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I forgot how to say it But my boys will just go with his his his Twitter name zero cool Then it said um if did Ozzy knew some make enough moves for a swan song to make a real impact on the Ravens future Said is the post till Catholic. All right. Here we go. Meach is in a building shout out to the West Coast man So did I didn't know he didn't even just ask about the draft He asked if he asked if Ozzy knew some made enough moves period to set the Ravens up for the future Draft wise. Yeah, I think Free agency this year Ozzy knew some didn't do free agency for the future Ozzy knew some did free agency For the right here and the right now like let's get let me let me get one more shot at trying to get a Super Bowl So I can have three of them things This is my last chance as a GM to get a Super Bowl. So I think he's like he knows that the Ravens they They were a different defensive coordinator and Some better so much better passcatchers away from getting a Super Bowl. They tried it. That's that's what he was. He was a couple of a couple of Yeah, a couple plays away a couple of different defensive coordinator way and a couple of better Passcatchers away from getting in the playoffs and being able to make some noise Y'all saw how our passcatchers were very last year. They were absolutely disgusting So this year he went out and he has been aggressive in trying to bring free agent wide receivers to The Ravens he obviously signed Michael Crabtree He signed John Brown. He signed Willie Snead. He tried to sign Cam Meredith. He tried to sign. There's Bryant He brought in Eric Dekker for a visit. He brought in Michael Floyd for a visit Who else did they bring in? Either way, they've just been so aggressive as far as Looking for free agent wide receiver Just looking for wide receivers period and they even went as far as going into the restricted free agent pool of wide receivers And they never do that ever They never do that. They never do that So for them to do that this year it shows that they're going all out for this year Making sure Joe Flacco has no excuses making sure the offensive coordinator has no excuses as far as weapons Making sure that there are no excuses. Did I mention they signed John Brown, too? I think I did but I'm not sure if I did either way John Brown to add them to that list if I didn't put them on a list already so Ozzie Newsom definitely made moves for the here and the now and free agency and I think that the draft was more so for the Future the draft was a little bit of here and now too because I think that what the draft improved the most I think was the offensive line and obviously the tight end position and hopefully those two tight ends translate to the field and all that all the accolades they got in college and whatever And hopefully all that praise they got in college and all that good stuff will translate over to the field And they'll be able to get even more once they hit NFL. So He so that up we needed an upgrade at the tight end position and hopefully those guys are actually an Upgrade appreciate all y'all being in here right now to make sure y'all leave a like on the video Click the thumbs up button. So um What else did he and and he up well, I can't see it I can't say if he upgraded the wide receiver position yet because I know a lot of what's up flex I know a lot of people what's up JB a lot of people like the wide receivers that we drafted, but at the same time I'm not getting my hopes I'm not getting my hopes up on these guys because I know you know We know how the Ravens are at developing wide receivers. What's up, Gerald? What's going on Dwayne? Oh, he said too tight and said yeah, that could be a possibility.  Jay Smith Not gonna get hopes up at all They hyping up no pads and short practices. Hey, oh no pads and shorts practices again Yeah, that's I don't again. We said the same thing last year too. I'm gonna say it again And we're gonna say it throughout the offseason to do not do not when they in OTAs and when they on seven and seven on seven drills when they on all that stuff Do not believe the hype Don't believe the hype Yes, exactly. Meach. You said remember when parents was well and everybody in camp I think that was last year They were like old parents looking like the best receiver on the roster right now They said that about Brashar payment you go back to articles and see it on the Baltimore Ravens website Maybe they might have deleted it by now because they might have been like, oh, man We really put this out. No, I know Sarah Ellison ain't delete that but um If you would have read articles back last year During the OTAs many can't bought that stuff like that You would have thought Brashar payment was getting ready to have a 1500 yard season about 1011 touchdowns About 80 to 90 catches. You would have thought this dude was getting ready to go off You thought he was getting ready to go off how much praise he was getting in off season You would have thought he was getting ready to go off But funny how things change. What's up, Rainville? So, yeah, I mean, yeah, it was sad story for Brashar Alberto said who have a better year Albert I was about to say Alberto or an or a lot of Oriana my fault I read his question, but then I read his name as a two options But he said who will have a better year smoky or sneeze. I think it just depends on I don't know where with with smoky brown. It's gonna be lined up I'm by his money by his paycheck. He will be a number two receiver But I'm not sure I feel like somebody might try to beat him out for I feel like Michael Crabtree number one receiver That's a lot. That's a lot. That's it. I feel like Snead as a slot receiver. That's locked. That's it But I don't know who gets that number two role. I don't know who gets it I'm like, I'm flabbergasted on who gets that So right now I'm gonna say Snead because I just don't know what John Brown's role is gonna be I don't know what he's good at. Oh, I know he already is fast, but I don't know what he's good at I don't know what his skill set is. I just don't know what kind of role he's gonna have He's a he's a speed guy. He's a number two. Okay. Well, there goes that But I feel like they somebody else might beat him out, but we'll see we'll see hopefully he Proves himself on that one-year deal and he actually goes the route that there's Brian wanted to go shout out to There's Brian the steel free agent So, yeah, right now we'll go with Snead though. Do I like John Harbaugh? Yeah, I like John Harbaugh John Harbaugh is cool and whatnot but with John Harbaugh he I Wish he would just treat everybody the same Treat all the players the same if you're gonna call one out call everybody out if somebody's messing up I just I don't like how he will single out players Who try to do something for the team? But then if there's a player who has clearly do having a bad game or had a terrible game or had a terrible something He won't be willing to call him out.  It's either all or nothing, man I don't like that. Oh, I'm gonna be on I don't I don't like him when he's sometimes because he can be like that a lot Can the Sean earlier take over for Eric weather in the future? Yeah, somebody actually asked that in the NFL question from subscribers So yeah, definitely man if he can tackle if he can cover isn't he a strong safety? He's not a free safety, right? What's up, Jordan? What type of safety is he either way if he can cover It's especially if you can cover the deep past air where those pretty good at covering the deep past the short stuff in the media stuff Stuff right in front of his face. No, but the deep past he done pretty well. It was always a strong safety. So there's that completely different position so DJ Rainville says smoke you gonna be number four and one of those rookies will be number three Well, who's gonna be number two? Comes down to which one is healthy. Okay? Um, let me see the other questions that we have from Twitter because I don't want to miss anything Mike Lowry Mike Lowry said talk about how the Steelers are gonna three-peat the air as AFC North champs Well, Browns, I don't think Browns are there yet Bengals. They just love Throwing away opportunities So I feel like Ravens might be the only team that can mess with Steelers as far as photo AFC North crown But if Ravens do what they've been doing the past like what for four seasons Four seasons where they just where they start slow. Actually, no, we won Super Bowl 2012 since 2013 to the past five seasons minus 2015 but where the Ravens start off extremely slow I mean they start off decent then they get into a little slump where they up and down then they go down On a downward spiral then at the last second when they just can't lose any more games That's when they start winning when they can't lose any more games in order to qualify for the playoffs They start winning and then they collapse at the end If Ravens continue to do that and start off slow and stay in the slump, then yeah Steelers will be three-peating as AFC North champs But it's not then Ravens will be able to give them a run for their money And hopefully the Ravens have learned from all their mistakes over the past years and they can be on point What's up, Raider Matt? So we'll see how that goes Let me see what else I want to miss nothing. I don't want to miss nothing Okay, that's that let me go back to the early one one second y'all are you agree with that Gerald? Appreciate it, man I appreciate it. Thank you Here we go. All right Mark is home to sneak all flacco elite my friend told me that I didn't hear anything about that I'm sure if he did that there would have been a lot more people talking about it I did not hear that night. It has never That flacco has never lost to so shout out to Snead He said if you can't beat him join him Flacco has never Lost to the Saints He's never lost to the Saints So Hey, I know meat said he did JB smooth said he heard it. I didn't hear it But maybe okay with Chuck of valley said he heard it too. Well, there you go But maybe he just trying to give him that boost of confidence if he did say that He said Saints run game though. Oh, Kishan said he said he said he said it too I guess people didn't take him seriously cuz I didn't hear nothing about it But I didn't listen to this press conference though. I didn't listen to it at all So, I don't know what he said in there. What was I doing doing? Maybe I was in Chicago.  