Who's joining the EU next?

[@ZombieMax]

Bosnia is very similar with Belgium : - Etnic issues - The shape is almost the same - Starts with a B Therefore it should be in EU.

[@RalphdontGAF]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@peterfireflylund]

Also lots of Muslims.

[@buddy1155]

Bosnia should rack up a lot more national debt before they are even close to Belgium and are ready to join.

[@peterfireflylund]

@@buddy1155 true!

[@yetigriff]

-Doesn't own Kosovo

[@ibx2cat]

Decided to replace the green screen today, let me know what you think :)

[@user-ys6ro4wi3f]

put a 0.5 opacity video of cats

[@mrcat5508]

I agree with user ys

[@sipasa]

love to see that floating headrest, where can I get one for my chair?

[@Vanatice]

Montenegro is actually contiguous with the EU tho

[@charliezz6746]

Montenegro already feels like an EU country there are EU flags flying on public buildings in the main city and it's got extremely similar entry requirements when visiting the country.

[@yaziyo]

​@@charliezz6746they even use the Euro. It's like they just decided to join in their own and are waiting for Europe to make it Facebook official

[@JmKrokY]

Ah, the 22.6km border that Montenegro shares with Croatia, the part of Croatia which itself is only connected to the rest of Croatia (and EU for that matter) with a single bridge.

[@ivanmacgar6447]

​@@yaziyoit's funny because it all comes from the fact that back in 1998, Montenegro adopted the Deutsche Mark (after the period in 1995-1996 where the Yugoslav Dinar was one of the least worth currencies in the world and there was hyperinflation, they decided just going with Germany's currency would give them some stability), and as a result they automatically changed to Euro in 2002, being the first ex-Yugo country to use Euro as their currency, even before now EU members like Croatia (2023) and Slovenia (2009). And at first the fact that a non-EU, non-Eurozone country was using Euro unilaterally didn't go down well in ECB HQ in Frankfurt, or in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strassbourg. But Montenegro responded something along the lines "If we're gonna join in a few years, it would be stupid for us to ditch Euros now and make a currency just so we would start using Euros again in a few years" and after that the EU was like "Okay fair enough". Such a Chad move from Montenegro lmao

[@JM19649]

As someone who's is from Dublin i admire your optimism that we will have a metro soon.. i think its start date is sometime around Monday the 4th of never Its only 20 years late at this stage

[@aleksaskela25]

Serbia has had building a metro in the plans for a century now, there's even a public sector company called "Belgrade Metro" at the capital city level for almost a decade, employees and all. No digging the tunnels yet🤔

[@yotsura2109]

as an algerian i have to say our metro is goated, fun fact when they were mining the area to extend it they found a bunch of roman ruins and they incorporated it into a sort of mini museum right next to the station!

[@sillylittleinternetperson3932]

me. i'm the next country

[@FernanPer94]

yes

[@vedrantrava]

congrats!

[@sillylittleinternetperson3932]

@@vedrantrava i will be a fine addition

[@krimsonbun]

how will this affect the stock market?

[@sillylittleinternetperson3932]

@@krimsonbun i gamble all the money

[@XboxgeorgebeanRollercoasters]

Montenegro borders Croatia...

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

How?

[@kopriva93]

@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 It's way down south, after you pass Dubrovnik.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

And Italy by the sea border in the Adriatic sea.

[@turtleburger200]

@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 Because the borders touch?? What else are we supposed to say just look on a map

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

@@turtleburger200 yeah but it feels like it doesn't because it's so small

[@lifesarisk9086]

ireland's been building a metro for 30 years... it's joever for us, it's never coming

[@tedcrilly46]

Whats so magical wonderful about a metro.

[@lifesarisk9086]

@@tedcrilly46 the public transport we do have in dublin (the luas) is absolute shit

[@tedcrilly46]

@@lifesarisk9086 metro costs a bazilion. Takes forever to make.

[@thastayapongsak4422]

​@@tedcrilly46because it is magical and wonderful

[@giovanni_vaz_cardoso]

Technically Montenegro does border Croatia, and with the bridge Croatia built you can now get to Montenegro by road without leaving the EU.

[@GazilionPT]

Actually, Montenegro has a land border with Croatia.

