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    Commission Debate, June 2023

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    • Istkalen
      Istkalen EU last edited by

      Ms. Schmitz, I was a minister in the Istkalenic government. The Minister of Social Affairs. People sent me many letters complaining about their situations. I could not answer them all, and when I was sick I could not answer any. The same is true for the Commissioners. One person can't go and respond to all the letters they get in such-and-such time constantly. Maybe they have some emergency, or are sick, or get tired. Maybe they get too many letters. But this doesn't matter, because the Commission has done everything it has to do, except for looking at the four billion euro cycle path to nowhere. So you are making up issues, and on top of that being unreasonable about those issues. I think that this is very bad. It will make people unhappy.

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      • C
        Czech Slavia EU last edited by

        My vision is simple really, a strong Union that empowers the working people, the vulnerable people and the Member States, being a ground for international co-operation, diplomacy and trade, rather than conflict. A Union for 21st century, not allowing modern forms of slavery and other human rights abuses. And my past show that I achieve what I set up to do despite the opposition of the oligarchs. I have already stated with what proposals I plan to achieve this goal, so I would like to point out something different. As you can see from the honest response of Mr. Linek, even other candidates try to emulate my proposals in an attempt to reach the voters and win their support. Except they completely twist them, Mr Linek, there are no Union border that need protecting now. Your proposal would build walls inside the Union, tearing her apart, rather than protecting her.


        Ms Schmitz the Commissioner have a mandate from the Member States and their citizens and you cannot arbitrarily take this mandate away. If I am elected I will make sure other Commissioner are also as active as possible. But I agree with Mr Linek that much of your criticism stems from the activity of current Commissioners in EDA. But rest assured, that if elected, I will do what is necessary. There is in particular one State filling multiple request which the Commission has denied. I would sit down with Mr Juncker and let him brief me on the situation, why the Commission has rejected those requests. And if there is a well-founded belief of this Member State submitting requests with high risk of abuse of funds, I will request to black list this State, whose Councillor also try at every step to frustrate the Agency itself. Such is my promise.

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        • BrumBrum
          BrumBrum Commission @Czech Slavia last edited by

          Ricarda Schmitz:To suggest Duchies is abusing the funds is just a falsehood frankly. We have a strong record of good spending on efficient projects saving taxpayers money in our country.There is no defined boundaries or aims of the EDA and that is the issue nation-states need to know this before bids go in rather than going in blind. To blacklist a country for not meeting conditions that are not defined would be a bad way about getting support from your biggest funder of the EU.Yes we have put multiple bids in but each have been for green transition and development projects something that supposedly is what the EDA is for.Maybe whats needed is clarity and examples of types of projects the EDA would be interested in and what the goals are rather than leaving states in a state of trying to guess if a project meets criteria , any effective organisation have clear detailed criteria of what can and cannot be funded.

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          • Spain
            Spain last edited by

            Thank you very much, candidates, for your responses. There is a new round of questions for you:

            First we have a question for Premier candidates and the Internal Affairs only candidate from Belinda Mullins, who wrote from the Duchian city of Brummagem: Countries like mine the United Duchies feel distant from Europolis, how can you ensure local and national needs are heard and that decisions are made with national expertise and cultural knowledge in mind at an EU level?

            Mr. Krejčí has also been asked by Billie Toll, a Elthic citizen who lives in Montgomery: will you continue the European Union updates current Foreign Affairs Commissioner Antoni Reynels did?

            All candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds. ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals. You have until 2130 GMT June 28th))

            The Kingdom of Spain
            His Majesty the King, Felipe VI
            President Alberto Núñez-Feijóo
            Councillor and Council Speaker Donald Tusk

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            • BrumBrum
              BrumBrum Commission @Spain last edited by

              Ricarda Schmitz:Thank you Belinda. It is true the EU has felt distant from the needs of many countries like our homeland, this has been seens as nations like ours not loving the EU when that couldn’t be further from the truth, we just want decisions to be relevant to all nations. I would seek to return much decision making to national levels or panels with people from all nations on them. This is the way for effective governance particuarly for smaller scale, truth is the EU is great at setting a central vision and overarching direction but if you live in Spain or Europolis you won't understand the Duchies so much , if you live in the Duchies and Europolis you won't understand Spain so much. The only way to really understand how a nation ticks and lives and therefore make good decisions for the local context is to bring in expertise and guidance from the nation or have offices of the EU in those nations working within EU guidelines.Projects that work in one country may not work in another due to culture, type of development of many other metrics.This is why a glocal model is the best model for many projects , you avoid waste by approving a project which may not work due to local conditions and you avoid not approving projects which may work in a local context but you don’t approved due to your bias of living in your country.The truth is while power and decision making is so centralised it will only represent the interests of the 3 nations that the commissioners are from yes they can try to overcome their biases but they will remain. As a person from their country they can only truly understand the experience of being from their country.

