"I am glad that we agree on free movement, and when it comes to the Spanish position on Free Trade between Gania and Inquista, something we already have under the guarantees compiled in the Treaty of Telum. The products we have on this region, that we share and that we offer the world are crucial for our development, and we must protect them and ease that a Ganian citizen can have some Spanish Ham and that a Inquistan citizen can have some products from Gania too. As the prices get lower, we make it easier for our citizens to eat healthier and enjoy the great resources we have. In fact, we would not be what we are today if it wasn't for these amazing products!

Ms. Armigón, I would like to ask something about foreign transport links as well: does your country have a foreign rail connection with the United Duchies or Red Croatia, as I still have the doubts. If there is no existant connection with those countries, we would be willing to help Gania connect to Red Croatia and join the Eurorail scheme, and I would like to hear what Mr. Firoux has to say as well. Do any of you have other proposals concerning trade? The Spanish delegation is thinking on a Mediterranean certificate of quality for our products, so no cheap copies can substitute our original products".

Frederick and Kasper were glad to hear of the Spanish government's willingness to provide equipment for the Defence Forces.

FV: At the moment, our navy is pretty well equipped to control both our coasts and the EEZ. However, we are looking forward to increasing our power projection capabilities farther from our EEZ. In the past months we have been observing Spanish produced equipment and we are particularly interested in the Baden-Württemberg and Sachsen class frigates. Specifically we'd like to acquire 4 vessels of each class. On the bases and alliances issue, I think it is best I yield the word to Minister Merckx as he's probably going to be the next head of government and those aspects he probably can better comment on.

KM: The possibility of establishing joint bases between both Ineland and Spain in Inelander soil is an interesting prospect that we are really interested in exploring, given that there is a reciprocity and joint bases can be established in Spain, of course. However, as you were pointing out, the alliance membership is a factor to be taken into account and might lead to tensions. As you are probably aware, we are going to hold a general election by the end of March. Even though the result is still far off, most opinion polls predict a renewal of the current government composition and both our party and the majority of our parliamentary allies have set up ECON membership as a short-term goal. I understand though that, given the alliance landscape in the region and the fact that you are a Treaty of Telum signatory, establishing joint bases might raise some eyebrows. We are however, regardless of military alliance allegiances, interested in establishin a Hispano-Inelander partnership that can supersede any kind of situation inter-alliance rivalries might drag us into. Therefore, even though a joint bases program might be too much of a controversial issue, we'd like to establish joint weapons development programmes with Spain.

Rally 2 - Czech Slavia

Prague
4th March 2022
Streamed for all European Union countries

Good afternoon gorgeous people of Czech Slavia! How are you today? My name is Corinna Larsen and I am in love with your country, with their poweful and handsome men and their corageous women! Thank you very much for coming here today, I would have never thought I had so many fans here!

At first sight, it may seem to many that I have no experience or knowledge about Europe, about politics and about Commission management. Well, I have a message to those who believe that and to my haters (hi Juan Carlos!): I have a lot of knowledge about this Union, I have knowledge about politics and you are not going to stop me from running on this election! Was our Premier Commissioner and national symbol of this country into politics before she got the place she deserved? No she wasn't! Did that made her a bad Premier Commissioner? No, it didn't. Yet, why cannot Corinna Larsen be Premier even if she doesn't have any former experience? Leaving the question there, you choose the answer.

So today I am going to speak about the European Space Administration, that one Joe Biden says he wants to amend but when he had the chance to actually amend it, he instead apointted opaquely a new director and pretended everything was fine. Look to the screens for a minute, and see how Mr. Biden saw the ESA versus the reality during his term. Seems he has now woken up from his nap, a long one by the way, and it is starting to realise that the act has some big mistakes. Also, it is worth to point out he keeps lying and lying yet he believes he is saying the truth: he claims "I've seen it not work on anything good since Mr. Junkie Juncker removed its first director", yet he appointed another one. Joe, for the love of God, if Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker was wrong about removing Mr. Musk, why haven't you put him back in office? I'll tell you why: because you know that Mr. Juncker was right and that Musk did nothing good for the ESA or the Europeans.

