Which is more important to EU citizens ? Turkey joining the EU ? Or France electing Marine Le Pen & Jordan Bardella and the National Rally party ? 🤔🇹🇳🇫🇷🇪🇺
I don't think the problem with Georgia joining is that they don't have borders with the EU. Greece didn't have borders with an EU country for 26 years, until Bulgaria joined.
Probably the biggest problem with Georgia is their neighbors being very anti-europe. Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan could flood EU with immigrants if Georgia joined
@@dhfconst Well the thing is that the memberships of Romania and Bulgaria were rushed because not having a land connection with Greece was a major economic hurdle for both Greece and the EU, as well as basically rending null some of the key aspects of the EU's Maastricht Accords, freedom of circulation for instance. The presence of Romania and Bulgaria in the EU still poses problems today; although to be fair they both got better now than what they were in 2007. But still EU officials do not want a repeat.
A small but lovely Country. Personally, I look forward to Montenegro becoming the next member of the EU. And I share the same feeling for Albania. A 100% European Country with a rich identity and history.
There is an update. 3 days ago Montenegro was able to reach IBAR for chapters 23 and 24 and from now on close other chapters in the next couple of months that are overdue
@@woopg The ex-province of Serbia with a translateable name to market to tourists and American/Anglo expats, because you need the cash at the end of the day.
In 30 years it will reduce to the 20%... don't worry. Some other countries without any of serious issues Moldova have are waiting for 30 years almost and the end of waiting is nowhere to be seen
@@dyawr Balkan countries, Turkey...why are you so surprised? You even look offended according to your bold letters. I can add you were gifted with progress you didn't earn and those countries waited a lot for that step. I guess you realise it is because of political reasons only. When that motives change in year or two you will be forgotten with all those promises...and it was all see before
@@bgdabg6769 What Balkan countries are waiting "for 30 years almost"? 😂😂 There is *none,* this is a clear lie. Turkey is the only state in this situation because it has *a lot* of problems, much bigger than Moldova, with democracy, human rights, corruption & many other reforms that needed to be done but *weren't.* My letters were in bold bc I caught u in a clear lie.
Im from Moldova the Public Support is somewhere between 60 and 70 percent. Why have you wrote 38%????? We even have a referendum to vote for joining the EU on the 20th of october this year. Dislike from me.
I am from Moldova too and I can tell that public opinion is mixed. In the past it was 64% right now it would be 52%(which is not that high if you ask me) but the referendum will show.
Switzerland is part of Schengen. That means an eu citizen can freely go and live and also under certain circumstances work there. If that’s not eu then what is? Norway is paying to be in close contact but with no voting rights on eu matters. Probably they are afraid to lose their fund. When they will realize that ECB can print in a minute so much money , as in their petrol fund, they will reconsider. In time.
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38% in Moldova? Dude, who gave you this statistics? People in Moldova voted for an pro EU president and parliament. Almost 50% of moldovans already are EU citizens. We export 70% of our goods to EU. Like, that's crine
I'm from Moldova, and most people support EU accession. I don't know where you got the 38% from, it's more around 65%. Also, EU officials have repeatedly said that Moldova can join without solving the Transnistrian issue. If you followed actual EU discussions about Moldova and Ukraine, you'd know that Moldova has much more support than Ukraine from member states. There's also no way Serbia has more chance of joining than Moldova, knowing how eurosceptic they are. I was excited when I saw this video, but really disappointed by such a wrong appreciation of Moldova. The main problem is not the wrong and extremely outdated data, but that it supports Russian propaganda in Moldova. Russian forces are trying to convince some segments of society that "the people don't want EU integration because the EU is scary, only the government does" which is a blatant lie. Would be really useful if you could upload an edited version with the right data and review of Moldova.
@@pasdpasse439 Serbia applied in 2009, has only 2 chapters provisionally closed, and shows no political will to integrate into the EU atm. Moldova applied in 2022 and has already started the screening of chapters.
No chance for Moldova. Wake up . Trasnistria, Corrupted Government, .... Just talks from EU like the same promising to Ukraine and nothing will happen 😂😂😂😂😂
I am a Georgian subscriber and hope Georgia will become a member of the EU. And regarding public support of the EU in Georgia, the latest polls show that it is more than 81%.
You have a big challenge ahead of you my friend. Its not the path towards the EU, but the Georgian Pro Russian oligarch blocking that path towards the EU.
Unfortunately for Georgia, it may need Turkey's membership first for either land and sea connection to the rest of the union. The unfortunate part is Turkey is the trickiest candidate...
@@HOPEfullBoi01 Considerting that Cyprus is an EU member and it both doesn’t have a land connection with europe (being pretty far away too) and also has part of the country invaded by a foreign power, Georgia’s accession shouldn’t really rely at all on whether turkey joins or not
@@The_Soviet_Onion Georgia directly borders Russia and is under direct influence interest of it. Cyprus does not have that problem. Cyprus also has direct sea access to mainland Mediterranean Europe even excluding Turkey. Turkey is the only bridge, land or sea, that can connect Georgia to the West once you rule out Russia.
There's an update on our progress since this video has been uploaded. Few days ago, the EU has confirmed the closure of the chapters 23 and 24 (concerning the rule of law and corruption). These are the most important chapters by far. Hopefully, we should expect to close at least 10-15 more chapters before the end of the year and open up the last 2. These chapters that I mentioned are all ready and integrated in our law, however we had to wait for the closure of the chapter 23 and 24 before closing these ones. Monténégro joining the EU in 2028 is extremely realistic, but probably the "official" date will be 2030.
Montenegro and Albanian are the next in line. Montenegro by 2028 and Albania by 2030 the only two countries who don’t have major issues with neighbours and have a aligned policy with EU in foreign affairs.
@@МардиросОвагемян As far as I know they haven't been seperated but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen if Albania progressed faster, and it likely would
Georgia is a fine addition indeed, could be an important gateway to the east. Although, contemplating about expansion without first reforming EU is ludicrous.
0:04 *I think you could next make a video on why 🇬🇧Brits, 🇳🇴Norwegians, 🇨🇭Swiss, 🇮🇸Icelandics, 🇧🇾Belarusians, 🇦🇲Armenians or 🇦🇿Azeris haven’t chosen to join the EU! 🇪🇺*
@@ishaandivgi7635 yes…but they’re already members of the Council of Europe, European Political Community, Eurovision, Eurocup - & don’t really have an equivalent ‘Asian’ alliances!
@@zmilorad Uzaludan vam trud svirači.A koliko je zemalja priznalo Kosovo u Europi i Svijetu?I to daleko značajnijih nego one koje nisu kojih je mali broj.Vodite unaprijed izgubljenu bitku.Jedina šansa su vam ako vam Kosovo toliko znači razmjena teritorija na Kosovu za onaj u Srbiji do Morave npr.Ali vi to nikad nećete učiniti.Zbog pohlepe jer hoćete i jare i pare.Zbog dječije pameti ne shvatate da to nemožete.
@@daliborsunjic6401ajde bre smežurani sunđeru sa jednom nogom u grobu mani se toga "i jare i pare". Bože šta sve neću čuti ovih dana, i kakva izgubljena bitka???
@@daliborsunjic6401 Sunjicu crni sunjicu. Pogledaj ti lijepu tvoju koja polako, ali sigurno nestaje. Cela krvatska kao dva Beograda. Danas tvoji vodje planiraju uvoz oko 500000 stranih radnika i to iz malezije, indonezije i slicno. To vam je definitivan KRAJ. Mozemo da vam posaljeno i par miliona siptara, vase brace.
i have just visited those countries and i can tell u that the reality on the ground is just as this poll predict. Montenegro is ready. they are as far a many eu states (economically and standard of life)! for albania and north macedonia you can see that they aiming from it but there is still some work to get there.
N. Macedonia did not change its name from FYROM to Republic of North Macedonia, but from Republic of Macedonia. Linguistics disputes are not part of the EU negotiations between Bulgaria and N Macedonia. Historical disputes are
Regarding Turkey, I felt like the actual reason(not talking about the process) was EU not wanting it. I think from EU point of view Turkey would immediately become a big player in the EU: Turkey has the 2nd largest army in NATO, so it will become the largest in the EU, the GDP is in top 20 in the World, so in EU it would stand #6 below Netherlands and above Poland, would be the largest by area in the EU(if we don't count Greenland), but the most of all - the largest population in the EU(which will raise Muslim population 4 times in the EU) and also the long border with the countries in the Middle East. Regarding the official process, in the video it's stated that Montenegro will become part of EU by 2028, so it's possible to close all 30+ chapters in the negotiation phase in 4 years, if both parties want it. So I wouldn't thin that the closing all the 35 chapters in negotiation phase was the real blocker.
@@VenusEvan_1885 Ok, let me then paraphrase " also the long border with the countries in the Middle East." part for you: "also the long border with Syria, Iraq, Iran."
@@rustix3 Turkey religiously, politically, geographically, culturally, mentally, linguistically is a West Asian country just like Iran Syria and Iraq, but what about gay marriage? Every country that wants to join should legalize same sex marriage.
The fact that Turks mention their military at the VERY FIRST part of their comments, is the most worrisome part. Not to mention the infamous turkish attitude "I have guns so shut up" and their constantly using VETO as means to blackmail. No way in hell that this is entering EU for the next 50 years. \
If it had been 50 years ago, I would've supported Türkiye's joinment in EU as a Turkish resident. Now, there is no need. It is impossible to not to have any problems with countries that claim they want our sovereignty protected, while supporting all kinds of anti-turkish sentiment all across the region.
Same, if european union would have wanted an ally it would and it could act in favor of Turkey's development in areas such as defending the country's sovereignity. Turkey never wanted to buy the s400 or never wanted to develop their ties with russia/china/iran etc, instead was left alone in most cases by those who claim to be its allies. However, Turkish youth is way more secular than their parent and the religious influence is going down day by day if you take a closer look at the metropolitan regions of the country which includes more or less half of the total population. Europe will eventually need younger/more dinamic population in the coming decades, and Turkey could theoretically enter the union in the coming century if the union still exists then. However the current instability in the country blocks it from the entrance. In my opinion, there will be a huge swift in the public opinion in the coming decades when the current government loses its power and the new government with the secular ideology will estabish in the coming 5 years. Then the negotiations will reopen. If the EU was sincere on taking the country into the Union, they also should help their ally to get a Win-Win Deal out of the situation. They need to have Turkey on their sides because they wouldnt prefer it to be on the enemy's lanes. So they will eventually come to terms with making good deals with Turkey, instead of supporting any terrorist organizations that wants to instabilize the country furthermore.
@@ikramyagdran4492 Well, what you've said is too optimistic in my opinion. First of all, while it is true that Türkiye indeed has a younger generation and a higher birth rate compared to EU countries, in the last decade it has decreased rapidly. Now, even though the statistics seem to remain unaffected, it is highly likely a result of the refugees' birth rate, which most of them have gained Turkish residency. While you are right about Europe needs Türkiye, we need EU more than they need us. Especially economically, since our imports depend on European countries, with an astonishing rate of 50%, while their trade with us is only 2%. Even though I said I am against joining them, it doesn't mean that I am against building up relationships with them. Yes, they clearly want to sabotage us with baseless claims, and in my opinion it will not change any sooner, but it is far more beneficial for us to get closer to them instead of waiting for them to begging us to join them, which is hardly likely to happen.
Interested where these stats for public support come from specifically? They differ widely from the ones reported in the 'Will Serbia, Kosovo or Albania Join the EU Next? | Western Balkans' video
They are assumed by pro EU NGOs and EU enthusiasts, The real numbers in Macedonia were clear on a referendum in 2018 where the turnout was only 36% That's a real direct democratic number of "supporters". Anything else is fixed bloated numbers for swaying general knowledge and opinion.
Why is Albania together with Macedonia in the European Union membership process, and became a candidate much later? If Macedonia has a problem with Bulgaria, it is not an Albanian problem. Let them join without Macedonia. Why should the Albanian people be held hostage for the sake of Bulgaria and Macedonia?
Can you make a video that details what does it mean that EU opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and what are the steps that Ukraine needs to implement to join the EU one day?
It means that Russia wins the war. It imposes to the new government uncoditional surreneder rules, preventing it from joining the EU. Then you can apply to join the EU all you want. None will listen
@@Carl-Gauss for ease of communication. Call it artistic licence. Perfect geographic borders aren't too relevant to the context discussed in the video.
The owner of this channel should DEFINITELY visit all the listed countries and PERSONALLY see the standard and quality of life in each of these countries and based on that conclude which countries are closer to the EU standard of living.
I rarely dislike videos, but today is an exeption. I'm from Moldova and this is why I disliked: 1) About 60% of populatiom support joining EU, not 38% 2) Transnistria is not that big of a problem, just like Northern Cyprus wasnt a problem for the Cyprus 3) There is no way that big countries like Ukraine and Serbia have a higher chance of joining than Moldova
I am sorry to hear. I took the 38% from Eurobarometer. I was surprised to see the same. However, there is a big chung (~30%) of people who were undecided.
Albania has 97% support towards the EU, not 77%, politcally it's 100%, all parties support EU accession. You also need to take into account NATO membership as well, which is a significant factor.
Good! It is time you start to pay ... ready to give your wealth to EU? I mean to the fat asses sitting in Brussels? why do you want to pay another fake government who takes your money and gives you literally nothing back?? for sitting there only the Parliament deputies get 60,000 Euro per month plus immunity. the lowest. what are you gaining for your daily life by joining a gang of predators?
For "North Macedonia" and Albania, it all depends if they can finally stop treading in Turkey's footsteps and stop being an @ss to Greece with their expansionistic dreams.
