European Discussion Thread

Let's discuss about Europe!

Americans get out, we want a friendly european eviroment here.

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It's all a fucking mess to be honest.

kys mem e flag shill

fpbp

kys fr*nce

Im glad some chinese people are still willing to live in europe, i always go china town to get some good stuff. Basically high quality asian foods and beverages and wares that are amazing quality. Very intelligent people, and fun to be around. .

fuck the european union and I hope we burn it to the ground.

that flag makes me want to puke. Americans and new worlders are more than welcome to come and mutt up the shitty thread.
>Let's discuss about Europe!
what is there to discuss? The EU is cancer end of discussing. And "Europe" is just a continent and means nothing in itself. I am as European as an Albanian and I fucking HATE Albanians. 80% of (((Europeans))) should all be lined up and shot.

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it's like that shitty sitcom with the antagonizing protagonists who end up as a couple and then the show loses all its appeal and they come up with shitty over-arching storylines noone is interested in and then they add new characters and it's all just a big mess and you secretly begin rooting for the bad guys

Yankee go home.
A bit of this. Should have popped the end credits when it was just the two of us.

also stop posting with a meme flag you ultra euroscum faggot

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it's too late. the EU bureaucracy killed our Europe

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Everything went as planned!

Thanks for your answers faggots!

based frenchman

Hey guys I know this is your own thread but don't forget that Israel is #1

Don't ask why I did this, let the thread die.

Don't ask.

Don't ask.

Kill all EU politicians!

Free the people!

Don't ask.

Don't ask.

Don't ask

Eat a dick, eurofag.

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I will hand you the matches, bro.

>Americans get out, we want a friendly european eviroment here.
you mean, you want a safe space, from a country that fucked off its obligations, and paved its own way, so despite being a relatively new country, actually, has a fuck load more experience going alone, then you could even comprehend. im nto really afan of america,what it stands for, or how it is. but credit is where credit is due. it doesnt need to rely on communism for a working economy. EU can die the death it deserves (this is metaphorical GCHQ), when britain has had enough, its enough. you seen how tolerant we are. well, this is step one. bye EU fags

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>i always go china town to get some good stuff.
lol. you have no gauge of what quality is

Americans are bros

>mutts think the meme works in reverse

We're still white at least.

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Friendly reminder that anti-EU shills on here are Russian trolls.

EU is shit. Franco-German brotherhood with bilateral deals through Europe would have been a lot better.

no. they are anyone with a brain, or have an idea of how communism ends. why do you think you are destined to fail when we leave? mwahahahahahahaha. you just watch.............. macron is not going to prop up your finances for long..............

So what exactly do you want to discuss about Europe, OP?

These brainlets don't seem to realise that the topic is not specifically about the EU, but more generally about Europe.

Germanic union would be even better.

If the EU is shit, why do your French companies make so much money employing cheap labour in Romania?

Why do German companies make so much money in Romania too?

Wew, the EU is so shit, but the money we get and the markets we get for selling our products to our cheap slaves are good.

Maybe you should first read more about how your economy benefited from the common market, before you open your mouth.

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>he thinks i'm shitish

Shut up Vlad. Your geopolitical goals will not be achieved. The European Union will remain strong.

what is europe, fuck europe, its jjust an extension of germany

This

These trade deals could happen without the EU.

because you are slaves

Hello fellow Europeans, just bought my first tv license

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Lol gypsy scum believes that being wage slaves for EU implies Romanian "greatness"

>And "Europe" is just a continent and means nothing in itself. I am as European as an Albanian and I fucking HATE Albanians. 80% of (((Europeans))) should all be lined up and shot.

Because people who share the same coast line have far more in common than people who share the same land mass.

Dividing the world into continents is stupid.
We should compare Mediterranean, North Sea, Baltic Sea, etc.

Everybody here agrees Sub-Saharan Africans have nothing to do with North Africans.
So why is Sup Forums still acting as if Northern Europeans are somehow related to Mediterranean Europeans?

nice idea, but the outcome is more shit than the third reich.