Hear me out nice people, this is what I propose for the European Space Administration: no more appointments, no more funding, no more ESA. If I am elected, I will defund the ESA. It has done nothing useful for the Europeans but rather we were wasting money on it. The provisions on the act that regulates it have not been accomplished, they have not been able to launch a single thing to space since its creation yet we want to keep it? Europe was a better place without the European Space Administration and Corinna will get rid of it forever. What about the money we get from there? That money is going to the European Developemnt Agency, which urgently needs some funding and to which I pretend to allocate 5 billion Euros from the FIA. I will talk about the budget in another rally, but you as European taxpayers deserve useful, fast and effective organisations in Europe.

But for now, this is all I wanted to speak about. If you wanna know more about my platforms, don't hesistate and visit my personal webpage www.corinnaifitshardleaveittomeillfixit.eu or my Twitter profile, @corinna. I hope that you decide to vote for real action and not for lies and sleepy candidates. I'll always stand by your side!

Thank you very much for coming and vote for the Europe which will make hard things turn soft in minutes!

VISIT: INQUISTA

Community Rounds with live stream coverage from St. Dominico to all EU Nations

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A car convoy pulls over at a major square in the Business District of St. Dominico. Crowds waiting line the path, they then began cheering and clapping as Joe comes out of the car. He then makes a short statement on a small platform.

JB: "I'm so glad to be here once again folks, and so a good day to all of you here in Inquista and those watching us live from abroad. First, I'd like to thank the local officials here, the members of the Eurocrusade group here in Inquista that organized this event, and the government of Inquista led by Ms. Kligenber, who we should note was a victim of my opponent's obsession with powerful rich men and adultery."

"I do not really prefer personal attacks, but this had to be done as I am enough with her personal attacks to me even if they're not true. Anyway, I came here in Inquista to pay a visit to the people of a nation with the largest economy and contribution to the EU's budget. We must recognize that these nations deserve to be heard for they're what power our union's operations. And so I'd also like to thank all of you who attended here who contribute a lot to the EU, well done to all of you."

"Flattering aside, if you would like to call it that way, my primary mission here is to hear what the people want more upclose. Something like a constituent consultation. Anyway, I'm hoping to see some more people and I'll be looking forward to your suggestions and comments along the way."

Joe came down the stage with a round of applause, he then starts to walk with guards around to prevent any security issue to happen to the commissioner (although he doesn't really like the security). He then comes across a homeless man and asks him.

JB: "Hello sir, I'm Commissioner Joe Biden of the EU, may I know your name?
HM: "It's an honor to meet you Mr. Commissioner, I'm Ted..."
JB: "Nice to meet you Mr. , now I'm sorry to disturb you on whatever you were doing. I'd like to just ask you what do you want the upcoming EU Commission should do?"
HM: "I'm really looking for a candidate that will return the EU Budget back to what it should have been before the 0.05% amendment."
JB: "I understand that, thank you Mr. . I assure you that a Biden Commission will do so and support a better EU budget system so that people like you will be brought up from poverty."
HM: "Thank you Mr. Commissioner."

Joe then walks quite more and responds to some questions from people he come across. Security tried to stop the media from coming near, which is the only thing Joe and his security detail agree to. Later on, he comes across a Nicolezian Immigrant who fled Icholasen when the coup began.

JB: "Greetings miss, I'm Commissioner Biden of the EU, may I know your name?"
NI: "Oh my god Mr. Commissioner, I'm Nic..."
JB: "It's great to meet you Ms. . Apologies for interrupting on your errands today, but I'd just like to ask if there's anything you would want the Commission to achieve next term."
NI: "Well, I was a Nicolezian Immigrant that came here when the communists took over my country. I've seen many commissioners pass, but nothing happened and I still can't come back. It'd be really great if the next Commission will solve the situation in Icholasen and encourage peace talks between the two nations."
JB: "Ma'am, I'm sorry to hear what happened to you and I apologize on behalf of my predecessors for not being able to achieve your wishes of peace. I guarantee that I'll do my best and offer the EU as an arbiter for the situation between the two Icholasens. But we will only achieve that if I win the next elections as Premier Commissioner."
NI: "Thank you Mr. Commissioner, it's really good that you came to hear what we want."

He then proceeds with quite a large group of people still following him. After a while, a very concerned citizen who was part of an organization that wants Inquista to leave the EU recognized and approached Biden.

