[Special Session] ERF Deployment in Itskalen
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Councillors,
After the passing of our presented Motion for the Deployment of the European Relief Forces in Itskalen we must put ourselves onward this motion. I call for a Special Session with the approval of the Council Speaker; with the presence of Itskalen.
Also I present you for candidate Flag Commissioner of this mission our Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Claire Hale.
It is our mission to pursue peace and cohesion in the region. Together not divided.
Emma Granger
Councilor for Montenbourg -
Session is now open.
Representatives from the Republic of Istkalen ( @Istkalen ) are invited to join the session and speak, after mental and physical health screenings.
I remain opposed to what I consider a badly written piece of legislation, and I emphasize that the position of my government is to support our allies in Vayinaod. I remind my colleagues to err on the side of caution in your statements as you do represent the interests of your countries and the positions of your governments.
Charles Michel
Council Speaker and Councilor for Fremet -
As the only representative currently here who can truly speak for Istkalen, having been elected in a democratic and competitive election, I will say this:
Yes, the motion in question is not entirely acceptable to us. However, we have deemed it necessary. The extreme levels of hysteria and paranoia in Istkalen caused by the J-TAI's presence, culminating in conspiracy theories - many, for example, believe that Vardic and Reitzmic soldiers are kidnapping children as to force them to work in brothels, which may, although it is unlikely, have some level of fact to it; that the occupation will never end and the country turned into a glorified work camp; or in the so-called "Addendum to the Hampton Declaration," which I am sure we are all acquainted with at this point.
The deployment of the ERF is necessary solely to calm this tendency. Our government, hampered by the Hampton Declaration - which, for that matter, no one in Istkalen remembers having seen until quite recently, although of course Kerel and Sepp could be lying, and at the same time with many differing interpretation - has been overcome by it. We have tried to calm it, to limited success; but it continues to exist in quite an extreme state. We believe that the presence of the ERF will soothe the most paranoid and ensure them that their children will not be trafficked, that they will not be made slaves to in the mines and in the fields, and that a genocide is not to come.
Iras Tilkanas
Councillor for the Republic of Istkalen -
As Councillor Tilkanas has said and I do beleive that we must calm this tendency and oversee the allegations that Vardic and Reitzmic soldiers are kidnapping children as to force them to work in brothels, is not the way.
As a result of the military operations,there is a sustained complete or partial damage in the area. And yes, I think it’s important to seize the opportunities that exist. That agreement of J-TAI must be suspended or reinforce with ERF presence to prevent any annexation of occupied territory by either Reitzmag or any other delegation. Istkalen must be capable of standing on their own and policing their territory and countries in the region must be invested in the success of this state-building effort, for their own security depends on it too.
For all these reasons I believe that we need to address the regional security challenge comprehensively and at the highest levels and who can provide the full support of our government to the partners, as they work to meet their responsibilities. Thats why we need the deployment of the ERF right now.
We have always standed saying that that annexation efforts seeing by Reitzmag would have dramatic consequences to the peace and stability in the region, would undermine the role that we have as a Union.
Emma Granger
Councilor for Montenbourg -
First of all I would like to clarify that my position towards the European Relief Force deployment in Istkalen is no longer positive, and that I'm now opposed to it after a meeting with the Spanish President, Mr. Jesús Aguilar. We have both agreed that the current position was dangerous for the excellent diplomatic relationships Spain keeps with Vayinaod and harmful for the improvements made concerning the Spanish-Reitzmic relationships.
Cllr. Granger, I think that we have had enough mistakes during these 2 weeks. I made one, that was allowing the European Relief Force deployment on Istkalen without getting to agree the deployment with the Republic of Istkalen nor the Joint Transitional Authority for Istkalen. And it's fine, because everyone can make mistakes, but we cannot allow more mistakes to be done in the European Council this week. The European Relief Force deployment should be agreed and better written, instead than imposed and bad written. We need to be concious that every single bill that this Council passes sets a precedent, and when we realise about our mistakes, we need to recognise we made a mistake and rectify. The European Relief Force deployment should have never happened until the J-TAI and the Republic of Istkalen both agreed on a way to integrate the European Union into the current ongoing actions in said territory.