@@georgedevries3992 I hadn't heard about the expansionist ambitions of the smaller nations. As the video also mentions, I was only aware that Greece was being tough on North Macedonia. Integrating Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro into the EU would promote regional stability and economic growth. Their membership would also strengthen the EU's geopolitical influence in the Balkans, fostering cooperation and development.
@@woesmaro Well, most Europeans don't know what these 2 are doing because they are "far away". Edi Rama is an Erdogan in the making, disrespecting the Greek minority in southern Albania and also arrested a Greek candidate that was running for major of Himara for no reason other than he wanted to place his own guy there, for his personal agenda. "North Macedonia" meanwhile, with its recent elections, got a pro-nationalist president that, during the swearing-in ceremony, called the country Macedonia and not North Macedonia on purpose. "Row over North Macedonia's name flares up again" Copy that in your broswer if you're willing. So no, they are nowhere near ready to join. And said stability and growth that the EU membership will provide won't sway them from the path of heresy. If we let them join now, they will have carte blanche to continue that behavior while Greece will have no more leverage against them. At least now, Greece can try to coerce them to drop their agendas if they wish for that lucrative EU dough since they won't change of their own will.
Politicians dont have to call the country by its constitutional name (which was ironically changed unconstitutionally). Thats like if german politicians said "The Federal Republic of Germany", they only say "Germany". Also Macedonia has been, for a lack of a better word, r*ped in order to join. If it doesent join soon. Its very likely to give up ans get closer to Russia and China. If its neighbours keep holding the EU back further.@@georgedevries3992
No thanks. I am from Macedonia and am telling you that the majority is very EU sceptic since we have been pressured to change out essential identity for bloody hypocritical fascist Europe.
I can't wait for Montenegro to join in 2028! And I hope Albania and North Macedonia make it soon as well. The EU is not completed without them. Love from an European brother (h)
North Macedonia is not a sovereign country on account that we can't choose our name. Some brotherly love this is... BRICS is the way to go, not some doomed unions with a colonial past.
@@dejanstoimenovski2350 China is looking forward to getting some European land and repopulate it with Chinese. And don't worry about the name, China will choose a suitable one.
@petrilio Well, since you lost the ability to make babies and you are into the gender fluidity stuff, someone has to repopulate and settle in. It's better to be honourable traditional people like the Chinese, instead of deluded gardeners.
In March 2024 EU agreed to begin membership negotiations with Bosnia. Currently, the country is preparing for the screening process and there is a high chance the first inter-governmental conference will happen at the end of 2024. Also, Kosovo is not a candidate country, but potential candidate.
Türkiye is a big country, like United Kingdom. It can NOT be a puppet of Germany and France, as two main bosses of EU. Close relationship with EU is good, but NOT being part of it. EU needs manageable tiny or small countries for its puppeteering needs. Also Greeks and Turks have been culturally and genetically intertwined for a thousand years. There is also big ancient mixing and connection with Georgians and other Caucasians as well. Laz people of Türkiye are ethnical and linguistic siblings of Georgians. Not counting the big genetic and cultural connection with Balkans. Ancient Anatolian farmers spread to the most of Europe and brought civilization there, thousands of years ago. Mediterranean Europeans have very high Ancient Anatolian genes in their veins. The land of Turkey influenced other European lands many times, immensely for thousands of years. Even the father of literature, Homer, the father of history, Herodotus, the father of Philosophy and Mathematics, Thales, famous philosopher Diogenes, ancient geographer Strabo, and so many others originated, lived and thrived in ancient Anatolia, not in other Greek states. Ancient Anatolians established Marseille, Nice, the first cities of France and other Italian cities. They established theaters, palaces, cities, roads with high civilization, when Gaul, the ancient France was living in huts and thatched roofed shacks.
I have no clue where you got 33% for Serbia, because the latest official Serbian poll in 2022 had 43% for joining and the latest non official one from February 2024 had 42.8% Also, you said Serbia gained candidate status in 2014, which yet again is incorrect Overall, this video seems to have a lot of misinformation which should be corrected
Bro idk if you are sleeping but most people in Serbia literally do not want us to join the EU, even 33% is generous. People support trade and economic collaboration but nothing more.
@@LEONSKENNEDY91 i think the real question is WHY support went down in the past years and it obviously has to do with what EU is turning into. I don't think Serbs want this any more.
It has been 20 years since we applied to the European Union and there is still no clear answer. We broke off negotiations in 2018. We have reached out to the BRICS club of major emerging nations that includes Russia and China, in a sign of growing frustration over a lack of progress in talks to join the European Union. At this rate, it looks like we will completely cut off our connections with EU.
@@EternalTurkk first off, the negotiations were FROZEN, NOT "broken off"; in 2019, NOT in 2018; by the EU, NOT by Turkey. Second, there is no real move toward BRICS. It was just a sensational Russian headline.
Personally, I would put Kosovo at 5, behind Serbia(since the EU would likely admit both at the same time, to prevent Serbia from vetoing Kosovo's accession), Ukraine behind Moldova(since apart from Ukraine being in an active war, it's strong agricultural sector likely causing a disbalance in the CAP, would make it harder to be integrated than little Moldova) and Georgia behind Bosnia-Herzegovina(since Georgia has a strong popular committment, while in Bosnia any final decision on accesion must be approved by all 3 main ethnicities).
I don't think any country will be allowed to join until there are reforms done to the EU it's self, especially on its veto rules. But as for who could join, Ukraine is likely the least likely country to join any time soon because of the current war but also because of it's size, there are also a lot of work and reforms that will be needed in Ukraine before they are ready to join, but because of the war, it could actually speed up the process by having less opposition from the public and politicians, which could speed up the process of doing the reforms needed to join the EU sooner rather than later, but there are zero chance of that happening whiles the war is going on and until the reforms are done to the EU, which I think need to be done before 2030, so for me, Ukraine is a bit of an unknown, the war doesn't allow them to join, but the war has also made the people and political parties very pro EU, that could do wonders when it comes to doing the reforms needed to join the EU, in other words, say the war was to end today in Ukraine, the country might have far less of an issue implementing the reforms needed to join the EU, so that could speed up the process a lot compared to many other countries that drag there feet on reforms. As for the rest of the countries that want to join, it's really up to them, the sooner they do the reforms needed, reduce corruption, stabilise the political and economic system, the sooner these countries can join, if they meet all the conditions needed to join, it will put pressure on the EU and it's members to reform the EU sooner rather than later. In any case, the more of these countries that join the EU, the better for the EU and for the country in question over the long run, it will help to create political and economic stability, as well as economic growth, it will help to reduce the risk of Russia and their political games of meddling, but most importantly, the EU will in time help to develop these countries into rich countries, that's a powerful message the EU has that Russia can't counter because they can't even develop their own country into being a rich-developed country, and they can't afford to splash the cash on these countries to keep them onside whereas the EU is a lot richer and can afford to do so, not to mention all the other incentives on why countries would rather be in the EU then to side with Russia which uses countries like pawns for their own ends. So, get a move on EU, you've got till 2028 to reform the EU lol.
russia started f*ing with ukraine to a large part because of EU rather than NATO. out of all eastern countries its particularly ukrane that poses the greatest risk for change inside russia. a successful ukraine would make russians way more aware of their dire political situation and demand changes and that would take power from current ruling oligarchs. russians and ukranians have extended families within both, ukranians speak russian, the country is big enough and close enough, and so on. a democratic and successful ukraine would be pose the greatest risk for russian ruling class basically. crying about NATO was distracting bs as it was mostly falling had it not been for the war.
Not Türkiye! EU stals Turkiye and Turks are not fools. Most of Turkish people do not believe EU. Turks believe that standing on own feed is the best way
No we don't, EU respects human rights unlike Turkey. Working standarts are low, theres corruption and backing people up on every step of the way, healthcare is the best for rich, worst for the poor, supermarkets don't even have meat other than cheap chicken meat anymore. While the president sees all of thees all he does is judge the other parties, and pick fights with other countries. Did i mention the current leadership allowed around 10 million of illegal immigrants to get in? And let them have free education and healthcare, better than the actual Turkish citizens, all of these immigrats cause problems every day everywhere, attacking people out in the steets and generally dont have good hygene, no manners, some of the ones that got Turkish citizenship(somehow) dont even know Turkish. Oh also, Turkey has a ethic seperation in itself too, there are Kurds, Zaza's and other ethnicities that refuse to accept Turkey's common way of living, and government does nothing about it. These are the reasons why Turkey will never get in EU, even if they wanted to. As a Turkish citizen I would absolutely love the benefits EU provides and all the rights i would've had. I guess we are people of two different worlds.
0:01 *I think 🇦🇲Armenia will also join this list very soon by applying possibly within this year - & would be interesting to see how they’d compare & stack-up!* 11:50
Doesn't seem likely that N. Macedonia is joining the EU anytime soon. Their newly elected government declared that they refuse to fulfill all of the requirements, that have been agreed upon, in order to join the EU.
Yes, we are Macedonians and that has been the opinion of the people here for a long time, just that the previous EU puppet government was not listening to the voice of the people, which goes against any western democratic value. Better exclude us from EU negotiations completely, we Macedonians are happy to be out of that fascist hypocritical union anyway. As far as abiding by the agreements between Greece and Macedonia, maybe if you are so keen on implementing rules of that agreement start by using that name N. Macedonia on your topographical signs across Greece and get rid of the old signs where it says Yugoslavia, FYROM or anything else but what was agreed, so EU hypocrisy runs deep in your veins too. But you only like when the agreement is respected by us. when it comes to your end of implementing the agreement, you have done nothing all this time. Ridiculous.
@@ВалтерРистов Your people can have as many opinions as they want. You can wait another 20 years and apply again in 2044. Remember what happened in 2008. Stay isolated and call youselves however you want. None pays attention.You are a small country with a big mouth.
EU needs addition of the Turkish military and economic power more than before. If EU wants more cooperation from Türkiye EU needs to approve the Turkish membership without delay. Some think EU as Christian Club as not to accept Türkiye which is a secular moslem country. Most Turks now do not want to be EU member. Delicate balance for the both sides. If no membership, Turkiye for sure will join the bricks which would be a major loss for EU and the NATO.
Ülkemin Avrupa Birliği'ne girmesini her zaman istedim, maalesef Erdoğan babasının ülkesi gibi ülkeyi yönetiyor, ipi yarayan ülkeye geldi, bundan sonra ben AB'nin yerinde olsam kendi ülkem Türkiye'yi Avrupa Birliği'ne almazdım. Avrupa haklı, Türkiye hiç gelişmemiş bir ülke. Türkiye'nin Marmara bölgesi bir ülke olsaydı, o zaman durum değişirdi.
Macedonia never sold its soul. Its sold a soul it stole. The history and name of that country never belonged to them and its a part of the real Macedonia that joined the Hellenic republic. These are just random Albanians and Bulgarians
*I wonder how the **11:50** chart would look if others like the 🇬🇧UK, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇨🇭Switzerland, 🇮🇸Iceland, 🇧🇾Belarus, 🇦🇲Armenia or 🇦🇿Azerbaijan would also apply to join the EU!* 🇪🇺
Armenia can probably be said to be at Stage 0.5 - it's been declared eligible to APPLY for membership but hasn't done so yet, though the country's Foreign Minister has signalled an intention to
I think eu needs to consolidate the eu army, eu big tech and the new deal treaty changes before accepting new members that will make treaty changes more difficult
I wouldn't put Ukraine higher than Moldova as those Moldovan territories are much less problematic than all the ukrainian war situation. Moldova has much more stable economy than Ukraine, people speak romanian there(one of the official languages of the EU and it's very small country therefore much less problematic than Ukraine. We don't even know what territories Ukraine will control and wether it will exist as a country at all while Moldova might simply join like Cyprus did with northen cyprus problem.
He did that because it was clearly stated that current political will is mainly about Ukraine, and Moldova just got the right timing. Of course the tide can change, and it may go with your scenario. People underestimate the role of geopolitics in all of this. EU needs to have close ties to Ukraine, because it can suddenly turn to Russian marionette with any elections, and the next thing you know is you've got two biggest armies in Europe at your doorstep. Who would want that? So not mandatory taking Ukraine, but tying it to EU somehow is about future of Europe, not about some charity.
@theb1z0n I want Ukraine in the EU but in order to enter the country must have good relationship with all it's neighbors, have stable and well defined borders and be financially stable. Ukraine doesn't have any of this, we don't know what will remain from it and it has budget deficit of 20% of it's gdp and it isn't able to cover it without international aid(if it ends Ukraine ends). Moldova doesn't have any of this and might enter without Transnistria like Cyprus did.
@@greenlime8726 my position is that you can’t measure safety with money - if someone is threatening to destroy you, you will pay everything to be protected. Therefore this economic argument not that valuable here. That’s why EU helps Ukraine - with money, and with speeding up the accession. Otherwise Ukraine can turn to Russia, and now you have largest army in the world at your doorstep. That’s why EU seems to be so swift here. We’ll see if I’m right.
@@theb1z0n I understand that Ukraine is strategic for European safety and I fully support military and financial aid for Ukraine but entering EU violating it’s accession criteria isn’t the best thing to do both for EU and Ukrainian. Entering EU isn’t equal to Ukraine winning the war, if Europe continues to send weapons and money it might and EU membership isn’t a decisive factor. And then there is a need to acknowledge that Ukraine isn’t very democratic at least now with it’a martial law, censorship and no elections which is all understandable because of the war but its just not the country to let inside the EU in its current position, its too risky, it might turn second Hungary. It’s better wait until the war is over and if everything is okay with Ukraine then EU accession might be considered.
Objectively, Serbia and Turkey fulfill the EU's technical and systemical requirements THE MOST. The obstacles for their accessions are all [domestic and international] political. If tomorrow their governments change suddenly, they can immediately become the top 3 most likely members easily.