[@anthonytitone]

Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia in that order & then everyone else is up in complete limbo

[@markojovanovski3372]

10:30 "lots of bulgarians in Macedonia" As per the 2021 census. There are 3504 Bularians in Macedonia. Or 0.19% of the population...

[@Scorpio19110]

@@markojovanovski3372 and that used to be the case for a long time, Bulgarians never got above 1% in Yugoslav and post-independence censuses in Macedonia. Having a relative go to school in Bulgarian-occupied territory for a short time doesn’t change your ethnicity. Macedonian students in Slovenia don’t suddenly become ethnic Slovenians just because they went to Slovenian schools.

[@dimiberberu]

Those are the EU entry passport holders. Different intention

[@HeroManNick132]

The truth is all North Macedonia has Bulgarian roots, no matter how your politics is trying to erase that. It's the same thing as like saying Austrians speak Austrian and not being Germans and speak German. Well, to be exactly only 58% of that. Because the rest of 25% is Albanians, the rest of 5% is Turks and the other one is a mix of Serbs, Bosniaks, Roma, Vlachs.

[@Scorpio19110]

@@HeroManNick132 then you casually forget that Macedonia was also ruled by the Serbs for a significant period in medieval times. Edit: Albanians don’t constitute 25%, they fabricate the census by pressuring Roma, Bosnians and some Turks to declare themselves as Albanians.

[@HeroManNick132]

@@Scorpio19110 Whole Serbia used to be Bulgaria under Simeon the Great. Even when their ''great'' tsar Dushan was technically Bulgarian, which proves Serbs are wannable Illyrians and Vlachs and don't want to admit they are Bulgarians.

[@netkv]

tf is with the thumbnail, moldavia and makedonia isn't in eu, lithuania, slovenia and croatia already are

[@ibx2cat]

I'm guessing the map was accidentally drawn by vibes rather than by reality lol

[@saudisinaudis]

😂😂😂😂 ​@@ibx2cat

[@cessactdm]

so cute that you typed makedonia instead of macedonia. god bless you.

[@subgivtara]

R. of Moldova not moldavia lol it isnt 1500s lol

[@krimsonbun]

@@subgivtara maybe they're from a southern European country, it's still called Moldavia around here!

[@Jayrocker4]

Montenegro has a border with Croatia

[@bananamanduh3171]

🤯

[@petergallagher9981]

1:25 lol this chap never fails to throw a dig at Ireland

[@ibx2cat]

I'm Irish!

[@petergallagher9981]

@ibx2cat pls do another infrastructure video. It will be fun to see an update on our metro, our most expensive hospital in the world, our 330k bike shed, our 1.6mil security box, and the PR tender of 600k for our office of public works - not to mention our Parliament spending 1 million on a printer. Ireland is a joke 😆

[@hens0w]

How many stations do you need for a metro? Asking for a pope.

[@o_s-24]

Omsk currently has the smallest "metro" in the world with one station

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

Montenegro may get in first, Albania second.

[@carsonklein4707]

brazil should join i think

[@alexandermoore2982]

No Australia needs to

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@alexandermoore2982 Well, they're already in Eurovision, so why not join the EU as well

[@cubirk]

@@alexandermoore2982 why not both?

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Argentina would be better

[@Yamcha291]

@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781saar

[@eric2553]

montenegro touches croatia....

[@ibx2cat]

but Croatia doesn't touch Croatia (there, at least)

[@GazilionPT]

@@ibx2cat There is a new bridge (Pelješac Bridge) that allow for a road connection between Dubrovnik and mainland Croatia.

[@JmKrokY]

​@@GazilionPTHe is aware of that (he talked about it years ago), but still, it's just a bridge, not actual land. The communist government of Yugoslavia just had to split Croatia into two by putting a Croatian town into a different republic.

[@Bodin_1789]

​@@ibx2catthey have a bridge , bro...