I encourage you to rectify and stop this slam on Reitzmag and Vayinaod's faces. The European Union isn't going through a great moment, and this does not help the pro-European Union people to keep believing this is a reasonable organization. When it comes to designating a Flag Commissioner, it seems that we still haven't learnt how the European Relief Force deployments work, same with your proposal to call for an ECB Presidential Election, confusing the European Monetary Unit, which is part of the Treaty of Finisterre with the Euro and now trying to make the Council designate a Flag Commissioner when we can't do that.
Also, the proposed Flag Commissioner isn't the most reasonable choice in my opinion, and I get the feeling that Montenbourg wants to involve on how the Joint Transitional Authority for Istkalen works and have a choice on what they do. Now this, Councillor Yahontov, could be considered as an invansion of national sovereignty, because you will all agree with me that a Montenbourgian Minister shall not and should not be in charge of directing the ERF deployment. Some other people such as diplomats or independent people should be elected to direct the ERF if we ever got to approve their deployment again, just like Harriet Copala.
Still, Cllr. Yahontov, this is not giving carte blanche to you or your country to repeat some shameful actions we all know Reitzmag did during the last year. While I trust Cllr. Falk and her country goodwill, I cannot trust enough Reitzmag's goodwill because of the precedents and the past experiences Reitzmag gave to several people and nations. Cllr. Falk, I trust on your country to be as exemplary as always and show Europe that, far way from Reitzmag, there are many other ways to do things. And as the Councillor of a country that has a protectorate on El Rif, we believe locals should be included, as we have been doing for 40 years. Thank you.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
Councilor Tusk, I respect your words. But we cannot continue with the nonsense of having another “protectorate” by some individualistic actions in our Union. I agree with your propositions on making sure that the situation may be handled by nationals, but we must as a Council keep an eye on this JTAI situation.
On other ways, I must assure you that our proposition for Flag Commissioner was never intended to put Montenbourg ministers under the current handling, our minister of defense was and is a good candidate but as procedures follows if elected she shall retrieve her position as a member of cabinet. Either way, we retrieve her candidacy, for your concerns.
If Spain understands that the promotion of this motion is some sort of “dangerous”, I wish that you could explain us how is this possible, when we saw the situation of Cópala City and the tries of expansion in the Caspian Sea. We respect Vayinaod position on the subject but we are also seeing some sort of expansionism that should be warned and put a stop propelled by Reitzmag.
If any mistakes were happening during these 2 weeks, is doing nothing and standing by. The European Relief Force deployment was agreed and if Spain understands that is under written, well it could be amended. We never wish to impose, rather than defend the best interests of this Union.
The European Relief Force deployment should have happened earlier before the J-TAI with the Republic of Istkalen. And we are ready to amend this error, and not letting another Copalian situation.
Emma Granger
Councilor for Montenbourg -
Councillor Granger, the Council should keep an eye, or the Commission should? The European Council has quite a lot of work to do as of now, adding more workcharge to it will just delay everything even more and while the J-TAI isn't properly controlled as you would wish, the time leaves Europe on an offside position, once again. And while it is great news that Montenbourg is up to drop her from the cabinet, I must insist on the fact that the Council cannot choose Flag Commissioners, because that's something which falls to the Commission. We cannot interfere on the Commission procedures, and the lack of awareness about Council procedures in this room today it's alarming.
Ms. Granger, I think you didn't get the whole speech well: I said it is dangerous for the European Union because we are not being able to agree on how the European Union should intervene on this conflict and we want to solve everything with magic. While some believe the European Relief Force is the solution the whole of the EU was searching for to finally have a voice in Istkalen, we know realise how pointless that is: A bad written piece of legislation which is completely wrong and even can speak for itself to say how of an improvisation the European Relief Force deployment in the Republic of Istkalen was. It is also dangerous for my country and the European Union's relationships with Vayinaod, a very trustworthy country we all in this room can trust on, and Speaker Michel can tell, and Reitzmag, which of course has many problems and dark episodes on its recent history: My Government or myself won't support the islands on the Caspian Sea or the Copala City's autonomy abolition. We won't forget, but we can forgive. Shall Reitzmag be judged for its past? Absolutely, they should, and that's why the President of Spain stated he cannot trust on the goodwill of Reitzmag at Istkalen. But that, at the same time, doesn't mean we need to deploy the whole of the ERF just to have a voice when we have a Commission that can do that and much more.