NO government can ever recognize Kosovo and EU for 10 years were saying that recognizing KOsovo is not condition for joining EU,not to mention that west recognizing Kosovo which is against UN resolution 1244 which they signed and which is still actual contribute to pro western government fall from majority to only 10% ,becase everything that west and pro west govermant which was in power from 2000 to 2008 was talking that 8 years turn to be giant lie
I agree. Turkey will eventually join the EU. When erdogan is out and they have a more democratic president, Turkey's EU membership is inevitable because Turkey is a NATO member already. All NATO members are basically European nations except for Canada and United States.
They don't fullfil ANYTHING. Turkey will never become a member because they have raised a whole generation of islamist and faschists ideas. You won't find easily a democratic Turk, even among the ones who "hate erdogan" Who will guarantee us that they won't vote for the next Erdogan when they achiece EU membership?
because the inclusive Europe is sick with russophobia and Turkey and Serbia are not so stupid. Hope Hungary, Italy, Slovakkia will be able to escape the abyss the EU is heading to ... Moldavia Georgia Kosovo can try to pay the debts ... before the EU in Italy we were growing over 5% now we do not even reach 1% ... food for your thought
They can achieve as much as possible, but as long as they find , respectively, Russian and Arabian culture, politics, economic ties more appealing than the European ones than they can continue staying out for good.
As a secular and western values bounded Türkish 🇹🇷 girl, I don’t want my country to join EU. If it were up to me, I would withdraw the application right away. I’m fed up with EU’s insincerity, hypocrisy and double standard towards Türkiye. It’s not about criteria at all. There are a lot of member countries which are miserable both financially and politically. However because they are Christian and culturally European, EU took them no matter what. So criteria are BS 😂. EU had no intention of making Türkiye a full member right from the start. First of all, majority of Türkiye is Muslim and even if they don’t say it out loud, EU is a Christian Union. Second reason is Türkiye is a huge country with 85 million people. EU would not want a member bigger than Germany. Third reason, they can’t influence Türkiye in any way as they do with other tiny countries 😂. So why did they accept our application in the first place? Because they don’t want us inside of EU but they don’t want us too far either. We 🇹🇷 deserve better, we have so much value, power and an impeccable geographical location. I’m sure there are a lot of powerful countries who would appreciate that. We should take our leave from this disfunctional membership asap.
"they can’t influence Türkiye in any way as they do with other tiny countries " That's what middle easterners think about European Union. Germany who has great economy but EUROPEAN MENTALITY doesn't look down in "small countries" but the arrogant turkish peasants are acting like arrogant aholes even before they join!!! And that's why we don't want you in EU sweety, you don't even know what European mentality is. Keep your "impeccable geographical location" clean for the arabs and pakistanis who are more interested.
Interesting but at least for the moment, it should be irrelevant because the eu itself needs urgent structural reform first. Even if all those countries did everything the eu application process demanded, once a country is in the eu, there is no current mechanism to ensure it doesn’t backtrack and the few levers the eu does possess have been shown to be inadequate due to basic blackmail from the unanimity requirement. Secondly, and this is going to sound so heartless, but all current candidate countries will be net recipients, so are the current members ok with the pool of funds being significantly less than what they currently get and a few of the current eastern members will have a new relationship with the eu as members paying in, not out for the first time. Being the the eu shouldn’t just being about gaining the most money as a country can from the older wealthier members, but still, it’s a new type of eu if it truly grows to encompass many of these countries (i personally think Türkiye membership is dead in the water at this point). The EU is totally unrecognizable today compared to what it was at the beginning of the century- whether that is a good thing or not is a loaded question.
3:44 How "common border with any EU nation" is defined? I may say you can go from Georgia to Romania without entering to any other country's territory. Just like any island nation of the EU. If you make a case that island nations' maritime boundaries border another EU maritime border, then look at Iceland. If the territorial occupation is a problem, look at Cyprus. So I would treat Gerogia as a partially occupied island, in that sense it's more like Cyprus, also with a geographic location, if anyone would say that Georgia is not Europe.
The longer the war in Ukraine continues, the more their candidacy will be boosted, so they would indeed likely be higher on the list, I would expect ahead of Serbia. Moldova is in the same accession group as Ukraine, but I would put it ahead because they get Ukraine's boost, but without the war, and they have very heavy support from Romania. It also wouldn't be the first time an incomplete country joined (Cyprus, and even West-Germany, if you want to count that). Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo are also a group, so they should be next to each other, with Bosnia up front because their issue is the least significant and Serbia last because they're also hostile to the EU. Imo the ranking would be: Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Georgia, Turkey. Plus, I would guess Armenia will also apply and be put together in a group with Turkey and Georgia.
Opposite conclusions from the same facts. The EU isn't a charity foundation, it protects its interests. And Ukraine likely to stuck with the Turkey in this list as Ukraine isn't manageable at all, will have long years of territorial negotiations and overall is burned out in terms of everything. BiH is actually two countries in one, and Republika Srpska shares the views with Serbia in everything and tries to join Serbia in every newspaper. BiH can't join the EU without Serbia. Montenegro is also a Serbian backyard, with almost all financial resources bound to Serbia. Albania has low chances of joining the EU, like Turkey, as they are a completely Islamic country supporting Kosovo's separatists. The conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is an occupation conflict and an example of double standards when Albanians took the historical heart of Serbia, but that's not like this for Abkhazia, Pridnestrovye, N. Osetia and other "Russia-occupied". Anyway, Kosovo is just a handle for Serbia.
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11:46 - This tier list makes absolutely no sense. What exactly is your weigh in for each factor? You have countries without even a single open chapter aboive countries that are above countries like Serbai that close two aready. You put a lot of emphasis on territorial disputes for countries like Kosovo, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine (war) but did not even mention Turkey occupying 1/3 of Cyprus, an actual EU member, or that it constantly threatens Greece's sovereignity. Plus Greece was the only country to lift its veto on Skopje, while Bulgaria is still enforcing it. And now with Skopje breaking the Prespa agreement it is most likely Greece is gonna fight this again. I just wanna know what your actual evaluation sstem is. Even the support columns make no sense if it were to beconsidered in
Macedonia signeda deal with Bulgaria and Greece so that's resolved, they don't block anymore, Macedonia has the obligation to change the constitution and that's it. About territorial disputes, they are far more difficult to resolve, Serbia hasn't done anything to resolve Kosovo for more than 15 years, it only makes sense to rank them low as Serbia has a negotiations chapter dedicated only to Kosovo so technically they are blocked until they resolve that. Even if you look at the EU commission countries reports, Montenegro and Macedonia are ranked the highest among all with Serbia close 3rd, considering Serbia's blocked, the top 3 spots are correct
@@CIutchX hahaha you calling me kid rofl my dude i completely follow the prespa agreement, and i have read every point of it. Don't comment such funny stuff little rascal
@@CIutchX✨ Macedonia ✨ has followed and *continues* to follow every aspect/chapter of the Prespa agreement. Someone that actually hasn't done anything relating to that agreement would be Greece. Firstly and most importantly, they haven't even bothered to ratify the agreement in their parliament after 4-5 years of the agreement's existance, which is of crucial importance since the citizens of Macedonia have gone as far as changing all of their personal documents in accordance to the agreement. And to go even further, Greece hasn't even cared to change their signs that refer to that country as Yugoslavia, FYROM or Skopia instead of North Macedonia as it is stated in the agreement. So, next time, before commenting I'd advise you to do a little check up on the status of certain things. Because with your current comment you only look like an uneducated fool, who lacks basic differentiating skills of what's real vs what's only been internationally widespread as being perceived as the "truth".
@@NickGhalle98 The name of the country is North Macedonia and last time I checked they still don't recognise the bulgarian minority, which was supposed to happen since 2022. So you it does that, no EU for North Macedonia.
I can't entirely agree with Moldavia cos there is another way to join the EU and that would be if Romania and Moldavia had united that would mean that Moldavia would join the EU so I would put Moldavia top three for sure
I think Montenegro and Albania are next in line. Albania no longer come as a package with Macedonia. Negotiations has already started and Albania will use AI to complete all the chapters, which is time consuming. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has taken this initiative.
Why is the Cyprus joined EU but not Turkey because Cyprus is Orthodox add Turkish are Muslim so they saying Turkey half is in Europe half as in Asia Cyprus is not near Europe is next to Lebanon because that Christian and it's ok shame to European Union what's the correct
Turkey is dictatorship bro. Cyprus aint. All you balkan and Turkish people are so deluded. To the rest of Europeans reading: if any of these countries join prepare yourselves for a big circus show
Turkey invaded Cyprus in the 70s and dichotomised the island. The turkish part is not an official state. It is considered land under occupation. That is why it can't join the EU.
@@AfreeSpirit-gt7he Thank you very much Turkey inverted Cyprus because the Greek attacked first Turkish Cyprus't they started the war first there were the troublemakers Greeks that's why they invaded Cyprus addition clear all of the Greeks from there that came from Greece to the island oh because there are Christian Orthodox does why they go more rights because of corrupt European Union
So there weren’t any problems with Cyprus to join, even though half of its country is occupied, which means they have territorial dispute, but for Serbia they have a different opinion. Why?
@@Belgrade94 the reason for why doesn’t matter for this, what matters for european union accession is that that’s the situation so i don’t get why you’re complaining that much
They don't want Turkiye in the EU, but they need Turkiye in NATO, not just because of its military power but also its geographical location. Turkiye is also a muslim country, which could be a factor. Since the start of the Ukraine war, Turkiye has increased its power and influence. I believe they are the only country in NATO that has good relationships with Russia. Recently, Turkiye has announced its interest in joining BRICS. As someone said it before, "Turkiye is seen as a frenemy in Europe." Turkiye controls the Bosporus Strait, a critical checkpoint for maritime traffic between the black sea and the Mediterranean. Due to its unique position, Turkiye acts as a mediator in regional conflicts.
I have always wanted my country to join the European Union, unfortunately Erdogan is running the country like his father's, he came to the country that broke the cord, from now on IF I WERE THE EU, I would not let my own country, Turkey, into the European Union. Europe is right, Turkey is a country that has never been developed. If Turkey's Marmara region were a country, then the situation would change.
According to latest IRI research support of the EU among the population of Georgia grew from 74% to 89%. Also not sharing a land border with the EU should not be a problem for Georgia because it was not a problem for Greece, Finland or Sweden when they joined.
do not worry about the border, they are considering Georgia only to make a proxy war with Russia because there is nothing that exists as EU but Nato ...from Italy
I thought Serbia and Kosovo would be closer on the list as they are arguing with one another. If a solution was found that both can agree on then it would speed up the process for both
@@MRSYSTEM96 I think thats not a problem..problem is propagan.s here and russi.n politi.s..Cyprus have a problem between Greek and Turkey people there but they are much years already in Europe
Of those mentioned Albania is the only one actually keen on joining. From the others Bosnia, Georgia, Ukraine and maybe Moldova, kind of want. Serbia doesn't want. Turkey doesn't want. North Make doesn't want. Kosovo can't join. And finally Montenegro I have no relevant info on.
Yes, we should really start to gather together those who want to leave ...France also have a good number and also Germany ... I am Italian and we are trying since the last 20 years, we have been dramatically impoverished ... the people in these forum commenting are delusional
@@k.umquat8604 The new Macedonian government said it will end the Prespa agreement before greece does but I am not talking about that here. The Constitutional name of Macedonia before the prespa agreement is only the Republic of Macedonia.
As a Turk 🇹🇷, I want Türkiye to have all the Copenhagen criteria. If we achieve this, we will be a richer, more democratic and freer country. We don't care about membership anymore...
Copenhagen??? the most brainwashed by the regime in Europe ... be Turk and maintain your sanity ... I am Italian and I hope my country can leave as soon as possible this prison
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No, as border of Montenegro and Croatia is passed through by the millions of tourists from all over the Europe and the world and BOTH Croatia and Montenegro use the euro currency, so it would be vital for the tourism in Montenegro. Also there's a naval border too. And Montenegro got a naval border with a big EU member like Italy, plus naval borders with Croatia and with Albania.
I think the chances of Ukraine and Turkey joining are close to zero. Those are two very big countries and would require A LOT of preparation and changes in how the EU works. Especially on agricultural issues for Ukraine. And Turkey being a Muslim country is a big issue. There probably isn't a lot of appetite in the EU for that, neither from society nor from the political class. And let's not forget that Ukraine was the most corrupt country before the war. We should for sure support them, but joining the EU is a whole different beast. Also, North Macedonian president said they wanna renegotiate the trilateral agreement between them, Bulgaria and France. Where N. Macedonia was obligated to change their constitution to account for their Bulgarian minority and wanna go back on that agreement, to which Bulgaria strongly objected. So I don't see them joining any time soon as well. Serbia will never settle their disagreement with Kosovo, unless they are forced to do it. Militarily or economically. Unless Russia is defeated in Ukraine, Georgia will also be in a limbo for a long time. Since Russia will never pull out of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Hell, they even wanna build a naval base in Abkhazia. In my opinion, Albania and Montenegro are the only countries who will (and should) join the EU by 2030.
as a turk I am tired of the hypocritical attitude of europe in all areas, since 1987 turkey has adapted itself to europe a lot, but the hateful attitude in recent years has started to alienate the public and politicians from europe, I will be honest I was once one of the voters who supported joining the european union, now I don't give a damn, BRICS excites me more than the european union
Er who has the sense to leave next , do the europeans have what it takes to disband the eu in its current form and reboot it as the trade block only it should be ?
We changed our name from Macedonia to North Macedonia not from Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. This is big thing and big mistake u just said. Greece had no problem with that name used in european organisations. They had problem with the name Republic of Macedonia which was offical from 1944-2019
I thought public opinion on the EU was great in Moldova. That's really the only surprise for me. North Macedojia sounds like should catch a break from all the hellen conisours.