[@2Live4Nikola]

Fun fact 1: Serbia is in the process of building a metro in Belgrade. Fun fact 2: Montenegro is connected to the EU by land (borders Croatia)

[@madmasseur6422]

That metro isn't going to be built for another decade or so. It's been "in the works" for around 70 years. There's a bigger chance of the Serbian and Russian governments collapsing that there is of this metro being built in our lifetime

[@2Live4Nikola]

I was just providing more information because he mentioned in the video at 14:45 that Ireland and Slovakia are (slowly) working on their metro and he didn't say anything about Serbia... Sooo following your logic, will the governments of Slovakia and Ireand collapse soon or? And just for fun, let us throw some random country like Madagascar since you mentioned Russia, why not?

[@madmasseur6422]

@@2Live4Nikola My comment was mostly made as a slight overexaggeration to prove the point that the Balkans are the Bermuda triangle of large scale projects that help the people, tho with each year I feel like my comments may not be such a huge overexaggeration after all

[@2Live4Nikola]

Well, agree to disagree I guess

[@JmKrokY]

Montenegro has the highest odds of joining, and then Albania after them.

[@borapetrovic1957]

eu must be realy desprete if its trying to get albenia into the union

[@djordje9484]

As someone from Serbia i dont think we will ever join the eu and here is why: 1.We have to recognize Kosovos independce or like the eu says:"to improve relations" with the "country" that isnt even recognaisd by half of the world. 2. Even if we completed all the chapters to join countryes like Croatia and probably Germany or someone like that cuz they dont like us would immedietly veto stopping Serbia from joining 3: and lastly people here dont like the eu (including me)and they would vote against joining the eu (sorry for bad english i dont ussualy write the comments)

[@bungaIowbill]

do a video on your algerian family tree

[@zanthe1]

2:42 the zoom is diabolical from malta

[@leGUIGUI]

Note: the only reason France might end up in second position in term of surface area is only because it also include French Guyana and other DOMTOM.

[@sandrios]

we almost had metro in Latvia, but citizens protested against it, because of destruction that would have happened to build said metro

[@JmKrokY]

💀

[@ImStevan]

montenegro borders croatia, so it would be contiguous

[@brandonm8901]

It's an exclave of Croatia though, so it's not really contiguous

[@ImStevan]

@@brandonm8901 It's not even an exclave since they connected it with a bridge

[@brandonm8901]

@@ImStevan A bridge isn't a landmass though is it. That is a bit of a technicality, most people wouldn't consider that contiguous land

[@ImStevan]

@@brandonm8901 if you can drive or walk from one landmass to another it's contiguous, since this connects montenegro to the rest of croatia and the eu, it counts

[@JmKrokY]

​@@ImStevanEh

[@algogeminus]

In the balkans, the idea of Bosnia joining the EU is a joke. Like, for example, I will clean up my room when Bosnia joins the EU.

[@appa609]

You'll clean your room as soon as you have a real possibility of bringing a girl over.

[@crazychicken8290]

why is turkey cut out from thumbnail

[@leefarrer1764]

Slovenia and Croatia should be blue on the thumbnail 😉

[@randomchannel4204]

Wait are you algerian?

[@riptyurass302]

You're absolutely right about the international and domestic side of a countries leader. I feel like the best example of this was Jacinda Adern. She had like a 90% approval rating outside New Zealand, but domestically her approval rate was around 35-40%. I guess it's because internationally you're playing more theater and style is more important than substance while domestically people are living under your governance so polarizing policy can make you more unpopular.

[@marcussver620]

It doesn't matter which new country joins the EU; there won't be any significant change or aid to the EU, and as Draghi said, the European economy has been stagnant for over 20 years.

[@FernanPer94]

yes

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Yeah. That's cause his ITALIAN economy been stagnant for 25 years! And now Germany and UK are recession lands! And France is for many years now almost as stagnant as Italy! Nothing stagnant about other European countries. My western Balkans country now got 1000 euros of average monthly net salary, similar to Greece and is growing 3,8% in a year.

[@JmKrokY]

​@@Just_another_Euro_dudeMontenegro?

[@JmKrokY]

​@@Just_another_Euro_dude​Most of the economies growing in Europe are quite small, no comparison with the big countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain.

[@svr5423]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Germany has been in decline since the late 90ies. I left the EU over 10 years ago. Visited Croatia this year for the first time, it looks like they have almost caught up with Germany.

[@Bodin_1789]

So, by your logic , Montenegro shouldn't join because "It looks weird on the map" Yeah, thanks for being so supportive...

