Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "TLDR News EU" channel.

@gnrseanra9070 Indian buy oil from Russia with a huge discount and sells it at normal price. Russia is actually "paying" the Indians, not the EU.
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I agree. Add to that some neutral countries, like Ireland and Austria, who have no taste for an European army, a strong pacifist movement who has no taste for any army at all and, the most importantly.. no clear European policy. Until European Parliament and European Comission, or some equivalents, are fully in charge of European foreign policy, military power is useless as it is only a tool. We can agree together on some common goals, but nothing that cannot be covered with treaties and national armies for the moment.
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@iancredible- "Everyone gets to vote and the majority wins, that's democracy.” Agreed. This is not the case in the EU at the moment. If 2 countries don't follow the rules they agreed on with their 25 partners, majority does not win. I agree with you that this should be enforced. "What the E.U is trying to do is give power to the council so that they can make a rule, it automatically becomes law and if anyone disagrees with it they get cut off from funding - that's a dictatorship.“ No, EU is a union. When 2 countries do not play by the rules they agreed on, they must face the consequences. This is not "dictatorship", this is just commonsense. “You have to be really brainwashed to give that sort of power to unelected bureaucrats and be fine with it.” You just show that you don’t know how EU works. “….if you think the E.U is so democratic when did you vote for Merkel or Verhofstad to be in?” Germans voted for Merkel. Belgians voted for Verhofstad. Like, in your country, you don't vote for the MPs of other constituencies but for the one of yours, I voted for MEPs and president of my country. “When did you get to vote for Von der Leyen?” When did you vote for Boris Johnson? I voted for my country’s MEPs and President, who voted for Von der Leyen, like your MPs vote for your Prime Minister and not you directly. This is called “indirect elections”, not “dictatorship”. “In my case if our government tries to put something in place we don't like, as normal citizens we can petition it and have it removed before its even become law or even if it has been made one and also when someone messes up we can vote them out which keeps the others in line.“ Same for the EU. There are just more people involved, like in the USA or India. “You enjoy your enslavement and enjoy your "mutual debt" and "refugee quotas"... Er I mean "solidarity".” Enjoy the consequences of the Brexit!
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@MrDeli333 Your reply makes no sense: you say that "the burden of evidence lays on the maker of the video" and you say yourself there are sources listed with the video. I may be stupid, but it seems obvious that TLDR backs up its video, as you agree yourself. "If you look at the source list it's media that is known to have a big bias against Turkey and the Turkish people. " Who says that the media used are heavily biased? It is "known" by whom exactly? How? You, some random guy on Youtube, is the one who decides who is biased and who is not? Did not you talk about "burden of proof" in your reply? Does not it apply to you?
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@iancredible- what you call a "tyrant" is actually "democracy". The majority of countries in the EU voting for something should apply to all countries. It is the way used in the UK that led to Brexit. Half of the population bested the other half, and the decision applied to everybody. This is unfortunately not the case today in the EU, where some rogue gouvernements can throw away treaties they signed and go away with it. This is unacceptable and will not be accepted.
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@muhammadhr5264 sources for your claim about France supporting Libyans warlords? There are no French troops there, officially, there is no military support. The countries that are clearly involved there are Turkey, Russia and Egypt.
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@Έκπληξηρυσός I fully agree. I don't think that people in the EU are ready for a federation, the "United states of Europe", yet. It will probably take a long time for that. In the meantime, speaking of an European army can be considered as a distant goal, but we have other fish to fry... like what France and Greece are doing at the moment to counter Turkey's threat, with the help of many other of our European friends.🙂
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@matthewthiesen6098 I agree mostly on what you say. However, at the peak of the crisis, here in France, hospitals were overloaded. Some people (how many? Nobody knows) died because there were no way to take care of them. Imagine how disastrous it would have been if TV news shown people dying in corridors or gymnasiums because of a lack of hospital beds? Showing crying exhausted and discouraged nurses? Families shouting and looking for explanations, If lockdown had not been enforced? So i would not have like to be the one who had to explain that, in the long term, it was the right thing to do .
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No, it is the opposite: large alliances prevented many wars in the past. France and GB signing a treaty with USSR in 1938/39 may have deterred Nazi Germany to invade its neighbours. An alliance with Poland at the same time would have prevented it too. There are many examples of wars prevented by large alliances, the most obvious is NATO and Warsaw pact that prevented local or total wars in Europe.
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No. It is several countries that discuss and compromise on what is the best for all of them..
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meteci keteci Greeks S300 was a leftover of the Cypriot crisis. It cannot be compared to the S400 purchase by Turkey, which clearly violates NATO rules.
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As stated above in a post: they will be part of every negociation or meeting about EU security. They had no say so far.
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Any evidence, or fact, to present?
