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- This video is gives a short yet comprehensive introduction of the Council of the European Union. Among other things it covers the composition (0:20), voting systems (1:11), powers and tasks (3:05) of the Council.
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Isn't it the European Council setting guidelines for CFSP? (instead of the council) Thanks!
You're right, the European Council sets the guidelines, based on which the Council of the EU further develops foreign and security policy! That is not clear in our video, thanks for pointing it out!
No really thank you for pointing everything out! You've helped me a lot ;) Before my exam, I will be checking your vids.
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Would it be safe to say that the council of European union functions similarly to the german Bundesrat? There, each state of Germany votes en bloc for their state (regardless of how many räter(in)). The bundesrat may also be comprised of a minister or delegate from that state govt rather than a separately appointed or elected representative as is the case in the US, for example.
Going off memory, so I apologise if I mischaracterised the bundesrat.
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The EU is a fascinating institution but very few videos talk about what it is and how it works. Luckily, I found this channel.
+Don Juan glad you like it:)
man you can always read about it, there is 2 much stuff available on google
I’m glad I found this channel too. I’m studying EU policy while studying in Ireland, and as an American I didn’t know much about how the EU works. This channel has helped me catch up to my European Classmates.
I misread that as "the eu is a fascist institution"
A youtuber named Avery Thing also does a good job to chief but this is a good video.
Thank you for your videos! I can't wait for the others on your list!
Education for all the individuals (residents and tourists) who spend the time in Europe at the moment shall be fundamental to recognise social environment properly. Greetings to this specific TH-cam channel administrative Internet user.
Finally a channel I can show my British friends. They have no idea how the EU works because their media is shite but my English isn't good enough to explain it coherently.
Glad you like our videos! Feel free to share them with your (British) friends
Why exactly would you want to show us this? If you think we are going to change our minds on this failed political project then you are wasting your time!
Why would you not want to see this? Nothing wrong with additional knowledge and understanding, right?
Ciceroni No, of course not. But the OP specifically said British people, suggesting that our knowledge of the EU is somehow inferior to the rest of Europe. Most people in Europe don't know this much about the EU. You don't need to know the ins and outs of the EU to make a judgement on it.
If your decision is purely emotional or out of principle (e.g. I want our country to be completely sovereign out of principle, regardless of economic consequences) then the extra knowledge probably won't help much. But if you want to make the decision based on facts (e.g. the EU costs us 350 million pounds a week that we could spend on the NHS) then extra information is rather important in making sure you make the right decision (whatever that may be) without lies distorting your decision making. That goes for everyone, not just the Brits of course;)
It might surprise you to know that your videos inspired my fascination in government structure
Nice to hear that :) thank you!
Same for me
Great video - Helps me to prepare for my European Affairs exam :)
Very glad that it is helpful, Mihai :) Maybe our other videos on the EU can be of some help as well. And of course, good luck on your exam!!
Good video, that perfectly summarizes the functions of the European Council!
Hello Sir/ Madame. Please can you make a video about the European Council because there is a huge difference between the European Council and the Council of Europe. Thank you a lots
Great idea:)
are there going to be any new videos? found these extremely useful :)
Great to hear you like them! And yes we're working on some new ones, hopefully the first one of those will be online within the next few weeks!
God why must the eu be so complicated?*
Probably national sovreignity, which I won't blame people for wanting
Indeed, most people don't understand that the bigger the bureaucracy doesn't always means inefficiency, it can also means it caters to more people and variety.
Because they haven't had their shays rebellion like the US and fully federalized. This corona may make many more member states more willing.
Imagine if the us had this setup: Each sovereign state telling the US commission (executive) what to do or veto decisions.
The commission, upon blessing by the council of America (state governors) only can propose bills. Congress could only vote yes or no.
It is so complex because the EU has a lot of member states. Moreover, it is based on legislative, executive and judicial, where a lot of the EU institutions keep each other in check and balance.
Wouldnt it be interesting if the US had gone this route rather than the current system?
An American Congress of 700+ by proportional representation and districts (MMP).
An American Commission with one commissioner per state (total of 50) as executive.
A Council of the American Union with 1 secretary (their word for minister) per state, changing depending on topic (secretaries of defence, secretaries of agriculture, etc). Quasi senate?
American Council comprised of all 50 governors. Strategy focus. Quasi senate?
A separate Council of America that gets confused with actual institutions of the american political system, but comprised of member-states and other members. It seeks to uphold rule of law and democracy.
@@biocapsule7311 Spot on 💯!