[@Its_Boki]

Fr he did Montenegro dirty😭😭😭

[@ibx2cat]

Nah, they should join but ideally in conjunction with one of their neighbours, as their population and relative position make it a very low priority for the EU

[@Its_Boki]

@@ibx2cat But Croatia has a border with Montenegro and now due to the new Bridge connecting Dubrovnik and Dalmatia , you can travel to Montenegro without leaving the EU . Tldr : you dont need to go through Bosnia to enter Montenegro.

[@andyt8216]

5:30 Montenegro is not entirely landlocked. It has a border with EU member Croatia at the coastline. You could have worded your sentence better.

[@qwc440]

9:30 Im albanian and wouldnt say he's the worst but he mostly focuses on long term rather than short fixes. Also he's been in chair for 12years and power Is getting all on his hands so we are dead sure he's doing sketchy stuff but there's no proof yet, I wish someone else would win the next elections even though Its unlikely to happen.

[@davidreichert9392]

Canada now shares a land border with Denmark, how about having us in as an improved substitute for the UK? We're even a quarter french!

[@Mtioo1]

I am Croat, the thumpnail disappointed me

[@Myusernameaintyourbusiness]

Dont worry too much, its just a thumbnail. Doesn't change the fact we are in EU

[@Alex-ll3ig]

Serbia is coming first to EU, we are only that actully has economy , we have all the high roads, all of high railways , we have industry , we have lithium , car production , all the investments , for 2 years we will have 16.4k e annualy , metro in Belgrade , big industry etc. Welcome .

[@HeroManNick132]

Yeah financed by China, right?

[@cinoeye]

No matter what, Serbia is most important and biggest player in the Western Balkans, and just close behind Montenegro in clusters opening. Montenegro has only 700 000 people(half of Belgrade or 10 times less then Serbia). Serbia has more people than MNE, NM and Albania together. Just because they are NATO and use Euro means nothing because there are few EU members that are not in NATO and do not use EURO. EU can’t afford not to have Serbia. Serbia doesn’t need to recognize Kosovo, but only to “normalize” relations.(Cyprus is in EU even though divided). They stayed one country longer then other Yugoslavia republics and are still very close nations. So Serbia and Mne are way ahead snd will join by 2030…next are Albania and NMac,and they are years behind in process would follow few years after maybe 2035. Moldova who knows when , Ukraine even if the war stops tomorrow it would take minimum 20 years…

[@meandyouagainstthealgorith5787]

For some reason I have a Briggs video, but this is toycat's comments. What's with KZbin today?

[@GigaNormie]

Where was Bulgaria with their disagreements couple of years ago?

[@louisls12345]

Belgrade is building a metro

[@Yamezzzz]

Why is the thumbnail implying Slovenia and Croatia aren't in the EU? Wait it also says Moldova is in the EU 😂

[@JmKrokY]

We left the EU

[@archer_wsk1408]

didn't expect that honestly 1:11 shout-out from algeria

[@chromebomb]

I've been to Albania and they have many EU flags it seems like they want in

[@d.n.8919]

“Having a metro means you’re finally a real country” People in any U.S. cities besides New York

[@shqip_sumejja]

I wonder how the bektashi order will impact the EU? If this new state is recognised or not

[@delfi7077]

don't worry toycat, one day UK will be a part too

[@Perc1000]

your map of serbia has a weird squiggle on the bottom left

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

Nah it’s correct

[@julianshepherd2038]

SCOTLAND !

[@FernanPer94]

yes

[@krimsonbun]

i wish

[@cte4dota]

We Serbs are far away from EU, we are closer BRICS i think. Maybe we should join other side.

[@Scorpio19110]

EU has got enough migrants to fill their worker shortages, so they don’t need us anymore.

[@garedmorort]

You’re comparing the EU to a political forum that does very little…

[@Scorpio19110]

@@garedmorort While the Balkan countries don’t trade much with countries outside Europe(except developed countries like China, USA, Japan etc), in a political sense, we have to improve relations with the Global South and not side with the EU only, SFRY used to be a non-aligned country that had relations with the whole world. For 30 years, we were told there is no alternative to the European Union.