God underscore music underscore me on Twitter He said did the Ravens consider Rex Ryan after Chuck said no and any chance the Ravens will kick the tires on Adrian Peterson Alfred Morris Jamal Charles at running back Now That's true me.  So yeah, you're right, man But yeah, he asked yeah, did did the Ravens consider Rex Ryan after Chuck Pagano said no I'm not a hundred percent sure on that. I will have to look it up. I'm sure meet your JB smooth will know But I'm not a hundred percent sure on that I do not remember and any chance they kick the tires on Adrian Peterson or Alfred Morris or Jamal Charles I think there isn't a chance for that if they do sign a veteran running back I personally don't want them to but if they did have to sign a veteran running back I would want it to be DeMarco Murray possibly even Adrian Peterson maybe but I Just I don't want them to sign a veteran running back. I don't I don't think they need to I don't think they need to like for what? well for maybe for Kenneth Dixon, but I Just I don't think they should maybe as a camp body, but As somebody on the actual active roster, I wouldn't know. I don't think so So what else Joe underscore fleckle underscore trust they talk about how important this season is and what could happen if we Don't make the playoffs what we talked about that in the last stream I think I feel like he asked the same question in the last stream Ravens don't make playoffs man You can I mean even if they do make playoffs, I think some heads could still roll But if they don't make playoffs hardball finally will get that exit fleckle will finally get that exit Then depending on how the defense does Don wink moindale. He could probably be he could be out A lot of things could change me a lot of things could change And we could see a just a real new regime of the Ravens This team could look way different even if they if they do make the playoffs this year This team could look a lot different next year Another possibility another year with another possibility of Terrell Suggs retiring afterwards flackle could be gone Eric Weddo could be gone This next year is gonna be really weird because I think a lot of those things are actually gonna happen hardball could possibly be gone A lot. Oh, man, it'll be really weird just seeing it because this next year could be all-new Ravens, man Could be all-new Ravens. Oh car. Well, car. It wouldn't really be weird He could be gone But it wouldn't really be weird if he was gone because he's not he's not like he's not a Raven Raven you get what I mean like Eric Weddo Once it when he came on this team and all the plays that he made he made a big statement and he He was always getting interviewed and stuff He made himself a raven. He made him stick stick out as a Raven Car is car did his thing. I like car. I like what he did for us No, a lot of people gonna just look at this stealers game be like oh car suck but You got the people that don't really Don't really care for football only care for numbers and stuff and only care for what everybody else is saying but anyway car he and it's it's to no fault of his own but car didn't really He obviously is a Raven because he's on the team But he didn't he hasn't made himself stand out as a Raven because just cuz he doesn't he doesn't talk like that He doesn't make any noise. I don't even know what he sounds like but That's him being quiet is not a problem. He just let his play talk on the field and The stealers game was not the only conversation that his play had so for y'all that stuck on that stealers game That's more so on the defensive coordinator, but we don't even need to get into that But yeah with Brandon Carl, he didn't really stick out as a Raven yet Jeff I'm Jefferson kind of but Most so Eric Guero Eric Guero definitely has stuck out and made his name as a Raven and it'll be weird without him It'll be weird without flak of course flak of just I mean he is a Raven Terrell Suggs too, of course Who else could possibly be going that's like really a Raven If they don't get a deal done CJ Mosey, but now he ain't going no way. I'm sure they'll get that done Oh, but hardball to hardball, of course He said Jefferson soul still in Pittsburgh in zone shout out to Nick's man. They shout out to the Levy on bail But yeah, so that's that Can the Ravens get Roman Reigns over okay, somebody answered that in the comment section I think you should ask how good Lamar Jackson can be this from AK shake He said how good can Lamar Jackson be for the Ravens like is his floor Cordell stored? Oh, that was a former Ravens quarterback, too And it's his ceiling Michael Vic Whoo, I want his ceiling to be past Michael Vic man. I know Michael Vic was He was real deal man. He came through. What's up, Alex? Oh, yeah, Jimmy Smith. That's another appreciated Dwayne. Thank you I forgot all about that. Yeah, Jimmy Smith is another one that could possibly be going But with Lamar Jackson, he is just completely different He's a he's a completely different quarterback than the Ravens have ever had on their team Faster than Tyrod Taylor may be more accurate He may just be as fast or faster than Vic. I don't know any exact numbers, but he got some like elite speed Is his arm strength as good as Vic? I don't know. We'll see Hopefully he got the accuracy He is He could just be something like just completely different man Ravens are not used to this They're not used to having somebody like this That's why I just hope they don't squander this opportunity when he comes on a field I don't want them to and even though they're going to I don't want them to do all these trick plays with him and stuff So don't do that man, but they're gonna do it anyway. Um, they don't listen I Mean he could he could be great or he could suck It just all depends on if they put him in positions to succeed Hopefully they do Hopefully be smart with him man. Don't I don't make him a gimmick man. Please don't make him a gimmick They didn't really make Tyrod Taylor gimmick, right?  I don't like our head coach. Why you say that, Kenan? Go ahead. Let us know man. Share with the share with the class Raider man said I think Lamar Jackson is gonna be a bus. I hope you're wrong. He could be right But I hope not I like that kishan. He said Lamar Jackson ceiling is Lamar Jackson Don't need to be like anybody else. Just be himself. And that's it. That's it What's up, Nathaniel appreciate you coming through. Oh, yeah, Johnson. That's another one More sure yonder could be going to and with all the injuries he's been having. Hey, it's a big possibility He would need to retire because Ravens just they always restructure his contract So they just keep on pushing money back and back and back So even if he does retire, it'll still be dead money against the cap. I don't know how much though So that was that Yeah, this definitely gonna be interesting season man There has never been a great mobile quarterback, but you talk about me Vic was a monster man Vic of a Randall Cunningham McNabb to McNabb was he great He did some pretty amazing things. Was he like great? What do you consider great like a legendary or something like that? What do you mean great? Okay, Sean said he's a better passer than Vic was coming out of college. Oh, perfect man. There he goes There we go Because first of all I feel like as a coach you have to ask for playmakers What you what you mean? What you mean asked for playmakers as far as what and what what like what what kind of scenario you're talking about? We mean like Hall of Fame, you know, I Wouldn't I wouldn't Put Hall of Fame as I Mean the Hall of Fame is a vote.  Well, I think all of them used to be NFL, but I wouldn't consider Hall of Fame as the The criteria for somebody being great. You know what I'm saying me Vic started the mobile quarterback No, he didn't don't forget about Aaron Brooks to me and Brooks McNabb Who else was out there that was a mobile quarterback? Vic ain't start that. I mean Vic changed the game But oh Steve Steve young. Oh, yeah, but Vic Vic changed the game in a big way. He didn't start it though Russell Wilson. Yeah, Russell Wilson is nice mobile quarterback. Yeah, man Could Bradley Bozeman the seventh round pick be the start of say he could be that could be his way to make the team and not The practice squad be the start of center that could be his way on take it from that scorer So we'll see how that goes Cam Newton. That's not warm on. Oh, man. Like, yeah Like yeah, Vic ain't start that thing man Well, we haven't been to the playoffs in five seasons and the offense have Stuck it stuck the past three seasons Yeah, the offense just they the thing about them is they wake up too late The Sean Watson. Well, yeah, he's a newer guy, but yeah, don't forget Aaron Rodgers just because of his Cacity yes, and Rodgers is another one who could take off if he needs to I feel like it starts with the coach Well, I mean they It's a mix of coach GM As far as building the roster Because yeah building a roster and it's it's it's it's on coaches to not just head coach But coaches these the wide receiver coach because you saying that we don't get playmakers Well, they they draft wide receivers. They draft Titans. They draft these guys out of college But they don't really get much production out of the guys that they draft and that's not on That's that's on a mix of everybody that's on a mix of the Mainly the the the coaches that train and that train these guys up the coaches that are developing these guys and They just they don't get anything out of them. They draft all these wide receivers and these wide receivers come and go 99% of the Ravens wide receivers that they draft don't make it to their second contract And there's a there's a reason for that because there's a reason for that Ravens do not develop wide receivers. They don't Tight ends they do a decent job of tight ends But for us not getting playmakers and it's a mix of free agency to because the GM and the head coach really the GM they do the set they did handle the salary cap and all that and Handle make it and creating a roster or whatnot. So It's just a mix of every it's a mix of a little bit of everything but