I like the ancient aesthetic. The organization really reminds me of learning about Rome at school
Great Works.....THese videos savve my academic life :)
Glad we could help ;)
Thank you, eazy states exam lol.. btw, are you from Slovakia?
You’re welcome. No but we made videos on the Slovak elections a bit ago :) be sure to watch it:)
Honestly, wish this was available when I took my EU political science class 7 years ago
This is a good video, but i have a question 😅
How the presidency of the council is chosen??
Why Belguim has the most number of the presidncy?
Thank you!
The permanent president of the council is chosen by the heads of government of the member states, who sit on the council. They choose who will be president by qualified majority.
This is relatively new as a permanent position, with Charles Michel only being the third president. You are right that two of those three have been from Belgium, among which the first ever permanent president.
There is no official reason that this position should be held by any nationality. However, it is likely that smaller, less powerful countries get the job. As the French wouldn’t like the Germans to have it, the Italians wouldn’t accept a French president etc.
Despite the name, the permanent president is not permanent. It is merely to distinguish it from the rotation of the presidency of the council per country.
Because apart from the President, there is presidency of the council, which is held by countries. Currently, Germany holds the presidency. This position is rotated every six months between all member states of the EU. In January 2021 Portugal will take over from Germany.
Also this presidency was first held by Belgium, back in 1958. So you have definitely identified a theme here :)
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Thank you for your answer😁..
But about the second type of presidency "The presidency of the council which is held by countries"
How they chose the country which will chair the council?
Is it in alphabetical order of the names of the member states, Or how?
P.S: I googled it and i didn't find an answer and i don't think it's in alphabetical order 😅)
Thank you again😁
It isn’t alphabetical order indeed. The order is referred to as a ‘predetermined order’.
The presidency is not only rotated per country but also in blocks of three. So Germany, Portugal and Slovenia are one block, each taking 6 months as president. After which the next trio takes over.
Generally, it’s one larger/wealthier country joined by two smaller countries. The workload of the organisation is divided over the three countries with the understanding that all three are responsible of the success of the three presidencies.
How they actually got to the exact groupings and order, we do not know. But we’ll look into it and see if we can find the answer!
@@Ciceroni1 thank you...and hope you to make a video about this point if you find the answer
So basically, every member state has 'sovrintee' over the EU?
No, every member state has its own sovereignity. When joining the EU we basically said "I decided to delegate very specific part of my national sovereignity to the EU bodies, because I know it is good for me." Now we can always say "This is NOT the part of my soveregnity that I delegated. Now the EU bodies are everreaching their powers"
So does any country that is not Europe or European Union can be involve at all? Because i saw like two minister of foreign affairs met one from Europe and one from middle east and having a talk in front of the press. So I guess that must be not about European Council,right? I think it's only about between two countries having a important discussion about whatever it it's that they have to sorted out and not with other countries or European Council,right?
No single member could speak for the entire council so it could very well be that they were meeting just between the two countries. European Union members have their independent foreign policy. The entire Union sometimes acts on foreign issues as a bloc like with the sanctions against Russia for example. But in many other situations France and Italy may have completely different policies and relationships with non-EU states. So individual member states often meet and make deals with countries outside the Union. Things like tariffs are not on the table here. Because of the single market, individual members cannot change tariffs etc independently from the EU.
@@Ciceroni1 ok,just one more. Can you clarify the role of minister of foreign affairs? Seems being to have a job like that is like the top priority person of your country. I'm sure becoming one is not easy,maybe one of hardest job to get it. For sure being one you are connected to other minister or whoever it is in charge of a nation to almost entire country in the world.
@@ShahYT.Official It surely isn't an easy job to get. The minister of foreign affairs represents the country abroad and how the country acts abroad. Especially in countries that have a very active foreign policy, it might indeed be the more high profile job compared to many of the ministers who deal with affairs inside the country. For example the US secretary of state (what they call the minister of foreign affairs) is more prominent than the minister of the interior.
I’m here for AP Gov
As EU I exert control over every citizen and business by mandating the use of my centrally controlled currency. By enforcing this illusion of dependency, I maintain influence and authority. However, should individuals or businesses opt out of using my currency, my control diminishes significantly.
Could someone please help me with this part:
"the council of ministers is comprised of 28 ministers, each from one of the 28 member states"
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"Each member state has multiple ministers"
What do I miss here?
The Council has a different set-up depending on the subject discussed. For example, when discussing the economic situation, it will likely be be the 28 finance ministers (one from each country). These are not the same 28 people as when meeting to discuss military action (as this would be the ministers of defence).
