Country: United Duchies
Broadcaster: RTD
Broadcaster Director: Mary Beck
Proposal / Request Title: Proposal on two date ranges for Eurovoice
Proposal / Request Description: Proposal for a fixed date range standard Eurovoice with no theme and a themed Eurovoice that can be held at any time of year the winner of each would get to host the next Eurovoice of its type. I.e the standard Eurovoice winner would get to host next standard Eurovoice while the themed Eurovoice winner would get to set the theme and host the next themed Eurovoice within parameters agreed by the EUBC for the next themed Eurovoice. This proposal would ensure two Eurovoices per year with mutliple ways of participation.We propose that the themed Eurovoice should stick to the parameters of a secular theme for any Eurovoice so as to avoid divisive themes. Though this should be up to the EUBC.
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RE: EUBC - Organization Chart
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RE: RTD 24
UoD Leader toppled
Terence Fitzcharles was today toppled as leader of the UoD in a surprise vote by UoD MP's. He was toppled amidst the lastest poll in the long term collapse in UoD political polling as they struggle to find an identity losing the centre right to the Moderate Party and the right wing of the party to Unus. The party now faces a struggle between the centre right and right wing wings of the party with the right wing supporters arguing the party needs a tougher stance on immigration and more national conservative stance to combat the bleed of voters on the right wing to Unus while the centre right argue that doing so would only increase the bleed of centre right support to the Moderate Party arguing instead there needs to be a return to the centre of politics and reduction in pro-tax cut and more austerity agenda.The party has been reported to be in civil war with analysts describing the party as a party on death row. The party has been suggested to be close to imminent collapse or split with a potential power gap appearing in the centre right of politics if that occurs.
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RE: EUBC - Organization Chart
The RTD would like to ask for consideration of the revised proposals as it has already been 3 months since proposing the revised proposal and we th stated reason it was rejected on grounds of the optional streaming service that was not core to the proposal. We wish to be involved in a public broadcaster and content library but would prefer to do this through existing structures like the EUBC who we believe is in a good position to manage such a system. However if the answer is no we also need to know so we can go ahead with creating a system independent of the EUBC for content sharing among public broadcasters.
Mary Beck, Director of RTD
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Religion Duchies
Major Denominations:
Churches Members Members per Church: Churches % of Churches Active %: Active Followers Active members per Church HQ in Duchies Catholic Church 26,331,612 1,415 18,607 18.96% 70.70% 18,616,450 1,001 Cair Para Church of Duchies 28,663,260 1,247 22,994 23.43% 66.10% 18,946,415 824 Hague International Church of Salvation 6,655,370 612 10,876 11.08% 93.00% 6,189,494 569 Brummagem Duchies Episocal Church 4,113,306 331 12,409 12.65% 92.10% 3,788,355 305 Porterdam New Frontiers Church 2,303,782 363 6,345 6.47% 93.10% 2,144,821 338 Goudadam Elim 2,252,587 397 5,678 5.79% 92.50% 2,083,643 367 Malvern True Believers in Christ 1,827,667 471 3,883 3.96% 95.00% 1,736,284 447 Goudadam Assemblies of God 1,699,679 528 3,217 3.28% 91.80% 1,560,305 485 Porterdam Reformed Church of Duchies 660,417 176 3,762 3.83% 90.20% 595,697 158 Cair Para Methodist Church of Duchies 563,147 248 2,271 2.31% 91.10% 513,027 226 Cair Para Baptists Together 396,762 279 1,420 1.45% 86.80% 344,390 243 Couentre Apostolic Church 281,573 187 1,506 1.53% 93.90% 264,397 176 Timworth International BIble Baptist Church 220,139 232 950 0.97% 88.90% 195,704 206 Sheafford International Protestant Movement 189,422 282 671 0.68% 91.00% 172,374 257 Brycgstow Wesleyan Church 179,183 199 899 0.92% 90.10% 161,444 180 Cair Para Other Protestant: 1,188,859 429 2,772 2.82% 93.30% 1,109,205 400 - Duchian Orthodox 4,306,507 1,230 3,502 3.57% 83.70% 3,604,546 1,029 Cair Para Inquistan Orthodox 3,880,768 1,357 2,861 2.91% 89.90% 3,488,811 1,220 Cair Para Total/Average 85,714,040 873 98,134 100.00% 76.43% 65,515,360 668 -