us not getting a playmaker is It got a lot to do with the drafts In the development more so not the drafts with the development And it got to do with salary cap too because they can't but that's on the GM because the GM got to manage that salary cap You got to give out these deals got to take away these deals got to cut trade players do all that good stuff And it's up to him to build the roster But if you don't have enough money to go get the best of the best playmakers You got a second you got to settle for the leftovers and that's what we've been getting for years is the leftovers That's what we get every year Ravens are so used and Ravens fans are so used to getting leftovers We're so used to getting leftovers. That's all that's what we get we get leftovers We never get best of the best. We never get the top of the top We get what's left over so that's Ozzy Newsom can it say that I know last season I was sick to my stomach And I know some of y'all were to an Aussie draft defensive play his last day. I mean, I was just like I Mean he just had faith in He he lucked out he lucked out, but it didn't end up looking out he lucked out because well he lucked out at first it looked like we lucked out because Ozzy Newsom he went that defense heavy in the draft and Free agency all wide receivers were looking like Mike Wallace Vishard Perryman Chris more Campanero, and it was like, okay Okay, whatever we'll see but then Late late late Jerry Mackley end up getting cut he end up getting cut And then the Ravens lucked out and they end up getting them so It just but he ended up sucking for the team. So he didn't do too good Would you have to get tackled by Eric Wettel CJ Moseley? I say Eric Wettel because Yeah tackled Eric Wettel because he gets run over a lot So, yeah, I would say Wettel Yeah, they'll meet me said it this year is the best water see the group we had in years Yeah, we're Crabtree and Snead they big upgrades because they are guys that catch the ball Not just say but catch them all and that's what we need me John said Wettel cuz he might miss me. Yeah So, yeah Is this lagging for y'all? It's lagging for me. Is it? Yes, it's lagging like a little bit for me. Go get Craig King crab ring. I'm hoping so man. I hope I hope so They get a ring this year. Hey We'll be set for the next three four five years. Oh, it's not lagging for y'all. Okay. Cool. I appreciate it But yeah, I wouldn't mind us getting a ring this year. I would love it Um, so let's see what happens with that. But I think we are We set we caught up. We did it. We did it That's what it's about man We did it Oh Shout out to my guy Chino, man. She don't ask me about fortnight and fortnight today Cuz y'all know all the hype that's been around fortnight and whatnot. Y'all already know that um fortnight is that's this game has I think it actually didn't pass Grand Theft Auto. I'm not sure. I appreciate that Rainville but Fortnight is Everybody's on a fortnight craze and whatnot. Yeah, I installed it on an Xbox one for the first time today. I installed it today Installs fortnight. I say, you know what? Let me try to stay out It's not my type of game and whatnot, but I say, you know what? Let me try it out. Anyway, let me try it out anyway So then I Got my character. I was a lady. I didn't know how to change it I feel like I guess I guess I'm not gonna be able to change it because I was looking trying to edit my clothes and stuff but I Just say, you know what? I'm gonna stop looking for cuz I can't find it. Okay. You can't change your okay Appreciate it. So I would have been on a blank mission. I'm glad I'd stopped that before I even got it I really started so I got it to the game.  I didn't even pull out my parachute. They made it They made me pull out my parachute Because I was gonna see I was gonna try to get as close to the ground without pulling the parachute out as I could So I finally pulled the parachute out got on the ground and I'm just running around looking for people I see it started off with four people And then I saw one get eliminated. So it was just three of us left and I saw two get eliminated So it's just I mean I saw another one get eliminated. So it was just two of us left So I'm over here looking for the person who's name is on a thing and I see them on my radar I see them on the map. So I go follow them. I go I found a gun and I went and got it loaded and stuff And I had an axe so I go up to the person I finally find a person and I start trying to hit them with the axe And I'm like nothing is happening. So I'm like am I hitting them in the wrong spots or something So I kept trying to do it again And it ended up being my teammate so I'm like wow, I just I Was really trying to beat beat my own teammate. So then about a minute after that somebody found us and they start shooting at us and then I start trying to run away. I think my teammate got killed first I start trying to run away and then a drone popped up shot me and that was it. So Then after that, I deleted the game. I'm like I just it's not It's not for me because the whole the Call of Duty games the battlefield the fort nice those FPS games It's just not my cup of tea. I play it, but I I won't play it. I Won't cuz I get bored easily from those games. I get bored very easily from those games And it ain't nothing against the games. It's just me. It's dead. That's just not those games Just don't interest me like that You give me like 2k like that's what 2k is on here right now I'll play 2k all day every day my career man. I play this this all I play on 2k. I don't play park I don't play online matches. I don't I don't play none of that. I played my career all day every day He says it's not made for me old people You know, it's 10 times more than all of those. Oh, you're talking about Hey, maybe one day we'd be on ESPN. Hopefully not for the wrong reason, but yeah, maybe one day, right? But yeah at fortnight it that was it was 15 about 15 minutes at last it that was it Yeah, we are more almost at 10 10,000 about 200 away so we get there soon enough Johnston said we get in the playoffs. I believe we'll make a deep run We actually have depth versus last three four seasons. Oh juice man. Oh, what's up, man? Yeah, we get in the playoffs if we get in the playoffs. They always make noise once they get there, man It's just a matter of getting there. We ain't been there so long. It's been like forever I don't even remember what playoffs feel like none of us do Yeah, it's not for old pbs. It's not it's not you tell my fortnight or FPS period well FPS for everybody Man because people people love them FPS games man. Call of duty. I mean that boy people love those This is just not for me. It's just not for me.  But yeah them them FPS. They just not for me I do have a ps4, but I don't play games on only watch TV and YouTube on it and I used to play on there You should play on both but it can't manage both me. I could barely even manage one. Okay, it definitely came in as both No, I don't play Halo. That's another one. I just wouldn't be able to get into that I wouldn't be able to get into that you buy what Jersey Rainfield. We talk about Join the playoffs is a man on a mission But I mean we we can say that but that Joe in the playoffs has been a man on a mission We can't say what he would be like now because we don't know what he would be like now because he uh that dude He ain't been in a playoffs since 2013 No 14 14 14 yeah It's 2018 now minutes. Hey, we don't know what he'll be like in the playoffs. That's That's a little hopefully hopefully we'll get to see him this year, but um, yeah, it's been a long long time but anyway That's that Appreciate y'all Raven's hardest and easier games in your opinion Ravens, I mean, I ain't trying to like avoid your question anything I hope you don't take it as avoiding the question But there's no such thing as an easy game for the Ravens because Ravens They do not make games easy on themselves. They do not make easy games easy on themselves. They don't do that They don't do that Um, okay, I don't know what kind of game are you playing me? I don't know what that is never heard of that and I don't think I ever wanted to hear of that Um, what kind of game you talk about me? Uh, when Lamar gets his chance, you're gonna like to end that fail up Hey, hopefully man. Hopefully if Ravens keep flackle longer. I'm buying this jersey. Well, I guess you won't be uh Buying that jersey then depending on your timeline. You're probably not gonna be getting it. Um So We'll see man, but yeah, uh Right. Yeah, Ravens just they make games hard on themselves. They make games hard on themselves. They play down to the competition. They um They they they stress us out man. They stress us fans out.  I ain't got none of the rookies yet Uh, next time I get some jerseys. I pray if they got the rookie jerseys, I get some of those But um Ravens they make stuff hard on themselves man. They they make stuff hard on themselves They they stress us out like crazy, man But yeah, dolphins is the only team if flackle starts Dolphins is the only team that the ravens uh, that they will take it to consistently Other than that, you just never know what you're gonna get out of No matter what happened the game before No matter how good the season's going. You just never know what you're gonna get out of Jaguars was a team that we were so flip-floppy with Um, but jaguars like last year they whooped us Um, the time before that it was such a close game and we barely beat them by a field go at the end.  Are y'all still in here? Because y'all Do your thing, man um But you just never know what you're gonna get appreciated me um But yeah, it's and it's like oh man these guys they just Yeah, they they just they they stress us out man.  How much did we beat the lions? But I don't even remember We whooped the dolphins that was 40 to zero.  We didn't whooped them. It was it was 17 points 17 points Oh, oh you saying the jags. Okay. The jags whooped the ravens. Yes, then in that case you are 2000 percent correct They killed the ravens. They murdered them. They It was just ugly. It was ugly. And you know what? I I couldn't even be mad that day. I was laughing I was laughing at the game because it was just like what is this? I laughed at it.  