Which Political Group would you like to see next? The S&D, Greens/EFA, Renew Europe, ECR, I&D, or The Left. Let me know in the comments :) Corrections at 1:21: - Wrong logo for Portugal PSD party - Croatian HDZ is not called New Democracy, but the Croatian Democratic Union. - Romanian third logo (HDMZ) has the wrong party name. Party is called: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania - Italy should also include the: South Tyrolean People's Party - Romanian flag: The animation briefly shows the Romanian flag the wrong way around. Thanks @eternallearner5395 for providing the following EPP associations: For EPP the associate members are: Albania - Democratic Party of Albania (PD) Georgia - United National Movement (UNM) Iceland - Independence Party (XD) North Macedonia - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) Norway - Conservative Party (H) Serbia - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ/SVM) Switzerland - The Centre (DM/LC) Observer members: Armenia - Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Belarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), United Civic Party of Belarus (AHP), За Свабоду (The Movement for Freedom; MFF) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH), Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990) Georgia - European Georgia Kosovo - Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Moldova - Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM), Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA), Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Montenegro - Bosniak Party (BS) Norway - Christian People's Party (KrF) San Marino - Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) Ukraine - European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna (since 2008), Self Reliance (since 2019), Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR)

Thanks a lot for this video, very helpful because we don't really know europeans parties and I can't wait to see the next ones on the other parties! Keep going, from France

I`m interested to see a similar analysis of Renew Europe group. Thank you!

Would be nice to hear next about Renew Europe group in Europarlament

Dude. I love your schematics. Not only is the video extremely well put together and perfectly understandable on its own, but if I had any doubts, I can always return to your diagrams which sum up perfectly everything you've exposed. As a channel which aims at informing people, and for the information to be "made simple", I think this helps a lot and I really appreciate it. I hope you never keep doing them, I've even screenshot-ed some to share with my friends!!

From the USA, I’m excited for a future with a strong and united Europe

Absolutely no enlargement prior to unanimity reform. It makes no sense to not have learned from past mistakes.

Would it perhaps be possible to have some videos about parties' voting records? Manifestos are nice and all, but talk is cheap and I want to know what parties really stand for.

7:40 “Our furry friends” got me puzzled for a couple of seconds 😅

One of the best video's yet! I'm glad to see you're planning to do the same vid for all the other fractions!

The EU should haqve its books audited and balanced, before it allows new member states...

wow the best video i have seen about this party !!! love it very simple now i know who to vote thanks!!

The parliament can't even get rid of the Strasbourg parliamentery session boondoggle.

Thank you for your service, very informative!

Thanks for a really nice video, hope to see a similar video for each political group. Also the overview is so good, so remember to make them for each group.

I hope you guys grow big. We need pan European media sources.

Your breakdown is really helpful. Do you have any link for tables/charts showing Country parties to EU affiliation and bullet points for what they stand for? Keep up the great work! Edit: the Country parties affiliation breakdown is in your video description. Thanks

Will you do a video for every party? Kudos on the amazing work!

Thanks for this video, great source of information.

Thanks for this video, cant wait to see more about others european parties

Thank you for the overview. You really are providing the information I was missing!

When you cannot find details about their plans it generally means that they have no plan 😂 this group is like Macron, full of empty promises

I like their vision for the eu but I think they’re too soft on illegal migration

From EPP to Renew Europe is the way to go ! Hands down !

I am not a fan of our representative of the EPP, but I sure do hope the whole group does their thing right

A spreadsheet with all main points comparison of all parties would be great

Something I’m really confused about - if I vote for a party in my country (Christian Union in the Netherlands), and this party is part of both EPP and ECPM, both of which have their own Spitzenkandidat, then which candidate does my “vote” technically support? Or am I not really understanding how the process works? I really do not want to support Ursula the witch becoming president of the commission in any way but the CU is the only party I feel I can vote for based on my values

US observer. I see how having various countries with solid cultural identities almost makes it easier to cooperate and integrate. You get to have many represented parties which may look conflicting, but man, I tell you this polarization over here is driving us crazy.

Would be interested to have an analysis on Renew Europe. Merci beaucoup ! From Belgium

Excellent presentation. Although I would tend to tilt towards the socialists, the EPP present an attractive manifesto. Furthermore, Ursula von der Leyen is a member of that party. I have great respect for the lady and her hard work.

This was a very helpful video. I often feel inclined not to vote for the EPP partly because they're just so big and status quo, but these proposals are decent. I'd love to see videos on the other parties to see why I might vote for them. I really like how positive this video is. It's much nicer to focus on the good stuff parties do instead of always focusing on division and flaws. If these guys stay in power I won't be upset.

less regulation " we have to trust our companies to let them do what they do best" that never went wrong ... this continent is doomed

Thanks thats very informative and useful towards our voting later this year. I'm looking forward to watch similar videos about the other european political groups to have a better understanding about all the picture.

Please do all, but do the second biggest, so S&D :)

Reform first, then enlargement

Can we also get rid of tax havens?