It is, I don't know where did he got that number but every single poll, except the ones from pro Russian sources show over 60%, with the diaspora it can also reach 70%.
Why do you call the self-proclaimed regions of Georgia occupied by Russia, but you do not call the self-proclaimed Kosovo an occupied territory? There are Nato troops in Kosovo too, although it is Serbian territory, according to international law. Double standards.
1. it is NOT serbian and dont even use the international law because the same thing ruled that Kosovo independence does NOT break any international law. 2. nato troops in Kosovo literally changes nothing in governance of Kosovo as they only do patrols in northern mitrovica 3. its not double standards because kosovars literally fought for it because of the same SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC who expulsed 900k OUT OF THEIR HOMES and began a mass ethnic cleansing albeit the USA warning them for months to stop doing it 3.to make it clear it for you and whoever reads this Kosovo is a COUNTRY WITH LIMITED RECOGNITION not an OCCUPIED ZONE or REBELLOUS because it literally pursues democracy and by the kosovar constitution the albanians and serbians are equal so i suggest you make researches before yapping
@@mirdita First, Kosovo is a territory of Serbia. Second - Kosovo is not part of the UN because it is not a state and is not recognized by the UN Security Council. Third, foreign troops are in the region, which is part of Serbia. Serbia did not invite them Fourth, Milosevic is a war criminal.
On May 1st, 2004, Cyprus became a full EU Member State! How it is possible to become an EU member when you are divided since 1974? You see that the EU is applying against Turkey, Kosovo, Bosnia, Moldova? Romania and Bulgaria are EU members without merit even though they are much less developed than Turkey. Turkey, Bosnia and Kosovo are being treated unfairly only because they are Muslim population states.
All these tests you have to pass. The corruption one is a joke. I want all EU countries to ask, why is the wealth gap growing in europe? Also, instead of upskilling the existing Europeans, why are you lowering wages by taking professionals from other countries? Just a question.
Accession talks and reforms is not without painful decisions and actions. You call it corruption, but this is simply EU procedure for those wanting to join the block.
So much demands and tusks for small nations, and yet millions of people from the least developed countries of the world become EU citizens. What a circus 🤡
There is good reason why Norway and Switzerland don’t want to join the EU. And why the UK left. The EU is more trouble than it’s worth. Norway and Switzerland are doing just fine, are prosperous and have good relations with the whole world generally.
Norway and Switzerland are following all the rules of the EU as they would literally go hungry without the cooperation with the EU. Especially land locked Switzerland. The only one that's with zero connections with the EU is UK and look at them doing worse than ever in these last several decades, since the 1970s or something. A complete basket case. And now pro EU parties won BIG in the British elections, Labour and Lib Dems. Won't help them get back in the EU or change their economy to something better, but they voted for pro EU parties out of the pure desperation.
@@haruthaiarayawong6257 how is the UK doing? You tell me. One thing is a fact. They are not going to rejoin the EU anytime soon, if ever again. Regardless what the feeling on the ground is or the public’s regret for leaving in the first place. The UK is not going back in. The EU’s real problems are still to become apparent to all the ignorant residents of this union. It’s doomed. China is going to dismantle the EU, puzzle piece by puzzle piece. Mark my words.
So 2 countries decided to not join and 1 country left, but the other 27 countries didn't leave, that means it is really bad in the EU. LOL. Kindergarten logic.
thank you for saying it! in Italy we have lost everything, invaded by migrants, there is no job and no money ... these people commenting here is delusional. They will pay for their blindness
As a Montenegrin who's kindof in the middle regarding the "yes EU accession" v "no EU accession" with a lean towards the former, uh... 2028 strikes me as a bit too optimistic, ngl... I'd be genuinely surprised if we get in before 2030, and 2035 seems like a much more realistic target date. That said, I would be even more surprised if one of the other 9 countries in this video joins before we do.
Zbog cega mislis da ne bi trebali da udjemo u EU ? 2028 je potvrdjena od strane EU komisionara, ali vrlo moguce da oficijalni datum ulaska bude 2030. Svaku godinu koju izgubimu u procesu znaci izgubljeni pristup EU fondovima sa kojima bi konacno mozda i mogli nesto napraviti u drzavi.
No one mentions corruption as the biggest drawback in Ukraine joining the EU. It is literally pushed aside for geopolitical interest of the EU and western influence in the East.
I hope the countries with high public support will join. It's important to have support from the people and they want to see changes towards more democracy, less corruption and so on. With Ukraine, it will be logical for them to join. EU will invest heavily in Ukraine in the future and it would be a lot easier and more secure with investments if they are in the EU. Turkey will not join as long as Erdogan is in charge, the people in Turkey had their chance in the last presidential election to take a step closer to EU and be more open and free. But despite all the problems Erdogan caused them from the bad economy, the earthquake funds that were lost in corruption and the laws Erdogan put in place to build unsafe houses and a lot more they still vote for him again... But that's ok, it's their country and if they like the situation they are in they did the right thing voting for him again. Moldova... I guess the Russian propaganda and influence are strong since the Moldovan government is more or less doing nothing to remove them from their country. Georgia, I like seeing the people of Georgia fighting for their land and rights. They are really the opposite of Moldova in that aspect. I really hope the people of Georgia get control over the situation in the next election and turn their country on the right path. We can really see that the people are fed up with the governmental problems and I hope they will be solved. I hope Georgia's location will not be a problem for joining as long as all other problems with Russia's occupation, corruption and so on is fixed. There are always boats and planes.
@@MohamudAbdi543 that is culturally European. Cyprus is Asian and yet an EU member. Turkey is a candidate for EU membership with frozen negotiations. Georgia, which is north of Armenia, is also looking to join.
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What about Scotland well it join the EU if the UK doesn't get it's act together?
Can israel join the eu?
@waleedhagy8858 EU - Europe Union. Israel is not in Europe.
Which is more important to EU citizens ? Turkey joining the EU ? Or France electing Marine Le Pen & Jordan Bardella and the National Rally party ? 🤔🇹🇳🇫🇷🇪🇺
@@kaikaiser92If Sir Keir Starmer & the Labour party have anything to do with it.
I don't think the problem with Georgia joining is that they don't have borders with the EU.
Greece didn't have borders with an EU country for 26 years, until Bulgaria joined.
Probably the biggest problem with Georgia is their neighbors being very anti-europe. Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan could flood EU with immigrants if Georgia joined
Agree. It shouldn't be the problem.
Greece joined like way in the beginning though
@@dhfconst Well the thing is that the memberships of Romania and Bulgaria were rushed because not having a land connection with Greece was a major economic hurdle for both Greece and the EU, as well as basically rending null some of the key aspects of the EU's Maastricht Accords, freedom of circulation for instance. The presence of Romania and Bulgaria in the EU still poses problems today; although to be fair they both got better now than what they were in 2007. But still EU officials do not want a repeat.
They just have to treat it as an island, like Cyprus or Malta.
Correction, Montenegro closed 5 chapters.
We just closed chapters 23 and 24 that unlock the rest of the chapter progression.
Idemo🇲🇪🇲🇪
A small but lovely Country. Personally, I look forward to Montenegro becoming the next member of the EU.
And I share the same feeling for Albania. A 100% European Country with a rich identity and history.
Hope it joins soon
Congratulations for Montenegro!
As a European, I welcome our brothers and sisters from Montenegro!
There is an update. 3 days ago Montenegro was able to reach IBAR for chapters 23 and 24 and from now on close other chapters in the next couple of months that are overdue
@@woopg Are you serious? Montenegro? A province of Serbia with an Italian name? It can’t get weirder. Only LGBTQ+ in Eurovision gets that weirder.
@@Moliere1000 Montenegro is an independent nation the name doesnt matter and why would it be wierd?
@Moliere1000 Montenegro is its English name, in Slavic languages it's Crna gora (Black forest) or of the sort
@@BgMasterGames its Black Mountain 😃 I’m from Montenegro.
@@woopg The ex-province of Serbia with a translateable name to market to tourists and American/Anglo expats, because you need the cash at the end of the day.
Moldovan public support is much higher. Last poll showed 57%. 38% was years ago
Not to mention it already started nagociations recently (the next phase after receiving candidate-status), which wasn't even mentioned here...
In 30 years it will reduce to the 20%... don't worry. Some other countries without any of serious issues Moldova have are waiting for 30 years almost and the end of waiting is nowhere to be seen
@@bgdabg6769 *Really?* What "other countries"?
@@dyawr Balkan countries, Turkey...why are you so surprised? You even look offended according to your bold letters.
I can add you were gifted with progress you didn't earn and those countries waited a lot for that step. I guess you realise it is because of political reasons only. When that motives change in year or two you will be forgotten with all those promises...and it was all see before
@@bgdabg6769 What Balkan countries are waiting "for 30 years almost"? 😂😂
There is *none,* this is a clear lie. Turkey is the only state in this situation because it has *a lot* of problems, much bigger than Moldova, with democracy, human rights, corruption & many other reforms that needed to be done but *weren't.*
My letters were in bold bc I caught u in a clear lie.
Im from Moldova the Public Support is somewhere between 60 and 70 percent. Why have you wrote 38%????? We even have a referendum to vote for joining the EU on the 20th of october this year. Dislike from me.
I think it's because of Transnistria
@@Brontok and Gagauzia
in both lands, people would vote for joining Eurasian Economic Union, not European Union.
I am from Moldova too and I can tell that public opinion is mixed. In the past it was 64% right now it would be 52%(which is not that high if you ask me) but the referendum will show.
@@milan1_092 I sincerely wish you good luck.
The EU took some land from switzerland according to the map in the begining of the video😂
Switzerland is part of Schengen. That means an eu citizen can freely go and live and also under certain circumstances work there. If that’s not eu then what is? Norway is paying to be in close contact but with no voting rights on eu matters. Probably they are afraid to lose their fund. When they will realize that ECB can print in a minute so much money , as in their petrol fund, they will reconsider. In time.
patchnotes for update EU2024.06.28a:
- Added the People's Republic of Liechtenstein and updated their borders to reflect recent annexations of former Swiss Territories.
- Moved Cyprus closer to Turkey and Greece so they can dispute harder.
- Bob quickly scribbled the Western Mediterranean back in, which was removed due to a bug that added a dam at the straight of Gibraltar.
- Slightly Increased the size of Malta for target practice convenience.
- Renamed Koningsberg to Královec to reflect the recent annexation into the Czecho-Hungarian Empire.
- Removed New Zealand from all maps to safe on hosting fees.
Oh, and removed Andorra
@@Lazzeruz oh thanks for the update, so the map is correct my bad :D
@@Lazzeruzrofl im dying of laughter
38% in Moldova? Dude, who gave you this statistics? People in Moldova voted for an pro EU president and parliament. Almost 50% of moldovans already are EU citizens. We export 70% of our goods to EU. Like, that's crine
@@iurcka. Yes. We get lots of your dirty poor people here. Tired of it.
I'm from Moldova, and most people support EU accession. I don't know where you got the 38% from, it's more around 65%.
Also, EU officials have repeatedly said that Moldova can join without solving the Transnistrian issue.
If you followed actual EU discussions about Moldova and Ukraine, you'd know that Moldova has much more support than Ukraine from member states.
There's also no way Serbia has more chance of joining than Moldova, knowing how eurosceptic they are.
I was excited when I saw this video, but really disappointed by such a wrong appreciation of Moldova.
The main problem is not the wrong and extremely outdated data, but that it supports Russian propaganda in Moldova. Russian forces are trying to convince some segments of society that "the people don't want EU integration because the EU is scary, only the government does" which is a blatant lie.
Would be really useful if you could upload an edited version with the right data and review of Moldova.
Yet Serbia made more progress and has actually closed some chapters, unlike Moldova.
@@pasdpasse439 is time a thing?
@@pasdpasse439 Serbia applied in 2009, has only 2 chapters provisionally closed, and shows no political will to integrate into the EU atm.
Moldova applied in 2022 and has already started the screening of chapters.
No chance for Moldova. Wake up . Trasnistria, Corrupted Government, .... Just talks from EU like the same promising to Ukraine and nothing will happen 😂😂😂😂😂
@@7DaysChanel_VandenReich why would they give any more power or support to those who shill for russia's interests.
I am a Georgian subscriber and hope Georgia will become a member of the EU. And regarding public support of the EU in Georgia, the latest polls show that it is more than 81%.
good luck to georgia!
You have a big challenge ahead of you my friend.
Its not the path towards the EU, but the Georgian Pro Russian oligarch blocking that path towards the EU.
Unfortunately for Georgia, it may need Turkey's membership first for either land and sea connection to the rest of the union. The unfortunate part is Turkey is the trickiest candidate...
@@HOPEfullBoi01 Considerting that Cyprus is an EU member and it both doesn’t have a land connection with europe (being pretty far away too) and also has part of the country invaded by a foreign power, Georgia’s accession shouldn’t really rely at all on whether turkey joins or not
@@The_Soviet_Onion Georgia directly borders Russia and is under direct influence interest of it. Cyprus does not have that problem. Cyprus also has direct sea access to mainland Mediterranean Europe even excluding Turkey. Turkey is the only bridge, land or sea, that can connect Georgia to the West once you rule out Russia.
There's an update on our progress since this video has been uploaded. Few days ago, the EU has confirmed the closure of the chapters 23 and 24 (concerning the rule of law and corruption). These are the most important chapters by far.
Hopefully, we should expect to close at least 10-15 more chapters before the end of the year and open up the last 2.
These chapters that I mentioned are all ready and integrated in our law, however we had to wait for the closure of the chapter 23 and 24 before closing these ones.
Monténégro joining the EU in 2028 is extremely realistic, but probably the "official" date will be 2030.
Montenegro and Albanian are the next in line. Montenegro by 2028 and Albania by 2030 the only two countries who don’t have major issues with neighbours and have a aligned policy with EU in foreign affairs.