[@madmasseur6422]

Speak for yourself, I have nothing in common with brainwashed Russians who are ok with no freedom of speech in their country and support a corrupt regime. Not to mention most of the brics members are extremely corrupt countries that barely function so tell me why should we aspire to be a part of such an organization? And don't spew any of that "russian serbian brotherhood" bullsh!t, if there was a brotherhood between us they wouldn't've been one of the first countries to recognize slovenia and croatian in the 90s, even before the US did so...

[@JmKrokY]

What does the EU have to do with BRICS?

[@Roli-kh3ff]

Who made that thumbnail man

[@tyresr]

How did Cyprus sneak its way into the eu?

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Too many western politicians were hiding their corrupt money there for YEARS. As a way of thanks they let Cyprus in.

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

Realistically, Montenegro will be the next to join the EU, then Albania at least a decade after Montenegro. Anyone after these two will be anybody’s guess, specifically Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and North Macedonia. If Ukraine war ends in Ukraine’s favor and they miraculously pull off a South Korean economic miracle, then they might be next before the Balkan countries I haven’t mentioned. Same with Moldova. Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo will either be last (2050s at the earliest) or never join the EU.

[@JmKrokY]

Sadly yeah

[@dimiberberu]

Ukraine war ends with less territory & human life every wasted day :( It's best for N. Macedonia to join Serbia in BRICS+. EU is wasted & divisive effort

[@JmKrokY]

@@dimiberberu That makes absolutely no sense.

[@cinoeye]

Serbia and Montenegro will join together.

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

What if russia joined eu ?

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

The little island known as the United Pakistan 🇬🇧 is going to join Russia soon. 😅😅😅😅😅😅 Will be one of THE SMALLEST PROVINCES of Russia. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HeroManNick132]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Okay, Hunza.

[@AuroraDashPteriforever]

I'm gonna have to submit my proposal for the Greater Former Yugoslav Metro, it'll be a game changer I promise uwu

[@estraume]

New video: All countries in the world with ibx2cat x-girlfriends. You also need to explore how to drive through EU over the new bridge in Croatia to Montenegro!

[@JmKrokY]

Fr

[@2steve2]

2:47 I wouldn't say pro or anti russia but more like pro or anti putin. Great video btw

[@saudisinaudis]

when will toycatistan became a sovereign eu country. that's the real question!

[@stephen_ne8406]

sealand still getting snubbed for EU membership smh

[@rudolfohisena5701]

Edi Rama is doing well, internationally and within the country. As far as the Greece thinks Macedonia is Greek, that’s not something new. Greeks thinks the entire Balkan and Anatolia is Greece, and throw in the southern Italy, as well.

[@MadafakinRio]

lol in the balkans the question is who will join LAST -serbia makes "sense" but we're draging our ass, trying to sit on two chairs, and a lot of the people also don't want it -montenegro is barely even a country, it's more like a mid-sized city, so idk how much the EU gets from that -macedonia honestly no idea what's going on there, but they're barely better than montenegro and then the two best ones, albania which is a) majority muslim and b) at least 30 years in the past even in terms of balkan standards and then there's bosnia which which is similar to albania but add on top of it the hilarious political situation and being destroyed by the war and all that all in all none of the balkan countries would be a benefit to the EU, only a burden. except if they maybe find a way to fuck us over for that by dumping nuclear waste or something. they're already trying to turn us into african lithium mines so that's a great start. btw croatia would have been in the same situation if they didn't have the tourism because of the giant coastline

[@JmKrokY]

I never understood why people assume Croatia is where it is because of tourism, Dalmatia is not that wealthy. The most developed county in Croatia is the City of Zagreb, which is the most developed and populus county in Croatia, does not really have much tourism, it has more finance and industry. The second most developed county, Primorje-Gorski Kotar is also a largely industrial region with the centre of the county being the port city of Rijeka. I doubt Varaždin and Međimurje counties in the north, Karlovac county in the centre, and Osijek-Baranja county in the east have much tourism. If people had no tourism, they would just do something else instead of tourism.

[@JmKrokY]

The reality is that Croatia was always a Western country, and joining the EU was the most logical thing. The war in the '90s just slowed the progress down for a decade or two.