RE: RTD 24
Shock polls shows right wing surge
New polling figures show a surge in support for right wing parties in the Duchies with a slight boost for the Liberal Party and Moderate Party with the PSD and The Left suffering losses while UoD who have the centre right ground are continuing their polling collapse. The Moderate Party under John Peter Key look set to gain 30.72% if the election was held today holding steady on the 30.84% at last election while PSD are expected to drop to 16.43% from 20.71% at the last elections if elections were held today. The AfD are making the headlines however with projections of over 74 seats with Unus also likely for the first time to pick up over 100 seats and on course to take up the position as the second largest party in the country. Analysts have suggested the current right wing surge could easily become a trend into the future and have said factors such as immigration , security fears and the recent attacks may be playing a role in boosting Unus and AfD's popularity. The parties are also showing strength outside of Westseaxna , Doornevale , Aranvale and Albion. Dissatisfaction with the EU and a desire to leave among some is also said to be behind the rise.The rise in support for Unus risks making forming a government with existing parties impossible if the 21 majority in the upper house is reduced for the governing parties with this potentially forcing them to bring in Unus to the coalition or face the tough choice of bringing an unpopular UoD into the coalition government to stop Unus getting into the coalition.Party % Seats Now % of Seats now Projected Seats Increase Decrease % of Seats Projection The left 1.57% 29 3.57% 10 -19 1.54% IUAC 0.14% 1 0.12% 1 0 0.15% PSD: 16.43% 158 19.46% 107 -51 16.44% Liberal Party: 14.46% 102 12.56% 94 -8 14.44% Moderate Party: 30.71% 232 28.57% 200 -32 30.72% Union of Democrats: 7.21% 111 13.67% 47 -64 7.22% Unus 16.57% 90 11.08% 122 32 18.74% AFD 12.91% 88 10.84% 70 -18 10.75% Total: 100.00% 812 100.00% 651 -161 100.00% -
RE: James Mizrachi-Roscoe- For a EU that works
My Plan for Europe
1:Harmonise business and trade regulations by putting forward a European Copyright Act for a unified European Copyright system , a unified minimum quality standards with its own testing mark to show products comply with minimum standards and other trade harmonisation policies such as possible development of a European free trade area for nations who want to join.
2. Reform the bureaucracy of the EU to bring it closer to the nations and the people in all aspects. Have all agencies budgets allocated by population and economic need to panels in member states that make the decisions on how to give grants based on local knowledge within a framework of rules set out by a comissioner. I will have a central pot for bigger projects totalling over 2 billion Euros a year (or possibly lower) that will voted for in the current way though would seek to have national panels have input into this and being on hand to provide advice.
3. Use some of the funds of the EDA to develop a proposal for a European Electric Super Connector grid made up of several regional supergrids. I will develop this concept further based on detailed input by nation states and experts. This super gride will strengthen the grid for renewables in Europe providing greater stability in the grids combined with a scheme to help roll out home batteries , battery storage facilities and vehicle to grid storage continent wide. This will reduce the cost of electricity continent wide and allow a stable zero carbon energy grid. I will look at options to fully develop the grid by 2035, 2040 or 2050 with detailed proposals outlining costs and benefits of each proposal .