It's a package deal with North Macedonia, so no. albania isn't even close.
@@BlackeyeVuk not anymore, the process has been separated!
@@marselzeqiri2084 Is that really true for Albania? Do you have any sources on that?
@@МардиросОвагемян As far as I know they haven't been seperated but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen if Albania progressed faster, and it likely would
@@cbv7207they have been separated. Albania is scheduled to open chapters on 15 Oct without NM which is held up by Bul.
Georgia is a fine addition indeed, could be an important gateway to the east. Although, contemplating about expansion without first reforming EU is ludicrous.
Expansion into the east? The east is expanding into Europe. We need to protect our homeland against this threat immediately.
@@elliot4013 oh the great threat from countries like moldova and georgia
They just ruined it with the new legislation copied from Russia about "foreign agents" undermining NGO operations.
@@Qnexus7 Clown, he's not talking about Moldova or Georgia.
@@ararune3734 muppet with functional illiteracy, read again.
0:04 *I think you could next make a video on why 🇬🇧Brits, 🇳🇴Norwegians, 🇨🇭Swiss, 🇮🇸Icelandics, 🇧🇾Belarusians, 🇦🇲Armenians or 🇦🇿Azeris haven’t chosen to join the EU! 🇪🇺*
There's already a video about them, except a few
Armenia and Azerbaijan aren't even European countries, so why would they bother to join?
@@ishaandivgi7635 yes…but they’re already members of the Council of Europe, European Political Community, Eurovision, Eurocup - & don’t really have an equivalent ‘Asian’ alliances!
@@ishaandivgi7635Culturally they are clearly European, not Asian. Just like Israel, Russia, Turkey and maybe even Kazakhstan
@@ishaandivgi7635 The EU has already recognized the South Caucasus countries as eligible for EU membership. Armenia plans to apply this fall.
Who exit the EU next?
Sadly for you, no one. UK is the perfect example for my reasoning.
Kosovo is not recognized by 5 EU countries also.
@@zmilorad Uzaludan vam trud svirači.A koliko je zemalja priznalo Kosovo u Europi i Svijetu?I to daleko značajnijih nego one koje nisu kojih je mali broj.Vodite unaprijed izgubljenu bitku.Jedina šansa su vam ako vam Kosovo toliko znači razmjena teritorija na Kosovu za onaj u Srbiji do Morave npr.Ali vi to nikad nećete učiniti.Zbog pohlepe jer hoćete i jare i pare.Zbog dječije pameti ne shvatate da to nemožete.
@@daliborsunjic6401 Matrori mnogo jedes govna za svoje godine
@@daliborsunjic6401 Matori mnogo seres za svoje godine
@@daliborsunjic6401ajde bre smežurani sunđeru sa jednom nogom u grobu mani se toga "i jare i pare".
Bože šta sve neću čuti ovih dana, i kakva izgubljena bitka???
@@daliborsunjic6401 Sunjicu crni sunjicu. Pogledaj ti lijepu tvoju koja polako, ali sigurno nestaje. Cela krvatska kao dva Beograda. Danas tvoji vodje planiraju uvoz oko 500000 stranih radnika i to iz malezije, indonezije i slicno. To vam je definitivan KRAJ. Mozemo da vam posaljeno i par miliona siptara, vase brace.
I bet 1. Albania 2. North Macedonia 3. Montenegro
It's a list of the best US ass lickers..
I hope you are right, but I think the video authors are correct in their ranking 1. Montenegro, 2. Albania.
NM will not join EU any time soon...
i have just visited those countries and i can tell u that the reality on the ground is just as this poll predict. Montenegro is ready. they are as far a many eu states (economically and standard of life)! for albania and north macedonia you can see that they aiming from it but there is still some work to get there.
N. Macedonia did not change its name from FYROM to Republic of North Macedonia, but from Republic of Macedonia.
Linguistics disputes are not part of the EU negotiations between Bulgaria and N Macedonia. Historical disputes are
Wtf who is the real name to this "banana country"
I propose a new name
North Albania-est bulgaria sounds good.
@@welcometothejungle7082Your mom is banana
@@welcometothejungle7082Macedonia is an institution for you, with your ignorance and hatred you can only comment hidden behind the keyboard !
@@welcometothejungle7082 Neo fascist detected
Human rights is a major issue!
Your visual infographics are such an eye candy 😍
I legit thought this was a TLDR news video. Reminds me of when they didn’t cut corners and had videos of this quality
Regarding Turkey, I felt like the actual reason(not talking about the process) was EU not wanting it. I think from EU point of view Turkey would immediately become a big player in the EU: Turkey has the 2nd largest army in NATO, so it will become the largest in the EU, the GDP is in top 20 in the World, so in EU it would stand #6 below Netherlands and above Poland, would be the largest by area in the EU(if we don't count Greenland), but the most of all - the largest population in the EU(which will raise Muslim population 4 times in the EU) and also the long border with the countries in the Middle East.
Regarding the official process, in the video it's stated that Montenegro will become part of EU by 2028, so it's possible to close all 30+ chapters in the negotiation phase in 4 years, if both parties want it. So I wouldn't thin that the closing all the 35 chapters in negotiation phase was the real blocker.
Turkey is also a middle eastern country.
@@VenusEvan_1885 Ok, let me then paraphrase " also the long border with the countries in the Middle East." part for you:
"also the long border with Syria, Iraq, Iran."
@@rustix3 Turkey religiously, politically, geographically, culturally, mentally, linguistically is a West Asian country just like Iran Syria and Iraq, but what about gay marriage? Every country that wants to join should legalize same sex marriage.
@@VenusEvan_1885 That's what I mean. I think the main reason Turkey is not accepted to EU is the attributes you have listed.
The fact that Turks mention their military at the VERY FIRST part of their comments, is the most worrisome part.
Not to mention the infamous turkish attitude "I have guns so shut up" and their constantly using VETO as means to blackmail.
No way in hell that this is entering EU for the next 50 years.
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If it had been 50 years ago, I would've supported Türkiye's joinment in EU as a Turkish resident. Now, there is no need. It is impossible to not to have any problems with countries that claim they want our sovereignty protected, while supporting all kinds of anti-turkish sentiment all across the region.
Same, if european union would have wanted an ally it would and it could act in favor of Turkey's development in areas such as defending the country's sovereignity. Turkey never wanted to buy the s400 or never wanted to develop their ties with russia/china/iran etc, instead was left alone in most cases by those who claim to be its allies. However, Turkish youth is way more secular than their parent and the religious influence is going down day by day if you take a closer look at the metropolitan regions of the country which includes more or less half of the total population. Europe will eventually need younger/more dinamic population in the coming decades, and Turkey could theoretically enter the union in the coming century if the union still exists then. However the current instability in the country blocks it from the entrance. In my opinion, there will be a huge swift in the public opinion in the coming decades when the current government loses its power and the new government with the secular ideology will estabish in the coming 5 years. Then the negotiations will reopen. If the EU was sincere on taking the country into the Union, they also should help their ally to get a Win-Win Deal out of the situation. They need to have Turkey on their sides because they wouldnt prefer it to be on the enemy's lanes. So they will eventually come to terms with making good deals with Turkey, instead of supporting any terrorist organizations that wants to instabilize the country furthermore.
@@ikramyagdran4492 Well, what you've said is too optimistic in my opinion. First of all, while it is true that Türkiye indeed has a younger generation and a higher birth rate compared to EU countries, in the last decade it has decreased rapidly. Now, even though the statistics seem to remain unaffected, it is highly likely a result of the refugees' birth rate, which most of them have gained Turkish residency.
While you are right about Europe needs Türkiye, we need EU more than they need us. Especially economically, since our imports depend on European countries, with an astonishing rate of 50%, while their trade with us is only 2%.
Even though I said I am against joining them, it doesn't mean that I am against building up relationships with them. Yes, they clearly want to sabotage us with baseless claims, and in my opinion it will not change any sooner, but it is far more beneficial for us to get closer to them instead of waiting for them to begging us to join them, which is hardly likely to happen.
Irkçı örgütlerini alıp münasip bir yerlerine...
Turkey creates problems everywhere. It can't join EU.
Interested where these stats for public support come from specifically? They differ widely from the ones reported in the 'Will Serbia, Kosovo or Albania Join the EU Next? | Western Balkans' video
The latest barometers from the EU
They are assumed by pro EU NGOs and EU enthusiasts, The real numbers in Macedonia were clear on a referendum in 2018 where the turnout was only 36% That's a real direct democratic number of "supporters". Anything else is fixed bloated numbers for swaying general knowledge and opinion.
Kosovo is not a country
@@mildew1and you are a NPC
Why is Albania together with Macedonia in the European Union membership process, and became a candidate much later? If Macedonia has a problem with Bulgaria, it is not an Albanian problem. Let them join without Macedonia. Why should the Albanian people be held hostage for the sake of Bulgaria and Macedonia?
North Macedonia is closer to get accepted than Albania.
Already separated 👍 15 of October is the date for chapters to be opened with Albania 🇦🇱
@@setjonrrukaj when I was writing that, wasn't. Good luck with EU.
NM has looooong way to go till EU...
@@hamlet557 Not anymore, Albania overtook N. Macedonia now.
If Crotia could be a member, each one should be able to be EU member.
I am proud of Croatian when I read a comment like this 😘
Why do you say that? Croatia is a very good country and never created problems.
@@robertrobert596 You should be proud. I am not saying a bad thing for Crotia.
@@hamlet557 Crotia is a good country and others also are as good as Crotia. In addition, Balkan problems belong to all balkan countries.
@@hamlet557U ignoramus or malicious or both.
Can you make a video that details what does it mean that EU opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and what are the steps that Ukraine needs to implement to join the EU one day?
It means that Russia wins the war. It imposes to the new government uncoditional surreneder rules, preventing it from joining the EU. Then you can apply to join the EU all you want. None will listen
Hlavně sa musia očistit od fašizmu a nadřazenosti a to platí Pre Zelenskeho na mám Královsku korunu Nie Želenský 👮👸💔💯🚨
@@VikyNag pro-russian bot catched
@@VikyNag So sad that even Czechia has idiots like you saying that. Victim of russia tv, you are just shame of Czech nation, fu
@@VikyNag « Фашизма» чи ти чув так про українців до повно-маштабної війни? Чи ти десь чув про фашистів не тільки з російських пабліків?
There is a BIG PROBLEM with your EUROPE map. Where is Cyprus? How much of Switzerland has been accepted into the EU? Where is Kaliningrad?
What do you mean? Cyprus is right there, colored in blue as it should.
@@georgedevries3992While it’s on the map, it’s in the wrong spot in the Mediterranean
the andorran sea
@@Carl-Gauss for ease of communication. Call it artistic licence. Perfect geographic borders aren't too relevant to the context discussed in the video.
Kaliningrad bro?, seriously???? 😝😝😂😂.
Switzerland?, are you late on the news or something?.
The owner of this channel should DEFINITELY visit all the listed countries and PERSONALLY see the standard and quality of life in each of these countries and based on that conclude which countries are closer to the EU standard of living.
Statistics exist bro
I rarely dislike videos, but today is an exeption. I'm from Moldova and this is why I disliked:
1) About 60% of populatiom support joining EU, not 38%
2) Transnistria is not that big of a problem, just like Northern Cyprus wasnt a problem for the Cyprus
3) There is no way that big countries like Ukraine and Serbia have a higher chance of joining than Moldova
I am sorry to hear. I took the 38% from Eurobarometer. I was surprised to see the same. However, there is a big chung (~30%) of people who were undecided.
Perhaps Romania should veto any new country EU accession as long as Moldova is not included in the bundle, as did Greece with Cyprus.
@@pasdpasse439 Romania will surely do a lot for Moldova.
@@pasdpasse439I hope Romania will opose the Moldova's join in EU
Serbia most definitely has a higher chance of joining than Moldova
Albania has 97% support towards the EU, not 77%, politcally it's 100%, all parties support EU accession. You also need to take into account NATO membership as well, which is a significant factor.
Good! It is time you start to pay ... ready to give your wealth to EU? I mean to the fat asses sitting in Brussels? why do you want to pay another fake government who takes your money and gives you literally nothing back?? for sitting there only the Parliament deputies get 60,000 Euro per month plus immunity. the lowest. what are you gaining for your daily life by joining a gang of predators?
North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania should be next
For "North Macedonia" and Albania, it all depends if they can finally stop treading in Turkey's footsteps and stop being an @ss to Greece with their expansionistic dreams.
@@georgedevries3992 I hadn't heard about the expansionist ambitions of the smaller nations. As the video also mentions, I was only aware that Greece was being tough on North Macedonia. Integrating Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro into the EU would promote regional stability and economic growth. Their membership would also strengthen the EU's geopolitical influence in the Balkans, fostering cooperation and development.
@@woesmaro Well, most Europeans don't know what these 2 are doing because they are "far away".
Edi Rama is an Erdogan in the making, disrespecting the Greek minority in southern Albania and also arrested a Greek candidate that was running for major of Himara for no reason other than he wanted to place his own guy there, for his personal agenda.
"North Macedonia" meanwhile, with its recent elections, got a pro-nationalist president that, during the swearing-in ceremony, called the country Macedonia and not North Macedonia on purpose.
"Row over North Macedonia's name flares up again" Copy that in your broswer if you're willing.
So no, they are nowhere near ready to join. And said stability and growth that the EU membership will provide won't sway them from the path of heresy. If we let them join now, they will have carte blanche to continue that behavior while Greece will have no more leverage against them. At least now, Greece can try to coerce them to drop their agendas if they wish for that lucrative EU dough since they won't change of their own will.