Oh for real really Wow To get the nine games we won were against teams with losing records Wow I probably heard that before but I it just you saying that I've seen it right now.  Oh, they were six What was it? What was the overall record? What was the lion? What are the lions finished out with? Oh, let me just double check make sure I ain't got no questions from subscribers that I'm missing. I don't think I am but Okay, yeah, we're good. We're good Oh my guy, um trade trade from twitter Trade j85 he asked do you believe the signing of rg3 and the pick of lamar jackson a cover-up for cappanik Who filed the collusion grievance on the nfl knowing the ravens were a key matter in the whole situation? And all we as fans confounded by racial profiling in the workplaces I would love to hear your opinion on this situation. So this will be the last question that we do Because that's the last question that I got on there. What's up, joe? What's going on tyler? Um, my favorite genre of music. I just like whatever man, whatever I could vibe to I like it. Do you think haters hurts to mark andrews can be a grunk? um Well, first they got to be able to catch.  That sound like somebody just fired off in here Um, but grunk can catch he can run he can truck he can block He can also get hurt a lot and I don't so I don't want that. I don't want either one of them to be grunk Now no bubble guts. That was uh That just a loud pack man. That was like whoo jeez um But yeah, in your opinion can lamar jackson make the ravens offense explosive To and to what extent? Yeah, man. He he definitely could Because he he is a different type such a different type of quarterback, man Um, you saw with vick who did vick even have at at wide receiver. He had peerless price. He had um I don't remember his receivers much. We just remember vick so uh, he Oh, no, my father was talking about when he was on the falcons When he was on the falcons i'm trying to remember who he had when vick like became vick when he took off um, but either way his receivers weren't really uh, they weren't really Uh Somebody that you really remember because you just remember vick so much because he did his thing Did you know jaleel scott? Uh, oh his favorite team growing up with the ravens Was it really or did he just say that like crab tree did because I know crab tree just trying to he just tried to He's just excited that they gave him a deal, man um, it was jaleel scott Was that really his favorite team? Because I don't I don't really believe that unless unless I saw like some baby pictures or something Or some pictures when he was a kid.  Oh, yeah, ravens was one of my favorite teams growing up I really love the ravens growing up. They're always always my favorite team like oh, please Crab tree if you don't get out of there with that man, come on there but all good They paid him so Yeah, I mean they obviously his favorite team now because they the one that was willing to give up that money I'm sure dad's brian would have said the same thing too Dad's brian would have been like oh man. I was hoping that the on draft day that the ravens were gonna get me Um, I was I was so hyped for coming here because they would have always been one of my favorite teams If he would have got that seven million dollars a year from the ravens like they wanted to give them He would have been saying the same thing too Uh, what's up stalk stalk man? What's going on? You seem stalking a little minute Vic had to show on jackson. Oh, no Ken. I was talking about um when Vic became Vic. We're in the falcons falcons Vic um, so yeah Hey, I hope crab tree comes back nice too, man But yeah back to the question because I want to leave my guy's question out again Let me read it again He said do you believe the sign of the rg3 and the pick of Lamar jackson is a cover up for cappinic Who filed the collusion grievance against the nfl? No one the ravens were a key matter in the whole situation and all we as fans confounded by racial profiles in the workplace at the Workplaces he left to hit my opinion. So is the sign of rg3 a cover up for cappinic I think that one was um, especially with how they announced it um But with rg3 that definitely could have been it could have like sort of Made them want to sweep the cappinic thing under the rug Because you know all the drama that happened last year with the ravens and cappinic Um, the Lamar jackson, I don't think that one was though I think that one it could have come out as either a result of The rg3 signing or it could have just come from them just loving Lamar jackson either way Um, but I think so the the rg3. Yes, but Lamar jackson. I would say no um With he said how late am I? Yeah, we've been we've been on here for 44 minutes I planned on doing this for 15 minutes, but you know how that goes already. Um And What else he angst Oh, we as fans confounded by racial profiling And at at the end of workplaces or at the workplaces. I would love to hear your opinions on this situation Well If you mean oh that's I can't really answer that question because this I ain't getting into all that political stuff but um I explained it that's I can't answer that question for everybody else because that's a That's an individual question That you would have to answer um in your own mind Because I I don't know what's going on in this guy's mind his guy this guy's mind that person's mind I don't know what's going on in everybody else's mind. I only know what's going on in my mind. So To know if we were as fans confounded by racial profiling in the workplaces I don't know because I don't know what's going on in and everybody else's heads. So that was that um Yeah, and yes, you're right devin youtube will won't tell you You'll just show up and that that live stream counter will just start ticking from when you showed up So that's that so I gotta I gotta link my boy. Uh, trade this video unless he's in here somewhere But I gotta link him this video um Well, you guys mad when we traded down in the draft. Oh, yeah, I was I wasn't mad. I was just I was disappointed. I'm like man. What are these dudes doing? What are they doing? What are they doing? I Couldn't believe it. I was just like really y'all are passing up all these players Y'all know y'all needed to get somebody but y'all are really passing all these guys up and they kept trading down trading down trading down I'm like, oh boy So then when they grab Hayden hearse, I'm like, okay I can't say nothing because I don't know anything about um These college guys, but I was like, uh, whatever I was hoping they were gonna get Lamar Jackson I was I mean, yeah, y'all was in the live stream that night Um, I just kept saying I just wanted Lamar Jackson. I wanted them to get him um, but then When they At the end of the at the end of the draft, I was getting all sleepy and stuff here at pick 31 I'm like, okay. We almost did and this big 32. I'm like, okay. We can finally end it. I'm tired Um, and I'm just I'm ready to get this thing over with So then I get notification on my phone Ravens traded back a radio trader traded back in the first round to pick number 32 All this energy just came over me. I'm like, okay. This might actually be full of more Um, because I was scared that Lamar Jackson was gonna get drafted by the Saints because I'm like, man Saints had traded a pick a first round pick next year and they traded like some other stuff this year To get back to jump up in the first round ahead of the ravens and ahead of some other teams I think I like pick number 19 or something like that. I forgot where but I'm like, okay Lamar Jackson's going to New Orleans There's no doubt in my mind now because I'm like no no team No team gives up all that stuff from what the Saints gave up to um No team gives that up, uh to to trade up for anything else. They only do that for quarterbacks Maybe for a wide receiver, but they only do that for quarterbacks So when the Saints gave up the house and they traded up, I said, okay We're done.  They must really love that pass rusher because they owe it was the 14th pick Okay, appreciate that But I'm just like wow these dudes really gave up all of that for him. He he better be real deal, man He better be real deal. But either way Rumi said pro football players are just the guy that can't play pro basketball So what a pro basketball players are those the the guys that came play pro football Is it the other way around? Yeah, it was scary, man. It was scary. It was scary, but After everything is like, okay, I like the moves. I get it I understand why Ozzy went out with a little bang and hopefully This bang will carry on carry us on for years to come Or even say you want to DJ more wouldn't have been mad at that. Um, and they were saying I mean, you never know what's true or not But because they they said it after the fact Like if I saw if I see live video Because a lot of stuff that the media puts out a lot of stuff that even some of these owners Some of these coaches might say I don't be believing it, man Don't be believing it. He said one more is enough I'll be believing it because they say a lot of stuff after the fact, but with um They were saying that uh Oh, they were saying that the Ravens were so close to getting Calvin really it was between Calvin Ridley and uh And Hayden Hurst, they just it was between those two, but they elected to go with Hayden Hurst because Tightening was a bigger need or something like that and I forgot what else but um I'm like, uh, if you show me if you show me video from the draft that when y'all actually talking about this then I believe it But other than that, um, I don't know, man Whoa, you know if y'all heard that one too. All right, ready to man. Appreciate you man. Thank you man Thank you for coming through Yeah, they did say that there when James was it was a possibility to um because he was a beast So yeah, that was another one. But anyway, that's that man So I appreciate y'all coming through especially all everybody came through this it's two in the morning Wow, we've been streaming for 50 minutes 50 minutes. Thank y'all for coming through. We're gonna go ahead and get out of here now.  Well, I'm about to play some two k's I ain't calling the night yet.  