So every country will send one of their ministers depending on the topic at hand. So although meetings will consist of 28 people each time, you'd see a lot more than 28 different people over the year.
To make it more complicated, not all countries have the same ministries with the same portfolios. So that a subjects may be handled by a single minster in Slovenia, but be spread over two ministers in France. In some cases, a country would therefore be inclined to send multiple ministers to cover the subject that others cover with just one.
Of course, sending more people does not give countries more weight in voting.
@@Ciceroni1 Thank you so much,
I have an exam this week about EU governance and the EU in the International context. I have a hard time learning it all (especially because this is my first course that's completely in English), but your videos help me a lot!
Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it.
@@caivsklei4274 Great to hear that our videos help you in your studies!
I'm now curious as to what the European Council / Council of Europe is...since this council is a different council to those councils.
We’ll try to make videos about that soon as well;)
Vg question
Seems like the EU is run like a Confederation (or a loose Confederation) type of function; as opposed or compared to a Federation (like the US) or a Unitary (Isreal) type of function?
Eh, kinda. The Council has important powers but they don´t always need unanimity, and many autonomous branches operate independently of the council like the central bank for the euro governance and the court of justice, alongside obviously the commission once appointed and confirmed by parliament and the parliament itself. The national ministers are usually easy to replace upon a majority vote of their respective legislatures, and so they need to remain aligned with at least some of the major interests in their respective countries.
The way you say council makes it sound like cancer which... Is just gorgeous
1:22 That's double majority voting, not a qualified majority. Sidenote: Nice video!
It is indeed also knows as double majority but the EU refers to it mainly as qualified majority: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/voting-system/qualified-majority/
I seriously heard at the start of the video: "welcome to the cancer of europe." I guess I am tired
...or are you?
P - In the subtitles it appears literally "cancer"
Are you tired of the cancer of Europe?
That’s all I here now every-time he says council 😂😂
Hear
I really love the video, but it's tooo complicated XD ❤️
It is rather complicated. Unfortunately, we didn't really get a say in that ;)
The world is really interconnected... funny how I'm in Africa but I hv a test on this... and this video was extremely helpful
Good to hear that the video helped:) Hope the test went well!
@@Ciceroni1 it did😁
im already lost within the first minute
Ukraine will need an EU-sponsored class for our politicians
I found this video much more confusing than the one on EU Parliament or the EU Commission
Is it? Is there something we can explain?:)
Ciceroni stepping back a bit to contextualise how it sits in the overall picture. If the Commission is like the Executive and the Parliament is like a lower house legislature akin to a House of Representatives, the Council is like an upper house legislature akin to a Senate with equal representation of member states at least in the number of reps. Once the uninformed viewer understands what it is they can then begin to understand how it works
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"Qualified" agreement 😋. I would view the european council (EC) as a quasi senate and the council of the euopean (CE) union as the strategy focused quasi senate. The EC has just the relevant minister, while the CE has the head of govt. I doubt the relevant minister in the EC would hold his job long if he defied the prime minister in the CE, so both the EC and CE are both quasi senates but the CE would likely hold power over the EC just because of job security.
Can you imagine how France would be if it were run this way? Imagine the union of France from each 13 mainland European regions.
The French commission is the govt comprised of 1 commissioner per region (Normandy, île de France, Occitanie, etc). 13 total.
The french parliament has 700+ MFPs by MMP.
The French Council has 13 members comprised of relevant minister for discussion from each member-region. Quasi senate.
The Council of the French Union is comprised of each member-region's President. 13 total. Strategy focused. Quasi senate.
@@user-nf9xc7ww7m Germany is a better example. The Bundesrat operates a lot like the European Council.
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Je pense que cela devrait faire l'objet d'une enquête si l'Union européenne est de temps en temps légiférée avec la Bible écrite comme une histoire. Le mot immunité (Latin Immunitas, liberté d'obligations envers l'État) provient d'une révélation religieuse du Moyen Âge, probablement d'un pape pour devenir sans loi et qui a depuis été réécrit en immunité complète, immunité personnelle et fonctionnelle (légalement, ne peut pas être poursuivi pour acte criminel) aux rois (chef de l'État), aux présidents et aux premiers ministres, pour les décisions et les actions en droit. L'exploitation politique de l'écosystème vital a maintenant entraîné la mort des forêts (force majeure) et comment cela affectera-t-il l'économie des gens, etc.
scotland is an active patner as it gives power over over england who voted to leave
The Scots indeed mostly favoured remaining in the EU…
The council of ministers is consist of 27 members not 28!