Politicians dont have to call the country by its constitutional name (which was ironically changed unconstitutionally). Thats like if german politicians said "The Federal Republic of Germany", they only say "Germany". Also Macedonia has been, for a lack of a better word, r*ped in order to join. If it doesent join soon. Its very likely to give up ans get closer to Russia and China. If its neighbours keep holding the EU back further.@@georgedevries3992
No thanks. I am from Macedonia and am telling you that the majority is very EU sceptic since we have been pressured to change out essential identity for bloody hypocritical fascist Europe.
Turkey is never gonna be able to join to the EU.
True.
We don’t want to for us Brics is good
@@Hasansenalp Brics is actually poor🥲
@@Hasansenalphasan aptal aptal konuşma ne bricsi kodumun diktatör sevicisi
True
I can't wait for Montenegro to join in 2028! And I hope Albania and North Macedonia make it soon as well. The EU is not completed without them. Love from an European brother (h)
North Macedonia is not a sovereign country on account that we can't choose our name. Some brotherly love this is...
BRICS is the way to go, not some doomed unions with a colonial past.
@@dejanstoimenovski2350 China is looking forward to getting some European land and repopulate it with Chinese. And don't worry about the name, China will choose a suitable one.
@petrilio Well, since you lost the ability to make babies and you are into the gender fluidity stuff, someone has to repopulate and settle in. It's better to be honourable traditional people like the Chinese, instead of deluded gardeners.
@petrilio the assholes from youtube censor my reply, cause they are just dumb cunts like all the westerners are.
Hehe, brics has a colonial future...!
Nice! My list looks very similar to yours, but the graphics you made look very clean. I hope Montenegro will join soon!
Guten Tagen NormalNotcurrentloutsideofit'sdesignedplaceofoperation. Thine videos are of rather splendid quality.
Hi
montenegro should NOT join
In March 2024 EU agreed to begin membership negotiations with Bosnia. Currently, the country is preparing for the screening process and there is a high chance the first inter-governmental conference will happen at the end of 2024. Also, Kosovo is not a candidate country, but potential candidate.
Türkiye is a big country, like United Kingdom. It can NOT be a puppet of Germany and France, as two main bosses of EU. Close relationship with EU is good, but NOT being part of it. EU needs manageable tiny or small countries for its puppeteering needs. Also Greeks and Turks have been culturally and genetically intertwined for a thousand years. There is also big ancient mixing and connection with Georgians and other Caucasians as well. Laz people of Türkiye are ethnical and linguistic siblings of Georgians. Not counting the big genetic and cultural connection with Balkans. Ancient Anatolian farmers spread to the most of Europe and brought civilization there, thousands of years ago. Mediterranean Europeans have very high Ancient Anatolian genes in their veins. The land of Turkey influenced other European lands many times, immensely for thousands of years. Even the father of literature, Homer, the father of history, Herodotus, the father of Philosophy and Mathematics, Thales, famous philosopher Diogenes, ancient geographer Strabo, and so many others originated, lived and thrived in ancient Anatolia, not in other Greek states. Ancient Anatolians established Marseille, Nice, the first cities of France and other Italian cities. They established theaters, palaces, cities, roads with high civilization, when Gaul, the ancient France was living in huts and thatched roofed shacks.
finally an intelligent comment ... based on reality
@@marilata551 Thank you. Please read it again. I enriched it and corrected some grammatical stuff, as I was typing on the go before.
And after all these feats... the turkish tribes came...😅
I have no clue where you got 33% for Serbia, because the latest official Serbian poll in 2022 had 43% for joining and the latest non official one from February 2024 had 42.8%
Also, you said Serbia gained candidate status in 2014, which yet again is incorrect
Overall, this video seems to have a lot of misinformation which should be corrected
Bro idk if you are sleeping but most people in Serbia literally do not want us to join the EU, even 33% is generous. People support trade and economic collaboration but nothing more.
@@og-c8l not true. Support used to be much higher, but has went down in the past years. Currently, it's definitely around 35-40% maximum
@@LEONSKENNEDY91 i think the real question is WHY support went down in the past years and it obviously has to do with what EU is turning into. I don't think Serbs want this any more.
@@chanunceybillups1212 It's the double standards and the stance they have when it comes to Kosovo, while having Cyprus as well
I think Montenegro, Albania and N Macedonia will most likely join together in one batch in 2028/9.
No way! NM and Albania are already decoupled...
Im excited for Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia joining!
It has been 20 years since we applied to the European Union and there is still no clear answer. We broke off negotiations in 2018. We have reached out to the BRICS club of major emerging nations that includes Russia and China, in a sign of growing frustration over a lack of progress in talks to join the European Union. At this rate, it looks like we will completely cut off our connections with EU.
@@EternalTurkk first off, the negotiations were FROZEN, NOT "broken off"; in 2019, NOT in 2018; by the EU, NOT by Turkey. Second, there is no real move toward BRICS. It was just a sensational Russian headline.
I'm not sure that's valid information. There is more than 33% support for the EU🇪🇺 in Serbia.🇷🇸
Nie ma co się dziwić ... Dla serbów UE jest jak NATO...jednak naród Polski wspiera Serbię 🇵🇱🇷🇸💪
Brothers!!! 🇷🇸♥️🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰🇸🇮
Personally, I would put Kosovo at 5, behind Serbia(since the EU would likely admit both at the same time, to prevent Serbia from vetoing Kosovo's accession), Ukraine behind Moldova(since apart from Ukraine being in an active war, it's strong agricultural sector likely causing a disbalance in the CAP, would make it harder to be integrated than little Moldova) and Georgia behind Bosnia-Herzegovina(since Georgia has a strong popular committment, while in Bosnia any final decision on accesion must be approved by all 3 main ethnicities).
2 out of 3 parties in Bosnia are pro EU.
At last, the one who knows what's behind the stats (no sarcasm). Almost everyone counts on public stats, but we all remember the Mark Twain's quote.
I don't think any country will be allowed to join until there are reforms done to the EU it's self, especially on its veto rules.
But as for who could join, Ukraine is likely the least likely country to join any time soon because of the current war but also because of it's size, there are also a lot of work and reforms that will be needed in Ukraine before they are ready to join, but because of the war, it could actually speed up the process by having less opposition from the public and politicians, which could speed up the process of doing the reforms needed to join the EU sooner rather than later, but there are zero chance of that happening whiles the war is going on and until the reforms are done to the EU, which I think need to be done before 2030, so for me, Ukraine is a bit of an unknown, the war doesn't allow them to join, but the war has also made the people and political parties very pro EU, that could do wonders when it comes to doing the reforms needed to join the EU, in other words, say the war was to end today in Ukraine, the country might have far less of an issue implementing the reforms needed to join the EU, so that could speed up the process a lot compared to many other countries that drag there feet on reforms.
As for the rest of the countries that want to join, it's really up to them, the sooner they do the reforms needed, reduce corruption, stabilise the political and economic system, the sooner these countries can join, if they meet all the conditions needed to join, it will put pressure on the EU and it's members to reform the EU sooner rather than later.
In any case, the more of these countries that join the EU, the better for the EU and for the country in question over the long run, it will help to create political and economic stability, as well as economic growth, it will help to reduce the risk of Russia and their political games of meddling, but most importantly, the EU will in time help to develop these countries into rich countries, that's a powerful message the EU has that Russia can't counter because they can't even develop their own country into being a rich-developed country, and they can't afford to splash the cash on these countries to keep them onside whereas the EU is a lot richer and can afford to do so, not to mention all the other incentives on why countries would rather be in the EU then to side with Russia which uses countries like pawns for their own ends.
So, get a move on EU, you've got till 2028 to reform the EU lol.
russia started f*ing with ukraine to a large part because of EU rather than NATO. out of all eastern countries its particularly ukrane that poses the greatest risk for change inside russia.
a successful ukraine would make russians way more aware of their dire political situation and demand changes and that would take power from current ruling oligarchs.
russians and ukranians have extended families within both, ukranians speak russian, the country is big enough and close enough, and so on.
a democratic and successful ukraine would be pose the greatest risk for russian ruling class basically.
crying about NATO was distracting bs as it was mostly falling had it not been for the war.
Not Türkiye! EU stals Turkiye and Turks are not fools. Most of Turkish people do not believe EU. Turks believe that standing on own feed is the best way
Turkish are intelligent people, the europeans are the dumbest
No we don't, EU respects human rights unlike Turkey. Working standarts are low, theres corruption and backing people up on every step of the way, healthcare is the best for rich, worst for the poor, supermarkets don't even have meat other than cheap chicken meat anymore. While the president sees all of thees all he does is judge the other parties, and pick fights with other countries. Did i mention the current leadership allowed around 10 million of illegal immigrants to get in? And let them have free education and healthcare, better than the actual Turkish citizens, all of these immigrats cause problems every day everywhere, attacking people out in the steets and generally dont have good hygene, no manners, some of the ones that got Turkish citizenship(somehow) dont even know Turkish. Oh also, Turkey has a ethic seperation in itself too, there are Kurds, Zaza's and other ethnicities that refuse to accept Turkey's common way of living, and government does nothing about it. These are the reasons why Turkey will never get in EU, even if they wanted to. As a Turkish citizen I would absolutely love the benefits EU provides and all the rights i would've had. I guess we are people of two different worlds.
nah turks want to go to western eu countries
@@oliverxhmll yeah. Just to earn some money
Smart choice! Bravo! Europe is having enough problems already! TY for understanding! Thumbs Up? :)))))
0:01 *I think 🇦🇲Armenia will also join this list very soon by applying possibly within this year - & would be interesting to see how they’d compare & stack-up!* 11:50
I think next year Armenia will be candidate country
They have a border dispute as well.
@@AchyutChaudhary it will be hard very
@@buddy1155not really + its getting resolved rn and even if they did have that they still would be able to join, since Cyprus was able to
Doesn't seem likely that N. Macedonia is joining the EU anytime soon. Their newly elected government declared that they refuse to fulfill all of the requirements, that have been agreed upon, in order to join the EU.
Yes, we are Macedonians and that has been the opinion of the people here for a long time, just that the previous EU puppet government was not listening to the voice of the people, which goes against any western democratic value. Better exclude us from EU negotiations completely, we Macedonians are happy to be out of that fascist hypocritical union anyway. As far as abiding by the agreements between Greece and Macedonia, maybe if you are so keen on implementing rules of that agreement start by using that name N. Macedonia on your topographical signs across Greece and get rid of the old signs where it says Yugoslavia, FYROM or anything else but what was agreed, so EU hypocrisy runs deep in your veins too. But you only like when the agreement is respected by us. when it comes to your end of implementing the agreement, you have done nothing all this time. Ridiculous.
@@ВалтерРистов ok, we get it . Byebye
@@ВалтерРистов Your people can have as many opinions as they want. You can wait another 20 years and apply again in 2044. Remember what happened in 2008. Stay isolated and call youselves however you want. None pays attention.You are a small country with a big mouth.
intelligent people
Albania is the number 1 favourite for me together with montenegro 👍
EU needs addition of the Turkish military and economic power more than before. If EU wants more cooperation from Türkiye EU needs to approve the Turkish membership without delay. Some think EU as Christian Club as not to accept Türkiye which is a secular moslem country. Most Turks now do not want to be EU member. Delicate balance for the both sides. If no membership, Turkiye for sure will join the bricks which would be a major loss for EU and the NATO.
oohh now they need Turkey .... always predators of other countries wealth ... I am Italian and I hope that Italy walks out of EU asap
Ülkemin Avrupa Birliği'ne girmesini her zaman istedim, maalesef Erdoğan babasının ülkesi gibi ülkeyi yönetiyor, ipi yarayan ülkeye geldi, bundan sonra ben AB'nin yerinde olsam kendi ülkem Türkiye'yi Avrupa Birliği'ne almazdım. Avrupa haklı, Türkiye hiç gelişmemiş bir ülke. Türkiye'nin Marmara bölgesi bir ülke olsaydı, o zaman durum değişirdi.
Evet okadar balkan gocmeni mesela. @@OsmanEfeArd58
Albania and Bosnia are also all-islamic, so those stats are more complicated actually.
Turkey, Bosnia, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Serbia should join BRIKS today. Stop conditioning of NATO first, than EU.
NO!!! 🇪🇺❤️
BRICS are only for dictators 😂
by BRIKS do you mean "Building Related Information & Knowledge System"?
@@rncmvBrazil Russia INDIA CHINA UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Macedonia has sold its soul pretty much to join. Still nothing. We got GTA 6 before EU
You can move to real Macedonia in Greece and become an EU citizen
We have open borders unlike your country closing the borders to immigrants in 2015
Macedonia never sold its soul. Its sold a soul it stole. The history and name of that country never belonged to them and its a part of the real Macedonia that joined the Hellenic republic. These are just random Albanians and Bulgarians
I'm sorry, but greek-macedonian name conflict is so stupid...
Modern NM is still under jugoslav yoke, still deeply socialistic...
*I wonder how the **11:50** chart would look if others like the 🇬🇧UK, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇨🇭Switzerland, 🇮🇸Iceland, 🇧🇾Belarus, 🇦🇲Armenia or 🇦🇿Azerbaijan would also apply to join the EU!* 🇪🇺
Armenia can probably be said to be at Stage 0.5 - it's been declared eligible to APPLY for membership but hasn't done so yet, though the country's Foreign Minister has signalled an intention to
I think eu needs to consolidate the eu army, eu big tech and the new deal treaty changes before accepting new members that will make treaty changes more difficult
I wouldn't put Ukraine higher than Moldova as those Moldovan territories are much less problematic than all the ukrainian war situation. Moldova has much more stable economy than Ukraine, people speak romanian there(one of the official languages of the EU and it's very small country therefore much less problematic than Ukraine. We don't even know what territories Ukraine will control and wether it will exist as a country at all while Moldova might simply join like Cyprus did with northen cyprus problem.
