Will Von der Leyen LOSE the EU Presidency?

[@EUMadeSimple]

MISTAKE: Fianna Fail are not in the epp. They're in renew. Hope you like the video nonetheless!

[@docopoper]

Did you mean Fine Gael? They're the Irish party in the EPP.

[@tyler361t2]

you pronounced them wrong, it's fee-na fall

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

You could pronounce their name correctly, unless you're AI!

[@taxibaanyoutube9156]

You know that Meloni has has certain intrests. And Meloni and Von Der Lyen have ferquently cozing up. Somthing tels me Meloni will back her in secret in excanche for a deal. Like depth op-outs or migrant services subsadies. (Since Italy needs a bit of both)

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

@@taxibaanyoutube9156 none of this is relevant, and it's mostly gossip and misspelling

[@jonlew6383]

Her hypocritcy will make all Europeans poorer

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@jonlew6383 We can be happy for the hypocrites to have engaged in Brexit.

[@Matti_us_Alpe]

@@karstenschuhmann8334she is probably a felon. They investigate.

[@nni9310]

@@jonlew6383 nonsense

[@soundscape26]

@@jonlew6383 How?

[@167mm167]

we all support Von der Leyen !! She is the best leader ..All Americans love her !!

[@robertalexanderho5268]

She does not represent the public Only corporate interests !!!

[@joelimbergamo639]

But people voter right wing in EU elections, what did you expect to get?

[@soundscape26]

@@robertalexanderho5268 Right wing politicians are known for that

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

​@@soundscape26she is center left. the CDU should be reclassified.

[@user-kb7ji2xx1f]

Von der Leyen should be kicked out period. She's expired, she's guilty!!!

[@nni9310]

guilty of what?

[@chrigdichein]

She failed already as minister in Germany, she was family minister, then the military minister and never solved the issues. Well Kindergartens on Military bases were implemented. They moved her out of the way! Guilty of corruption -> vaccination deals by SMS… thats all what one needs to know about guilty

[@kinexxona06]

@@nni9310making promises

[@joelimbergamo639]

​@@kinexxona06so, do you have someone else that isn't guilty of that?

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

​@@nni9310extreme nepotism. Laundering money through her husband. Having private what'sapp messages with pharmacy companies and deleting them. She has slaver ancestry, 3 governor s of Carolina.

[@TileBitan]

how can it be secret. They are not citizens, they are representatives. That is a disgrace

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

It is way more democratic than in the UK. In the UK, she would be leader by default.

[@adee6467]

​@@karstenschuhmann8334 Without majority 😆?

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@adee6467 They would have a gigantic mayority in the strange election system of the UK.

[@JZTechEngineering]

@@karstenschuhmann8334it ain't strange

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@JZTechEngineering Well, FPTP is undemocratic. So it is strange that anyoune is using it.

[@giselaengelmann4186]

I am German and hope she will loose. She broke law too often and wasn't chosen last time.

[@167mm167]

we all support Von der Leyen !! She is the best leader ..All Americans love her !!

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@giselaengelmann4186 AFD troll detected.

[@albevanhanoy]

This vote shouldn't be secret. The European MEPs are directly elected by the people of Europe, and the voters need transparency to hold their representatives accountable.

[@paul1979uk2000]

It should all be transparent, but that isn't the fault of the EU but the fault of the members that want to maintain control over who becomes the leader of the EU. Honestly, I think it would be better to just open it all up and let the people vote for the EU Commission, for better or worse, at least it would be more credible in the people's eyes and it would be another nail in the coffin of the Eurosceptics that use that argument to oppose the EU project. Considering the rise of the far right, major reforms of the EU are needed to make it more accountable and democratic, because if the far right gains too much support, they could do some serious damage to the project, but if it's more accountable and the public have more of a say in what's going on, that will make it difficult for any that want to dismantle the project unless there's a lot of support from the people to do so, which is unlikely if they have a bigger voice and it's more likely that support for the project would grow. Either way, the EU countries need to get their act together and start listening to people's concerns and doing real changes that impact people's lives for the better, otherwise, the far right or worse will continue to rise, which could become dangerous if history is any indicator, basically, the rise of the far right isn't because of anything they are doing right, but it's because of so many things the mainstream parties are doing wrong in the public eyes and the far right are capitalising on that, not just in Europe but also in the US.