IX: "Mr. Biden, Mr. Biden, may I suggest you something?"
JB: "Sure, go ahead."
IX: "I'm , and I'm an advocate for EU reform and is a member of an organization in Inquista that wants to have our country leave the EU. I was wondering if you could please reform the EU and make the ESA more useful. I've seen it not work on anything good since Mr. Junkie Juncker removed its first director."
JB: "If we're elected, we will work on that and also make it something that doesn't spend on unnecessary vanity that not all nations can afford nor are they interested in. I assure you that this will happen within my remaining four month term if we're in office. And I hope that if this happens, you would campaign for Inquista to stay instead."
IX: "Thank you Mr. Biden. I promise if it does happen."

Later on, he went back to the podium after meeting a few more people. He then asks them what they want to see the next Commission to do. There were quite some people from the Left and Pro-Mikaela groups among the crowd, finding a common ground they shouted.

A: "Give Ms. Kligenberg and Ms. Reiserova an EOM!"

Joe snickered but then responded.

JB: "Alright then, I'll see what I can do."

He then left with the convoy with the crowd cheering and giving a loud round of applause as the cars proceeded to the airport where he went on a flight to Azrekko.

Policy on Development and Green Transition
I would support a development policy at the EDA using money from richer nations in the Union to help poorer ones develop in a green way. I would focus development on transport , energy and core infrastructure to allow other development to take place. In case of a nation with less than 25,000 Euros per capita this should be in the case of a full interest free grant with nations above gradually having more of a co-pay element and pay-back requirements with more funding for richer nations being in form of a low interest loan to pay back into the EDA budget. There should be where possible local sourcing of products in order to reduce emissions and make a project more sustainable and encourage economic independence in a country.

"Excellent!", exclaimed Sarah, elated both for the satisfactory results of this meeting and for the good news she would be able to bring the Emperor. She passed a pen to her Istkalenic counterpart, before taking out another and affixing her signature, and with it, the authority of the Imperial Prerogative, to the Diem Accords.

"Well, Írenet, as much as I would love to hang around, I suggest we meet sometime again soon in a more open, relaxed setting. Military bases are no place for quiet, proper discussion with peers -- or, should I say, with friends."

Gladwell gestured the Istkalenic delegation to the next room, where some brief time for refreshments was spent, before everyone was once again loaded into convoys, and driven back to the airport.

Erna bowed before the Spanish president. "Welcome to the Republic of Fremet. I am doing quite alright, and I do hope that you could say the same for yourself. Come, we will continue with the pleasantries when we get to the great hall."

A long table made from sturdy walnut was centered in the hall. Various vines and flowering plants lied the heights of the vaulted ceilings beneath patterned skylights, which allowed the sun to brighten the room. The windows facing the Port of Trondheim were recessed, allowing for a small sitting area behind the larger table.

Erna gestured to Aguilar to take his seat at the table, facing the port— and Erna.

Bipin Rake listened he said " Yes I'm proposing allowing all bases in the alliance to be able to be shared unless there is some national security reason and that our naval bases near Porterdam, Hamborg and Baltia be shared Hamborg and Porterdam by all three and Baltia with Reitzmag as we cannot allow your ships through by treaty.

On fighter jets we'd happily sell you the Typhoon fighter which is very capable and affordable to maintain and buy. Its quite a balwark of our fleet and can be adapted to your systems or just fixed with Duchies systems.How does that sound"

Junichi Watanabe and Kyomi Ishijo looked at each other then looked at President Mouri-Kudo. Well Madame President, I think we are done here. This has been a most productive meeting. We will send over a draft to your office by the end of the month in the meantime we will get a meeting going with the Yosai National Rail to get their input of a universal railway line. (OOC If you want this to be another meeting or just draft one up and announce it I'll leave it up to you).

Strathae General Election 2022:

Tionól Clans Result:

Party Votes Vote % Seats Seat % Vote Change Seat Change CSP 5,764,162 39.66% 21 20% +1,590,295 -9 Alternative 1,179,626 8.12% 1 0.95% -3,209,919 -25 PoT 7,455,962 51.13% 82 78.1% +1,971,933 +34 DRP 132,379 0.91% 1 0.95% -31,537 0 Total: 14,532,130 100% 105 100% +320,771 0

The Archbishop was touched by President Reiserová's kind words, and she was very pleased that the President would spend more time with her family. The President's keenness to get home was quite abrupt, but Mikaela was just glad that the President seemed to take her words concerning her family seriously.