He did that because it was clearly stated that current political will is mainly about Ukraine, and Moldova just got the right timing. Of course the tide can change, and it may go with your scenario. People underestimate the role of geopolitics in all of this.
EU needs to have close ties to Ukraine, because it can suddenly turn to Russian marionette with any elections, and the next thing you know is you've got two biggest armies in Europe at your doorstep. Who would want that? So not mandatory taking Ukraine, but tying it to EU somehow is about future of Europe, not about some charity.
@theb1z0n I want Ukraine in the EU but in order to enter the country must have good relationship with all it's neighbors, have stable and well defined borders and be financially stable. Ukraine doesn't have any of this, we don't know what will remain from it and it has budget deficit of 20% of it's gdp and it isn't able to cover it without international aid(if it ends Ukraine ends). Moldova doesn't have any of this and might enter without Transnistria like Cyprus did.
We don’t know if Moldova will exist either if there’s no Ukraine
@@greenlime8726 my position is that you can’t measure safety with money - if someone is threatening to destroy you, you will pay everything to be protected. Therefore this economic argument not that valuable here. That’s why EU helps Ukraine - with money, and with speeding up the accession. Otherwise Ukraine can turn to Russia, and now you have largest army in the world at your doorstep. That’s why EU seems to be so swift here.
We’ll see if I’m right.
@@theb1z0n I understand that Ukraine is strategic for European safety and I fully support military and financial aid for Ukraine but entering EU violating it’s accession criteria isn’t the best thing to do both for EU and Ukrainian. Entering EU isn’t equal to Ukraine winning the war, if Europe continues to send weapons and money it might and EU membership isn’t a decisive factor. And then there is a need to acknowledge that Ukraine isn’t very democratic at least now with it’a martial law, censorship and no elections which is all understandable because of the war but its just not the country to let inside the EU in its current position, its too risky, it might turn second Hungary. It’s better wait until the war is over and if everything is okay with Ukraine then EU accession might be considered.
Objectively, Serbia and Turkey fulfill the EU's technical and systemical requirements THE MOST. The obstacles for their accessions are all [domestic and international] political. If tomorrow their governments change suddenly, they can immediately become the top 3 most likely members easily.
NO government can ever recognize Kosovo and EU for 10 years were saying that recognizing KOsovo is not condition for joining EU,not to mention that west recognizing Kosovo which is against UN resolution 1244 which they signed and which is still actual contribute to pro western government fall from majority to only 10% ,becase everything that west and pro west govermant which was in power from 2000 to 2008 was talking that 8 years turn to be giant lie
I agree. Turkey will eventually join the EU. When erdogan is out and they have a more democratic president, Turkey's EU membership is inevitable because Turkey is a NATO member already. All NATO members are basically European nations except for Canada and United States.
They don't fullfil ANYTHING.
Turkey will never become a member because they have raised a whole generation of islamist and faschists ideas.
You won't find easily a democratic Turk, even among the ones who "hate erdogan"
Who will guarantee us that they won't vote for the next Erdogan when they achiece EU membership?
because the inclusive Europe is sick with russophobia and Turkey and Serbia are not so stupid. Hope Hungary, Italy, Slovakkia will be able to escape the abyss the EU is heading to ... Moldavia Georgia Kosovo can try to pay the debts ... before the EU in Italy we were growing over 5% now we do not even reach 1% ... food for your thought
They can achieve as much as possible, but as long as they find , respectively, Russian and Arabian culture, politics, economic ties more appealing than the European ones than they can continue staying out for good.
In October Georgia will vote for new government and we will join EU
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Why? Have you seen the future?
:D :D
Good luck!! Can't wait to see progress with Georgia's integration into the EU :)
მთავრობას მოსყიდული ჰყავს გაუნათლებლები ,ისე კარტოფილებს და ხახვების დარიგებას აპირებენ.
As a secular and western values bounded Türkish 🇹🇷 girl, I don’t want my country to join EU.
If it were up to me, I would withdraw the application right away.
I’m fed up with EU’s insincerity, hypocrisy and double standard towards Türkiye. It’s not about criteria at all. There are a lot of member countries which are miserable both financially and politically. However because they are Christian and culturally European, EU took them no matter what. So criteria are BS 😂.
EU had no intention of making Türkiye a full member right from the start. First of all, majority of Türkiye is Muslim and even if they don’t say it out loud, EU is a Christian Union. Second reason is Türkiye is a huge country with 85 million people. EU would not want a member bigger than Germany. Third reason, they can’t influence Türkiye in any way as they do with other tiny countries 😂. So why did they accept our application in the first place? Because they don’t want us inside of EU but they don’t want us too far either.
We 🇹🇷 deserve better, we have so much value, power and an impeccable geographical location. I’m sure there are a lot of powerful countries who would appreciate that. We should take our leave from this disfunctional membership asap.
"they can’t influence Türkiye in any way as they do with other tiny countries "
That's what middle easterners think about European Union. Germany who has great economy but EUROPEAN MENTALITY doesn't look down in "small countries" but the arrogant turkish peasants are acting like arrogant aholes even before they join!!!
And that's why we don't want you in EU sweety, you don't even know what European mentality is. Keep your "impeccable geographical location" clean for the arabs and pakistanis who are more interested.
Interesting but at least for the moment, it should be irrelevant because the eu itself needs urgent structural reform first. Even if all those countries did everything the eu application process demanded, once a country is in the eu, there is no current mechanism to ensure it doesn’t backtrack and the few levers the eu does possess have been shown to be inadequate due to basic blackmail from the unanimity requirement.
Secondly, and this is going to sound so heartless, but all current candidate countries will be net recipients, so are the current members ok with the pool of funds being significantly less than what they currently get and a few of the current eastern members will have a new relationship with the eu as members paying in, not out for the first time.
Being the the eu shouldn’t just being about gaining the most money as a country can from the older wealthier members, but still, it’s a new type of eu if it truly grows to encompass many of these countries (i personally think Türkiye membership is dead in the water at this point). The EU is totally unrecognizable today compared to what it was at the beginning of the century- whether that is a good thing or not is a loaded question.
3:44 How "common border with any EU nation" is defined? I may say you can go from Georgia to Romania without entering to any other country's territory. Just like any island nation of the EU.
If you make a case that island nations' maritime boundaries border another EU maritime border, then look at Iceland.
If the territorial occupation is a problem, look at Cyprus.
So I would treat Gerogia as a partially occupied island, in that sense it's more like Cyprus, also with a geographic location, if anyone would say that Georgia is not Europe.
@@rustix3 no you can't. You have to either go through Russian and Ukranian waters or through Turkish waters.
EU has not borders ... especially for migrants ... the wholeEu concept is a big cheat, come to your senses
@@HOPEfullBoi01 Have you looked on the map before?
@@babaganoush8105 bruh have you? The Black Sea is partitioned fully almost as if it's a lake. It's not complicated like the Mediterranean sub-seas.
@@babaganoush8105 also liking your own comment to feel right when you've literally not made an argument lmao
The longer the war in Ukraine continues, the more their candidacy will be boosted, so they would indeed likely be higher on the list, I would expect ahead of Serbia. Moldova is in the same accession group as Ukraine, but I would put it ahead because they get Ukraine's boost, but without the war, and they have very heavy support from Romania. It also wouldn't be the first time an incomplete country joined (Cyprus, and even West-Germany, if you want to count that). Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo are also a group, so they should be next to each other, with Bosnia up front because their issue is the least significant and Serbia last because they're also hostile to the EU.
Imo the ranking would be: Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Georgia, Turkey.
Plus, I would guess Armenia will also apply and be put together in a group with Turkey and Georgia.
There's no way they let Ukraine into NATO
Moldova is third, NM goes very far at the end...
Opposite conclusions from the same facts. The EU isn't a charity foundation, it protects its interests. And Ukraine likely to stuck with the Turkey in this list as Ukraine isn't manageable at all, will have long years of territorial negotiations and overall is burned out in terms of everything.
BiH is actually two countries in one, and Republika Srpska shares the views with Serbia in everything and tries to join Serbia in every newspaper. BiH can't join the EU without Serbia. Montenegro is also a Serbian backyard, with almost all financial resources bound to Serbia.
Albania has low chances of joining the EU, like Turkey, as they are a completely Islamic country supporting Kosovo's separatists. The conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is an occupation conflict and an example of double standards when Albanians took the historical heart of Serbia, but that's not like this for Abkhazia, Pridnestrovye, N. Osetia and other "Russia-occupied". Anyway, Kosovo is just a handle for Serbia.
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thank you Novak!
11:46 - This tier list makes absolutely no sense.
What exactly is your weigh in for each factor?
You have countries without even a single open chapter aboive countries that are above countries like Serbai that close two aready.
You put a lot of emphasis on territorial disputes for countries like Kosovo, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine (war) but did not even mention Turkey occupying 1/3 of Cyprus, an actual EU member, or that it constantly threatens Greece's sovereignity.
Plus Greece was the only country to lift its veto on Skopje, while Bulgaria is still enforcing it. And now with Skopje breaking the Prespa agreement it is most likely Greece is gonna fight this again.
I just wanna know what your actual evaluation sstem is. Even the support columns make no sense if it were to beconsidered in
Macedonia signeda deal with Bulgaria and Greece so that's resolved, they don't block anymore, Macedonia has the obligation to change the constitution and that's it. About territorial disputes, they are far more difficult to resolve, Serbia hasn't done anything to resolve Kosovo for more than 15 years, it only makes sense to rank them low as Serbia has a negotiations chapter dedicated only to Kosovo so technically they are blocked until they resolve that. Even if you look at the EU commission countries reports, Montenegro and Macedonia are ranked the highest among all with Serbia close 3rd, considering Serbia's blocked, the top 3 spots are correct
@@TheMRJGREATJ You literally proved my point in the other comment you can't even follow the Prespa agreement yourself so don't even bother kid
@@CIutchX hahaha you calling me kid rofl my dude i completely follow the prespa agreement, and i have read every point of it. Don't comment such funny stuff little rascal
@@CIutchX✨ Macedonia ✨ has followed and *continues* to follow every aspect/chapter of the Prespa agreement. Someone that actually hasn't done anything relating to that agreement would be Greece. Firstly and most importantly, they haven't even bothered to ratify the agreement in their parliament after 4-5 years of the agreement's existance, which is of crucial importance since the citizens of Macedonia have gone as far as changing all of their personal documents in accordance to the agreement. And to go even further, Greece hasn't even cared to change their signs that refer to that country as Yugoslavia, FYROM or Skopia instead of North Macedonia as it is stated in the agreement. So, next time, before commenting I'd advise you to do a little check up on the status of certain things. Because with your current comment you only look like an uneducated fool, who lacks basic differentiating skills of what's real vs what's only been internationally widespread as being perceived as the "truth".
@@NickGhalle98 The name of the country is North Macedonia and last time I checked they still don't recognise the bulgarian minority, which was supposed to happen since 2022. So you it does that, no EU for North Macedonia.
What a very, very interesting video ❤
I can't entirely agree with Moldavia cos there is another way to join the EU and that would be if Romania and Moldavia had united that would mean that Moldavia would join the EU so I would put Moldavia top three for sure
6:38 Don't forget Gagauzia.
Year, as I read they are pro-Russian and it may be some protests or even something more.
I think Montenegro and Albania are next in line. Albania no longer come as a package with Macedonia. Negotiations has already started and Albania will use AI to complete all the chapters, which is time consuming. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has taken this initiative.
Why is the Cyprus joined EU but not Turkey because Cyprus is Orthodox add Turkish are Muslim so they saying Turkey half is in Europe half as in Asia Cyprus is not near Europe is next to Lebanon because that Christian and it's ok shame to European Union what's the correct
Turkey is dictatorship bro. Cyprus aint. All you balkan and Turkish people are so deluded. To the rest of Europeans reading: if any of these countries join prepare yourselves for a big circus show
Lebanon is a European country. It must join the EU 🇱🇧🇪🇺
Turkey invaded Cyprus in the 70s and dichotomised the island. The turkish part is not an official state. It is considered land under occupation. That is why it can't join the EU.
@@AfreeSpirit-gt7he
Thank you very much Turkey inverted Cyprus because the Greek attacked first Turkish Cyprus't they started the war first there were the troublemakers Greeks that's why they invaded Cyprus addition clear all of the Greeks from there that came from Greece to the island oh because there are Christian Orthodox does why they go more rights because of corrupt European Union
@@bulqizafotovideo8602 Your text makes no sense. Make an effort to write more clearly
So there weren’t any problems with Cyprus to join, even though half of its country is occupied, which means they have territorial dispute, but for Serbia they have a different opinion. Why?
Because unlike with northern cyprus, kosovo is recognised by 50% of the world including most european countries
@@The_Soviet_Onion and why did they recognize Kosovo and not Northern Cyprus?
@@Belgrade94are you serious ? There is not northern Cyprus !!!!!!!
@@userliakos and why is there a recognized Kosovo bur not a recognized Northern Cyprus?
@@Belgrade94 the reason for why doesn’t matter for this, what matters for european union accession is that that’s the situation so i don’t get why you’re complaining that much
Where are Scotland and Northern Ireland?
They don't want Turkiye in the EU, but they need Turkiye in NATO, not just because of its military power but also its geographical location. Turkiye is also a muslim country, which could be a factor. Since the start of the Ukraine war, Turkiye has increased its power and influence. I believe they are the only country in NATO that has good relationships with Russia. Recently, Turkiye has announced its interest in joining BRICS. As someone said it before, "Turkiye is seen as a frenemy in Europe." Turkiye controls the Bosporus Strait, a critical checkpoint for maritime traffic between the black sea and the Mediterranean. Due to its unique position, Turkiye acts as a mediator in regional conflicts.