We are pretty much fucked at this point.. I've come to a point that I'm working on getting fit enough to outrun niggers or atleast get a few of them down in a fight, other than that for obvious reasons I'm tempted to figure out a way to get my hands on some home defense for my family but I'm highly aware that they (the government) will hunt my ass down if I do it the legal way the moment shit hits the fan.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km2 (1,728,099 sq mi), and an estimated population of over 510 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market,[13] enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade,[14] agriculture,[15] fisheries, and regional development.[16] Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished.[17] A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.
The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), established, respectively, by the 1951 Treaty of Paris and 1957 Treaty of Rome. The original members of what came to be known as the European Communities, were the Inner Six; Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany. The Communities and its successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. While no member state has left the EU or its antecedent organisations, the United Kingdom enacted the result of a membership referendum in June 2016 and is currently negotiating its withdrawal. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union in 1993 and introduced European citizenship.[18] The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009.
Covering 7.3% of the world population,[20] the EU in 2016 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 16.477 trillion US dollars, constituting approximately 22.2% of global nominal GDP.

>don't be part of the EU.
>Avoid trade tariffs from America

We need to spread the refugees out a bit. They are too concentrated in certain countries.

We must force Poland and Hungary to take refugees.

What if your country has coastlines on 3 different bodies of water?

the European Council, which sets the general political directions and priorities of the Union by gathering together its member states' heads of state/government (elected chief executives). The conclusions of its summits (held at least quarterly) are adopted by consensus.
the European Commission, the "Guardian of the Treaties" consists of an executive cabinet of public officials, led by an indirectly elected President. This College of Commissioners manages and directs the Commission's permanent civil service. It turns the consensus objectives of the European Council into legislative proposals.
the Council of the European Union is an executive meeting of ministers of member states governments' departments, which meets to amend, approve or reject proposed legislation from the Commission. It forms the upper house of the EU's essentially bicameral legislature. Its approval is required for any proposal to enter into law.
the European Parliament consists of 751 directly elected representatives, forming the EU's lower house of its bicameral legislature. It shares with the Council of the EU equal legislative powers to amend, approve or reject Commission proposals for most areas of EU legislation. Its powers are limited in areas where member states' view sovereignty to be of primary concern (i.e. defence). It elects the Commission's President, must approve the College of Commissioners, and may vote to remove them collectively from office.
the Court of Justice of the European Union ensures the uniform application of EU law and resolves disputes between EU institutions and member states, and against EU institutions on behalf of individuals.
the European Court of Auditors investigates the proper management of finances within both the EU entities and EU funding provided to its member states. As well as providing oversight and advice, it can refer unresolved issues to the European Court of Justice to arbitrate on any alleged irregularities.

the European Central Bank is responsible for monetary stability within member states.

"refuges" dont wanna go to such countries, even if they agreed to take them, which they wont

Relations between the EU and its electorate
Apart from the national political structures within member states and the directly elected European Parliament the EU also encourages citizen participation via development projects such as CORDIS (the EU Community Research and Development Information Service) and the ERASMUS (The European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students).
Lobbying at EU level by special interest groups is regulated to try to balance the aspirations of private initiatives with public interest decision-making process[142]
The Five Presidents (in 2017) were led by:
the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, indirectly elected by EU citizens via the European Parliament for a 5-year renewable term following European Parliamentary elections, together with,
the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, who chairs the gatherings of the EU's 28 national heads of government/state and is elected by them for a 2.5 year once renewable term,
Eurogroup President, Mário Centeno, who chairs informal meetings of finance ministers from EU member states that use the euro as their currency, and is elected from amongst them, by them, for a 2.5 year renewable term,
the European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi, elected de facto by the European Council members who represent eurozone states, for an eight-year non-renewable term,
the European Parliament President, Antonio Tajani, elected from amongst the 751 directly elected Members of the European Parliament, by them, for a 2.5 year renewable term.
By working together, they seek provide a forward policy consideration nucleus for the various European "think-tanks" which discuss various possible future social and economic scenarios that will eventually require ratification by the EU electorate.[143]

They are great for their pornstars though.

