A small note:

This speech starts off with a quote from Winston Churchill, at the time of writing this I was not aware of what type of person Churchill was and decided to include him as we discussed one of his speeches in english class before. I do not agree with Churchills views and would not have quoted him if I would have been aware of his opinions at the time of writing the speech, however I prefer to not delete that part of the speech as it is a vital part of the speech, and removing it would lessen the impact of the ending.

“Let Europe arise!”, is what Winston Churchill said in a speech delivered at the University of Zurich on the 19th September 1964. What he envisioned was a European Union, or as he called it, the United States of Europe. His vision gained a lot of support, so much support that we now actually have a European Union.

Except that nowadays I look at this European Union, which was created with the motivation of uniting Europe and creating peace in Europe, and ask myself one thing. Where has the support, the union, the motivation gone? Why is the European Union, which was meant to be a democratic Union of Europe now falling apart? I can tell you why, the European Union is not what it used to be. The European Union is not the great Union that it used to be, sure there are some nice regulations here and there, but the majority of European actions have just been idiotic. Which completely warrant the Brexit and now the potential Dexit, the European Union simply is not what it used to be.

How dare you call yourself Democratic, when you actively allow countries to completely bypass the Democracy, do you consider it Democratic to allow the french and dutch to veto a European Constitution without any consequences? I certainly do not. To me the European Unions seems like a mega corporation which only follows the lead of the countries that give it the most money.

Does anyone here happen know who that country currently is? It is Germany. Does anyone here know what would happen to the European Union if Germany would leave? The European Union would crumble. It would turn into a joke, a joke with no funding.

No one would benefit from Germany leaving the European Union, which is exactly why I would not mind if Germany were to leave. If all powerful countries have to leave the European Union to cause the European Union to change, then so be it. This is what you get for piggybacking off of Germany and turning a blind eye on Greece going into massive debt with Germany. You get a nice f-you from the powerful countries who are sick of your hypocrisy.

But of course, no one here cares, because it gives you what you actually strive for. Money. This is the system we live in, a system where having money is rewarded and not having money will cause you to be completely Ignored. I cannot blame anyone for trying to make Money. But what I can blame you for and what I will blame you for is the fact that no one tries to replace this broken system with a system that actually works, one that does not only benefit the powerful. A system which properly helps the poor without putting them into massive debt. But of course no one here will do this, because the lobbyist tell you not to. The fact that you people allow corruption like this on a continental level is absolutely despicable. I am deeply disappointed with everything you have done. I used to be a fan of the European Union and admired everyone who is sitting here. But now I am just disgusted by the corruption, discrimination and violations of Human Rights you people do on the daily. And of course none of this will change, since "boo hoo change scary"

Additionally, the European Union fails to listen to any young voices, I am quite honestly surprised that I am able to talk to you in this moment and that the majority is somewhat listening to what I have to say. Does anyone here remember article 13? The robo copyright regulation that would stop any form of fair use? Has anyone here seen the mass outrage young people had online? I’m guessing you have not, since all I see here is a group of old timers who accidentally leak confidential emails and fall for the most obvious phishing attacks known to man. Has anyone here ever actually listened to a young persons opinion? I would not be surprised if some people here had their last interaction with young people on Epstein Island. You are the ones who complain about the newer generations not being politically motivated, yet you also make no effort to listen to politically engaged teenagers. Why is that? Are their ideas too radical to you? Do they not know enough about politics to be able to make proper decisions on specific topics? I would argue that politically engaged teenagers know more about politics than some of you, mainly because they cannot buy their position in politics.

Now to be completely fair, the European Union does not only consist of bad things, you people sometimes do things which I and many others, genuinely appreciate. Enforcing proper worker rights across every European Country, allowing anyone who is European to travel to any country in the European Union. Allowing tax free trade for any good. Showing Corporations the middle finger with their monopolistic and anti-consumer strategies. We genuinely appreciate that. Except then you add regulations that would make open source programs impossible to maintain and also cause mass surveillance, is it really that hard to not fall for the default "it will stop child predators" mass surveillance reasoning? I feel like we have been through this multiple times. In the end the politicians who wrote those regulations turn out to be child predators themselves and were only trying to distract from the actual issue.

I really want to like the European Union, it is a great concept and it has the potential of becoming so much better. But all I see nowadays is a concept that everyone is starting to loose interest in. The European Union in its current state will not change for the better anymore. So if it takes the dissolution of the European Union for us to get a true United States of Europe, which does not consist of separate countries but is one big state with one unified language and one unified law, then I am fully on board. But realistically, even with the most powerful EU members leaving and creating their own partnerships, this will not happen. We are stuck with the current European Union, so let us improve this Union the best we can, completely rework the process of introducing regulations to a process that features actual proper Democracy, let us not favor the will of powerful money givers of the poorer countries, let us accept refugees and give them a new home where they do not fear missiles hitting their home or soldiers committing war crimes, let us not spy on Europeans and put journalists at risk of being arrested for spreading the truth, let us listen to what the young generation has to say. Let Europe arise again!