[@albevanhanoy]

@@paul1979uk2000 Oh I definitely agree: It's the member countries at fault, as with most democratic issues the EU has.

[@Victorvondoom9159]

European MPs actually aren't directly elected people vote for the parties that pu them as candidates the vast majority of people have no clue who the candidates on the list were and just voted for their party, that means that am MP has actually much less freedom compared to a constituency system where they are directly elected because if they vote against the party line they will be expelled from the party and are almost assured to lose their seat in the next election, secret voted have the objective of letting the MPs vote without being forced to follow the party line

[@VictorBonello]

I am positive that USA gas a hand in choosing these non elected people. We have all seen the increase in people who are fed up with the UKRAINIAN SCAM.. and they choose a Warmonger like KALLAS exactly and directly against the wishes of the people. The EU has become a fake democracy

[@avitalsheva]

Unless there will be SWISS model - there will be never held accountable.

[@nikintinia1732]

I hope so……her arrogance is unbelievable…….

[@167mm167]

we all support Von der Leyen !! She is the best leader ..All Americans love her !!

[@nikintinia1732]

@@167mm167 of course they do but the rest of the world including Europe hates her!

[@chadano1611]

​@@167mm167americans Being idiots as always

[@nikovl7132]

Backdoor deals are made , she will do everything to stay in place .

[@kimlaursen8224]

Imagine 3-4 months ago you had half of the subscribers you have now. What a crazy achievement! Keep on the good job🇪🇺!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thank you! 😃 It has been a great year so far !

[@piebit101]

@@EUMadeSimple Keep going you're doing wonders for the EU

[@etdebez9522]

What crap. We re subbing only to point out the terrible job the EU is doing and how we hate the EU. Just look at the comments. Oh, you re a fake follower.

[@etdebez9522]

Haha

[@etdebez9522]

Automatically deleting comments

[@francbele]

But who wants her anyway? She did nothing good for Europe and Europeans!

[@tomekg6629]

It doesn't matter what Europeans think of her. It would if the EU were democracy but it isn't.

[@johnlay3040]

But good for the Neocons. 😂😂

[@dilligafwoftam985]

America ... her husband and kids live there already ... she's just a puppet

[@tyson00001]

She is so corrupt.. she like-minded as Xi. Europe is becoming china

[@All4freedom]

Same that put her in power as she did their bid. EU is not for the people of EU. Is for the oligarchs and globalists, elitists.

[@pucpuc2155]

Von der pfizer must go to jail!!!

[@AtticusDenzil]

yes, excellent, life

[@antonpasternak-gw4dk]

She must go to jail

[@nni9310]

why?

[@Freedom-kl8rt]

@@nni9310 clown,a big clown

[@Matti_us_Alpe]

@@nni9310e.g. she "lost" her communication with CEO of Pfizer (there is a legal requirement for keeping all of the records). The prosecutor investigates.

[@TheSujitKDas]

Now.

[@vladimirkarphotography]

@@nni9310 for the contract with the medical business she signed without telling anyone and signed for a price we should not have paid !

[@mikerowave1986]

The first question is, how did she get it?

[@mr.netflix9149]

2:18

[@vaska1999]

She was appointed.

[@trident6547]

@@vaska1999 The EU parliament votes for her. In the EU: The Head of State = The president of the EU is a Prime Minister or a president of a EU memberstate and the position rotates between the memberstates every 6th. month. The Head of Executive = European Council President elected by the European Council for a 2 year term that can be renewable once. The Executive = The European Council the Prime Ministers and presidents of all EU memberstates. The Head of Legislature = European Parliament President elected by the European parliament for a 2,5 year term. renewable once. The Legislature = The European Parliament elected by the people of the EU memberstates by proportional representation. The Head of the Civil Service = The EU Commission President elected by the European Parliament for a 5 year term and renewable. The Civil Service = The Commission. Each EU memberstate appoints its own commissioner/s. In the Commission there are some 30,000 civil servants recruited by competitive recruitment. The EU employs around 60,000 staff in total, roughly equivalent to the UK's Ministry of Defence. Around half of these are in the European Commission, which is slightly smaller than the UK's Home Office. In the UK: The Head of State = The King who inherited the position for life. The Head of Executive = The Prime Minister. The leader of the party with most seats Selected by the party. The Executive = The cabinet. Selected by the Prime Minister. The Head of the Legislature = House of Common´s leader appointed by the Prime Minister and serves at his pleasure. The Legislature = The House of Lords all members unelected and the House of Commons elected by the people by the archaic first past the post system. The Head of Civil Service = Selected by the prime minister for an indefinite term. The Civil Service = Department Heads appointed by the Government leading some 450,000 civil servants who are recruited by competitive recruitment. Fact check: As of the end of September 2021, there were 472,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) civil servants.