I jerked off so many times to watching Regine Ice moan while her pussy got stretched out by Nacho Vidal's girthy cock.

Budget
Main article: Budget of the European Union
The 2011 EU budget (€141.9 bn)[163]
Cohesion and competitiveness for growth and employment (45%)
Direct aids and market related expenditures (31%)
Rural development (11%)
EU as a global partner (6%)
Administration (6%)
Citizenship, freedom, security and justice (1%)
The EU had an agreed budget of €120.7 billion for the year 2007 and €864.3 billion for the period 2007–2013,[164] representing 1.10% and 1.05% of the EU-27's GNI forecast for the respective periods. In 1960, the budget of the then European Economic Community was 0.03% of GDP.[165]
In the 2010 budget of €141.5 billion, the largest single expenditure item is "cohesion & competitiveness" with around 45% of the total budget.[166] Next comes "agriculture" with approximately 31% of the total.[166] "Rural development, environment and fisheries" takes up around 11%.[166] "Administration" accounts for around 6%.[166] The "EU as a global partner" and "citizenship, freedom, security and justice" bring up the rear with approximately 6% and 1% respectively.[166]
The Court of Auditors is legally obliged to provide the Parliament and the Council with "a statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions".[167] The Court also gives opinions and proposals on financial legislation and anti-fraud actions.[168] The Parliament uses this to decide whether to approve the Commission's handling of the budget.
The European Court of Auditors has signed off the European Union accounts every year since 2007[when?] and, while making it clear that the European Commission has more work to do, has highlighted that most of the errors take place at national level.[169][170] In their report on 2009 the auditors found that five areas of Union expenditure, agriculture and the cohesion fund, were materially affected by error.

Europe =/= European Union
FUCK OFF MEMEFLAG KIKE

The United States of Europe, the European state,[1][2] the European superstate, the European federation and Federal Europe are names used to refer to several similar hypothetical scenarios of the unification of Europe as a single sovereign federation of states (hence superstate), similar to the United States of America, both as projected by writers of speculative fiction and science fiction and by political scientists, politicians, geographers, historians and futurologists. At present, while the European Union (EU) is not officially a federation, various academic observers regard it as having the characteristics of a federal system.[3]
Specifically, the term "United States of Europe" – as a direct comparison with the United States of America – would imply that all the European states would acquire a status similar to that of a U.S. state, becoming constituent parts of a European federation acting as one country.
Traditionally, the term "European Superstate", particularly within the United Kingdom, is used as a criticism of further integration into the EU with the term implying a forced loss of national sovereignty,[4] although the term has occasionally been used positively in the British press.[5]

Calm down Mario.

Various versions of the concept have developed over the centuries, many of which are mutually incompatible (inclusion or exclusion of the United Kingdom, secular or religious union, etc.). Such proposals include those from Bohemian King George of Podebrady in 1464;[citation needed] Duc de Sully of France in the seventeenth century;[citation needed] and the plan of William Penn, the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, for the establishment of a "European Dyet, Parliament or Estates".[citation needed] George Washington also allegedly voiced support for a "United States of Europe",[6] although the authenticity of this statement has been questioned.[7