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              • Istkalen
                Istkalen EU last edited by Istkalen

                I am going to make sure that local cultures are respected firstly by making the enforcement of laws less strict. As I have said, I am going to work with the IAC to make it so that the EU will respect member-states adjusting the laws to their conditions when it enforces them. I am also going to talk with the Council before I make my proposals, so that people's concerns are understood. And I will give speeches through the European Commission App explaining how what I will do returns happiness to the people, so that they understand that I am doing things and that they are benefiting from it.

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                • BrumBrum
                  BrumBrum Commission @Istkalen last edited by BrumBrum

                  Ricarda Schmitz: All those are nice sentiments but we've heard it all before what concrete ideas are you willing to nail your colours to the mast to tonight. What specific ideas are you willing to commit to , its very nice having platitudes about vague ideas but Europe has shown over several candidates it does not want that it wants concrete proposals and ideas.

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                  • Istkalen
                    Istkalen EU last edited by Istkalen

                    I already said what I am going to do. I am going to work with the IAC to loosen the enforcement of laws. We will not go after member-states for tiny infractions, or for making adjustments to their own cultural situations. I am also not going to go and do random constitutional reforms and whatnot and waste people's time and money, I am going to let the Council lead on this so that it is the member-states who are in charge. And I am going to work with the Council on the good things I am going to do, which I have already talked about, so that people's interests are taken into account.

                    I think this is good. Maybe it is not concrete, but vague ideas that are good are better than concrete ideas that are bad, bad ideas such as yours to turn the EU into a bank to give people's money to various bureaucracies they will have to pay even more for, just for it to be embezzled or wasted on graft-ridden projects.

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                    • BrumBrum
                      BrumBrum Commission @Istkalen last edited by

                      Ricarda Schmitz: I seem to remember another candidate who had similar ideas to yours called Sara Porter. Nations weren't so keen on national sovereignty when she suggested the idea! Are you the new Sara Porter of Europe the man with no ideas .

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                      • Istkalen
                        Istkalen EU last edited by

                        I have talked about my plans many times here. I am going to make more funds for border protection and climate, and make it clear to the member-states that the laws will not be enforced strictly - that the IAC, who is supposed to enforce the laws, will not sue them or anything for little ridiculous things. I have listed them and more on my website, and I have also given a speech about them on Zoom. I think you are a bad person, for saying false things like this again and again.

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                        • Inquista
                          Inquista last edited by Inquista

                          No, I don't plan to do regional updates like Commissioner Reynels did. Foreign regions aren't interested in reading them. Instead, I'll communicate relevant updates as they arise to the proper foreign channels and officials.

                          siggy.png The Most Blessed State of Inquista
                          Archbishop Mikaela Kligenberg
                          Chief Bishop Secretary Edward Firoux
                          Councillor Karinn Lallana

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                          • Elthize
                            Elthize ECoJ last edited by

                            Thank you, Belinda. Now, I don't want to repeat myself too much here, but as I've said before, collaboration has been one of the main pillars of my campaign, and I believe I have made outstanding achievements in that regard. Of course, due to geography and differing cultures, there will always be some distance between Europolis and the member states. However, I have always made a concerted effort to contact all member states, which is why I initiated the Fourth European Union Leaders Summit in May this year, that is one example. I will never shy away from giving all member states a platform to express their concerns or opinions.

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                            • Spain
                              Spain last edited by

                              Thank you, candidates. You may now make your closing statements. This is your final chance to explain to the European people why you deserve to be elected to the European Commission.

                              The Kingdom of Spain
                              His Majesty the King, Felipe VI
                              President Alberto Núñez-Feijóo
                              Councillor and Council Speaker Donald Tusk

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                              • BrumBrum
                                BrumBrum Commission @Spain last edited by

                                Ricarda Schmitz: Thank you , tonight you have heard our visions or lack of visions in some cases and our policies or lack of them in some cases. I will make a simple promise to you if elected, I will respond to all messages within 1 week, I will serve you, I will make sure my vote at least is in on the deadline in all EDA votes. I will in short actually do the job you elect me to do. I know this doesn't seem much , its not revolutionary but apparently doing your job is now something special.