Mikaela handed President Reiserová the shopping bags containing the makeup, and then hugged her goodbye. "I will always adore you - it's the norm, you don't even need to look it up," Mikaela told her as they both bid each other farewell.

The Archbishop gazed at the President for Life with fondness as she walked off, but wondered where she was going, as their hotel was in the opposite direction. No matter, Mikaela thought, as the President told the Archbishop that her words from 'tomorrow' were correct - perhaps the the President was psychic - and so she figured the President knew what she doing.

In signing the Caspian City Treaty, the Archbishop and Reitzmic Prime Minister agreed to turn Caspian City into the K-Pop centre of Reitzmag, by incentivizing K-Pop companies to either relocate or be founded there. The Archbishop was eager to attend a K-Pop concert, and thus booked a front row ticket to a show being put on by Wonho.

The Archbishop was picked up by a limousine and was driven to a nearby concert venue where Wonho was performing. Mikaela made her way to the front row, with a drink in hand, as the concert began. Wonho gave a stellar performance, singing and dancing perfectly to all of his best songs, including Open Mind, Lose and, of course, his latest release, Eye on You, now available for streaming on all platforms (stream and stan Wonho for clear skin, that's what Mikaela has heard and knows to be true).

After the concert, Mikaela met up with Wonho backstage and invited him to an afterparty at the Kligenberg-owned club that Silas had opened up in the city.

One quick outfit change later, Mikaela and Wonho arrived at Club Kligenberg. This was Mikaela's first time visiting the club, and she was quite impressed with the venue, which was deserving of the Kligenberg name. The Archbishop requested that the club only be open to VIPs and invited guests this evening. Upon her arrival, the Archbishop made her rounds around the club, greeting everyone that she had invited.

"Dr. Klassen, so good to see you again," Mikaela greeted the Inimican nuclear scientist. Dr. Klassen's great physique was even better without being hidden behind his lab coat, and so the Archbishop tried her best not to ogle at his body too much.

"Oh, Santiago! You made it!" Mikaela cheered enthusiastically as she turned around and saw the Spanish seafarer. Santiago was joined by two mysterious looking men. "I wasn't sure you'd be able to come. Sorry about leaving you at the sea by the way. I think it was all a misunderstanding. We can put that behind us, right? Who are your friends here?"

"No worries at all," Santiago reassured. "These chicos? They're pirates. Once I got on their ship, I told them, 'I am am el capitán now,' and now they will work for me, to protect España and her waters."

"Awesome, I've always wanted to meet real life pirates. I've only seen them in movies. Anyway, see you guys around!" the Archbishop noted as she waved cheerfully.

Mikaela then greeted Ricardo, the young personal attendant from Pamplona. Ricardo was joined by the handsome animal keeper from the animal sanctuary, who came with Manuel the Chimpanzee in his arms. The Archbishop gently patted Manuel with skepticism, and then quickly dodged with great dexterity as Manuel made another go for her hair.

"I think Manuel is drunk already, please keep an eye on him," the Archbishop nervously warned as she beelined across the club to her pilot Jimin, who was surrounded by the other six members of BTS, as well as Wonho. The Archbishop gave each of them a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

The Archbishop then greeted Dr. Oli Hampton, who just arrived from his shift at the clinic. Mikaela also went around to say hello to the other eclectic guests who had arrived, including her long-time bezzie Ludacris, country musician Bradley Suttons, Priscilla Presley (the widow of Elvis Presley), Ava Max, Nicki Minaj, and Nicki's cousin's friend from Nofoaga who had recently gotten married after undergoing a medical procedure on his noble parts.

The Archbishop visited the bar to order a martini, which she drank in one gulp before ordering another. The Archbishop resumed socialising with the various guests while intermittently ordering new drinks and making trips to the dance floor. After throwing it down to Family Affair, the Archbishop, in a sufficiently drunken state, decided to give President Reiserová's personal contact details to all of the eligible men at the club.

