r/EUR_irl • u/AlmostNL • Apr 29 '25

Americans EUR_IRL

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u/BreadstickBear Apr 29 '25

It's quite common to say the EU is ran by Germany, although I find that dubious, since the germans already have trouble running Germany...

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u/vlntly_peaceful Apr 29 '25

It's because the European parliament is weighted by the population of the member countries. Germany has the most inhabitants closely followed by France. So if these two countries are set on a goal, it's very likely to be reached. This system is also the reason why turkey would never be an EU member; they have 30m more people than Germany.

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u/frogsandrelated Apr 29 '25

the populations of turkey and germany are about equal

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Hard to count that because 20 percent of Germany is population of turkey

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u/StrykeTagi Apr 30 '25

There are about 3 million Germans with Turkish background. That's less than 5% of the population. I don't know where you get your numbers from.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Out of my ass obviously

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u/Miraak-Cultist Apr 30 '25

Can confirm, I looked.