Post World War II[edit]
In the 1950s and 1960s Europe saw the emergence of two different projects, the European Free Trade Association and the much more political European Economic Community.
Individuals such as the former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer have said (in 2000) that he believes that the EU must in the end become a single federation, with its political leader chosen by direct elections among all of its citizens.[20] However, claims that the (then) proposed Treaty of Nice aimed to create a "European superstate" were rejected by former United Kingdom European Commissioner Chris Patten and by many member-state governments.[20]

uropean federalist organisations[edit]
Various federalist organisations have been created over time supporting the idea of a federal Europe. These include the Union of European Federalists, the European Movement International, the (former) European Federalist Party and Stand Up For Europe.[citation needed]
Union of European Federalists[edit]
The Union of European Federalists (UEF) is a European non-governmental organisation campaigning for a Federal Europe. It consists of 20 constituent organisations and it has been active at the European, national and local levels for more than 50 years. A young branch called the Young European Federalists also exists in 30 countries of Europe.[citation needed]
European Movement International[edit]
The European Movement International is a lobbying association that coordinates the efforts of associations and national councils with the goal of promoting European integration, and disseminating information about it.[citation needed]
European Federalist Party[edit]
The European Federalist Party was a pro-European, pan-European and federalist political party from 2011 to 2016 which advocated further integration of the European Union.
Stand Up for Europe[edit]
As the successor movement of the European Federalist Party, Stand Up For Europe[23] is a pan-European NGO that advocates the foundation of a European Federation. Contrary to movements like the UEF or the former EFP, Stand Up for Europe does not command any national levels anymore, but only consists of regional city teams and the European level.
Politicians

I prefer Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, fuck even Polish women (niggers) over Romanian.

Opposition[edit]
The European Union does not include every nation in Europe and there is no consensus among the existing member state governments towards becoming even a loose confederation.
In June 2016, the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48% to leave the European Union.[30]
Polls[edit]

Attitude toward further development of the EU into a federation of nation states according to the Eurobarometer Poll of spring 2014.
EU members with more people in favour of a federation than against it
According to Eurobarometer (2013), 69% of citizens of the EU were in favour of direct elections of the President of the European Commission and 46% support the creation of a united EU army.[31]
Two thirds of respondents think that the EU (instead of a national government alone) should make decisions on foreign policy and more than half of respondents think that the EU should also make decisions on defense.[32]
44% of respondents support the future development of the European Union as a federation of nation states, 35% are opposed. The Nordic countries were the most negative of a united Europe in this study, as 73% of the Nordics opposed the idea.[33] A large majority of the people for whom the EU conjures up a positive image support the further development of the EU into a federation of nation states (56% versus 27%).[33]

Future superpower[edit]
Main article: Potential superpowers
The United States of Europe is widely hypotheticised, fictionalised or depicted as a superpower that is as powerful as, or more powerful than, the United States. Some people, such as T.R. Reid, Andrew Reding and Mark Leonard, believe that the power of the hypothetical United States of Europe will rival that of the United States in the twenty-first century. Leonard cites seven factors: Europe's large population, Europe's large economy, Europe's low inflation rates, Europe's central location in the world, the unpopularity and perceived failure of American foreign policy in recent years and certain European countries' highly developed social organisation and quality of life (when measured in terms such as hours worked per week and income distribution).[34] Some experts[who?] claim that Europe has developed a sphere of influence called the "Eurosphere".

italians are better than other humans.

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A small power[edit]
Norwegian foreign policy scholar and commentator Asle Toje has argued that the power and reach of the European Union more closely resembles a small power.[35] In his book The EU As a Small Power, he argues that the EU is a response to and function of Europe's unique historical experience in that the EU contains the remnants of not one but five past European orders. Although the 1990s and early 2000s have shown that there is policy space for greater EU engagement in European security, the EU has been unable to meet these expectations.[36] The author expresses particular concerns over the EU's security and defence dimension Common Security and Defence Policy where attempts at pooling resources and forming a political consensus have failed to generate the results expected. These trends, combined with shifts in global power patterns, are seen to have been accompanied by a shift in EU strategic thinking whereby great-power ambitions have been scaled down and replaced by a tendency towards hedging vis-à-vis the great powers. The author uses the case of the EUFOR intervention in Darfur and Chad to illustrate that the EU's effectiveness is hampered by a consensus–expectations gap, owing primarily to the lack of an effective decision-making mechanism. In his view, the sum of these developments is that the EU will not be a great power and is taking the place of a small power in the emerging multi-polar international order.