Thanks for all these summaries as those groups are still barely unknown despite sitting in the parliament since 21554984 years

Sounds a bit mid. Hesitant on climate change, lack of vision on social, strong on migration, defense, and EU reform. No idea what to think of economy, probably a mixed bag that's influenced by big business interests.

Hi, love this series, I’m sure it’s gonna help me make an informed choice during elections! In the energy chapter, could you please mention what kind of sources the party is focusing/mentions (e.g. nuclear, gas, renewables)?

Thank you very much for the Videos! Despite I'm not a European Citizen, as a Europe resident I wanna know how it proceeds and you are replying all the gaps I cannot find / find out about EU Elections and Parties... Looking forward to watch the video about the next party... Kind Regards

Sounds like they are the second best party after the ECR in Europe.

Maybe i just didnt see it in the video but are you doing this for every party that is running?

EPP makes a lot of sense. They should cooperate with ID and ECR

,,To trust our compannies"(6:32) for real EU companies prefer to ship people from Sri Lanka to work insted of paying the their workers a living wage .

Thanks for this helpful video! Its surprisingly difficult to find concrete info about where I should place my vote to exact the change I wish to see in the EU, so thanks for this!

@EUMadeSimple, Can you make a video about the difference between an Europarty (eg. ALDE) and an EU Parliament Group (eg. Renew) ?

the best will be to cover all parties but cover the greens next please!!!Big fan from greece!!!!

For me it's either Renew Europe or Epp's

On the economy, the EPP’s position of less regulation and recognition of the importance of competitiveness is welcome, however it contrasts contrasts with how its MEPs have been voting recently.

Regarding "defense tech," a fundamental problem in the EU today is a growing military-industrial complex being developed without enough democratic insights and discussions across the union. Also, there are already cases of corruption and mismanagement regarding military production and the absence of global regulations to, for example, prevent weapons made in the EU countries from being used for wars of aggression and invasions, as well as by authoritarian regimes.

you are making a valuable contribution to democracy, thank you sir

Regarding the European Social Model. One important thing to understand is that the term is not about a single system or a system based on the EU level. In general, there are four types of labor and social models in the EU: Nordic (Sweden, Denmark), Continental (Germany, Poland), Mediterranean (Italy, Greece), and Anglo-Saxon (Ireland, the UK before the exit). Thereby, it is not true that "everyone" has access to social security and health care, even if one only counts official EU citizens. The question is how honest the EPP is with their statements because center-right parties, due to their pro-business agenda, have a history of being very against labor unions and collective bargaining, favoring more income inequality or different levels of payments.

I’m pretty sure the UK is trying the Rwanda asylum thing, and it’s going poorly

Nice summary, thank you! Sounds like the epp hit its head and woke up from a coma amnesiac, swearing ethernal rivalry to their past self.

Great vid as always! I'm personally partial to Renew Europe and Greens/EFA (both of which I wouldn't mind seeing covered), but it's still neat to learn more about different EU political entities.

ID/ECR PARTY THE SOLUTION

Good video and contribution to Democracy, Sir. Huge hug from Portugal

Vote for a change! These are the same people who's policies made us poorer and less safe in our own countries!

They want a lot of stuff, don't they? Why haven't they achieved it in the last four or five years? What have they done with 'But it is, the Europeans, who decide who comes to Europe and under what circumstances'?

Renew or the greens/efa should be the next video

I am looking forward to the video about PES.

Thanks, I will make sure I avoid to vote for them like the plague

Why is Portugal missing from the background image?

When talking about defence, I can understand that some want to keep it in national hands, and there might be some ways we can do that whiles being more effective than we are, but realistically with how the world is changing and with superpowers like the US and China, as well as others on the horizon, we have to be honest with ourselves, our military, defence and forign policy is always going to be limited at national hands because of the limited resources, if we really want to protect our interest, we really need to find a solution of doing it at an EU level and there are many ways of achieving that, which works and works in the interest of all its members, but I think doing it at an EU level is the only way we can protect our interest whiles having a bigger voice, the alternative is likely a slow decline. I don't have a problem of fewer regulations on companies, as long as it doesn't reduce standards on goods and conditions for workers, I also think rules need to be different depending on the size of a company, especially if a company has a large amount of market share in any given sector, in other words, make it easier for smaller companies to compete with bigger ones to spur more competition and growth. I do agree that reforms are needed to the EU and they need to be quite big reforms, especially on veto rules, until reforms are done to the EU, I can't see how any new country can join the union, so ideally, a lot of decision on that should happen after the elections later this year, with them concluding at the latest before 2030, if that happens, it sends a powerful message to countries wanting to join the EU that the door is open, because the reality is, it's firmly shut and won't be open until reforms are done, with that said, the EU should open up negotiations with countries that want to join the EU, being that it's not a quick process so it's better to get them ready for joining sooner rather than later whiles the EU can work on its own reforms, I also think the European Parliament needs to be given a bigger role whiles the EU and its members need to find ways of bringing the EU closer to its citizens to reduce the risk of popularise movements, they after all feed on Europeans not having much idea on what's going on at an EU level so a lot of lies are told, in other words, we need more democracy to the EU, by expanding the European Parliaments powers whiles reforming the EU Commission.

