The video that makes heavy use of autotune and visual effects reminiscent of 1990s music videos has a recognisable humoristic touch to it. The short snippet of the Blue (Da Ba Dee) music video by Eiffel 65, following a description of our “yellow blue, yellow blue, yellow blue blue blue” hearts, is perhaps the clearest indication that this federalist club banger is not to be taken entirely seriously. Indeed, Thilo Buchholz says that the idea originally came from a German comedy video that made mockery of different remixes and adaptations of the original Bella Ciao song. Since no European federalist version still existed, and the legendary Europe United video is already a few years old, it became clear that Treaty Ciao had to happen, he tells.
At the same time, the song has a deep political message that goes beyond the defence of liberal Western values suggested by the reference to Bella Ciao. On the JEF Netherlands website, the creators of the video explain that the name “Treaty Ciao” is also a subtle call for the EU to progress beyond the political order introduced by the Maastricht and Lisbon treaties, and to adopt a true federal European constitution. In other words, we should say “ciao” to the current treaty!
It may be that Treaty Ciao can’t be sung by groups as easily as Europe United, and it may not therefore become a new unofficial “anthem” for JEF in the classic sense. At the same time, it is certain that gems such as “Direct elections / Stopping corruption / The Court of Justice ain’t no noob” and “Dialogue, dialogue, dia logue, logue, logue” won’t go unnoticed by the JEF network and by the Internet.
Thilo Buchholz says that everyone he knows was “crying while laughing” as they saw the video. On the YouTube comment section, the top comment urges someone to “get this crazy man a contract”. Anthem or not, it does seem that a new hit has been born.
You can watch the Treaty Ciao video on YouTube through this link.
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