Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Europeans Are More Optimistic About the EU: Why?" video.

  1. Brexit was a massive wake-up call, even in the UK where support for the EU is much higher than I've ever seen it. A dose of reality is what was needed in the UK and they are currently going through that reality for at least 2 decades. Maybe Hungary needs that reality check, because they seem to think they will be better off in the pocket of Putin. In any case, this isn't just about Brexit on why the EU is doing well, like the video pointed out, other things like Covid, Ukraine, Putin are playing a big part, but also the US and China are playing a big part as well, many Europeans are starting to wake up to the reality that there are big superpowers out there with the US and China, EU countries on their own stand little to no chance in standing up to them but the EU can, Europeans in the EU needed this wake-up call that if they want to protect their political, economic and social interest, they have to stick together and the irony is, the UK is playing right into the hands of the EU with trying to water down a lot of rules and regulations, something that will hurt the British people in a lot of sectors. With all that said, there are a few areas that the EU needs to do better on, it needs to get a lot tougher on Hungary, it needs to reform the EU, especially on veto rules and even thought I do support resources being shared out around the EU, there needs to be tough strings attached when it comes to reforms so it's not a bottomless put, southern EU members are a prime example of that and why some northern ones are less keen to help, I suspect these countries would be more willing to help if they didn't have to keep helping them every decade or so. Another area I think the EU needs to work on is its commutation with the public, for many, it feels too distant and I'm also starting to wonder if reforms with the EU Commission are needed, to either make it directly elected or appointed by the European Parliament, basically, more works is needed in those areas that septics think the EU is not democratic.
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