[@dimiberberu]

@@JmKrokY Western means hypocrites for the Global South ;) Real respectful life of Yugoslavia is gone & can be found towards BRICS+ Serbia & Macedonia should not waste time with failing EU

[@HeroManNick132]

North Macedonia*

[@HeroManNick132]

@@dimiberberu Good luck with the 3rd world.

[@Nooticus]

New Toycat lore: Has an Algerian Aunt (cousin aunt)

[@malkavianson]

How can Kosovo have any ambition to join EU , when 5 members dont even recognize its excistence?

[@hesher3587]

They just dont recognize the state everything else they do and also they will sooner or later recognize it

[@HeroManNick132]

The ones who don't recognise it either are Serbian ''friends'' or poor Pro-Russian states.

[@malkavianson]

@@hesher3587 what do you mean everything else? If i dont think youre a real person, would i invite you to lunch?

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

By the time Kosovo joins EU, they will recognize it. USA will insist on it since it’s beneficial.

[@ivanmacgar6447]

​@@hesher3587among those 5 there are some variations. For example you have Greece and Romania who seem to be at least somewhat open to the idea of normalizing relations with Kosovo, even if not outright recognizing them, for example they actually voted in favour of Kosovo joining the Council of Europe just a few months ago as a separate member. Then you have Spain and Cyprus which are actually very diplomatically hostile towards Kosovo (sometimes more than Serbia itself even) and in the same vote to let Kosovo join the Council of Europe they voted against (in fact they were the only two countries voting against Kosovo joining the Council of Europe alongside Serbia (duh) and Hungary, which is funny because Hungary DOES fully recognize Kosovo as a state). Spain has always stated they would only recognize Kosovo when Serbia recognizes it (which means pretty much never) but Cyprus went up a notch and stated they wouldn't recognize Kosovo as an independent state even if Serbia did. And then you have Slovakia which is some kind of middle ground. They're not so open to Kosovo's recognition right now like Greece or Romania, but they're not so stuck up against it like Spain and Cyprus.

[@max_laser]

14:08 these are Ukrainian territories. They won't "go" anywhere.

[@ibx2cat]

I wish you were right!

[@max_laser]

@@ibx2cat I am. I'm Ukrainian myself

[@Myusernameaintyourbusiness]

​@@max_laserUkrainian or not, those territories are extremely unlikely to return to Ukraine unless WW3 starts and Russia loses.

[@max_laser]

@@Myusernameaintyourbusiness disagreed

[@bark9396]

Canada is joining next

[@Kimo_uwu]

Me, I am going to

[@danmarsh5949]

Which NON-European country would you guess will be first to ask to start the EU accession process? I'd guess somebody in the Caribbean.

[@ibx2cat]

Canada, or if we're feeling spicy with our answer then Cyprus/Turkey

[@danmarsh5949]

@@ibx2cat I thought the Greek side was already in the EU. Or are you suggesting either a Cypriot union, or Turkish accession? Both of those are not likely in the short or medium term. As to Canada, I don't think it's likely unless Quebec finally declares independence and Atlantic Canada needs a new home. In that case, the EU is as likely as the US for them to seek to join.

[@saudisinaudis]

Mexico. They will Uno reverse Spain.

[@Lau2856.]

@@danmarsh5949 marocco was the first

[@aoeuable]

Easy: Morocco. They tried in 1987 and were denied on geographical reasons.

[@NoName-vu6bt]

1 Montenegro 2028 2. Albania 2029-2030 3. Serbia,Macedonia 2035 4 kosovo, Bosnia unknown

[@cinoeye]

Are you out of your mind? Serbia is 10 years ahead in cluster openings. Serbia and Montenegro will join together way before Albania.

[@JkaBG]

There is no veto on N Macedonia.

[@terminatora1249]

Technically not but according to the agreement we signed, they need to add the Bulgarian minority to the constitution so they can start working on the Fundamentals cluster.

[@dimiberberu]

Bulgarian Veto = bullying

[@HeroManNick132]

@@dimiberberu You butthurt.

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

why would anyone want to join

[@JmKrokY]

Because the EU is great?

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

@@JmKrokY funny joke

[@JmKrokY]

@@mr.fahrenheit7009 Why would a unuon of nations that usually fought for resources and land all the time be a bad thing? We all came united to be peaceful amongst each other and cooperate on important issues. Having free trade, same standards across the whole bloc, and open borders is great.