I love those. It's so so good So are we gonna be 11 and 5? I rate this pro appreciate that um, and I saw somebody I think it was um Oh So I said something about Ravens face. I forgot what they were saying, but they they stopped it They stopped it. They were saying something about Ravens face but Oh, well, I don't know I'm trying to scroll up to see who it was, but Oh, well, either way. Oh, it was rainville. What were you saying? I didn't get to catch the whole thing Oh, yeah, one last thing Again, I mean, I don't know if y'all saw it on twitter, but we're gonna be on a podcast Uh For the group that's podcasting is birdland bs um In the bs the bs stands for baltimore sports. Um, oh slow on news. Okay. I mean I mean that's I I've been I've been meaning to to try to watch him, but I don't um, I don't get a chance to Because I just be so busy trying to do my own stuff. I don't really I I don't I don't really get to watch youtube as much as I want but Oh, chill me Yeah, when I get the link I will yeah, I'll tweet it. I'll tweet it. I'll tweet it. Um Gee y'all are rough man Y'all are y'all are rough YouTube is one thing man youtube, uh, if you want youtube you cannot Oh, really? Oh, I know I know I need I need to get me. I need to get in on on this this reddit thing this reddit ravens thing, uh because I man, I feel like I'm missing out First name last name say a am I late?   I feel for the guy there But yeah, and not not even talking about him, but if if if you if you are a sensitive person YouTube is They're reddit to twitter. I mean social media period. It's not the place for you.  It's dangerous. It's dangerous It's dangerous you uh because people will say people have said everything in the world to me um In the comments section twitter or whatever they say everything in the world to you everything in the world.  Um, they they won't they just I don't know Why people are so just like that they they get online and they get tough. It's weird.  I'm about to go look at his channel right now, man So yeah internet gangsters keyboard warriors internet tough guys all that good stuff, man Hey, no, I appreciate y'all ken. I appreciate y'all especially the fact that we could stream at one in the morning For our and and actually his people up Chilling in the stream right now go to channel. Look like he spelled witcher's name. Hold on real quick, man Gotta do this while we I was about to say do this while we're on the phone We're not on the phone do this while we're on the stream one second, man We're gonna be painting these walls too.      What's going on? So, yeah, man, it's all good. I know so oh you in canada. Okay um Oh Um You said it's in his most recent video Meach Am I missing something? Oh From one month ago. Oh We're drama Oh, did he did he post the link to his video in reddit or something? Is that what it was or did people just bring it up in reddit? Oh, you in van vancouver.  Oh, that's what's up christian. Okay. Everybody's saying where they get Oh, yeah, he got torn apart. Can you can you send the link to that? What do I need to do to get bit to be a part of reddit? I need to sign up to create an account or something because sometimes I'll look I'll go on reddit and I'll search for I'll search But I don't really mess with reddit like that. I don't I've never used it um If you can send me a link or something to it on on in the dm or on twitter or whatever Because I want I want to see it man. I want to see it. I do want to see it But I hope you do all right though, man I know some people saying they wanted us to to work together, but if you don't even be posting them Well, I don't know what we're going to do, man um Buy a graphic backdrop with a custom logo. Yeah, I think I'm gonna do something But this this ain't it this ain't it you need to buy buy some custom paint first Uh, because that tan gots to go man. That tan gots to go. Are you in south florida? Kim? I know you live in south florida. I thought you just I thought you had uh Because that's you that be going taught it. Oh, you did say you're going to the dolphins game, right? Got it. Got it.  Okay. Yeah, that's you man. All right.  You really can't do you You really can't do this stuff, man. You can't you can't do it, man Gosh You can't do it, man. Oh, I feel for the guy man. I really feel for him I feel for him Man But I I can't man. I can't do it. I can't do I can't do it, man Why'd you say that? Meach? Come on, man. Hey All right All right, um I don't know what that is. Uh I don't know what that is christian. What is that? What in my bipolar disorder? Is that what you're asking me if I'm bipolar? God Is that is that what the bpd stands for? Oh brown police department. Oh, I thought I thought you made him a bipolar disorder Because I just saw bpd. I know what you're talking about, man Um, how many superpowers does lamar jackson win as much as the ravens put him in a position to win if they could put a good team around them um You can get as many as he wants to man as long as they don't cheat them out or nothing If they don't feel cheat for us, you know, okay, no problem But yeah, as many as ravens put him in a position Uh to win man a Baltimore police department. That's another one too. I'll get out of here Uh, the mark is saying three. Okay, I'll take that but All right y'all appreciate y'all coming through Thank y'all for coming through. Yeah, man. We can't wait, Michael We can't wait just to see everything with the ravens this year.  As it always is. He said ravens should sign the reps Oh, yeah, they need to they need to trade them away from their pass contract. They got man um So yeah, appreciate all y'all coming through man Make sure you subscribe if you haven't already and follow on twitter too Again, just in case youtube unsubscribes you from the channel like they're known for doing Uh, because on twitter if you follow on there, you'll see when every single video comes out No matter what time it comes out. No matter when it comes out. No matter what it comes out about Follow on twitter, you'll know when every single video comes out and derrick derrick just extended the stream for another five minutes He said let's talk running backs. I think we need to sign a veteran running back Why do you think we should sign a veteran running back? I don't think we should sign a veteran running back Maybe it's just a camp body, but as somebody who could potentially make the team Maybe over kina dixon if kina dixon just continues to do the same stuff He's been doing but other than that. No, I don't think we should I wonder if fans will be letting All of fans will be willing to let jackson go through his growing print growing pains. Yeah, yeah, that's a very good question right there Oh, we might have to use that one for questions from subscribers for his own video That is a great question. Wow Oh real quick Buck allen doesn't get any respect. Yeah, man Buck allen I He grew on me over these past two years man before I will buck out and I was like, okay, whatever but Last year especially this year man. That dude grew on me a lot. We going to He said we're going to do Joe flacco pains right now. We could deal with the more jackson pain Done man. Ascom's gonna be a beast this year. I hope so man I hope he does even better this year than he did last year. Um the flacco How can somebody break down because we need to break down because somebody asked me this Can you break down? Um the flacco contract and why? um How the dead money would work? Uh, what's up shrimp? Oh, yeah buck on your fantasy team. No, that's what's up, man. Uh, yeah, he asked can you break down a flacco contract? Um, oh, yeah, he did go to u.s.c. Okay, so the markets, you know all about buck um, but can we break down how why flacco can be cut next year and How the dead money works If somebody could just put in the comments or somebody can explain because I because I know we can cut him next year and the dead money Uh, would be if we cut him with the post june 1st cut then the dead money if we designated as a post june 1st And the dead money would be 16.5 mil and they could split it up in two years No, either way, it'll be 16.5 mil. Um, if they do it before june 1st And it'd be 16.5 mil right then and there but if they do it after june 1st and they can split it up in the two years Um, I did see that video of brady with with his son. That was a little over the top, but um, okay uh Derek loves their 10 mil in cap space is what we would get ain't it like 10.5 mil something 16 million in dead money um, and what is his cap hit it was It what is was his cap hit, uh 26.5 next year Only sign-in bonus is going to be the dead money after next year because of his restructuring Uh, next year is the last of okay, so we will be paying him his sign-in bonus Um, that will count against us in dead money after next year, but uh, because we restructured his contract But next year is the last year that he actually has guaranteed money on the deal Okay Alexander said dead money means what I think it means No, man, not no mafia type of dead money, man That dead money is the sign-in bonus and the guaranteed money Okay, so and that that you acquire dead money when you When you release somebody aware it's It's money that you owe to them But uh, it's when you cut or release them or trade them or get rid of them whatever you still owe them money, right? Um, so I believe I believe that's what it is. Is judo. I'm gonna lead the team in sex Hmm Probably not It's capping around 26 million Okay, oh 24.7 mil 16.5 mil plus 10 mil That's 26.5 mil So we'll see Oh post-june 1st we save 18 mil. I thought it was 16.5 mil Hmm how is his contract that bad? It's this thing crazy, man. I already kept it around 31 mil. I don't know where you heard that from um Definitely not this year next year. We won't know yet, but We'll see um, so yeah, that's that so It's because of the guaranteed money. That's old tool Okay, got it so Put this around 60 Because I gotta send the I gotta send the guy the link to this video Because we answered that question in there So at around 60 minutes Because that was a tough one I know he wanted to he had asked me that question a little while ago And it's like I I know The answer but explaining it is tough, man It's explaining this tough um I'm not sold on Tony Jefferson. You think he's overrated They just used him in the wrong position last year. That's all it was man Raven's cap before 53 is 10 mil right now You know Okay, that ain't bad