Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Meloni Is Trying to Reshape the EU" video.

  1. The thing is about popularise movements, what they actually want to push and what they can push is very limited to what the people want. We should remember after all that most of them got into power because of angry voters that are not happy with the established parties, they want change but they don't want the country to be turned upside down with radical policies, hence why they tone it down to appeal to more people, in other worlds, many of them become more moderate, the only exception to that rule is if the population becomes radical in high numbers, which is rare and if that did happen, then there are far more problems than it seems, as it is, it's mostly angry voters of how the established lot are dealing with things. With that said, reforms are clearly needed to the EU, but I think it's more in integration in key areas that's needed, maybe some areas could be loosened, but if we are going to improve our effectiveness and economy, which is probably what most people complain about, the economy, that we can achieve more together. The real question is, how to go about the reforms, what areas need more integration and if there are any areas that could be done better more at a local level, and I don't mean national level, I mean local region level. In any case, the world around us is going to force change on us in directions that some want and others don't, in a world of superpowers, it's likely going to put more pressure on us to integrate more into the EU just to stay competitive and to protect our interest, at an individual EU country level, we are too small compared to the big players, which allows the superpowers to divide and play us off each other, which they do all the time, in other words, we need to find solutions of having a cohesive voice among it's members and through the EU if we really want to protect our interest, the alternative is a slow decline, and in the end, the changes we do in the EU will likely drift in the direction of more integration in key areas because of the political and economic realities of the world, especially of a polarised US that's becoming less trustworthy, an aggressive Russia that's becoming more war like and an ambitions China, the changing world is likely going to push us to integrate more even if we don't want to do so.
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