Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Germany Wants to Change the EU" video.

  1. I do think reforms are needed, especially if the EU and its members wants to stay relevant on the world stay but also because of EU enlargement, I see no realistic ways that the EU can allow other countries to join until the veto rules get reformed as it would become unworkable with more countries in it and some kind of majority voting is needed in more areas. I'm starting to think, maybe if they can't get the reforms done at an EU level, maybe the Euro Zone countries should focus on themselves, after all, Euro Zone countries are more likely to want to integrate and to make the project work compared to none Euro Zone countries, some of which like Hungary and Poland are at arms length with the EU anyway. So yeah, it would be nice if they can do it at an EU level but if the likes of Poland and Hungary keeps blocking it, those Euro Zone countries should go it alone, they are the bulk of the EU anyway and at least they want to make it work unlike some of the others, now don't get me wrong, I know not all the eastern EU members are like that and many want to make the project work but there are some that are actively going out of their way to hold it back and by extension, hold back all the other members. So yeah, try and get it done at an EU level, if they can't, push harder at a Euro Zone level, after all, they've integrated many times at a core group in the past without everyone being onboard and that would be a massive advantage for those countries that do go ahead with it as it would very likely isolate the likes of Poland and Hungary as in time, other none Euro Zone countries will want to join the Euro Zone to not get left behind. In other words, stop messing around and have core countries do the integrations that they want, as they make it work, others in time will want to join, we've seen that throughout EU history and it seems a better option than being held to ransom by the likes of Poland and Hungary and with that, power slowly shifts away from the countries that don't want to integrate, towards the ones that do.
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