[@andrewmarkham8024]

She was proposed by her party group the EPP the largest in the EU Parliament.

[@Lilifors]

When she was the defence minister in germany the public prosecutor was looking to remove her political anonymity because she made questionable deals for 40 million euros to mend a army sailing ship. Merkel was under pressure so they did a bate and switch with the Manfred Weber candidate. They told the germans they could vote for him and the media didn't correct this lie. So Weber got a lot of german votes for the EPP. France had a similar problem with Christine Lagarde as finance minister. The French and Germans made a deal to get those woke ladies out of the firing line and gave them positions which made them untouchable for the national law. Von der Leyen became President of the Commission and Lagard was appointed to be the director of the European Central Bank.

[@user-tt6il2up4o]

Von der useless

[@bernarddeham4787]

von der Liar...

Down with this circus

[@soundscape26]

It's democracy at work... only in dictatorships and autocratic countries everybody is forced to think the same.

[@peterslinger3795]

Should lose it. I do not remember any reason she was elected in the first place. As German defence minister, she was an absolute failure

[@rwksasc]

She’s a puppet.

[@167mm167]

we all support Von der Leyen !! She is the best leader ..All Americans love her !!

[@drscopeify]

No she is not, but you claim that no matter who is chosen because you have fallen for conspiracy way of seeing the world. Russian propaganda would be very happy.

[@fannishfanning160]

Hopefully not anymore.

[@ErikaDrazic]

Die Eu Befölkerung sollte abstimmen, nicht die Politiker untereinander

[@TheSujitKDas]

Yes, that will be appropriate.

[@peterbalogh8138]

Definitely, she should. Absolute incompetence whatever she did.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@peterbalogh8138 1000 times more competent than BoJo, Truss, and Sunak.

[@peterbalogh8138]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 That's a pretty low bar.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@peterbalogh8138 If you think so. I can not see many people being able to do a better job than her, and none of these is available.

[@Boti-vr5hv]

​@@karstenschuhmann8334if there is no better than her then we Europeans are doomed

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@Boti-vr5hv To me she seems to have been pretty successful, especially in the field of forreign policy.

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

I am of the opinion that dual mandates should be prohibited. Indeed, it would be better to also change the nation, in such a way as to make everyone more involved.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@slavianalbanovich9025 There is the rotating Presedency of the council. The should contrast this fast change by providing stability and professionalism.

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 This is true, but it is undeniable that they are two figures with very different weights.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@slavianalbanovich9025 Sure, the Council sets the goals for the Commission to implement.

[@NAP795]

She is the principal cause of the EU disastrous failing Economies. Warmongering is her specialty, besides being an US instrument in showing and executing Criminal behavior towards the populations of Ukrainian and Palestine. The Pfizer scandal is another Chapter in her actions, which is still unresolved from this writing.

[@walther2492]

EU economy is growing. So wtf you talking about?

[@yesitwasme5116]

​@@walther2492Wow, there are indeed paralel universes. You know Walther, the one you living in.

[@walther2492]

@@yesitwasme5116 Since 1961 there were only 6 years when the economy of the EU was not growing: 1975, 1993, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2020. So please, tell me wtf you talking about.

[@yesitwasme5116]

@@walther2492 Ask the middle class people in Germany, France etc. not the corporations. You will be amazed. Beside this, belive only the statistics you falsify. The corrupt Bruxelite has no credibility.

[@dodododatdatdat]

@@walther2492 What does that even mean? Such mantras, makes you stop thinking...

