Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "The Brussels Effect: How the EU Rules the World - TLDR News" video.

The second world war is one factor on why Europeans don't want to push too aggressively on military power, they are more than capable of doing so, they've got the economy, the skill set to do it but not the will to do it, that can change, especially thanks to Russia, but I also think EU countries need to combine and reduce duplications. But the truth is, they've not really seen a need to change, there isn't really any threat to them, even Russia with all the noise isn't really a threat to the EU but it is high time EU countries got together in many key areas like the military, energy security and so on.
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True, which is ironically what the UK wants but is unlikely to achieve because most companies will follow EU regulations even for the UK market, after all, can you imagine many companies creating another division of goods just for the UK market? what's likely to happen is that the UK gets lumped into the EU rules, in a sense, the EU is creating a lot of the rules for the UK now without the UK having any say in them thanks to Brexit.
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The contexts of the EU being a declining power is because of the rise of China and India, the truth is, the US is in the same boat as the EU in having to make room for China, India and other powers but these other powers still have a long way to go and could stubble along the way. The EU also has the advantage that it can expand and really, there isn't really any limits on how far that can go, especially if someday they decide to expand outside of Europe. So yeah, the EU isn't a declining power, it's a changing power just like others are having to change and let's be honest, many thought that Europeans were a declining power after the second world war, in reality, they just reinvented themselves by getting closer together and pooling resources together, something that is likely going to continue in many areas.
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The UK reminds me of Russia, pinning for the glory days of empire and being seen as a great power, truth is, it's just a fantasy, the real power today is the EU, US and China and that gap from them and the likes of the UK and Russia is only going to get bigger in time and yes, I'm English as well but I'm also a realist, it was a big mistake the UK leaving the EU that the cost are only just starting to be seen.
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@bemusedpanda8875 True and the UN reminds me of the African Union, where they just let any African country in which is a mistake for both organizations, the EU did things differently by getting countries that want to join to do a lot of economic, political and social structural changes in the country, it's not perfect as you can see with Poland and Hungary slipping a bit but it's a lot better for getting real change that helps to develop the countries that join. The UN like the African Union just feels like a talking shop with no real power whereas the EU does have a lot of power and a big part of that is because of alignment among the members.
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@baileyyule2333 True, Labour in the late 90's with Tony Blair had a golden opportunity to reform the election laws in the UK which the way the system is designed now, it favours the Conservative party at the expense of everyone else, Labour missed that opening and have been paying the price for it, now the only chance they've got at changing that is by winning by a clear majority which is quite rare.
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The EU isn't a declining power but the world is changing where other powers are rising and the EU just like the US will have to make room for them, especially with China and India, but the EU is still a major power and likely will remain so with it continuing to expand and integrate. The EU is clearly a major power around the world when it comes to regulations and in many ways laws, a big factor in that is because a lot of what the EU creates are better standards than what's available around the world, that makes it much more likely for companies around the world to adopt the EU standards as a global one in a lot of cases to cut cost, the US could do the same but the US tends to have lower standards than the EU in a lot of areas, most countries and companies are much more willing to adopt better rules and laws than worse ones and that is a big part of why the EU is so successful in that, by creating better standards most of the time.
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