Fiction[edit]
In the fictional universe of Eric Flint's best selling alternate history 1632 series, a United States of Europe is formed out of the Confederation of Principalities of Europe, which was composed of several German political units of the 1630s.[37]
Science fiction has made particular use of the idea: Incompetence, a dystopian novel by Red Dwarf creator Rob Grant, is a murder mystery political thriller set in a federated Europe of the near future, where stupidity is a constitutionally protected right. References to a European Alliance or European Hegemony have also existed in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). In the Spy High series of books for young adults, written by A. J. Butcher and set around the 2060s, a united Europe exists in the form of "Europa", and Andrew Roberts's 1995 book The Aachen Memorandum details a United States of Europe formed from a fraudulent referendum entitled the Aachen Referendum.[38]
Since the 2000s a number of computer strategy games set in the future have presented a unified European faction alongside other established military powers such as the United States and Russia. These include Euro Force (a 2006 expansion pack to Battlefield 2) and Battlefield 2142 (also released in 2006, with a 2007 expansion pack). In Battlefield 2142 a united Europe is shown as one of the two great superpowers on Earth, the other being Asia, despite being mostly frozen in a new ice age. The disaster theme continues with Tom Clancy's EndWar (2009), in which a nuclear war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, destroying the Middle Eastern oil supply, prompts the EU to integrate further as the "European Federation" in 2018. One game not to make bold claims of full integration is Shattered Union (2005), set in a future civil war in the United States, with the EU portrayed as a peacekeeping force.

Fuck you and fuck Europe.
Everything is going to shit.
FUCK THIS SHIT.

The video game series Wipeout instead makes a clear federal reference without a military element: one of the core teams that has appeared in every game is FEISAR. This acronym stands for Federal European Industrial Science and Research. In the video game series Mass Effect set in the 22nd century, the European Union is a sovereign state.
In the backstory of the Fallout series, several European nations joined together after the end of the Second World War, becoming known as the European Commonwealth. Heavily dependent on oil imports from the Middle East, the Commonwealth began a military invasion of the region in April 2052 once oil supplies began to run dry. This marked the beginning of the Resource Wars. After the oil dried up completely in 2060 and both sides were left in ruins, the Commonwealth collapsed into civil war as member states fought over whatever resources remained. It is not specified whether the European Commonwealth is a single federated nation or just an economic bloc similar to the EU.

give smelly feet italian gf pls

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EU flag is to Europe was Israel flag is to Palestine.

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A potential superpower is a state or a political and economic entity that is speculated to be – or to have the potential to soon become – a superpower.
Currently, only the United States fulfills the criteria to be considered a superpower.[1]
The European Union[2] and the emerging BRIC economies comprising Brazil,[3] Russia,[4] India[5] and China[6] are most commonly described as being potential superpowers.
Collectively these potential superpowers, and the United States, comprise 68.0% of global nominal GDP, 62.4% of global GDP (PPP), more than one third of the total land area and more than 50% of the world's population.[7][8][9]

You can have them. they are worthless whores anyway

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Hey EU, if gun control works so well, why do you have more mass shootings than the US does, both in absolute and per capita?

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>EU
>europe
gtfo

Lisbon Treaty (2007–present)

In 2009, the Lisbon Treaty entered into force.
In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became EU members. The same year, Slovenia adopted the euro,[54] followed in 2008 by Cyprus and Malta, by Slovakia in 2009, by Estonia in 2011, by Latvia in 2014 and by Lithuania in 2015.
On 1 December 2009, the Lisbon Treaty entered into force and reformed many aspects of the EU. In particular, it changed the legal structure of the European Union, merging the EU three pillars system into a single legal entity provisioned with a legal personality, created a permanent President of the European Council, the first of which was Herman Van Rompuy, and strengthened the position of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.[55][56]