for going into the season um That's counting that look that 3.3. They just got from a restructuring who Tony Jefferson contract, right? Raven so underrated shout out Tom Brady um He bet on himself and won a Super Bowl Flacco low key deserved that money Well He deserved to get paid. Yes um They had to pay him Because they just won a Super Bowl because of him But um, he hasn't lived up to it. Uh, he hasn't consistently made people around him better And yes, he hasn't had the best receivers in the world either um That's just the nature of the game man. Can't have everything Oh, this is Lidarius whip um I think we should sign Collins now before we be in a situation like the Steelers. No, not at all You can't you can't sign a running back to a long-term deal off of a off of a one one year off of his first year starting You can't do that. That's too dangerous That's that's that's playing with your money playing with your cap room And you don't you didn't even have that much of it reason being because we don't want him to be a one-handed wonder Um, like what happened with Justin for a set We don't want that and if he is in fact the one-hit wonder then then we sign him to a long-term deal It's gonna be like man like we really just signed this guy. So no, yeah, they don't want to do that They don't need to do that um, so anyway Appreciate all y'all in here right now. We got about 30 people in here right now. Thank you Thank you all for coming through. Thank you all for coming through so late man. It's 212 in the morning It's 212 in the morning Um, so thank you all for coming through appreciate it um Thank you so much everybody that came through everybody that subscribe everybody that's Just here man. Thank you appreciate it um y'all are great y'all are amazing um Y'all a real deal man So thank you. Uh, make sure again, like I said, make sure you subscribe to the channel All right, follow on twitter too Follow on twitter because like I say sometimes youtube be acting up and it'll unsubscribe you um, and that'll be that so I'm going See y'all in the next video. Make sure you leave a like on the video And it's time for me to eat some pizza. We out


Stakeholders in the education sector have charged the management of the West Africa Examination Council, and the National Examination Council, NECO, to adopt the computer-based test CBT as a standard way of curbing examinal practice in the country. President of the Association of Tutorial Schools Operators of Nigeria, Michael Shodinke, maintained that the country was already feeling the negative impact of the vice. We are now seeing the result of examinal practice over time in Nigeria. Now we have senators that cannot send it well. We have reps that cannot represent us well. We have doctors that have become killers. We have lecturers that cannot even speak one correct sentence. We have governors that cannot govern well. Most of these were products of the last many years' exam my practice and favoritism. Now I can tell you that in jam, I can tell you clearly that there is no my practice. But in Wayak, we are appealing to Wayak. They are improving quite well. We appreciate them too because they are listening to us. But we are appealing to them to do more. They should introduce CBT also. NECO should introduce CBT. Technology can curb examinal practice. The people you are seeing here today are the marshals against examinal practice. They are the ones that agree to fight against examinal practice. Those that are not our members are the ones that don't really like what we stand for. And what this has just happened is zero tolerance to exam. Don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


This session is about reactive streams. And I'll introduce myself. I'm Mushtaq. I'm from ThoughtWorks Pune office. And I'm a big Scala enthusiast. I like to teach Scala and talk about Scala. And we are doing Scala projects in ThoughtWorks Pune a lot for the past four years. So I'm driving, evangelizing that internally. About reactive streams, I mean, what is the familiarity? I mean, have you heard of reactive streams? And some familiarity, reactive streams? OK, so I'll start with basics, right? So this work is we are doing a prototype. We are doing a prototype for a customer. It's going to be open source eventually. So that's why I can share this. And while doing that, we used our custom streams and stuff like that. At that point, I learned, personally I learned that how interesting it becomes the moment you start using lazy streams or collections, right?  How many of you are family with Scala? And have you Scala, to some extent, just some try?  And that model is very simple, but very powerful. What you do is, for example, there is a disk or a source somewhere with data. The first linear graph says that if you want to just process that data, what do you do? You first read it. And then the three cells, they represent that, OK, data has come in memory.  So it's in memory collections. And then you do further processing like square, all the numbers, map dot map square. And you get yet another collection in memory, right? So that is how it works. And then finally, you say take two. And then you get the first two elements, again, yet another collection in memory. And then these collections are immutable, which is good, because then they can be freely shared. And we'll see that in the next graph, right? How sharing is easy and possible. But in memory collections have a limitation, right? I think if my file is any decent file of size, say, 1GB, and I can't do this kind of a processing, so I have to use a different way of processing, not the Scala collections in memory collections. They also, at each point, they also allocate a new, I think it's, can you please reduce a little? It also allocates a new set of collection after each processing, right? So if you have many steps, then there is a lot of garbage which is produced. Another argument is that maybe because you're producing, you have to iterate over each element. So for example,


Good afternoon everybody. My name is Barry Colfer and I'm the director of research here at the IIA in Dublin Just allowing a few moments for people to find their seats as the zoom room populates I'm delighted to welcome you to this event a keynote address from Professor Alberto Alberto Alamano Alberto is one of the most exciting thinkers of his generation across the breadth of public policy taking in law Health society and very much in between and it's a real honor to host you Alberto here. I'll be it virtually in Dublin before hearing from the professor, it's my pleasure to Hand over to Catherine Menon. Catherine Menon is a consultant at EU affairs And an active member of the IIA community Including but not limited to chair of our own Germany German affairs group Catherine thanks for being available to moderate and I hand you the floor No, thanks Barry No, good afternoon to everybody and thank you for coming for joining us I must say we're delighted that Alberto could be with us this afternoon We're really looking forward to hearing from him. He is as Barry says really original and exciting thinker Just on the details. He will speak to us for about 20 minutes and then he we will go to Q&A with the audience So One of the better aspects of doing it all online is that you're responsible for your own fire exits But I would ask you to use the Q&A function On Zoom, which I think everybody's fairly used to now So please send in your questions as you think of them as it goes along With your name and affiliation if appropriate and we come to them once Professor Alamano has finished his presentation The presentation and the Q&A are on the record You can also join the discussion annex using the handle at IIA and please tag us in any posts So Alberto Alamano is the German a professor of European law and policy at HEC Paris His research has been centered on how the law may be used to improve people's lives Through the adoption of power-shifting reforms countering social health economic and political disparities of Access within society. He's the author of more than 60 scientific articles and a dozen books He's permanent visiting professor at the University of Tokyo School of Public Policy The College of Europe in Bruges and a scholar at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law And he's a fellow at the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation at Rutgers University He's the founder of the non-profit or organization and movement The Good Lobby Committed to equalize access to power So we look for with a with a CV like that We look forward with great interest to what you have to say to us Alberto, please so the floor is yours Thank you so much Catering for giving me the floor to Barry and to the IA for the kind of invitation for the opportunity to share a few thoughts I had of the European elections We start gearing up there start capturing the imagination of the media in Luckily enough also of European citizens and and voters and that's a reason why the title of my presentation today is the road To the European Parliament 2024 But is it just the casuals bellies and entries and excuse to share a few words about the state of play of European democracy and what we can reasonably expect From happening the road to the European elections has been Incredibly punctuated by electoral moments this year You are really witness an unprecedented electoral reason electoral season We've we've we've elections in in a record high number of European countries That even the risk of having a rerun Portugal is gonna be having elections in a couple of weeks from now There might be a rerun of those elections in the same way as the Spain as Spain also risk having a rerun in December we had the Dutch elections that we then didn't lead to a government formation yet We had elections in Poland that completely changed the political landscape by creating yet another challenge how you re-democratize a country when it basically eroded On on the rule of law. So is a terror incognita is definitely an unprecedented season That is preceding the electoral competition leading to the June Elections in Europe. So it's no exaggeration that for the first time these European elections really matter for us because we might be witnessing some Structural transformation