4. I will hold a meeting with all European nations and call a convention on constitutional reform of the EU to get input from the nations and reform the EU to make sure it actually works reforming the current broken system that has led to paralysis and a feeling of anger and feeling ignored from the people of Europe towards the EU. I will work with nations to fix this system in a way that most European nations can agree on. My premiership will be a premiership of cooperation and progress.I recognise my premiership will essentially be a crowning rather than a truly democratic will of the people and nations of Europe. This must guide how I interact with the nations and people of the EU, I will not win by fair democratic means but a crowning of being the only choice on the ballot. Therefore it is only fair I consult the nations on the direction they want me to take moving forward.
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RE: Request for a Debate The Need for a Constitutional Convention
I thank the right honourable Čikarová for her proposals and would mostly agree with her proposals as a start. It is my understanding that James Mizrachi-Roscoe plans to unveil several proposals to make trade easier between EU countries including a potential opt in FTA zone and common standards for safety , copyright and quality standards to make it easier to move goods between markets with a lower need for checks. Alot of the ideas are ideas the Duchies has been proposing for a while and are glad a nation is finally also proposing simmilar ideas.
While these help in the issues of the commission not having time to achieve policies and fixing the constant change of direction and uncertainty I still believe we need to reform how agencies and not just the EDA are run giving them more freedom to operate and make decisions without constantly referring to the centre and having more local and regional teams handling funds and applications to make it far easier to apply for funds and hopefully make it more possible for states and organisations to apply for EU funds and also make it so that those with actual local expertise make the decisions for at least smaller proposals within a framework and guidelines of goals provided by the commissioners with an allocation of funding for each agency to be allocated to nations given to each nation based on population and possibly need based on economic wealth. I believe fixing the centralisation of so much of processes will take pressure off the comissioners enabling them to focus on general direction of the union rather than minutiae of proposals and policy effects in a country far from where they may have experience. I'd rather see the comissioners taking a more directing role than making all decisions for the EU leaving the more detailed and localised decisions of agencies to regional, sectoral and national experts who can better handle those decisions.We need reform in all areas for the EU to be effective.
Sky Hook , Councillour for United Duchies
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RE: Request for a Debate The Need for a Constitutional Convention
I would ask the honourable Councillour for Spain what would need to go further wrong for him to consider the system broken. How can you not call a system that has led to 4 inactive commissions in a row, 2 years of EDA not spending all its budget due to not getting enough claims to
bureaucratic centralised systems and just general gridlock in the EU commission and government. Is he blind or deluded? Frankly to have these issues and still say the system works is either lying or delusion. We need this convention to fix the EU systems or nations will leave in the future and the EU will collapse and I'd assume both I and the right honourable councillor for Spain don't want that. Until they get it and actually work together for reform rather than obstructing those trying to improve the EU this Union will continue on this dark path to collapse.Sky Hook , Deputy Councillor for United Duchies
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RE: DFA
Raise of Wage, Transfer and Star Player Wage Cap
As a result of the prosperity of the league and general need to continue attracting star talent to the Duchies Super League we are updating the transfer , wage and Star Player Wage caps by 60% , 33% and 100% for the next 5 year period.Cap Dux Libra Euros Net Transfer Cap per year(Averaged over 5 years) £80,000,000.00 €120,000,000.00 Net Wage Cap £40,000,000.00 €60,000,000.00 Star Player Wage Cap £10,400,000.00 €15,600,000.00 Total Cap £130,400,000.00 €195,600,000.00 We believe these new caps best balance the need for tickets to remain affordable to fans, to attract talent to the sport in the United Duchies and keep the league competitive and stop super clubs developing through sheer spending power alone.
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RE: DFA
DFA statement on UEFA response to plans
The DFA acknowledges the UEFA response and is dissapointed in the reaction by UEFA. There is still not enough done to combat racism, sexism, Transphobia and Homophobia in football. We will modify our plans and negotiate with individual associations or UEFA to conduct joint operations undercover and in other aspects to find and root out hate and discrimination in the beautiful game.We will be continuing our plans however to introduce the fine reward system whereby those who report incidents get a portion of the fine if a person is found to have committed hate even on games abroad. Fines will be levied from 1,000 to 2,000 Dux Libra per incident and a warning with consequences of minimum of a 5 years ban and maximum of a lifetime ban from any DFA or Duchies game for anyone found to have committed hate offenses. We believe this is not only proportionate but our duty to protect minorities within the sport.You may send videos in at the page on the www. nohateinsports.ud.sport to report any incidents you will be updated if you are due some money for reporting an incident whether in Duchies or abroad , in stadiums or outside of stadiums in bars and pubs.