EU representatives receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012
In 2012, the EU received the Nobel Peace Prize for having "contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe."[57][58] In 2013, Croatia became the 28th EU member.[59]
From the beginning of the 2010s, the cohesion of the European Union has been tested by several issues, including a debt crisis in some of the Eurozone countries, increasing migration from the Middle East and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.[60] A referendum in the UK on its membership of the European Union was held on 23 June 2016, with 51.9% of participants voting to leave.[61] This is referred to in common parlance throughout Europe as Brexit, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "exit". The UK formally notified the European Council of its decision to leave on 29 March 2017 initiating the formal withdrawal procedure for leaving the EU, committing the UK to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.[62]

Geography
Main article: Geography of the European Union

Biogeographic regions of the continental European Union, according to the European Environmental Agency.
The EU's member states cover an area of 4,423,147 square kilometres (1,707,787 sq mi).[i] The EU's highest peak is Mont Blanc in the Graian Alps, 4,810.45 metres (15,782 ft) above sea level.[63] The lowest points in the EU are Lammefjorden, Denmark and Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands, at 7 m (23 ft) below sea level.[64]
The landscape, climate, and economy of the EU are influenced by its coastline, which is 65,993 kilometres (41,006 mi) long.

The 65,993 km (41,006 mi) coastline dominates the European climate (Natural Park of Penyal d'Ifac, Spain).

Mont Blanc in the Alps is the highest peak in the EU.

Including the overseas territories of France which are located outside the continent of Europe, but which are members of the union, the EU experiences most types of climate from Arctic (North-East Europe) to tropical (French Guiana), rendering meteorological averages for the EU as a whole meaningless. The majority of the population lives in areas with a temperate maritime climate (North-Western Europe and Central Europe), a Mediterranean climate (Southern Europe), or a warm summer continental or hemiboreal climate (Northern Balkans and Central Europe).[65]
The EU's population is highly urbanised, with some 75% of inhabitants living in urban areas as of 2006. Cities are largely spread out across the EU, although with a large grouping in and around the Benelux.[66]

wow mean.

Do their feet stink of pizza at least?

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In which European country would I pass as a native?

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Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union (also called the "Council"[159] and the "Council of Ministers", its former title)[160] forms one half of the EU's legislature. It consists of a government minister from each member state and meets in different compositions depending on the policy area being addressed. Notwithstanding its different configurations, it is considered to be one single body.[161] In addition to its legislative functions, the Council also exercises executive functions in relations to the Common Foreign and Security Policy.

European Commission

Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker
The European Commission acts as the EU's executive arm and is responsible for initiating legislation and the day-to-day running of the EU. The Commission is also seen as the motor of European integration. It operates as a cabinet government, with 28 Commissioners for different areas of policy, one from each member state, though Commissioners are bound to represent the interests of the EU as a whole rather than their home state.
One of the 28 is the President of the European Commission (currently Jean-Claude Juncker) appointed by the European Council. After the President, the most prominent Commissioner is the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who is ex-officio a Vice-President of the Commission and is also chosen by the European Council.[162] The other 26 Commissioners are subsequently appointed by the Council of the European Union in agreement with the nominated President. The 28 Commissioners as a single body are subject to a vote of approval by the European Parliament.

European Council

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk
The European Council gives political direction to the EU. It convenes at least four times a year and comprises the President of the European Council (currently Donald Tusk), the President of the European Commission and one representative per member state (either its head of state or head of government). The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (currently Federica Mogherini) also takes part in its meetings. It has been described by some as the Union's "supreme political authority".[156] It is actively involved in the negotiation of treaty changes and defines the EU's policy agenda and strategies.
The European Council uses its leadership role to sort out disputes between member states and the institutions, and to resolve political crises and disagreements over controversial issues and policies. It acts externally as a "collective head of state" and ratifies important documents (for example, international agreements and treaties).[157]
Tasks for the President of the European Council are ensuring the external representation of the EU,[158] driving consensus and resolving divergences among member states, both during meetings of the European Council and over the periods between them.
The European Council should not be mistaken for the Council of Europe, an international organisation independent of the EU based in Strasbourg.