in which the political conversation are happening in Europe So a few remarks on what to expect before during and after elections by asking a question I've been posing to different groups and communities across Europe of the past few years and the question I have for you Which sounds a bit of a quiz is what Europeans never do together and when I I ask these questions I always hear that, you know, there are things we don't do because you know There's not really something that you can do at the education level. So our schools curricula look different the taxation level I don't have to say this in Ireland are different. But in reality, the EU is also going there What do Europeans never do together for real is politics. So if you stop and ponder about it What is going to happen on? June in June in 2024 will be having around 400 million Citizens across Europe being called to cast a ballot and they're going to do this on on different dates They're going to be doing this For national parties. So in Ireland, you will be voting national parties Whereas in France are going to be voting their own French in the polls will do the same We're going to be voting for national programs Basically ideas that have been concocted at the national level and we're going to be asked to cast their ballot for Candidates who shared the very same nationality and citizenship they do have so as you can see this is so much for European politics There's very little European everything is extremely domestic European elections are nothing else But the sum of 27 parallel national competitions whose outcome has to be aggregated artificially ex post facto after the elections and this explains why so difficult To have a clear cut ideas on what it might happen in terms of new parliamentary majority in Europe And that's why there's so much speculation happening today After 70 years of socioeconomic integration the EU still has no European party system The European political parties are lose federation of parties that have very little in common One to another and which are not visible to the average European citizens. That means that a National party today in Ireland or in any other country can still run for the European Parliament without telling their electorate Which is the European political group in European political family? It belongs to and I can give you plenty of example one Which is very salient in the south of Europe is the five-star movement a party that has been around for 15 years They never picked their European political family. So they are independent some of them join some groups But there's very little Ideological consistency in the way in which they both and where they come from When you vote for the European election most of the national parties don't indicate their political party affiliation So there's no link being made by the act of casting your ballot vote and the political color of the European Commission That might be emerging as a result of that vote here. There are some examples coming for instance from the Netherlands I think is an interesting one where the outgoing Mark Rutte Prime Minister leader of the VVD the liberal family previous government actually Fell as a result of another liberal party member of the Alde the liberal party because they disagree at the national level So the party fell the government fell at the national level But nothing has changed at the European level D66 and VVD they belong to the very same European political party And then I can ask how many people are fully aware than when we're voting for For Angela Merkel and for CDU and today they're working there were voting they would be working for they would be voting for EPP They would also be voting for somebody like, you know, Victor Orban Fidesz when he was still part of the party So this limited intelligibility of the system prevents us from really understanding what is happening out But there is another side of the coin is not only the absence of a pan-European electoral competition Is also the absence of a European public sphere meaning that what happens in Brussels is narrated in 27 different ways depending of the country in which you are in so if we have a major speech by Ursula von der Leyen Well, that speech will be narrated from the national angle the national interest perspective of every single country That means that Europe does not necessarily suffers from a democratic deficit as many scholars have been trying to demonstrate over the years I'm not one of them But he rather suffer from an intelligibility deficit at the end of the day who is in Brussels represent us directly or indirectly has been democratically Legitimate it right through governments through parliamentary process through elections through appointment processes Which are pretty democratic in nature, but the system is not readable and that's what probably is holding us back today How can we tackle pan-European challenges if those pan-European challenges? Ranging from how to tackle migration all the way to how to address climate transformations are discussed According to the peculiarities and the political debates happening in a more parochial way at the national level This is something we might call as democracy without politics in a way Europe has been depoliticizing itself through its technocratic Policy process and politics struggle to comes in even though a greater Politicization is part of what we witness today, but not yet a Europeanization as I've been trying to explain to you The major consequence deriving from this lack of intelligibility is a lack of accountability Who is responsible for climate inaction who is responsible for the pushback against the climate Package that we witnessed over the past few months climate was the new raison d'etre was the real mission Foundational mission of the union under fundamental line, but over the past few months We have been seeing a reversal of that very same policy several parties not only the EPP Which was the first to be brave enough to say we no longer buying for this But also the liberals also some of the socialists also other political families are actually Taking or turning their back to the very same policy they subscribe to in 2019. Who is accountable for that? Well difficult right now to make sure that we're going to be able to identify the culprit and whether this culprit will be Sanction at the ballot box because of the lack of intelligibility who is responsible for not ensuring the respect of the rule of law and Heading a commission which could have been much braver in bringing more action Against the Hungary and in the past Poland in order to make them a bite But the very same rules of the game they subscribe to when they join the European Union but in the meantime and this is a very important point I think to be made today ahead of the European election if politics Doesn't really exist at the transnational level because it remain a domestic national affair The Europeanization of society of the economy has been going very fast So if I ask you how many European citizens do leave in a different country than the country in which they were born Well, that figure is 3.6% so approximately 15 16 million citizens that might some of you might say well It's little right in the US the interstate mobility is closer to 30% so significantly higher Well, they speak the same language that been together for more than 200 years So it's a different story, but there's another figure which I think is much more significant And the figure corresponds to the number of European citizens who are somehow exposed to another European country on an yearly basis Because they have family because they travel they go on holiday This figure is 50% so one European out of two Is somehow exposed to the European project, but the problem is the other 50% one after two is not exposed Why because historically the union has somehow put a specific premium On those who actually benefit from pre-movement the mobile people as opposed to the mobile one And this is clearly one of the challenges today also Head of these of these elections and this explains why over time already 20 years ago There's been an attempt at Europeanizing so fixing this original scene by creating some different rules of the game The first important rules of the game 2009 has been to embrace a timid form of parliamentarization That basically means that the choice of the press the European Commission has to reflect The parliamentary majority that is emerging from the ballot box And these has been a game changer is something that is really giving the final word to the European Parliament Because if the European Parliament won't vote by a majority They can lead a precedent designate precedent selected by the European Council Well, that precedent will never become a precedent and that Commission will never see the light of the day and ask Ursula von der Leyen when she only got eight vote of difference To actually become a designating a precedent in at the end of June 2019 this explains why in 2014 for the first time ever We had a system Scott so-called spits and candidaten that for the first time try to do the following trying to Convey to the average voter that when casting their ballot box the choice Their choice would have been at defining the political color of the European Commission itself And the rule at the time was that the party the European political party Getting the highest number of votes would have automatically receive the presidency of the count of the Commission and This was interesting to see mr. Junker as the lead candidate of the EPP became president However, when you fast forward you see that in 2019 not all European political parties selected the spits and candidaten and it's not only the liberals because Macron at the time We've renewal realized that it would have now never been possible to come on top of citizens preferences And they start boycotting the spits and candidaten process together with anti-european forces like Fidesz or Salvini lead in Italy by simply not selecting as a member of identity and democracy as spits and candidaten with their forehead already in 2019 a very Difficult situation to understand and unpack very few percentage point of the voters were Aware of the spits and candidaten process However, the turnout for the