[@JmKrokY]

@@mr.fahrenheit7009 Union*

[@dariusalexandru9536]

I think Saudi Arabia has a chance .

[@jaredfontaine2002]

Who cares about a metro when in the Balkans they have landmines to deal with lol 😅😅😅

[@holygooff]

It might be Northern Ireland ;)

[@vasilisdx1]

Your map is inaccurate. Severna Macedonia is not in eu.and it will not be for years to come

[@dimiberberu]

Yes, N.Macedonia should join Serbia to BRICS, not to US puppet EU

[@HeroManNick132]

@@dimiberberu Lol, Vlach, want to be South Serb?

[@Lau2856.]

Let montenegro join, fuck the rest

[@markojovanovski3372]

Wait bro we've been trying since 2005 🇲🇰. Let us in too

[@Lau2856.]

@@markojovanovski3372 sadly there are albanian mafia in your country

[@HeroManNick132]

@@Lau2856. No, more serious problem. Faking history.

[@Marqueemoon96]

how are so many Albanians here if they weren't in the EU? mad

[@Perc1000]

it happened because of a war started by a cia funded genocidal separatist group

[@gzoro8645]

Illegal

[@Marqueemoon96]

@@gzoro8645 clearly not

[@giuseppearleo6324]

How are so many people from Morocco, or Nigeria, in the EU? Stupid question: it's called immigration.

[@Marqueemoon96]

@@giuseppearleo6324 not that many

[@janitoalevic]

Ur mom is joininh EU next

[@grantorino2325]

Ukraine is the largest country located _entirely_ in Europe. Russia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan are all bigger, but also all partly in Asia.

[@HOPEfullBoi01]

Same with Denmark but North America rather than Asia

[@dimiberberu]

Europe's peninsula is part of the Asian continent, politically made continent, while the Indian subcontinent is not ;) Russia's European part is 3,995,200 km². After annexation 4,131,045 km². France (Metropolitan):~551,695 km² Spain: ~505,990 km² Ukraine after annexation 467,703 km² Sweden:~450,295 km² - so it entered NATO to make Ukraine smaller than itself, the longer it fights with #1 experienced military :(

[@dimiberberu]

@@HOPEfullBoi01 So Denmark wants global warming to get more useful territory? Now only 56k population ;)

[@HeroManNick132]

Spain, the Netherlands, Greece, France, Norway, Cyprus, Malta, the UK left the chat.

[@Henry-em6wf]

I’m the next one

[@Ksescel]

Me

[@momish392]

As a croat from bosnia I pray that bosnia does not join

[@JmKrokY]

Why? The EU is great. Do you diskike the EU or the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

[@naevithekittycat]

Wow! Nice Guesses! 3,000th

[@johnthefinn]

For God's sake, man, stop flailing your arms around!

[@Komentariram]

Serbia has bigger GDP than all western Balkans combined, it has bigger GDP than some EU members such as Bulgaria, Croatia or Slovenia. If it wasn't for Kosovo problem Serbia would be in EU long time ago

[@JmKrokY]

Croatia has larger GDP (nominal), Serbia only has higher GDP (PPP).

[@JmKrokY]

Serbia also has both lower GDP (nominal) and GDP (PPP) than Bulgaria.

[@JmKrokY]

Also, GDP is not the only metric. Even having a larger GDP than Croatia wouldn't mean much as Serbia has a few million more people. Most of Croatia (for example) is more developed than the capital region of Serbia (centred around Belgrade) (according to UN's HDI reports).

[@JmKrokY]

And no, Kosovo is not a part of Serbian GDP.

[@HeroManNick132]

Serbia: GDP: 81 billion GDP per capita: 12 385$ (nominal), 27 985$ (PPP) Bulgaria: GDP: 107 billion GDP per capita: 16 943$ (nominal), 35 963$ (PPP) Croatia: GDP: 88 billion GDP per capita: 22,966$ (nominal), 45,702$ (PPP) Yeah no. Slovenia although has lower GDP due to its low population but still it's the richest Slavic state.