                                I will also seek reform to ensure that it is easy to recall inactive councillours by working out a time thats reasonable to respond in and if that time is exceeded the councillour gets warnings with obvious exceptions over key holidays or when the council and commission is on holidays, if they get three strikes they would be removed. This is something all my opponents oppose because they support a lazy do nothing commissions being allowed to exist.

                                Finally I will seek to reform the EU's organisation , not to waste money as is done now in having 47.1 billion euros most of which is not spent in the EDA funds by month 6 but by making applications easier for smaller projects , seeking to have actual local experts making decisions not some super centralised bureaucracy ensuring any project from any country under a certain amount probably 500 million Euros to 2 billion Euros with inflation adjustments each year before a comission vote is triggered because we need to get funds moving. I will ensure this is balanced out with audits and requirements to pay back money if states are found to have misused funds and face reforming of government policy or being blacklisted or prevented from accessing any EU funds. My policies are common sense reforms put the experts in charge , the people who know local and nation contexts within the bounds of directions and guidelines from the EU. What you will get with me is a hard working , effective and communicating commission. Contrast this with a candidate who just promises to do what brings the most happiness or whatever that means or a comissioner who has been part of the problematic commissions who have been part of the inactive commissions of the last few years who have made the EU the joke it is today falling so short of its grand potential to protect Europeans and aid in sustainable development. That is your choice an active , listening EU delivering for you or an EU with no clear policy other than "delivering the most happiness" or the same old , same old of the politicians who have already proven to be less active than is desirable. So what you do you want an EU that delivers or an EU that fails , if you like me want an EU that delivers vote for me, the only one to have actually shown concrete plans rather than vague platitudes or some unknown policy you only get if you vote them but they don't have the balls to tell you what that policy is! Vote for the only candidate with a clear plan!

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                                • Istkalen
                                  Istkalen EU last edited by

                                  I have promised to return happiness to you all, and that is what I am going to do. I will secure your borders to prevent bad people from coming into your country, and fund climate transition in order to improve your quality of life while protecting your employment. I won't waste your money on reforms that will be rejected by the Council; I will use my and the IAC's mandates to do what reform I will do, for example to make sure that the enforcement of European law does not encroach on your culture. I am going to stand for prudence and against corruption when the EU distributes your money, so that it benefits you and not bad people.

                                  Here are your other choices. A woman who constantly lies to people, even though they know that she is lying, who has run for this position only so that she can give your money to her cronies under the guise of white elephant projects such as the 4 billion euro cycle path to nowhere. And another woman who moralizes constantly about various things and whose previous terms have been all and only about such moralization.

                                  So there is Ms. Ricarda "Corrupt Liar" Schmitz, and Ms. Sofie "holier-than-thou" Čikarová. And then there's me. Mr. Akem "Happy" Linek - the only one who will make you all happy. I am going to sing a song about it now.


                                  European citizens, spread yourselves through the nations
                                  Shout out the message, the message of joy
                                  Of the candidacy of Linek, Mr. Happiness

                                  (2x)

                                  Let's be sincere, let's be frank
                                  We hate hypocrisy; we hate chicanery
                                  We thus oppose Schmitz and Čikarová, the very embodiments of these sins
                                  We'll vote for Mr. Happy

                                  (2x)

                                  [Linek hums a section which is meant to be instrumental as loudly as is possible, before repeating the first section again (without repeats), after which he against hums the instrumental portion]

                                  Our chosen candidate, Akem Linek
                                  Our chosen candidate, Akem Linek, Lord Happy - here by providence
                                  Embezzlers, liars, you ought to watch out
                                  Akem Linek will defeat you soundly

                                  He'll chase you all out into the bin of refuse
                                  He'll clear out the swamp of graft and corruption
                                  Akem, he'll do it all


                                  Vote Akem Linek for Premier Commissioner! Thank you! Farewell!

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                                  • Inquista
                                    Inquista last edited by

                                    Tonight, I ask you to lend me your support. In a world where decisions are often made by elites disconnected from the struggles of everyday people, I offer a fresh perspective for our Union's foreign affairs. I have faced the darkness of mines and have emerged strong, determined, ready to serve our collective Union. Together, we can shape a foreign policy that reflects the hopes and dreams of every European. Let's strive to make a difference for all Europeans tomorrow, together.

                                    Thank you.

                                    siggy.png The Most Blessed State of Inquista
                                    Archbishop Mikaela Kligenberg
                                    Chief Bishop Secretary Edward Firoux
                                    Councillor Karinn Lallana

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