[@rubendepoortere]

A direct american style election isn't suitable for the EU because candidates from larger countries would have an edge, and since we all speak different languages the debates wouldn't be very appealing either. It would also produce a lot of polarisation. But the president of the EU commission is a job for whom you need to apply, you need a plan, the parliament gets to have its say etc... The process isn't perfect because there is no standard procedure like the Spitzenkandidatenprocess, and the anonimous voting should also be abolished, but compared to how other EU jobs are allocated the procedure isn't that bad. The EU really needs to evaluate how other jobs are allocated and how that can be more transparent for the EU-citizens.

[@oliveirlegume3725]

With all her penal cases she should not be in parliament

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@oliveirlegume3725 What are you talking about?

[@Skankhunt-ou9tl]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 Man kann sich auch komplett blöd stellen. Jeder weiss von ihren korrupten Machenschaften, die alle fein vertuscht worden sind. Nein, so jemand sollte sicher nicht in einer solchen Position sein.

[@albamarchesi9182]

@@karstenschuhmann8334Go and read her German history and why Merkel send her to EU…!!!

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@albamarchesi9182 I seriosly do not know what you are talking about.

[@whoknowsumightfind4736]

just Google....​@@karstenschuhmann8334

[@luzi29]

If she wins I will never vote for a conservative or liberal party ever again. 🤷‍♂️ I bet I am not the only one

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@luzi29 Why? I think she was pretty successful.

[@luzi29]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 because I don’t support pushing candidates which have a pending law suit for corruption of multi billion euros

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@luzi29 There will be lawsuits related to the actions of any government. There is no reasonable accusation agains Ursula von der Leyen personally.

[@luzi29]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 you are free to hold a personal opinion. However she was and is a proponent of limiting free speech.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@luzi29 So you throw things against the was and see what sticks? That is desperate! We are talking about an update to the copyright law within the EU, harmonizing copyright law within the EU, providing an improved condition for companies and content creators.

[@yorgosvoyiatzis7527]

Since when has the EU economic union become a political one?

[@edgarsch]

Were you asleep for the last 35 years?

[@soundscape26]

Hummm... a good while ago?

[@mpelle129]

@@yorgosvoyiatzis7527 since the very beginning. It was never meant to be only a mere economic union (like the EFTA).

[@joelimbergamo639]

Arround 1986, a while ago

[@PA-rm5vm]

I do not know one single person that supports her. So, why should she be nominated!? Hello from Belgium.

[@wisdombites3586]

Vonderlyn should go to jail straight

[@nogoods3511]

She needs to GO!!!!!!

[@BabaYaga826]

*If Von der Leyen win the EU Presidency, USA won the world market but not EU*

[@167mm167]

we all support Von der Leyen !! She is the best leader ..All Americans love her !!

[@ForiDunk]

well the citizens of eu voted more right wing so naturally the coalition should be more right leaning. In my opinion the parties shouldn't block other parties (like the other parties trying to block ECR). The top 3 parties (or 4 if needed) should work together. Renew Europe should not even be in the discussion at this point since they are the 5th largest group

[@mr.netflix9149]

Well, the third largest faction didn't exist during the election, so you could argue they lack the democratic legitimacy you seek to establish. I'm personally a big fan of proportional representation in government, meaning all parties get posts in government. Though this does lead to problems if people aren't willing to compromise (aka. do politics).

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@mr.netflix9149 I do not think the system of Switzerland is so sensible.

[@iosephus2588]

@@mr.netflix9149 I don't think the argument for lack of democratic legitimacy is a valid one. In the system, you always vote for the national party in the end, not for the group in the EU Parliament. Voters have entrusted these individual parties with the mandate, not any transnational organisation. I understand many people decide based on the faction, but the system isn't required to reflect it and these voters should be aware of the fact. Having said that, I don't like this system and think it would be much better and more democratic to have citizens vote directly for the EU Political Groups

[@ForiDunk]

@@mr.netflix9149 yes, I see your point but I would argue that the people still voted for those more right leaning parties. They didn’t change their vision on the main topics (like economy, immigration…) so the raw numbers are still there. My original point is that the proposed coalition (so far) does not reflect what the citizens voted. You can see similar sentiment in the local elections, at least that’s what I noticed.

