4 Apr 2020, 03:06

That exact pretense is the point of the argument I presented in my previous statement. We're not having a discussion on whether we should commend two-person entities as the gold standard of eurogroups. The point is that we should allow eurogroups to form more easily so that they can grow from there. All eurogroups starts from somewhere. EPA started at four. It could of quite easily started with two. Liberals started at four, went up to five or six at some point, and then collapsed. Any other sort of eurogroup could just as easily start from two and go from there.

Inherently, a two person eurogroup minimum would mean that most eurogroups would probably last longer than under a three person minimum. It's easier to maintain two than three members. The European Liberals were hanging on to bare threads with two councillors for months and months before I dissolved it. If they were supposed to have three, then they would of been dissolved like a year ago already. The argument that eurogroups should only exist if they are "real permanent" and and are guaranteed to last is ridiculous. The Council isn't a planned economy. The situation is always ebbing and flowing. Besides, eurogroups are supposed to be blocs of like-minded councillors. Councillors change all the time. We have new ones all the time. Many leave. Naturally, the politics of the Council always changes. Eurogroups are supposed to serve councillors anyway, not the other way around. Instead, we're going to keep an arbitrarily high hurdle in front of councillors.

Also, I've always disliked the argument that nothing should be done unless it becomes some sort of permanent fixture or it's guaranteed to be a success from the beginning. Imagine if we look at anything else the same way. I can use businesses as an example. Small and medium sized businesses? Sorry to break the news sweeties, but you're flops. Get out, big businesses only! If you can't start out as a big business, then you're not even worth it. Are you even real permanent, bro? Things grow with time.

This goes beyond eurogroups and even includes europarties. Anyone remember when the EPP and ECR merged to make the UEC? Had like two members to start with. I mean, we all remember when they ended up flopping anyway, with like 6 people running in a Commission election, so maybe we should of just dissolved it? Anyone remember the EFP? Another very famous flop. Started with only two members - the iconic Lizcows and Alexander Kligenberg. It totally didn't dominate the Council for like 2 years after that.

Eurogroups, like political parties, girl groups, businesses, whatever, should all be allowed to come and go. They don't have to be permanent or some monolith to warrant an existence. Even though ABBA dissolved too soon for my liking, I'm still glad we had them in the end. Even as the Chairman of the EPA, I say the same about the Liberals and I openly welcome any new eurogroups to the fray. Councillors should be able to form their own eurogroups more easily and that's that.

I sponsored the continuation of this amendment because I think it has merit independent of the ideology of the person who wrote it. I quite literally kicked the author from the Council floor, so if that's not a condemnation, then I don't know what is. I'm still supportive of this amendment though. For any communists out there watching: I just want you to know that I recognize Eilidh Whiteford as the legitimate head of Nicoelizian government. Also, I support small and medium sized businesses and #StandWithTheKulaks.

Edward Firoux
Council Speaker and Councillor for Inquista