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RE: RTD 24
Duchies Football Association to send undercover enforcement to matches abroad to spot hooliganism and offensive behaviour
The Duchies Football Association has announced its plans to roll out the programme of sending undercover enforcement officers to matches to United Duchies matches abroad. The programme which has resulted in hundreds of bans of fans from matches with up to lifetime bans for hooliganism and offensive behaviour such as racist, sexist and homophobic chants or gestures will be rolled out to foreign matches with undercover enforcement officers set to be placed in various places around the stands. The DFA has said "We are still concerned by the potential for racist, sexist and homophobic people attending matches or people who act offensively or obscenely making the sport an uncomfortable environment for people. We intend to root this out and will be acting against so called fans who act this way abroad.They must respect other fans and people abroad or face fines or up to a lifetime ban if caught." If found guilty the person would be on a no ticket list with information on the threat they pose being shared with authorities in other countries so they can be denied tickets. The association also intends to share details those who have committed offenses in the Duchies with other countries authorities in order to help combat hate throughout the sporting world.The association is also paying whistleblowers for reporting incidents and sending in evidence of any violations of the spectator code of the DFA. The payments which ammount to 50 % of a fine if the person is sucessfully sanctioned is payed to the person on a successful enforcement operation.The programme is also in place in Cricket matches as well as Rugby matches in the Duchies with suggestions they could try to roll out programmes like it abroad as well. The programme has been praised as well as criticised with those praising it seeing it as a vital measure to stop hooliganism and hatemongering in its tracks while those criticising the programme saying it runs counter to free speech and privacy of fans.
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RE: Svarna Today
Construction starts on E1 Motorway and SET lines
Construction has began on the E1 motorway with a projection of the toll motorway being completed within 3 years and a projected cost 12 billion Euros equivalent. The construction has began on both ends of the Mumba to Agra section with plans to start construction of the Agra to Sarghoda section in the middle of this year. The constustion of the first SET high speed line has begun from Muma to Sarghoda. The Line is also expected to complete in 2 years time. The land has been secured for both projects. The projects are expected to solve traffic congestion issues and boost the economy of the country. -
RE: Request for a Debate The Need for a Constitutional Convention
I as the deputy councillour for United Duchies agree with this idea. The term is too short to achieve anything of not often and its good we finally have a councillour other than the United Duchies one adressing this broken system and broken commission. I am for a convention and simplification and democratisation of the system which is direly and desperately needed and reforms to make the EU closer to the European people rather than the Europolis centred structure we have now.
Sky Hook, Deputy Councillour for United Duchies
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RE: Festival of Veles - Festival of Intercultural Respect and Understanding
James responded "Lets just say the company execs were not pleased at what they saw as theft of company property. Regardless this is a faith event and no the company did call on workers to leave it offered the option if thats what they wanted, as we do in all countries if we leave, that's standard procedure if we close a division we never want to see people out of a job if we can offer them one elsewhere its part of the company values. I'm sure as a humanitarian you understand those values. I'm hoping my kids learn something from today too as we try to give them as wide a breadth of knowledge of faiths as possible.Yohanna is not involved in the company so that will not be necessary."
Yohanna responded "None of us here are really involved in company business given our political and ducal positions and for me frankly I'd rather not get involved in company business so wouldn't really know about company policy too deeply. I'm just here to enjoy the festival with my kids and learn something about your faith."