[@martinbusek5756]

Von der Shit

[@itsjustme114]

Let’s hope that she doesn’t get elected

[@maureenstarr5744]

Corruption she is being investigated

[@johnm7267]

No she is not she has defunded the department that was investigating her. Then they have the nerve to call Putin a dictator who has a 86% approval rating. She has never been elected

[@Detvanliga]

I certainly hope so! .

[@nedimramic9001]

Frau Von Der Genocide old German Fascist school

[@spirostamboulakis7673]

ursula what an absolute failure

[@_loss_]

You don't even know what she does to begin with

[@soundscape26]

@@spirostamboulakis7673 Can you list some of her failures?

[@leGUIGUI]

One question I have about the secret voting is, how do they ensure it can't be "hacked"? How would the EMPs know that their respective vote is effectively the one they did?

[@sueyourself5413]

She does a better job representing Davos and the US than the EU.

[@draspian]

Happy she opened up to the Greens and not ECR. In the next 5 years we will need bolder action, not immobilism and fetishization of a past that never existed.

[@laci6468]

Von der Leyen - Public Enemy No 1! Hail Patriots!

[@StephenSmith-ge1qf]

cretin.

[@CristianVancaillie]

La salope la + haie de VB la terre...!!! ⚰️⚰️⚰️💉💉💉💉⚰️💩💩💩⚰️💉💉⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️💩💩💩⚰️💉💉💉⚰️⚰️⚰️💉💉⚰️💩⚰️💉💉⚰️💩⚰️💉⚰️💩💩💉💉💉💉⚰️💩 NE jamais OUBLIER... Ne ja. Ais PARDONNER.... 🤮🤮🤮😜💉💉💉⚰️⚰️⚰️💩

[@soundscape26]

Nah

[@user-ro5zs5yt8v]

Ελπίζω να μην εκλεγεί. Η Πολιτική που ακολούθησε ήταν καταστροφική για την Ευρώπη.

[@Cdearle]

Little correction, in fact two. The Irish party Fianna Fáil is in Renew, not the EPP. Also, the second word of its name is pronounced ‘fall’, not ‘fail’.

[@chrisdavey9985]

I hope not

[@aeroace]

Uncle Sam's puppet

[@polonianova]

god I hope no

[@TheMickydowling]

Fianna Fail are not in the epp. They're in renew. Fine Gael are in the epp

[@EUMadeSimple]

Sorry. Made a sticky. Thanks for pointing it out :)

[@_freedomordeath_]

She was installed in the first place Who in their right mind would vote her in 😂

[@andrewmarkham8024]

She was voted in by a majority of the MEPs in 2019.

[@paullarne]

@@andrewmarkham8024 Yes, 57:43 against no other candidate. 43% would rather have had Nobody! Smell a rat?

[@edes6953]

​@@andrewmarkham8024placée par Angela 😂

[@andrewmarkham8024]

@@paullarne She received a majority of votes. Why do you assume the MEPs who voted against or abstained would rather have nobody? Similarly check out the votes for the Commissioners. I would not expect anyone in a Parliament that size with a range of political views to receive a large majority.

[@paullarne]

@@andrewmarkham8024 But how in heaven's name did they get away with only putting up one candidate? That's not democracy!

[@hungo7720]

Failing to quell and iron out chronic EU issues such as immigration or the Russian invasion of Ukraine really puts Von der Leyen's presidency in jeopardy. She might be ousted and deposed by some more competent European politicians.

[@racoonlady]

Oh,noooo.She did more than enough to be changed. She should be in prison, not in the EU parliament,for what she had done. Isn't there justice???

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@racoonlady I think, she did a pretty good job. She especially excelled in forreign policy. I can't think of anyone better.

[@joelimbergamo639]

In prison for what exactly?

[@soundscape26]

@@racoonlady In prison for what?

[@EverlongTattoocollective]

@@joelimbergamo639 Pfizergate

[@EverlongTattoocollective]

@@soundscape26 Pfizergate

[@lawrencepak1917]

Yucks! What a disaster for Euro if she gets in again! Here tenure is a failure in a major Richter scale.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@lawrencepak1917 What makes you think so? I think, she was pretty successful in difficult times.