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@Leonard DeVir this is also debatable. Sweden had 3 times more death than a comparable country, Switzerland. Switzerland is a country with comparable population, well connected with its neightbours in the middle of Europe, with a high number of immigrants and foreign workers. I understand that this will only be comparable at the end of the Covid epidemic, and many factors differ, but so far, Sweden figures look worst.
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@zulupox Sweden has one of the worst figures in Europe. FEW countries did worst. MOST countries did better. Maybe it is not because of the lockdown, but I see no obvious reason to the bad figures apart of that. I did not choose random countries: Switzerland is about the same population, it is also in Europe, and there are many, if not more foreign workers there. There are differences, of course, no country is exactly the same, but there are comparable. I already mentioned that it would have been a disaster in my country, France, if lockdown was not enforced. You said that everything is now fixed. I hope you are right.
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The Russians? This is sadly what they do since the beginning…
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In Russia, there is no victory without heavy losses.
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Galactic Minds Like Egypt, Saudia or UAE, you mean? Islam is a religion, not a political force, though some want it to be one...
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@AaronOkeanos as a French, history teach us that referendum can be worst democratic way to go for a decision. For two reasons: - some people don't answer to the question. " I am not happy with the new speed limitation, I'll vote "no" to the next votation to show it, whatever the question is. - depending on the way the question is asked, people will answer yes or no. Politicians can manipulate the result just by asking the right way. "Do you want me as your president for life" becomes " do you want me to stop riots in the streets and set order? So referendum looks appealing and can work well, but it can also be the best tool in manipulative hands.
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@Alfie2609 All people will be entitled to vaccination here, in France, on tomorrow.
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@zulupox it is not an argument from incredulity. It is simply that the main difference i see between Switzerland and Sweden is the lockdown. I am not a specialist. I may be wrong. Anyway, the fact is that Sweden has very bad figures. 12th (or even 14th) on 193 countries, 4th in the EU 27. It looks bad and does little to convince me it was the way to go. And with less than 1 death per million per day, France has something like 100 days to go before it reaches Sweden death per million rate.
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@iancredible- "EU is a dictatorship, because it is". That's the worst argument I ever heard. 🤨 The rest of your rambling is just a massive strawman and a mess of conspiracy theories. One example? "...you can only elect pro EU governments." That is utterly stupid. All countries in the EU are democracies. People can elect any government they want. But these gouvernements don't have the right to turn into dictatorship. As pointed above by Qinby 1, EU protects the rights of EU citizens. I'm done. Stay in your echo chamber, fight your windmills all you want, hunt your unicorns. I pity the British people, who has to do with your kind. All the best to my British friends in the automotive industry, who will be unemployed if no deal is agreed, as all car factories will close down, as announced by their CEOs.
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meteci keteci Have a nice day too!
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@Daniboi971 I heard that immigrants could not be returned to France anymore, as UK was now a third country.
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Cristal ball? Tea leaves? Chicken entrails?😊
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@77kromah I agree. The Only way I see is to build an ad hoc European force, composed from national armies, for limited, but agreed upon, missions. The best example is the recent proposition for a 5000 men strong european force who could have covered retreat of Europeans from Afghanistan. We had to rely on US forces to cover the operation, every European country sending a limited number of transport aircrafts and men. If the US were not there, our people would still be in Afghanistan. If we could build a force composed of predetermined national armies forces, give some power to the European presidency to commit it and negotiate for us, without having to ask to every European country first, for a well defined, limited number of predetermined missions, iit could be the core for an European force. We could later add missions, commit larger forces, give more power to the EU presidency.
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Of course, Ukraine had likely a plan for the destruction of the dam. To be conducted in case of need. But there is no need for such a destruction now.
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@Suksass some alliance did not prevent war. And some did or could have. Every country needs allies, or it will be crushed by an enemy alliance sooner or later. The more allies you have, the stronger the alliance, better it is for the country security. That's basic politics.
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@Britboy 94 fact is that it bureaucracy did not slow down the EU. UK was still under EU rules when it decided to vaccinate people, and every eu member is free to approve, and buy, any vaccine it wants, and set the rules for its population. Fact is that UK authorities took the risk to vaccinate people when others were more prudent. It paid off, but the EU has nothing to do with that.
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Says who? Putin? Not a reliable source.
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Says who? Putin? Not a reliable source.
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@harrypadarri6349 I am due for the second dose on this week: nobody wants the AstraZeneca , so I had the first one two month ago. 😎 My wife, who works for the French health agency, told me that she preferred AstraZeneca, a conventional vaccine, rather than the RNA ones, a new technology which may potentially have long term issues.