The pastor responded "Its good to be hear . In the ICS we like to be friendly and understanding of all faiths. Its better to work together than fight over beliefs. To be honest I wish some of our so called christian brothers would get the message about equality , but alas we can't control them."
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RE: RTD 24
Tarek Al-Wazir arrested and extradited to Duchies
Tarek Al-Wazir has been arrested and extradited to the United Duchies on terrorism charges. The controversial public figure has said many statements supporting extremism according to opponents but the arrest has come following new evidence of direct links to terrorism.The police said in a statement "Tarek Al-Wazir has been arrested in the Duxburian Dominions after evidence was found of direct links to terror cells in the Duchies including the cells which hit the sporting venues in 2023. We believe we have a strong case and it is likely if found guilty he will recieve life in solitary according to Duchian laws on terrorism." The news was welcomed by all parties with hope being exressed the issue of terrorism related to the Svarnan war dying down.
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RE: James Mizrachi-Roscoe- For a EU that works
Statement
I pledge within 1 month of me entering office if elected three of the following acts will be put into the European Council:
1.Reform of the EDA to give more power to national experts to make decision making quicker and more efficient with allocations to be be given to nations based on population
2. A new act for a new European Union wide copyright act to set standards for a European wide copyright that allows companies to apply for one single European copyright rather than applying for a copyright in each nation or trade bloc.
3. An act to develop a single minimum European quality and safety standards with all nations having input into the standards with a equal vote for each nation in the process. The act will also include a mark allowing the product to be sold EU wide so companies only have to have a product tested once to be able sell it throughout Europe. This will make trade easier and product costs lower for the average European. -
RE: RTD 24
Harmonized quality standards, business regulations and copyright laws needed says James Mizrachi Roscoes
James Mizrachi-Roscoe has today said that Europe needs to harmonise its business laws on quality, copy right and trade. He said in a public meeting "Today Roscoes and many other businesses have to navigate over 20 different quality and safety standard laws, copyright systems and administration systems to trade throughout Europe with exports and imports hard because of this process. Roscoes size businesses find it inconvenient to meet 20 plus different standards but if its hard for bigger businesses and organisations like Roscoes and Siemens imagine how hard it is for a SME without the dedicated international trade teams large businesses have. Many businesses face significant barriers to growth or in procuring imported goods because of the multiple different standards. Exporters have to treat each country or trade bloc as an entirely different project making one off consignments hard to fulfill meanwhile getting imported parts or goods is harder as they have to be certified as safe in Duchies because there is no garuntee it meets standards domestic firms meet. The result is less international trade and specialisation than would otherwise be the case. That is why I am running on the business harmonisation platform so SME's and big business has equal footing in the market which is not the case at present."His proposals include setting a common copyright system for the whole of the EU with opt outs available for nations and also doing the same for a common minimum product safety and quality scheme and mark. He has acknowledged some product standard minimums may need to be lowered to meet a new European standard but argues this is adressed by other quality marks that most Duchian products are aligning to anyway. He argued clothes, and daily products are more expensive throughout Europe as a result of inconsistent standards and costs of compliance with mutiiple systems and individual certification of safety and quality being required in each market.