[@joelimbergamo639]

How, what exactly did she do wrong?

[@robinstevenson6690]

UVDL made it look easy. The key was bringing the greens aboard, and it doesn't seem to have cost anyone anything. It wasn't clear that there was a strong consensus alternative. This may presage 5 years of stability for the EU. She seems aligned with the center-left part of the EPP, which is about the best the greens could have hoped for, given that the EPP took 1st place.

[@Geri_crs]

She will go to jail

[@HorrorSFManiac]

I don't like the multiple channels approach. A big part of the selling point of EU Made Simple is that it's a place for all of us across the EU to get together and share thoughts and opinions.

[@dory729]

The European Union has EUROZONE, European Union policy. We have the same direction, the European Union has advanced technology, the euro currency is strong, EUROZONE citizens have good welfare, high living costs. Everyone has a pension.

[@lellyparker]

There is no such position as "EU Presidency". VdL is going fot presidency of the EU Commission, not the EU as a whole which has many presidents all over the place.

[@hopelessopus660]

*The president of the EU Parliament should be voted in and out by the citizens and only the citizens.* We are the ones directly affected by the president's decisions. The other EU parties can all be bought out even if they previously promised their fellow coutnrymen and women that they would not support said president. Such power should only be granted to the one person the citizens want in a democracy. This feels more like oligarchs having more of a say in who becomes the president than us EU citizens.

[@joelimbergamo639]

But the you reduce country sovereignty. You cannot have both. And rn people seem more concerned with the sovereignty part. Maybe if the EU turns left we'll see some change in the direction you propose

[@hopelessopus660]

@joelimbergamo639 how would that reduce country sovereignty? If all European members voted who would represent us in this union of ours? I believe in sovereignty for all European counties. And yes, some of us might be in a union but that does not and should not mean that we would lose our sovereignty and independence as free and independent nations. The EU Parliament is a joke as it is the least they could let us do is vote who the main clown will be... 😒

[@joelimbergamo639]

@@hopelessopus660 so, if everyone votes for X and your country has 100% voted for the opposite but your gov has no say on it you don't see this as a reduction of sovereignty? Then what exactly is for you a reduction of sovereignty if not the act of your country having less power over its laws?

[@VictorBonello]

The European citizens were clear.. we do not want her, or her team.. even less Kalas

[@mr.netflix9149]

Not really tho. The citizens voted her party in first place.

[@VictorBonello]

@@mr.netflix9149 there was a huge movement of votes to the right..the results were especially clear in France..

[@mr.netflix9149]

@@VictorBonello Yes, but in the end that wasn't enough. Opinion is definitely shifting, but overall most people voted for parties closer to the center.

[@andrewmarkham8024]

​@@VictorBonelloBut the party group which made the most gains was the EPP.

[@soundscape26]

@@VictorBonello Yeah, but France doesn't run the show.

[@jerronng6036]

Who voted her??? !!!!!!

[@neboisastjepanovic3621]

I did not,you did not,he she it did not,but she did for herself....

[@jerronng6036]

@@neboisastjepanovic3621lolz..

[@joelimbergamo639]

Did you see the video? Member head of states and EU parliament. Both you voted in. You where in a video that explains it but instead of getting the information you just repeated a lie and left. Good job

[@baconisgood4me746]

Lets go, Ursula out, or this was just a clickbait

[@JEFKAWENI]

La meilleure candidate pour ...la prison 😂

[@mariaddi4032]

Von der Leyen= rubbish

[@AbubekirYalcin14]

Eu is in an awkward situation. It is too decentralised to be a country but too centralised to be a union of countries. It can not stay in this form for too long without falling apart.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

Why not? It works.

[@AbubekirYalcin14]

@karstenschuhmann8334 grear question, yes, it works for now, but over time, most countries will leave the eu if it doesn't adapt to modern geopolitics. Strong countries dominate weak ones, and no weak country is free from influence. The eu must either centralise or decentralise to keep up with the geopolitical standards. It can either imitate the nato structure or be like a big federation like the US, brazil, and Russia. We already see in the eu elections that these options are the most desired political changes by the eu population. The right wants decentralisation, and the left wants centralisation.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@AbubekirYalcin14 All member countries benefit from being in the EU. Why should any country leave when it profits from mebership? But reducing reduce external influence is surely useful.