"She deserves to have a good man, she really does," Mikaela insisted while slurring her speech and inputting the President's phone number into Dr. Klassen's phone, before then also passing on the details to Ricardo, the animal keeper, Santiago, both of the pirates-turned-vigilantes, Dr. Oli Hampton, Wonho, and Ludacris.

Mikaela raised her drink for a toast. "To Bina, the Teacher of Nations, Architect of Socialism, and Defender of the Revolution!" Mikaela cheered as she raised her drink, before then downing it in one swig.

The rest of the evening was a blur. Somewhere along the way, the Archbishop blacked out after getting incredibly drunk. Despite this, she still turned it out on the dance floor.

The Archbishop woke up with a throbbing headache. It took a moment for Mikaela to gather her bearings and realise that she was in the co-pilot seat of the Girls on Tour Jet. It was dawn, and the jet seemed to be headed home towards Saint Dominico. The Archbishop turned to Jimin, who seemed really out of it as he piloted the jet. Th Archbishop had a splitting headache, and still felt a bit drunk.

"Jimin... are you... ok... to... fly?" the Archbishop slowly croaked, seemingly barely conscious.

Jimin hiccupped. The pilot was clearly still drunk and under the influence, but he attempted to reassure the Archbishop the best he could, despite his inability to speak comprehensibly. "Don't worry, I will [incompressible] . You [incompressible] . Smooth like [incompressible]."

Mikaela leaned back in her co-pilot seat. While her head hurt, the Archbishop's heart felt warm and full. She felt so grateful and happy to have spent an amazing and adventurous holiday with President Reiserová, whom she had now grown much closer to.

alt text OFFICIAL NOTE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The Federal Republic of Gania sends its deepest condolences to the victims of the unforgivable and cowardly attack on the Vatican, as a country we condemn what happened and our security forces will meet to guarantee support for the entire region in the face of possible new attacks. Gania will do everything possible to help convict the perpetrators of the crime.

Aguilar smiled as he saw the deal coming closer. He knew Mrs. Kovářová would not be a fan of that manoeuvre, but he had to do it if he did not want to have a bad position within that Rare Earth Metals alliance: "As you said, Ms. Reiserová, it would realy depend on the agreement the Rare Earth Metals producers reach: if we get to the point in which you limit the countries REM producers can trade with, then a 100% of our REM would need to be mined here. If that does not happen, I will go for a 60% of our REM being imported from Czech Slavia.", the President said.

He then listened to the offering the Czech President for Life made, and the compliments he had for the Inquistan Archbishop, Mikaela Kligenberg: "Well, you know, I will not say no to a holiday in Inquista or here, Mr. Juncker has told me very nice things about your country, and I am willing to visit it when I have some free time. As you know, I have a very busy agenda with summits and national compromises, but it is a pending thing on my to-do list. Did you know former Commissioner Juncker spent some time here during his partial retirement? He once told me that he would think about buying a house here.

Moving on from this very important topic, I would like to speak about business opportunities. Are there any enterprises interested in investing in Spain? What doe, apart from nice natural resources, Czech Slavia to offer? I believe that, to improve our trade relationships, we could ease commerce restrictions and taxes or either establishing a free trade agreement, whatever suits best for you and the people of Czech Slavia, that you do represent very well", Aguilar said.

Aguilar nooded and listened, very interested, to what the Leagioan President had to say. Everything had been agreed, the relationships and ties between Spain and Leagio had been increased, while Mouri-Kudo and Aguilar improved their personal relationship. Jesús looked forward to coming back in September, to sign the Treaty whose first stones had been put today, and he decided to let the President know about his intentions:

"Ms. President, thank you very much for this very productive summit, it has been an enormous pleasure to discuss many affairs with you and set the stones of a prosperous and benefitial relationship between our countries. If you do not mind, I would like to come back in September, so we can sign the Treaty we discussed. About what we agreed on this summit, and its provisions, we will start to apply them and I hope that Leagio does the same even if we have no legal document yet."

The Spanish President shook hands with the Leagioan President, after listening to her answer, and both said goodbye to each other. Aguilar then left to the airport, where his Presidential plane was waiting for him. He entered the plane, and the Spaniard left the southern European country behind. He looked by the window, thinking, analyzing. But he had got several certainties: the relationship with Leagio was stronger than ever before, he would put things more difficult for Reitzmag in the Atlantic and he had another support in his Strait claiming cause. An hour later, Aguilar smiled, as he found himself flying over the Adventuranza Strait, while reaching to see sunset by his window. "How beautiful this place is. One of our most precious treasures.", he said to himself.