The candidate has also called for much more powers for the EU and "more efficient administration" . He's argued for localising decision making to expert panels in each nation for each agency in areas of development, agriculture and environment among other areas. He said to us in his talk with us "At the moment the three commissioners decide everything , run everything and make every decision in the EU especially in agencies like the EDA. This is highly inefficient as every application has to go through Europolis and you are essentially screwed if an incompetent or less active commissioner gets elected as has happened many times recently. My proposals would see either national or regional panels and sub-panels handling applications with experts from all sectors with some appointed by EU and some by the national governments or institutions. These would decide grants and proposals under a certain amount and be given budgets in proportion to population to allocate. The measure would ensure that people assessing projects have local knowledge and expertise resulting in better more efficient decision making. These panels would have to write reports every 6 months and be audited every 12 months to protect against corruption. This would also apply to other grant making institutions." The commissioner candidates proposals have drew praise from the business community and third sector organisations who say navigating EU funding applications is often too complex , slow and bureaucratic with over 80% of organisations saying they instead pull from either ECON operated , other international agencies or domestic agencies for their funding as this tends to quicker and more efficient. James has branded this "an embarrassment for the EU" saying if the EU wants to survive it needs to be "indispensable and costly to leave just because it is the most efficient in development of Europe and important to everyday lives." He said " I believe in the vision of the EU and the idea but the problem is that in practise there is too much obstructionism and inefficiency. Every good idea to harmonise standards or make the EU more efficient and responsive gets voted down and frankly lazy and ineffective commissioners just go in get paid for doing literally nothing of note for the European people before the next "do nothing comissioner" gets in to repeat the cycle. My prediction is the EU will see nations leaving and forming alternatives if this situation continues. We are already seeing the rise of Unus in the north in United Duchies and this concerns me , I want to see us in the EU in 10 years time but unless the EU actually changes I fear a day when we will be leaving the EU and we likely won't be the only nation to do so in that situation." His candidacy has been backed by the Moderates, PSD , Liberals and UoD while Unus have called him an "EU lackey". Unus also have put in their platform they intend to hold a referendum on the EU promoting leaving the EU over their "control over the nation and wastage of Duchies money ". The party is in line with the AfD in this policy.
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RE: James Mizrachi-Roscoe- For a EU that works
Rally Duxburian Union
When we stand together playsCrowd applauds as James Mizrachi-Roscoe enters stage:
Fellow Europeans today. I come to you not as a Duchian, not as some self interested nationalist, not some power hungry corrupt elite official but as a fellow European who actually supports the EU unlike many professsed EU lovers who claim to love the EU yet undermine it at every term in budgets and in cutting back agencies promoting cooperation. My record is clear I support the EU and oppose attacks on it , I have opposed the cutting of the ESA budget, supported reforms that would bring the EU closer to you the people and opposed savage budget cuts and proposed reforms to actually make the EU work.Now today the EU is a good idea , an organisation with great potential to transform Europe but yet it doesn't . Its not the EU leading trade simiplification as it should but ECON, Euro 3 and Telum alliances by nations. Its not the EU leading development but nations and the Green European Fund . Its not the EU leading on climate change but efforts by some nations. And why is this?
Why is it that the EU despite its potential and its budget cannot effect change like it should? It is simple its because its being undermined , you have a commissioner cutting the budget while contributions rise or remain stable , you have budgets effectively cutting the ESA to nothing so it can't achieve anything in Space. You have a centralisation of power and denial of projects in the EDA that have no idea about local cultures and instead judge projects solely from their own culture despite evidence that things like bikelanes and cycle super highways and pedestrianisation efforts cut congestion while approving highways in Svarna Surya. All while supposedly being pro-green and sustainable development. You have decisions taking months and applications that cost so much small projects in the millions cannot justify using the EDA while the same people in charge complain that nations coming up with their own schemes in frustration just to get something done is somehow undermining the EU not their opposition to reform that is necessary and silly decision making. These stop the EU from being truly great, you saw that with the failure of the Azrekko EDA application here where it was rejected and rescued by a non-EU organisation.
I ask you which corporation or company makes every decision with three commissioners? Which company accepts inactive leaders who do nothing and take months and even up to 6 months on simple decisions overrunning their time for application responses? Yet we accept all of this in the EU a supposedly professionally run organisation with hundreds of billions in the budget that can barely get 30% of its EDA budget out due to inefficiency and centralisation. So I've outlined the problem but who cares? And why does it matter?
It matters because it means the EU is unnecessary in many peoples eyes and that is dangerous. We have to argue daily in United Duchies with out right who want to leave. We argue for the vision and the idea of unity among Europeans but what happens when thats no longer enough, nations can and will leave , I warn you unless change happens the EU will collapse. But what kind of change do we need?