[@datwasty64]

@@karstenschuhmann8334 Do they really? I can't exactly speak for every other nation, but Portugal is not really benefiting greatly from this membership. EU policies destroyed the only industry we had, and the money sent to us is mostly used in favor of the corrupt elite. Portugal has become an EU welfare-dependent country, and that dependency is reinforced by the EU. This is one of the biggest problems we face after 50 years of socialism. The only thing they have done is create welfare-dependent minorities and amass a behemoth-sized state, in contrast to our total population and economy, both of which have been declining. The worst part is that due to all this, we can't exactly leave the EU without practically annihilating ourselves. Even if we made a long-term plan, we would still have to kneel before Brussels most likely. A large part of the population has no hope for this country, young men and women would rather leave and find a better place than to have to carry, and by extension enable, politicians and people who couldn't care less about work since they can exploit those who actually do anything here. All this said, my little vent doesn't come close to the real complexity of the issues in Portugal and is just a tiny bit of context from a common citizen.

[@XY-uc1tw]

​@@karstenschuhmann8334 Not all member countries benefit from the EU. South European countries and Poland are getting major benefits, West Europe gets almost nothing, just paying...

[@MrJuby101157]

lets hope not, for me she is a warmomger.

[@soundscape26]

What war did she start?

[@dodododatdatdat]

@@soundscape26 She has capitulated to the US war machine, talks in US foreign policy terms: Rules based order, decoupling from china etc. In her view US interests = EU interests. This is why she is considered a warmongerer

[@soundscape26]

@@dodododatdatdat Many of the EU interests match those of the US on a global scale so that's hardly surprising. Still, she's the EU commission president, she has no power over each country specific foreign policies, that's something NATO is in charge of, not the EU.

[@dodododatdatdat]

@@soundscape26 Ok so why do you ask such an idiotic question? WhIcH wAr DId she start?

[@soundscape26]

@@dodododatdatdat Yes, which one? She doesn't get to decide on those things.

[@enissay9950]

She the worse choice... I hope to see a new face, else nothing will change!

[@YeetGamer3000]

1:02 I might be mistaken, but didn’t the Polish vote in favour of Von Der Leyen? They’re run by the EPP

[@ldubt4494]

Draghi would be so much better

[@LuckyLAK17]

That's what we all hoped!

[@padghd]

Vondernazi must go to jail

[@Akellamanjuvani]

A good presentation!

[@marijkegravemaker2561]

Don't vote for Miss Information!

[@louisebb4183]

No ,No !the secret dill should be scrapped

[@Motyy]

I first read "Will she lose pregnancy?"

[@h.b.7243]

Espérons qu’elle perdra. Elle et la commission viennent d’être condamnées!

[@user-ou5vq1ne7e]

Go with God but go forever! 🤮

[@notheotherklaus]

Very informative!

[@barkingmouse8152]

She's pretty much lost western europe.

[@paul1979uk2000]

The real problem is, isn't if von der Leyen wins, but are there any credible alternatives to her? I can only think of one credible alternative in Mario Draghi from Italy, and all the huffing and puffing from the far right is meaningless unless they give a credible alternative that most of the EU members are happy with. But considering the EPP won the majority votes, you would think it was a given that they would choose who the next leader of the EU is.

[@XY-uc1tw]

Draghi is very bad for EU but good for Italy and Greece...

[@mpelle129]

The best scenario: the Parliament votes her down. A new Council that nominates Mario Draghi as president . 😎

[@XY-uc1tw]

Draghi is very bad for EU but good for Italy and Greece...

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@mpelle129 The best would be to stick with her.

[@mpelle129]

@@XY-uc1tw not at all. He was supported by Macron. In Italy the far left and far right hate him because he's seen as an austerity supporter. Probably in Germany he's disliked for the opposite reason. Actually he's good for Europe. He's not good for nationalists.

[@mpelle129]

@@XY-uc1tw False. Draghi is hated in Italy from the far left and the far right for being pro-austerity. On the opposite he's disliked in Germany, or other so called "frugal" countries, for being anti-austerity (and that's what you probably hinted about). Actually Draghi is only an experienced economist and he's the best we can have for all Europe because he simply has a true european mindset. He's not a nationalist like 99% of european politicians.