"Let me check if we do". Suddenly, Aguilar asked to one of the service members if they had the tea the Ruthenish Stewardess had requested. He received a positive answer, so he ordered two, as he did not want to look bad. The service member brought the cups of tea, and Aguilar thanked her: "I hope you find it as you like it, Stewardess. I usually do not take this kind of tea, but when I do it feels good, so taking it today alongside you is a great idea", said Jesús.

The Spanish President was happy Brenelduz had loved the photos he had gifted her, and remembered that she had been born in Spain, a topic he decided to continue: "Yeah, the times back then were tough and hard, many innocent people suffered without being guilty of whatever they were accused of, I can't be proud of those times. Do you still remember some Spanish words, Stewardess? What is your best memory about your life here?" Asked the President.

After an answer was given to him, Jesús Aguilar decided to start the summit and hear what Brenelduz had to say: "Well, Ms. Brenelduz, tell me, what has brought you to Spain today? Is there a specific area you want to discuss firstly?".

SB: "I think that we may agree that Yosai should also have a base in Reitzmag to be fair in terms of benefits for both our nations. However, I'd like to remind you that current conventions and treaties in place does not allow the stationing of naval vessels from countries without a coast in the Caspian Sea outside the Territorial Waters of the United Duchies or North Diessen. So I think it's best you just deploy some personnel from your air force and army somewhere inland for more efficiency. Although I think it's best we let our militaries do the job on determining the location of such bases. Speaking of which, I think that considering Reitzmag's great arsenal of weaponry, I think we could move onto the procurement of military equipment? We are looking for quite some newer technology right now, and we are very interested in Yosai's ongoing stealth aircraft development program."

Simon then took a sip of water before then requesting for some Soju and Sushi for both leaders to savour while discussing. Later, the food is served at the table and Simon pours Junichi a glass of Soju before then pouring his glass and taking sushi.

Both leaders, after finishing to discuss the deal, left the Palace and headed to Kirelesile. There, Aguilar could appreciate the destruction, the damage that the war between the Istkalenians and the Reitzmics had caused to the area. Once again, the Spanish President listened to what Rikkalek had to say or comment on what both had in front of them; he was shocked by what he was seeing.

Then, both returned to the airport, where they shook hands once again and said goodbye to each other. Jesús then entered his Presidential Plane, which 15 minutes later took off, leaving the eastern European country behind. The summit had not been as dangerous, or mysteryous as someone would have expected, and the Spanish President had came up with a conclusion: "never judge something without getting to know it firstly". He was wrong with Istkalen, but in the end, they were people like him or anybody else. In a call with his wife, she asked about his conclusions, and he summed them up briefly, but clearly at the same time: "never judge a book by its cover".

The Presidential Plane then left the Istkalenian air space, and the summit was over.

Simon kept very silent and conservative when speaking. He refused the beer but accepted the omelette, as he was not used to drinking very strong liquor and also wants to make sure he's not drunk that he'll say something wrong.

SB: "I've pretty much been busy with trips across Europe to expand our soft power and diplomacy. Other than that, I just keep getting smashed by the opposition every wednesday in Parliament."

BORYS BUDKA PACED UP & DOWN AROUND THE PRIME MINISTERS RESIDENCE. HE HAD THE DEPUTY EVA KOPACZ WITH HIM AT THE CHANCELLORY. HE KNOWS THIS IS AN SUMMIT AS IMPORTANT.

"REMIND ME ABOUT THE SPANISH," SAID BORYS.

"WELL THEIR CAPITAL IS MADRID," SAID EVA "WE'RE MEETING HERE THEN WE GO TO THE PONITAWSKI PALACE."

"YES,THAT," SAID BORYS.

THEY WALKED DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR.

FV: The model scheme for university exchanges you are proposing seems like a good starting point for us. If your government would be good with it, maybe we could start with some test experiences in selected universities before opening up to a more widespread programme. Coming back to military hardware providing, our government is going to launch a call for providers as we are planning to expand our naval capabilities and we would be pleased to see Duchian docks applying to it.