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@zulupox what is your point? Switzerland and Sweden are of similar size and population. Switzerland : 207.4 death per million Sweden : 571.7 deaths per million It looks worst, isn't it? Even France, while a larger country, is better, with 472,7 deaths per million Fact is that Sweden has one of the highest rates in Europe.
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@zulupox once again, you may be right! Your explanation has some flaws, however. People were staying in the Alps, precisely where... Switzerland is! A country that was not hit as badly as Sweden, despite it having a border with Italy. I have personnally few doubts that the variety of infection rates we have in the different countries is also due, among other causes, to the reation of local authorities and the precautions taken. Nothing obvious shows why Sweden was so badly hit, except for the fact that it did not enforce a lockdown. Some rates can be explained by geography, travels, people concentrations, sure. But, for Sweden, nothing special. Basic logic is that disease spreading rate is based on simple factors. One of them, the most obvious, is the number of people that one sick person can meet in a day. Lockdown is an obvious answer, and a flawless one: if you meet nobody, you cannot be infected or spread the disease. Of course, other ways may work as well, like social distancing, and masks, and syou name it. Whatever, lockdown, being radical, must have had some effect and reflect in the resulting rates somehow. and Sweden having not enforce lockdown and having bad results, it is likely that there is a connection between the two. It may not be the case, or it may be insignificant, but, at first glance, it is likely, as, again, there was nothing special with Sweden compared to other comparable countries.
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The only sources available are from the Russian side… propaganda, yes.
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If they can hold the border on the Ukrainian side, they can hold it from the other side. It is even shorter. The Russian DoD acknowledges that the Ukrainians are already fortifying the territory they have taken.
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@iancredible- You call others "morons", "brainwashed", "slaves" and display once again that you know nothing of how EU works, its institutions. You CAN call a petition in the EU. And, even if you could not, it would not make of the EU a dictaturship. And yes, if a nationalistic government, even democratically elected, is not allowed to break the treaties that bind EU countries. So far, you just spout your heinous propaganda and display your ignorance. EU is a tyranny because… reasons. And everybody who does not agree with you is dumb, because they don’t take your word for it and – worst! – they dare tell you that you are wrong, and why. “brainwashed” is what comes to mind…
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@iancredible- no, you yourself admitted that it is democracy, the majority wins. Is it different in the UK? No, England voted for Brexit and other countries, like Scotland, had to follow. UK is no more democratic than the EU. You show again you don't understand what a democracy is, and how it is defined...
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@iancredible- no evidence, just your baseless assertions. For you majority in UK = good = democracy , majority in the EU = bad = tyranny. When UK bullies Scotland, that's democracy. When EU bullies Hungary, its tyranny. In your mind, EU should not have any power, because... reasons. OK, that's your feeling, your guts, no reasoning. We'll go nowhere, I cannot argue with that. You cannot understand what the EU is, what is all about. Have a nice day.
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@iancredible- yes, after all, why bother if a country employs children or slaves in their factories, as long as it is good value? Why check if they don't empty their sea of fishes, pollute their rivers or cut their woods bare, as long as you buy cheap? Business is business, after all... 😥😥🙄😣
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@iancredible- obvious conspiracy theory. No evidence, nof facts to back it up. You are lost in the dark side of the Force, man...
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Says who? Putin? Not a reliable source.
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meteci keteci Ah, OK, if "it doesn't matter where it was used or where it left off.", it is "comparable". In short, if you ignore where the issue is, there is no issue. Makes sense... Wait...no!
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@denizthemenace2000 That's an issue to be discussed between Turkey and the USA. And that was not my point. My point was that if Greece ended up with the S300 from Cyprus, it is because Turkey did not want that country to have a sophisticated air to air defense which could challenge its air superiority. To solve the issue, Greece took over the S300 and gave a less sophisticated system to Cyprus. This is by no mean comparable to the S400 issue. Turkey decided to buy Russian stuff, violating NATO rules and despite beeing warned by Washington. The reason why USA are not happy and retaliate by embargoe the F-35. The competing SAMP/T could have been a solution, but relationship between France and Turkey are "somewhat" bad at the moment.
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It seems that the abandoned houses were looted… by Russians! There is a video of a Russian that complains he cannot find something to loot as the house he is in was looted by other Russians before.😊
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@arisernestoskolios317 you are wrong. It was, and it still, is possible for any EU member to approve, buy and set its policy regarding vaccination. The UK was in fact under eu rules when your Gov't decided to vaccinate early. The EU has no say in the matter.
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@arisernestoskolios317 yes, UK vaccinated early, but it had nothing to do with the EU. That was my point.
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@evankirkpatrick8741 1,400,000 French soldiers died during WWI, for the same population than Ukraine. That’s a lot of years before the Ukrainians run out of soldiers. At that moment, the Russians will eat grass and fight with stones and sticks.😂
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Says who? Putin? Not a reliable source.
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