I have always wanted my country to join the European Union, unfortunately Erdogan is running the country like his father's, he came to the country that broke the cord, from now on IF I WERE THE EU, I would not let my own country, Turkey, into the European Union. Europe is right, Turkey is a country that has never been developed. If Turkey's Marmara region were a country, then the situation would change.
Yes, that's what it means to be a 'regional player'. They're not sitting in the middle east and putting all their hopes in Brussels fatcats.
According to latest IRI research support of the EU among the population of Georgia grew from 74% to 89%.
Also not sharing a land border with the EU should not be a problem for Georgia because it was not a problem for Greece, Finland or Sweden when they joined.
But the problem is Georgia is an Asian country
@@MohamudAbdi543 Asian countries do not get recognized as an official candidate of the EU. Georgia is in Europe
@@TemoMachitidze geographically Georgia is in asia but they're Christian so EU will Expect them like Cyprus
do not worry about the border, they are considering Georgia only to make a proxy war with Russia because there is nothing that exists as EU but Nato ...from Italy
I am Turkish. They never take you to EU. They just play to time and when the time came, they will put you front of Russia like Ukraine.
The country that applies for membership has to comply with the Copenhagen Criteria
I thought Serbia and Kosovo would be closer on the list as they are arguing with one another. If a solution was found that both can agree on then it would speed up the process for both
Only solution is to west back to international law and windrow recognition off our stolen territory
Especially for Serbia..because Serbia open 34 chapters
Kosovo is a part of Serbia
@@MRSYSTEM96 I think thats not a problem..problem is propagan.s here and russi.n politi.s..Cyprus have a problem between Greek and Turkey people there but they are much years already in Europe
@partizantiranafan1907 Kosovo is not recognized by most countries nor will it ever be. This only a temporary occupation by aggressors.
Of those mentioned Albania is the only one actually keen on joining. From the others Bosnia, Georgia, Ukraine and maybe Moldova, kind of want.
Serbia doesn't want. Turkey doesn't want. North Make doesn't want. Kosovo can't join.
And finally Montenegro I have no relevant info on.
Thanks a lot for the simple rundows of whats happening in europe! Its hard to find sources that explain impartially exactly whats going on.
IF THE LABOUR PARTY ASK TO JOIN THE EU . AT THE NEXT ELECTION WE WILL ASK TO LEAVE AND THIS WILL GO ON FOR EVER .UNTILL THE EU IS NO MORE .
Yes, we should really start to gather together those who want to leave ...France also have a good number and also Germany ... I am Italian and we are trying since the last 20 years, we have been dramatically impoverished ... the people in these forum commenting are delusional
The constitutional name is only MACEDONIA!!!! And we the Macedonians do not want to join the eu!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Your gov seems to think otherwise
@@k.umquat8604 The new Macedonian government said it will end the Prespa agreement before greece does but I am not talking about that here. The Constitutional name of Macedonia before the prespa agreement is only the Republic of Macedonia.
@@Love78787 From my perspective it doesn't really matter. Greece should stop picking fights with their neighbours
@@k.umquat8604 greece is doing that because of USA
@@Love78787 *EU USA couldn't care less
As a Turk 🇹🇷, I want Türkiye to have all the Copenhagen criteria. If we achieve this, we will be a richer, more democratic and freer country. We don't care about membership anymore...
Copenhagen??? the most brainwashed by the regime in Europe ... be Turk and maintain your sanity ... I am Italian and I hope my country can leave as soon as possible this prison
Zaten bizi üye yapma niyetleri hiçbir zaman olmadı. 60 yıldan fazladır oyalıyorlar. Biz kendi ülkemizi her açıdan geliştirmeye uğraşmalıyız ve bize saygı duyan ülkelerle işbirliği yapmalıyız. Adaylıktan da çıkmalıyız.
Србија неће у ЕУ ! 🇷🇸🇷🇺
Nece ni u Aziju.
in Bosnia, bosniaks are for EU, especialy NATO, while serbs refuses all, dreaming about half of state becoming russian colony.
Just imagine in what kind of condition is this organisation when they offer to join to a country which is in state of war
Why Albania is linked to N.Macedonia and wouldn't Montenegro need to wait because of too thin shared border with EU.
No, as border of Montenegro and Croatia is passed through by the millions of tourists from all over the Europe and the world and BOTH Croatia and Montenegro use the euro currency, so it would be vital for the tourism in Montenegro. Also there's a naval border too. And Montenegro got a naval border with a big EU member like Italy, plus naval borders with Croatia and with Albania.
I think the chances of Ukraine and Turkey joining are close to zero. Those are two very big countries and would require A LOT of preparation and changes in how the EU works. Especially on agricultural issues for Ukraine. And Turkey being a Muslim country is a big issue. There probably isn't a lot of appetite in the EU for that, neither from society nor from the political class. And let's not forget that Ukraine was the most corrupt country before the war. We should for sure support them, but joining the EU is a whole different beast.
Also, North Macedonian president said they wanna renegotiate the trilateral agreement between them, Bulgaria and France. Where N. Macedonia was obligated to change their constitution to account for their Bulgarian minority and wanna go back on that agreement, to which Bulgaria strongly objected. So I don't see them joining any time soon as well.
Serbia will never settle their disagreement with Kosovo, unless they are forced to do it. Militarily or economically.
Unless Russia is defeated in Ukraine, Georgia will also be in a limbo for a long time. Since Russia will never pull out of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Hell, they even wanna build a naval base in Abkhazia.
In my opinion, Albania and Montenegro are the only countries who will (and should) join the EU by 2030.
When did turkiye become a muslim country?search up turkish constitution article 2
STOP HATE UKRAINE, MOTHERFUCKER.
as a turk I am tired of the hypocritical attitude of europe in all areas, since 1987 turkey has adapted itself to europe a lot, but the hateful attitude in recent years has started to alienate the public and politicians from europe, I will be honest I was once one of the voters who supported joining the european union, now I don't give a damn, BRICS excites me more than the european union
Er who has the sense to leave next , do the europeans have what it takes to disband the eu in its current form and reboot it as the trade block only it should be ?
We changed our name from Macedonia to North Macedonia not from Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. This is big thing and big mistake u just said. Greece had no problem with that name used in european organisations. They had problem with the name Republic of Macedonia which was offical from 1944-2019
I thought public opinion on the EU was great in Moldova. That's really the only surprise for me. North Macedojia sounds like should catch a break from all the hellen conisours.
It is, I don't know where did he got that number but every single poll, except the ones from pro Russian sources show over 60%, with the diaspora it can also reach 70%.
Why do you call the self-proclaimed regions of Georgia occupied by Russia, but you do not call the self-proclaimed Kosovo an occupied territory? There are Nato troops in Kosovo too, although it is Serbian territory, according to international law. Double standards.
1. it is NOT serbian and dont even use the international law because the same thing ruled that Kosovo independence does NOT break any international law. 2. nato troops in Kosovo literally changes nothing in governance of Kosovo as they only do patrols in northern mitrovica 3. its not double standards because kosovars literally fought for it because of the same SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC who expulsed 900k OUT OF THEIR HOMES and began a mass ethnic cleansing albeit the USA warning them for months to stop doing it 3.to make it clear it for you and whoever reads this Kosovo is a COUNTRY WITH LIMITED RECOGNITION not an OCCUPIED ZONE or REBELLOUS because it literally pursues democracy and by the kosovar constitution the albanians and serbians are equal so i suggest you make researches before yapping
True, thank you. These people does not know where they are stepping in
@@mirdita First, Kosovo is a territory of Serbia.
Second - Kosovo is not part of the UN because it is not a state and is not recognized by the UN Security Council.
Third, foreign troops are in the region, which is part of Serbia. Serbia did not invite them
Fourth, Milosevic is a war criminal.
true
Kosovo is Serbia🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸❤❤❤❤
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On May 1st, 2004, Cyprus became a full EU Member State! How it is possible to become an EU member when you are divided since 1974?
You see that the EU is applying against Turkey, Kosovo, Bosnia, Moldova?
Romania and Bulgaria are EU members without merit even though they are much less developed than Turkey.
Turkey, Bosnia and Kosovo are being treated unfairly only because they are Muslim population states.
See, with some things you can compromise, with other things - NO!
There are two more steps between the candidate status and start of negotiations. The negotiating framework and the screening are there.
All these tests you have to pass. The corruption one is a joke. I want all EU countries to ask, why is the wealth gap growing in europe? Also, instead of upskilling the existing Europeans, why are you lowering wages by taking professionals from other countries? Just a question.
Accession talks and reforms is not without painful decisions and actions.
You call it corruption, but this is simply EU procedure for those wanting to join the block.
So much demands and tusks for small nations, and yet millions of people from the least developed countries of the world become EU citizens. What a circus 🤡
No turkey ever.
They literally occupying cyprus
Yeah the Turkish regime is horrible but once they have a stable democracy they would be a huge benefit to the European community.
@@derdude6214I mean with Turkey in the Euroclub, EU will get some leverage when it comes to low cost manufacturing
@@derdude6214 You mean, once they learn to abide by EU dictate. HAHAHA talking about hypocrisy ,,,
We (Europeans) are weak that’s why just like Putin with the Ukraine
@@ВалтерРистов Nice try troll account.
There is good reason why Norway and Switzerland don’t want to join the EU. And why the UK left. The EU is more trouble than it’s worth. Norway and Switzerland are doing just fine, are prosperous and have good relations with the whole world generally.
Norway and Switzerland are following all the rules of the EU as they would literally go hungry without the cooperation with the EU. Especially land locked Switzerland. The only one that's with zero connections with the EU is UK and look at them doing worse than ever in these last several decades, since the 1970s or something. A complete basket case. And now pro EU parties won BIG in the British elections, Labour and Lib Dems. Won't help them get back in the EU or change their economy to something better, but they voted for pro EU parties out of the pure desperation.
How is the UK doing now? LOL
@@haruthaiarayawong6257 how is the UK doing? You tell me. One thing is a fact. They are not going to rejoin the EU anytime soon, if ever again. Regardless what the feeling on the ground is or the public’s regret for leaving in the first place. The UK is not going back in. The EU’s real problems are still to become apparent to all the ignorant residents of this union. It’s doomed. China is going to dismantle the EU, puzzle piece by puzzle piece. Mark my words.
So 2 countries decided to not join and 1 country left, but the other 27 countries didn't leave, that means it is really bad in the EU. LOL. Kindergarten logic.
thank you for saying it! in Italy we have lost everything, invaded by migrants, there is no job and no money ... these people commenting here is delusional. They will pay for their blindness
Can you also make a video about how these countries' accession would affect EU too?
Hungary should leave EU to pursue its own goals. It is not a good match for the EU and vice versa.
As a Montenegrin who's kindof in the middle regarding the "yes EU accession" v "no EU accession" with a lean towards the former, uh... 2028 strikes me as a bit too optimistic, ngl... I'd be genuinely surprised if we get in before 2030, and 2035 seems like a much more realistic target date. That said, I would be even more surprised if one of the other 9 countries in this video joins before we do.
Zbog cega mislis da ne bi trebali da udjemo u EU ?
2028 je potvrdjena od strane EU komisionara, ali vrlo moguce da oficijalni datum ulaska bude 2030.
Svaku godinu koju izgubimu u procesu znaci izgubljeni pristup EU fondovima sa kojima bi konacno mozda i mogli nesto napraviti u drzavi.
@@MrThemneboss Ako cekas EU fondove da bi nesto napravio onda ces da postanes Bugarska gde je prosecna penzija 220 eura
I imagine that Ukraine will move quickly up the list once the war ends.
Yea probably
yeah !! because of the American/Ukranian poor quality grain !! USA needs the money ! :D
@@szamitogep215 If it lowers bread prices I don't five a damn where it comes from.
Depends on the outcome of the war tho
No one mentions corruption as the biggest drawback in Ukraine joining the EU. It is literally pushed aside for geopolitical interest of the EU and western influence in the East.
I hope the countries with high public support will join. It's important to have support from the people and they want to see changes towards more democracy, less corruption and so on.
With Ukraine, it will be logical for them to join. EU will invest heavily in Ukraine in the future and it would be a lot easier and more secure with investments if they are in the EU.
Turkey will not join as long as Erdogan is in charge, the people in Turkey had their chance in the last presidential election to take a step closer to EU and be more open and free. But despite all the problems Erdogan caused them from the bad economy, the earthquake funds that were lost in corruption and the laws Erdogan put in place to build unsafe houses and a lot more they still vote for him again... But that's ok, it's their country and if they like the situation they are in they did the right thing voting for him again.
Moldova... I guess the Russian propaganda and influence are strong since the Moldovan government is more or less doing nothing to remove them from their country.
Georgia, I like seeing the people of Georgia fighting for their land and rights. They are really the opposite of Moldova in that aspect. I really hope the people of Georgia get control over the situation in the next election and turn their country on the right path. We can really see that the people are fed up with the governmental problems and I hope they will be solved.
I hope Georgia's location will not be a problem for joining as long as all other problems with Russia's occupation, corruption and so on is fixed. There are always boats and planes.
EU is hypocritical unión with double moral and double entry standards
Montenegro is a Great country, support from spain 🇪🇸❤🇲🇪
Kosovo will join EU when Serbia joins EU, because Kosovo is part of Serbia.
Serbia will not join because the world will be in two blocs and easily the EU will disappeared.
With this mentality, the Serbs will end up in the toilet instead of the European community.
Isn't Armenia also potentially seeking to join the EU?
It never applied officially so far.
@@antonewald9373 Or has yet to apply?
Never
ARMENIA is an asian country
@@MohamudAbdi543 that is culturally European. Cyprus is Asian and yet an EU member. Turkey is a candidate for EU membership with frozen negotiations. Georgia, which is north of Armenia, is also looking to join.
I would rank Serbia somewhere around Bosnia and Herzegowina.
Yeah, it's right next to it.
If they let Ukraine join before Balkans they're just crazy.