Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Will the EU finally sign a trade deal with South America?" video.

  1. It's not by lack of trying, even Africa with the African Union is trying to emulate the EU. But we should remember that the EU came about from the ashes of the second world war, there was a lot of political and public will to do major changes, and even then, it's not easy and takes a long time as we see with the EU its self. In a sense, it was a lot easier for European countries to do it because much of Europe was flattened after the second world war, but I do support these other regions in South America, Africa and Asia to do this, as it would likely create more stability among the nations involved, whiles also creating economic growth, and with any luck, political stability, especially if there are a lot of checks and balances like the EU does, something I think that needs extending further as we see with Hungary and Poland drifting. Another thing we should remember, the European countries have shown it can work, yes it has its ups and downs, but overall, it's been a massive success, the blueprint is already there for others to emulate, but each region is different and will need different policies that fit better for the given region. In the case of the African Union, the real flaw in that is that there is no carrot and stick for its members to change, the EU encourages wannabe countries to change a lot by the political and economic benefits they stand to gain, the African Union isn't doing any of that by letting any African country join, regardless of what the countries do, that for me is the wrong way to do it and personally, I think some of these other unions need to scale back a bit so that the countries that want it to work, can go ahead with it, reap the benefits of it, which in time will leave a carrot to use on other countries in the region to want to join, whiles also using the stick to get a lot of political and economic reforms done that will benefit both sides a lot. To see an example of that, just look at Hungary and Poland, if they were not in the EU now, they would quickly be shifting towards a political model like what we see in Russia, where the voice of the people doesn't matter, because they are in the EU, they have to be extra careful in what they do, and the EU is always on their backs to pull them back into line, I don't feel the union in South America, African Union has any of this, which is a massive deal to create stability, both political and economic, as well as growth.
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