first time since 1979 went up and the question is Are we gonna be able in 2024 to maintain that same level of turnout? Big question mark all the more so because in 2019 None of the lead candidates who have been selected by the European political parties made it as a president of European Commission Certainly not man for Weber who was the spits and candidaten for the EPP on paper It should have been the one not France Timberman's who was the lead of the socially that came second and nor the liberals Which came third that means that the pick by the European leaders went To Ursula von der Leyen at the time minister of defense in Germany not running for the European Parliament Not with a European political program nothing Just falling from the sky and gaining control of the European Commission So the question at the time was and remains why should European citizens vote in 2024 if the political message they convey is not necessarily Automatically translated in the political priorities and not even into the political leadership of the European institutions But we simply witness an allocation of those posts Based on some calculus that political leaders make in close rules Hence the attempt once more to change the rules so they're gay So we spent three years in Brussels thinking how can we modify the European electoral law in order to ensure? Citizens to somehow choose and define both the political leadership and priorities of the next European Commission This was the promise of Ursula von der Leyen first statement She made in 2019 when she made it through the European Parliament vote this won't happen again Next time there will be new rules Defining clear accountability between the casting the ballot box and the appointment of the political leaders We are now four months away from the next European elections The electoral form hasn't be even considered by our member states the Parliament in his own work and trying to say Why don't we contest a number of seats not only at the national level but also in a pan-European college So that an Irish voter can actually vote for a German candidate a German candidate or a German citizen Or Slovenian could actually vote for an Irish candidate who would be representing all European citizens As the Treaty of Lisbon already say any piece represent all citizens not only their constituencies However, this idea was boycotted by the member states as well as other ideas like imposing the indication in the ballot box of The double logo the logo of the European political party So we are absolutely stuck and it seems very unlikely that these European electoral law will have any chance to be ratified before the next European elections If we fast forward and I'm coming to the very final part of my comments to you We can imagine that when we're gonna wake up as a result of these elections that is gonna take several days Why because the Dutch vote on Thursday? Some vote on Saturday some European citizens most of them vote on Sunday and the Italians keep voting on Monday morning To make sure the turnout is gonna be Acceptable enough, but on that week we're gonna wake up and we're gonna see a Parliament that looks very different than today There's a lot of speculation But essentially what we can take for granted is that the incumbent Establish largest political parties the European political party and the socialist and Democrats are gonna lose some seats So we're gonna be witnessing a sort of shrinking of the incumbent party as well as the Liberals Which represented a significant force in the current Parliament very much aligned in terms of voting behavior to the EPP and socialist And also the Greens who have been I would say a major political force in greening The political priorities of the Union are also set to lose big as a result of being sanctioned for their Political action in Germany where they are in government and greens party are not everywhere in Europe So they also suffer from that but a major transformation will occur on the right side of the political spectrum where we have been seeing major Figures coming for the European conservatives led by Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni supported by PIS the outgoing Polish Party that has been in government for a long time mr. Kaczynski and Also, other political parties around them Most likely we're gonna be seeing part of the far right in France. We have been seeing with marion Marichal who is the nephew of Marie Le Pen joining ECR and also Mr. Orban bringing a significant number of elected because Fidesz is gonna score high probably in that political party and also a difficult but Cozy relationship between the Conservatives and the idea so the most extreme party Le Pen Matias and Salvini and the AfD which is set to score very high in in Germany. So a lot of The political balance of the next European Parliament will depend on how the European new Conservatives a party that was originally Established by the British when they left the European popular party a couple of decades ago And the ID which is a more recent European political party identity in democracy are gonna be voting together We see an attempt of the Conservatives ECR a la Meloni to basically speech themselves as the moderate right Not anti you not questioning the very essence of the you Rather playing the game and the other real right Marine Le Pen I have the Salvini taking a much more colorful Anti-European stance not only alternative for Deutschland even Mentioning the possibility of a German exit from the European Union, which seems very far-fetched But this is possibly the only country which you still have political forces gaining points by selling an idea Which seems to be really expanding our over-the-window or what is possible and then 60% of the new Parliament being Inhabited by incoming new coming new babies. So new members of Parliament and bringing a lot of fresh net But also inexperience Which will probably also be a major defining factor in the way in which this Parliament will be looking at so as a prediction I expect greater Politicization the fact that Ursula von der Leyen has been endorsed by the EPP as their As a pizza candidate and the fact that she seemed to be the frontrunner We certainly politicized the overall conversation. She has been into office for five years. She has been trying to I would say Water a lot of fireplaces that were happening all over. She's been extremely reacted She proved they used to be resilient But at the same time she didn't get everything right and who is accountable to if she's not even running for the European Parliament And she's gonna be just coming out of a closed door room by European political leaders who basically say Tina There is no Alternative in the absence of better candidate or more consensual candidate. We need to endorse her That's where we are today, but this will lead in my view and you already sense That this is happening at the European Isation so back in 2019 back in 2014 We've been seeing pan-European parties like vault DM parties that try to present one Common political program a common pool of candidates across the European Union They were trying to push mainstream political parties to do the same that we're also running or allowing Italians running in France or having German candidates running in Italy and vice versa Well, I don't think we're gonna see much of it because we are actually the Europeanizing the political process at the very same time in which this is getting more political more visible more recognizable The average European citizens now know who is Madame von der Leyen what a paradox what is the risk and this is the very last slide Well, the risk is a risk of paralysis paralysis of the entire European policy cycle a commission Inhabited for the first time by Commissioner coming from rebellious party. Let's imagine from Hungary, but perhaps also from Italy or perhaps from let's imagine Portugal depending on how the elections are gonna go we'll Clearly represent a challenge for a college of commissioners that tend to vote Tend to vote very little to act consensually defining political priorities and acting autonomously from their political capitals But if we have One or two commissioners who are reporting back to their capitals on a weekly basis to represent the national interest Well, that's not what the commission is there for the commission job is to identify the European Interest which is not the sum of the national interest, but is yet another thing But this will inevitably reflect then on the European Parliament, which would be Possibly still dominated by mainstream political parties, but with a much weaker political support and we've Variable majority on different files where the right which might reach between the 25 and 30% of the entire Parliament will still be able To stop or delay or boycott the entire process So this would lead to a slowdown of the political The delivery of the political priority has slowed down of the policy legislation of the reformist Agenda of the European Union tasks somehow making Everything more difficult to agree upon at a time of unprecedented challenges to the European project at a time in which we face a very geopolitically shatter word will the European Union be able to deliver on his own decision-making in those Political conditions and for a taste of what has happened to us just imagine that on July The first 2025 the presidency of the Council of the European Union the Council of Minister will be taken over by Mr Orban as somebody who has been positioning himself as very pro-russian very close to the Kremlin Acting as a Trojan horse within the European Union still defiant vis-à-vis all the European leaders and Really not pushing back despite the major scandal that has been affecting his own party and some of his closest Advisor, so this is just a taste of what is waiting for us either There will be a major wake up by our European political leaders coming from The major political family or there is a high risk of seeing the European political project being hijacked by those forces That could be able to not only paralyze it is lowered down but also change in the very nature of the objective and operation of The European Union, so I'm gonna stop here.


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