Moving on through your speech, Councillor Granger, we now find what in Spain we call "echar balones fuera", in English that is "avoiding the issue". Instead of recogising the mistakes, we question if there were some. Cllr. Granger, let me tell you what Spain did and what the Council did concerning the mistakes made in the last 2 or 3 weeks: We voted Against the ECB Election Motion because it was impossible, by the way you voted against against aswell, something that had just been done before by former Cllr. van Allen from Reitzmag; Speaker Michel amended the EMU mistake and Spain voted for the amendment aswell, and now Spain has voted for the repeal of the motion that deployed the ERF at Istkalen. Is this, Cllr. Granger, doing nothing and standing by? Doing nothing and standing by is continuing making mistakes since 24 days ago and still don't know a thing about how the Council works or what the Council can and cannot do!
And finally Cllr. Granger, just to let you know: Copala City's situation wasn't caused because the European Relief Force wasn't deployed, but because Reitzmag couldn't cope with the Copalan Independent Union government and mayorship and their request to be in the different institutions surrounding them. The European Relief Force main task is distributing humanitarian aid in nations stricken by natural disaster or devastated by war, as stated in the European Relief Force Act 2012. Mayeb, who knows, giving a read to the Acquis Communautaire from time to time is good to know how things work in Europe instead of having a porr knowledge about the Council procedures. Thank you.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
As an aside, the Republic of Istkalen cannot and will not trust Vayinaod until it changes its behavior. It and Reitzmag are equally complicit in their attempts to sack and exploit our country - to effectively imperialize it. Their heinous plans go far beyond any form of reparations. If Europe is so amenable to the exploitation it plans to carry out and not that of Reitzmag, then that certainly shows something about it, indeed.
In any case, we will continue to support this deployment until the hysteria in the North has calmed down. We are not so deluded, of course, to think that it will stop what will almost inevitably happen to our country, although perhaps it will shed a light on what horrors are to come. Not that Europe will listen, of course - it'll love, I'm sure, the cheap uranium and rare earths metals that soon are to "mysteriously" come, and will value too much its precious, precious oil and its precious, precious "relationships," to care about where it comes from and how.
Iras Tilkanas
Councillor for the Republic of Istkalen -
I continue to represent the Republic of Istkalen - not the villainous J-TAI, which has stymied the efforts of the legal government as to accomplish surrender and is presently attempting to loot my country's resources and riches.
Civil society has totally been dissolved, by edict of the J-TAI, in Istkalen. No longer do the unions, the many cultural organizations, interest groups, and political parties exist. All of their heads have been arrested, for being members of state institutions, and most believe that it would be illegal to re-elect them.
The press, too, is muzzled. In Istkalen, it is dominated by the cooperative society; they elect a single head to lead them for a year. These heads have largely been arrested, along with many journalists, either for the crime of being elected to the national legislature or for disseminating information the J-TAI deems as "false."
Government, for that matter, simply does not exist, save for the J-TAI, which has ignored chaos in the extreme and seems only to have now done anything, and even then the sole purpose of following rules unknown to everyone but them, without any acknowledgement of reality. Even local government has been abolished, as the reports go.
No controls are being exercised around an economy that is in transition; no forces for the protection of civil safety exist. The country is in a state of total anarchy - not of the good type, where communes reign, but of the more negative type, where no actual order exists, save for an order which attempts to stamp out that order for the sole reason of, again, following regulations unknown to anyone save for said order.
We think it likely that they will return to this dormancy, as anarchy reigns in Istkalen. Save, perhaps, for issuing some exit visas, or something similar to them, which are now needed to leave the country, in the name of "safety." The status of individuals like the Foreign Minister of Montenbourg, who was in the country, I believe, when the edict was promulgated, is as of yet unknown, as is that of the many other foreign citizens likely in the country before the sudden and entirely random imposition of a no-fly zone and severe restrictions of exit of the country.
The hundreds of women, men, and children who testified to being raped are, as far as we know, on the run. No longer is any attempt being made as to investigate their cases; they have been dismissed, without any review of the evidence provided, by the J-TAI as simply false. This is beyond ridiculous; can one say, "We have investigated ourselves, and found ourselves entirely innocent," a reasonable or even sane argument? No. Definitely not.
We believe that is was beyond a mistake to withdraw the ERF. Would this have happened in its presence? I doubt it.
Iras Tilkanas
Councillor for the Republic of Istkalen
The Kingdom of Spain