[@Ny0s]

Thank you for the video. One question: when will the vote be held?

[@TheAntinop]

2 dayz from now.

[@Ny0s]

@@TheAntinop Thank you for your answer!

[@dantetre]

I hope so……her arrogance, ignorance, "out of touch"-ness, incompetence and naivety is unbelievable...

[@CARL_093]

i honestly i will never be surprised if she not won this

[@lethimdodge5111]

you know that she's gonna win again .cuz its EU 😢

[@CARL_093]

@@lethimdodge5111 there is a chance but secret ballots can open for back stabling but will see what will happen nxt

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

​@@lethimdodge5111She has done a good job, why replace her?

[@wkpeterf]

Ursula= Useless😂😂😂

[@BIGDZ8346]

Personally I don't think shes a good candidate but I had a feeling for a while she will get the reelection

[@Emmanuel-oi5fv]

Yes she will. She will go in jail.

[@lazardrugea2177]

We hope so.

[@andrewlin6136]

She'll loose everything

[@elesvazul]

If she not win the EU presidency, what will happen next? Who will be the president that case?

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

They will need to put another name forward and start negociating for that person instead

[@vasilispatsalidis5683]

They will put in her place another charlatan like Von der Leyen.

[@elesvazul]

Is it possible to not to find anyone who can fit all 4 criterias in the 5 years?

[@vaska1999]

They'll appoint one of her political clones.

[@trident6547]

She is not president of the EU. She is president of the EU commission!!

[@tindepapp]

Yes

[@Curryking32000]

The eu will hand pick a successor eventually. Remember always has and always will be one candidate on offer and no citizen has a say in their 'election'. This is the democracy you want to be a part of in the eu? I live in the UK and i'm glad we're out.

[@andrewmarkham8024]

So you voted for the Prime Minister? You voted for members of the cabinet?

[@Lilifors]

Im envious, but many young Brits don't understand this kind of freedom.

[@soundscape26]

You never voted for any PM either.

[@Curryking32000]

@@soundscape26 We vote for and lend power to a party with a manifesto and its that parties Cabinet Office which collectively builds consensus on policies, not the PM. That is our constitution, unlike the eu which is a top down dictatorship where the unelected Presidents make all the decisions which is then ratified by European Council and rubber stamped in the eu 'parliament' to con eu citizens into thinking they have an semblance of democracy.

[@soundscape26]

@@Curryking32000 Is it me of the EU citizens just voted for the EU parliament? And isn't she trying to be approved precisely by that parliament? Where's the dictatorship?

[@christophfrei9578]

Corruption always votes for the corrupt.

[@susannestrange4299]

Seemes she work for US. Making same statements. She do not talk peace with Ukraine and Russia. She heavily support NATO that is more ore less the same as the US weapon industry. EU should be a trade union, not a weapon support union. Peace is wanted.

[@MikaelNevear]

They are probably gonna go for a more conservative EPP leader just likes the CDU in Germany is doing, that way they can get support From the ECR but keep the liberal coalition happy

[@darthmaul8912]

More conservative than Ursula? I don't believe that is possible.😂

[@Lilifors]

@@darthmaul8912 The only thing that is conservative about Von Der Leyen is her good old corruption. All the policies she supported and pushed were pro left wing governments.

[@lucaslevinsky8802]

​@@darthmaul8912Manfred Weber is not against working with Giorgia Meloni, but if he was the leader he wouldn't get support as he would need the S&D and Renew groups, he would likely alienate some Renew members

[@carraway8084]

Won’t go well with S&D

[@MikaelNevear]

@@carraway8084 They can still decide you only work with the centrist parties, then the left & liberals still make sure their people have most of the positions and the ECR will at least have someone they like better even if they aren’t officially involved

[@maxkazzora4234]

Let’s hope so. 👍👍🙏🙏

[@lynneforbes4420]

She’s well protected by the puppeteers

[@tomstabile3954]

I would like to see someone new.

[@atanasanastasov]

🗳 Bulgarian channel 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@tsailor100]

She will be re-elected. Stupidity always prevails.

[@milviettaceccherelli5646]

The worst Europe