Lose some weight.

European Parliament

The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
The European Parliament forms the other half of the EU's legislature. The 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected by EU citizens every five years on the basis of proportional representation. Although MEPs are elected on a national basis, they sit according to political groups rather than their nationality. Each country has a set number of seats and is divided into sub-national constituencies where this does not affect the proportional nature of the voting system.[154] The European Union council, the Council of Ministers, and the Commission fulfilled the duties as the executive for the parliament. [19]
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union pass legislation jointly in nearly all areas under the ordinary legislative procedure. This also applies to the EU budget. The European Commission is accountable to Parliament, requiring its approval to take office, having to report back to it and subject to motions of censure from it. The President of the European Parliament (currently Antonio Tajani) carries out the role of speaker in Parliament and represents it externally. The President and Vice-Presidents are elected by MEPs every two and a half years.[155]

Governance
Main articles: Institutions of the European Union and Legislature of the European Union
The European Union has seven institutions: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the European Court of Auditors. Competence in scrutinising and amending legislation is shared between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, while executive tasks are performed by the European Commission and in a limited capacity by the European Council (not to be confused with the aforementioned Council of the European Union). The monetary policy of the eurozone is determined by the European Central Bank. The interpretation and the application of EU law and the treaties are ensured by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The EU budget is scrutinised by the European Court of Auditors. There are also a number of ancillary bodies which advise the EU or operate in a specific area.

It's almost funny when you don't want mutt ITT and yet this cancer known as (((EU))) is literally their brilliant divide and conquer plan.

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Relation to the Council of Europe
Main article: Council of Europe
Beyond the EU institutions is the Council of Europe (CoE) which is a wider international organisation with 47 member states whose stated aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Its legislative principles are promulgated by the European Convention on Human Rights and its judicial agent is the European Court of Human Rights. These ethical institutions are distinct from the legislative European Union institutions mentioned above, although ECHR decisions are enforcable upon the EU institutions and upon the several judiciaries of sovereign member states of the EU[141]
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Relations between the EU and its electorate
Apart from the national political structures within member states and the directly elected European Parliament the EU also encourages citizen participation via development projects such as CORDIS (the EU Community Research and Development Information Service) and the ERASMUS (The European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students).
Lobbying at EU level by special interest groups is regulated to try to balance the aspirations of private initiatives with public interest decision-making process[142]

Politics
Main article: Politics of the European Union
The European Union operates according to the principles of conferral (which says that it should act only within the limits of the competences conferred on it by the treaties) and of subsidiarity (which says that it should act only where an objective cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states acting alone). Laws made by the EU institutions are passed in a variety of forms.[126] Generally speaking, they can be classified into two groups: those which come into force without the necessity for national implementation measures (regulations) and those which specifically require national implementation measures (directives).[127]

Then you pretend your capital city is the only "true" part of your country and oppress all the stupid peasants who speak a different language or try to have their own culture.

Some Balkan country.

WHY TE EUROPEAN UNION IS BAD: youtube.com/watch?v=g6fq0YUJ4xQ&list=PLVZPQCbMOFutopqD4U_z4yv5HasQmEJNn

Hungary

Why where how?

>>>
EU is porely communist.
All eo politicians need to be caught and publicly executed.

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italy

Right. No coastline near the capital, but it's in the northern half of the country so there's that.

It was invaded by Vikings, that counts.

Jacob Rees-Mogg on the EU from 2013:

youtube.com/watch?v=vUKjTPPcOdQ

Short vid, worth a watch.
The EU is a totalitarian state that is cancerous killing off Europe, European heritage, European sovereignty and the culture and power of every state inside it.

The EU is cancer.
Watch it.

Slavic. Maybe Ireland.