Thanks for the video and the link towards the manifesto. I am looking forward to the next video's!

I really liked this, i did not know who they were before, but they seem like pragmatic centrists.

I really wanna see what renew Europe has to offer

nice, that makes me like Europe, more!

I loved the video thanks very much

Please cover Renew Europe next

At 1:39 the logo for the portuguese social democrats seems to be incorrect. But i wonder why a party that calls themselves social democrats is even in the epp to begin with.

Great and informative content!

Hi, you seem to be missing STAN from Czechia in the infographic

I'm thinking about voting renew or epp, less likely s&p. Thanks for the vid

I'd love to see the other parties like the left, or renew europe and the greens.

Great vid! Do all parties

i believe like the epp that banning isnt such a great idea, atleast for most things like plastic straws, rather big things should be banned like privat jets.

By far the best so far even if a little too moderate

These videos should remain objective !!

Regarding the proposal for a "European Security Council," similar institutions and structures already have intergovernmental meetings and EU-NATO coordination. Also, a problem with contemporary security councils is that they are limited to ideas and behaviors that security is essential for "us" and not for "them" since there is a lack of real global/world-level security agencies. The UN Security Council is international and not global and thereby directly responsible for the security of all humans and others.

I would be interested in what all major EU parties think! Main priority I believe should be the Socialicts given that they are second most popular

"Outsourcing" asylum seekers is also a slippery slope, false hope, and already disproven measure. One of the main reasons is that it is impossible to "outsource" everyone to a single or several countries. It would be like saying that in Italy, all asylum seekers should be transferred to the city of Parma and nowhere else. Therefore, what, for example, the UK is doing regarding Rwanda has already been exposed as a political rather than a possible measure. If it was so easy to "outsource," why is it being discussed for the last two years and not done before, for example, in 2015? Also, the overall development regarding humanitarian migration and the EU is worse than before 2020 since the focus on rights and security for refugees and others is being shifted towards the language of "security for us" as Europeans but not for "them" as others. Also, there is no need for "outsourcing" human rights and security since there is a need for globalizing to create a global-local system for migration, including for refugees and asylum-seekers.

You have put the german SPD logo on the portuguese PSD logo

Nice

Would be cool if you also added the associate members from EU candidate countries to these videos. For EPP the associate members are: Albania - Democratic Party of Albania (PD) Georgia - United National Movement (UNM) Iceland - Independence Party (XD) North Macedonia - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) Norway - Conservative Party (H) Serbia - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ/SVM) Switzerland - The Centre (DM/LC) Observer members: Armenia - Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Belarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), United Civic Party of Belarus (AHP), За Свабоду (The Movement for Freedom; MFF) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH), Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990) Georgia - European Georgia Kosovo - Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Moldova - Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM), Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA), Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Montenegro - Bosniak Party (BS) Norway - Christian People's Party (KrF) San Marino - Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) Ukraine - European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna (since 2008), Self Reliance (since 2019), Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR)

Hi EU Made Simple, do you know when the vote for the EU Treaty Amendment within the EU Council will take place? I sadly can't find any information about it, as in the last Reform Video you said that it will likely happen in March.

When it comes to climate change, environment, and sustainability, center-right and moderate right-wing politicians can have valid criticisms and arguments against bans on nuclear power. For example, even the UN-based International Panel on Climate Change has been promoting further improvement of nuclear power as a vital part of energy transition and reduction of CO2 emissions. At the same time, center-rights parties have an appeal and communication to voters who either do not believe in climate change, do not understand the need for climate transformation, or who, for different reasons, are uncomfortable with adopting a climate-friendly and sustainable general lifestyle.

Whenever there are discussions about immigration in the EU, there is a discussion about illegal immigration! And different parties are in favor or against them. What about international students/workers? Do they have any space in the EU political mindset? Is the EU willing to do what Canada, Australia, England, and even the US does, to attract talents and skills and persuade them to stay?

Thank you.

He really translated Forza Italia in Forward Italy ☠️☠️☠️

Do the left amd the greens next , if you dont mind.

In 3:20 he mentions shield. If he means the european sky shield innitiative, crucial components will come from Israel and the US

Issues 1,2 and 6 are promising, but I am not too keen on their other points

I don't know man, seems like everyone wants to throw money at problems and hope it disappears.

They are promoting setting up a new commissioner post. The general problem with the EU Commission is too many commissioners since every member state elects one. Instead of 27 commissioners as of today, it would be better to reduce the number to 12-14 and have them democratically elected based on their political party affiliation.

S&D next please.

S&D please! as the second largest party

The European Parliament plays an important role in making democracy work in the European Union. We must protect our democracy from Russian interference.

Can you do the same for each european political party? like renew europe etc?

Promising peace by arguing for more spending on military aspects is often counter-productive, false, and absurd. In Weber's case, he is arguing for the simplification of weapon systems in the EU compared to the USA while promoting the creation of a European Defense Union as "complementary" to NATO, which means creating extra administration and spending, resulting in double spending and unnecessary institutional competition.