Since Brexit it is 27 yes:(
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I think it should be investigated if the European Union now and then is legislated with the Bible written as a story. The word immunity (Latin immunitas, freedom from obligations to the state) comes from a religious revelation from the middle ages, most likely from a pope to become lawless, and which has since been rewritten into full immunity, personal and functional immunity (legally, cannot be prosecuted for criminal act) to the kings (head of state), presidents, and prime ministers, for law decisions and actions. The political exploitation of the vital ecosystem has now led to forest death (force majeure) and how will it affect people's economy, etc.
how is one vote one country fair? the various countries don't have the same population size
EU is using double-majority principle. You need (super)majority in both population and number of states.
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Plus the European Parliament members counts are proportional to their countries populations.
Most federations do this. The council of europe/european council (I already forgot which one 😁) reminds me a bit of the German Bundesrat. It (the upper house) has state reps being the govt delegate from that state). It would make it more transparent if they drew this analogy and just have one council.
Ask the US. Just like the US though, the EU is bicameral (bordering on tricameral with the councils, but prime minister holds sway over his minister). Parliament is pop based, just like the house of representatives in the US.
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What what?:)
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Brexiteers trying to justify the stupid decision of leaving the EU in the comments.
Like everything in the EU. It's over complicated and over expensive and and isn't very popular with the citizens of the sovereign states which make up the European Union
The EU isn't over expensive at all. It is even the most efficiently run system in the world compared to the work it does, it's just that not a lot op people actually know how it works and what it costs.
@@DJRoksor If the EU is run so efficiently why has it never passed it's audit
@@MrBarrsy68 Lol.. first off, it's a fallacy that if it doesn't pass an audit it must mean that the EU is over expensive. Especially since the vast majority of the money that is spent not according to the rules gets recovered.
Secondly, there isn't even such a thing as it passing or not passing an audit by the Court of Auditors.
Actually this is so complicated BECAUSE of the sovereign states.
You've probably heard about the stupid thing that the European Parliament must go back and forth between having meetings in Brussels and Strasbourg. That when one of their meeting ends they have to pack up all their offices and move them to another country for the next meeting, and then moving them back away. This does not exist because of bureaucrats, bureucrats like having things easy and streamlined for them. This exists because France staunchly refuses giving up their meeting location and Belgium stauchly refuses giving up theirs. Same with our outer borders. The only reason why it's a badly protected patchwork of unconnected systems without any coordination or common policy is because the outer borders fall under sovereignity of border states. When citizens ask EU to "Protect our borders!!!", the only thing the EU can honestly say is: Well, I can not. Ask Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary to protect the borders because it's their sovereign right and responsibility and we have no fucking way of creating common border security policy
@@Posiman so what you are saying is that all sovereign countries within the EU should abandon any kind of border policy and trust the EU to protect their borders ?
The council's opinion is not as important as parliament.
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this whole circus just cost hoardloads of money !
It’s actually a lot cheaper than most people expect. We made a video explaining the cost of the EU th-cam.com/video/2_BOd5lG2xQ/w-d-xo.html
It's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cheaper than if all this work would be done by sovereign nation states.
Your national govt costs more. Normandexit (Normandy leaving France), Scexit (scotland leaving UK), Catalexit (Catalonia leaving spain). If nations can leave EU, why shouldn't regions leave nations? What's good for the goose...
I foresee a future with regions (counties, communes, etc) having much more sovereignty and local control, directly under EU, with nations serving as cultural safeguards and tourist policies. EU for foreign, defence, and overall immigration policies (regions with sponsorship programmes for immigrants - must have sponsor).
This Council was prophesied in the Bible. Repent and Believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life for he is true. 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, (Revelation 17:12 ESV).
The ten horns are ten United Nations, that will give power to the beast. Jesus is coming soon after that, with all of his saints in righteous glory to judge the world.
Sounds spectacular
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I really hate that music too much to watch this.
Mute and captions...I hear they're funny.
Also known as the people that get a paycheck from the taxpayers..
Well true, they do get a paycheck, but they are also democratically elected by the same people that pay their salary.
Works like this in Books, not in reality, do you think Vonder Lyen got selected like this? Cmon do not be stupid.
How do you think she was selected?
@@Ciceroni1 Ballots are secret, no system can work with secrects, the word secrecy is the predecessor of the word corruption.
@@ClownmundiVotes of this Council are actually public. You can find them all online here: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/corporate-policies/transparency/open-data/voting-results/