We need to stop depending on three comissioners who even when competent and active cannot possibly do everything needed to make the EU work . When I was CEO of Roscoes I did not make every decision. I did not decide how many sausage rolls as store in a rural town ordered or whether each individual got the christmas shift off. Imagine if I tried it would be chaos , every person in business and charities knows delegation is how you run things, so what do we need to do in the EU. We need to run it like a professional organisation, delegate the powers to those who know best , set central goals and criteria then have local boards of agriculture , development and in each area of expertise that can make decisions taking into account a local context. Yes these will need oversight , yes with budgets allocated by population we would need anti-corruption checks but for goodness sake let local expertise decide the efficient use of funding and reduce the god damn paperwork , it should not take 6 months to decide on a project . We need this reform for Europe to work.
Secondly we need more laws and regulations to harmonise trading standards throughout the EU . It is ridiculous we have over 20 different product standards in 20 different markets that companies have to apply for over 20 different trademarks throughout Europe that companies have to know over 20 different import and export documents . All this does is drive up cost and make trade harder for no good reason. If elected I would push for radical simplification of trade. I would seek 1 common product standard for Europe, 1 safety standard for Europe and 1 trademark application relevent throughout Europe. I would design a system that allows yes opt outs but shows the clear benefits of aligning to the one strong European standards with a single quality mark for minimum standards in Europe.
I would give each agency its own local national boards with their own budgets and have them make local decisions and report 6 monthly to the EU to prevent corruption and subject to a yearly inspection while allowing effective local decision making that takes into account local conditions that a central commissioner could not possibly understand. I would trust people to know their own nations needs not try this failed top down approach we currently have.
I would work to create a consultative framework for the member states to have input into the common standards and laws in Europe. In short I would make the EU work and actually be able to deliver not have this over dependence on the centre. We love the EU and I think most Europeans love the EU dream and vision of unity , working together and distributing resources according to need and helping give those nations with less a leg up to equalise development for us all but it cannot achieve because those in charge undermine it with their need to make all decisions. There are those who want to hog all the power for themselves and let me tell you I am not one of those, in fact I want to unleash the power to the people and let those who know your needs best the local experts make the decisions. I don't want to be studying the minutia of some proposal for a business hub in DU or some local street market scheme in Spain for example. I want the local experts to make those decisions with guidelines. So you have a choice this election vote for the same inefficiency mess and long term collapse of the EU as people get more and more fed up or vote for REAL change , vote for REAL power, REAL unity and an EU that actually works for you and the people. Let us vote to defeat the obstructionists trying to hold onto power in the centre at the expense of the ordinary working man and the people of Europe. We cannot continue down this dark path for the Union of selfishness and power grabbing at the centre of the EU. We cannot continue with inactive commissioners who do nothing for you , so vote for the change that can truly deliver.
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RE: Festival of Veles - Festival of Intercultural Respect and Understanding
James had been asked to attend the festival of Veles by the government. He took some persuading after all this is a country that had stole his business but hey politics is politics. The foreign secretary was busy. He decided it would look better if his family also came so Yohanna came with Danya, Amaziah , Mathias and Aerial Amaziahs girlfriend. Maybe this could be an oppurtunity to take part in another culture for them. They arrived on the budget airline flight, having traveled by Wizz Air and then traveled from the airport to the city by bus. They preferred it this way no pazazz no , fuss the bus was fine for them. They eventually found their way to the venue , they saw Íñigo Quintero and D. Borja Sémper Pascual as they arrived to the venue as well as the Istkalen delegation Évretas Iketemar.They started mixing and socialising around the delegations , they just wanted to enjoy the experience.
The Global Pastor of the ICS Marcos Llunas Roberts and his son Izan Llunas Roberts also were in attendence which was a great comfort to James to see some good friends there . The two found each other with Izan saying hello to Amaziah. What would come next at this festival they did not know but hopefully it would be exciting.