[@checo8383]

switzerland

[@Zaeyrus]

Balkanization is an offensive term, Balkan as a name for the "peninsula" is wrong, it is the name of a mountain that is 99.5% in Bulgaria and 0.5% in Serbia, and people from SE Europe should, of course, stop using that term (this is not cancel culture btw)

[@peterfireflylund]

Sounds like you are offended at reality.

[@Zaeyrus]

@@peterfireflylund i am not, your predicament is incorrect. I can easily elaborate why that is

[@peterfireflylund]

@@Zaeyrus please do, I’d like a laugh :)

[@Zaeyrus]

@@peterfireflylund ohhhh... the balkans are here to entertain you? Why am i not surprised? ;)

[@peterfireflylund]

@@Zaeyrus no, you are. You chose that role for yourself.

[@OnCydig]

*leaving

[@JmKrokY]

Cry

[@mulamulelilumadi4717]

Israel.....

[@CrisCheese_]

couldnt u have released this like 2 days earlier, i needed this for my exam at school

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

6:30 Are you f#$% joking? You are literally selling Rusian propaganda saying this. You just said that the war in Ukraine is some kind of internal conflict with the people of Eastern Ukraine at a time when there is a full-scale Russian aggression against that country. That is crazy.

[@ibx2cat]

The people to the east of Ukraine are Russia, lol

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

@@ibx2cat People from eastern Ukraine had to flee the war losing all their life's possessions and millions of them now live in exile all over Europe. This is an absolute lack of respect for the suffering of these people and what they are going through.

[@familygash7500]

Hopefully no one; screw The Fourth Reich.

[@thomaseriksen6885]

It's a failed project. More interesting to speculate which is next to leave

[@ayoCC]

EU unfucked like 90% of europe, we'd be all under the thumb of the USA, with like tribal standards of living, and some specks of countries being what china was 20 years ago, but way too small to fight back US control. China would probably be on a similar trajectory, but without europe as a partner, it would have broken under US pressure and had to do something about it's trajectory on human rights. It would also mean that US Oil lobby would have been able to break Chinas ambitions to become the monopoly for green tech, or if green tech was stronger locally in the US, it would have become a strong enough lobby by itself to fend off oil lobbies. Japan and America would probably be like the two poles of the world like people thought when they made cyberpunk

[@svr5423]

@@ayoCC Many countries would be a lot better off without the EU. It's not a secret that two of Europe's top performers, Norway and Switzerland, are not members. A few decades ago, Germany had a comparable standard of living to Switzerland.

[@HeroManNick132]

@@svr5423 Norway has oil that's why it's rich.

[@svr5423]

@@HeroManNick132 so do other european countries, such as Scotland. And non-oil countries such as Switzerland are also rich. Has to do with less taxes and not adopting the weak EUR as a common currency.

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

EU has made every country in it richer

[@jaredfontaine2002]

Hopefully the EU fails

[@LokiOdinssnn]

kosovo is serbia

[@hesher3587]

Lmao bot

[@LokiOdinssnn]

@@hesher3587 ur the zogbot

[@hesher3587]

@@LokiOdinssnn lol cope harder serboid

[@HeroManNick132]

@@LokiOdinssnn Cry harder.

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

I live in Kosovo🇽🇰 and you don’t. Now the next time you wanna visit, hand over the passport or go back.

[@dividead100]

If the EU is still around when Albania joins, it will be the final straw that collapses the Union.

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Why?

[@excentrik5725]

@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 Albanians brings crime and instability everywhere they show up

[@giuseppearleo6324]

Said the anonymous on KZbin

[@garedmorort]

Source: trust me bro

[@dividead100]

@@giuseppearleo6324 Where is your full name, picture and ID anonymous man 2?

[@Zenkrypt]

Hopefully, the UK.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Hopefully NOT. Then i would want my country OUT. None wants the little irrelevant island in.

[@HeroManNick132]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Who even asked about North Macedonia?

[@tonylarussa4046]

Hopefully no one and those that are in the EU, I hope will leave it!

[@krimsonbun]

well that's a really stupid idea

[@martasekac6097]

I think EU is too important for European stability. We really shouldn't destroy it...

[@familygash7500]

Based.

[@arrore]

Edi Rama has been doing great locally too.

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

He isn’t. He is a corrupt politician who only cares about international relations.