actually, Belgium was made as a buffer state for the UK, and that's a part of the reason why the UK and Belgium have very good ties. So don't know why they would call them clowns.

[@thevoid5503]

@@janohudran I am Dutch and we also have good ties to the UK. It was meant as a light-hearted joke, so buy yourself a sense of humour.

[@commando2113]

@@janohudran fake .The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; French: Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed between 1815 and 1839. The United Netherlands was created in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars through the fusion of territories that had belonged to the former Dutch Republic, Austrian Netherlands, and Prince-Bishopric of Liège in order to form a buffer state between the major European powers. The polity was a constitutional monarchy, ruled by William I of the House of Orange-Nassau.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

the music is really annoying

[@economicsinaction]

Noted, thanks for the feedback :)

[@istoppedcaring6209]

@@economicsinaction don't get me wrong, I liked the video, but it kind of is

[@theflyingdinosaur9895]

skliplol airport xd'

[@economicsinaction]

**Cries in inability to speak Dutch 🇳🇱**

[@theflyingdinosaur9895]

@@economicsinaction the sch and g are hard to pronounce to be fair xd it hurts my troath as someone born here, I just kinda got used to my throat hurting

[@nitin221491]

🇮🇳 India

[@Ali-hasToRun]

saudi arabia UwU

[@taxandria1941]

Turkey is Asia

[@gabrielaeugeniagomezmorale2406]

🇸🇻!!!

[@CrimsonBae]

you can become gay just by watching it long enough

[@MLWitteman]

🇳🇱🇪🇺

[@economicsinaction]

Thanks for the comment :)

[@eliaspirklbauer4486]

🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹

[@rahulprasad2318]

Who cares tbh. Europe is dying on the global stage anyways.

[@cryptocal7325]

Dude. Uncool

[@valopf7866]

No its not

[@economicsinaction]

Relatively this is the case, but Europe still plays a vital role in the global economy and cannot be ignored

[@harshjain3122]

Nah it's not. Smh stop being so cocky

[@harshjain3122]

@@economicsinaction true. It's huge how stable Europe has been and how in the first time in history we have such long standing era of peace. Tho, I do see Europeans getting a lil jealous of their American counterparts over not being the topdog.

[@economicsinaction]

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