Commission Nominations, Aug/Sep 2019

[Angleter]

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ELECTIONS

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

It is time for elections to the next European Commission. In these elections all three offices - Premier Commissioner, Internal Affairs, and Foreign Affairs - will be up for election.

The offices of Premier Commissioner and Internal Affairs are subject to a four-month term, and the office of Foreign Affairs is subject to an eight-month term.

Due to term limits, candidates from Angleter and Gallorum may not stand in these elections.

As is traditional, I shall quote the words of our Returning Officer back in January 2011, who opened these nominations thus:

"These elections are supposed to give our member-states fair representation in this region - if candidates cannot take it upon themselves to be active, then I in particular, question their ability and willingness to take part in a body who must be active, accountable and able. I do not wish to threaten nor scare, but I want, for once, our European Commission to consist of Commissioners who are active and who play a part in the region both on and off this forum."

Interested candidates should fill out all information below:

[Candidate photograph or image]
Candidate Name:
Home Nation:
Office(s) sought:
Incumbent? (Y/N):
Eurogroup Affiliation:
Biography:

Nominations are open from NOW and will close at 4am (GMT) on August 24th, 2019.

[Derecta]

Candidate Name: Rodrigo Carmona-Santos
Home Nation: Republic of Derecta
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: European Progressive Alliance
Biography: Rodrigo Carmona-Santos is an experienced member of the judiciary, who has worked closely with EU law. Having studied at the Olympaseia School of Law between 1960 and 1967, Mr Carmona-Santos began his career as a prosecutor, working at Theodidon Provincial Court throughout the 1970s.
In 1981, Mr Carmona-Santos became a judge in his native Derecta, holding that office at Scheria Superior Court from 1981 until his appointment as Judiciary Secretary of Relations with the Government in 1999. He held that position until 2010, when he became Judiciary Secretary of Regional Courts Coordination. In 2013, he was appointed Judiciary Secretary of European Law Implementation, a position he held until his election as Chief Justice of the ECoJ in September 2018, with 44% of first-preference votes. He is currently ending his first term on the ECoJ.

[Spain]

Candidate Name: Jean-Claude Juncker
Home Nation: Spain
Office(s) Sought: Foreign Affairs
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: European Progressive Allieance (EPA)
Biography: Jean-Claude Juncker was born in the Spanish Region of Germanium. Since he was a kid, he was interested in the European Union, and exactly, in the laws aspects. He is actually a member of the Partido Popular, that sent him as a helper of the actual councillor Alfonso Rodríguez, what means that they've been working together since Rodríguez was elected councillor.

He's been on several polemic cases as a judge, solving the most deepest and complicated cases of Spain. But he also tried the aspects of politics, being a Congreso de los Diputados' deputee during 8 years. His knowledges are very extense in terms of politics and laws, and also, he studied at Salamanca's University, the oldest university of Spain and one of the most prestigious.

[Icholasen]

Candidate Name: Alexander Phillips
Home Nation: Icholasen
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: EPA
Biography: Alexander Phillips was born in 1975 in the former Romain Socialist Republic. He is probably best known for being Eilidh Whiteford's Treasury Minister from 2017 to 2019, but Phillips' career started as a businessman in Portland. In 2003, he started working for the Nicoleizian state rare earth metals company, facilitating its transition to privatisation and break up from 2003 onwards. He then became chief executive of one of the new private rare earth metals companies, NREM, in 2005 and lead it to modest success. After leaving NREM in 2007, Phillips started out in politics and joined the NAP, being elected as a Senator in 2008. After 7 years in the Senate, Phillips joined the newly founded Party of June in 2015 and was made Minister for Energy and Climate Change in Cormier's 2015-17 Party of June government. After the 2017 election, Phillips was then reshuffled to Treasury Secretary but left the post in June 2019. During his term in Whiteford's government, he worked on reducing deficit spending and increasing GDP. Finally, Phillips has always been decidedly a pro-EU private citizen and minister, saying in 2018 to the Nicoleizian Senate: "our entrance into the EU in 2014 was one of the most important reasons for the success Icholasen has enjoyed in the last 4 years." This is one of the major reasons he is running on an EPA ticket.

[Red Croatia]

Blair proudly walked into whatever Europolis building she needed to to nominate herself, elegantly cleaning her red bottom Gucci heels at the welcome mat from the shit she stepped in earlier.

"I've dealt with bigger pieces of shit than you, sweetie. I was on a dating site during my time in Derecta, you know." She said to the poop scattered across the mat before continuing her strut.

Blair was an instant cult icon in Europolis from the moment she presented The Immigration Bill as Red Croatia's first councilor back in 2013, and she continued building her name as a very good Internal Affairs Commissioner and a brilliant Foreign Affairs one. During her time in the Foreign Affairs Office, she realized she needed to take a long, long, long break from Europe and disappeared from its political scene for a good few years.

Now, better than ever, she decided to come back with a vengeance, setting her eyes on what is rightfully her's: a massage with a happy ending in one of Europolis' spas and... Uhh... What was that other thing she was back with a vengeance for? Oh right, the Premier Commissioner spot. That is rightfully her's too. Yeah.

Eager to get to the massage and the Premier position, she got fed up with writing out all the details asked of her in the nomination format, so she looked for something to act offended about to give her an excuse to leave early. She noticed posters of Derecta's boring nominee put on some of the walls and decided that this was evidence of unfair favoritism.

She walked towards the door, paused, looked back and said: "For the record, I am Blair von Schroeder. Queen of Immigration... Ladies, with your permission, you need to put your put your posters of Derecta's nominee back in the Cosmopolitans they were ripped out of. Once again the world has proven: no matter how much support a good politician can gather, a corrupt one can gather more." She shut the door and walked towards her spa.

The staff, confused but frightened by the iconic former Commissioner, decided to fill Blair's application out for her.

Candidate Name: blair von bitch
Home Nation: red croatia, the only part of the country that doesn't deport fat lesbos like blair
Office(s) sought: only part filled out by Blair herself Head Bitch In Charge (Premier Commissioner)
Incumbent? (Y/N): no, thank Icholasen's God
Eurogroup Affiliation: nobody wants her so she's independent haha
Biography: was born a massive cunt back in 268 B. C. and continued to build her reputation as a massive cunt as rc's councilor, commissioner of foreign and internal affairs. best known for her Blowjobs For Politicians More Powerful Than Me Act(s)

[Duxburian Union]

Candidate Name: [GM] Vincent Drake am Weisshaupt

Home Nation: Iunio Dairghazburiano

Office(s) sought: Commissioner of Foreign Affairs

Incumbent? (Y/N): Y

Eurogroup Affiliation: European Liberals

Biography:

Education:
Vincent Drake was born in Dairghazboro in ʎ887. He graduated Blackstone University with a BA in International Relations and Devoy Academy with an MA in Defense and Strategic Studies. in ʎ918, Drake achieved the rank of Grandmaster in Defense and Strategic Studies for his prolific body of work abroad in the Order of the Grey Wardens.

Civilian Career:
Drake served as an adviser for the Office of Defense in ʎ913 and the Office of Foreign Affairs in ʎ914. He became a European ambassador under ex-Commissioner of Foreign Affairs Charley Baakre. During this term in ʎ915, Drake established new relationships between the European Union and Spiritus, the Renegade Islands Alliance, and the Order of the Grey Wardens. He was elected as the European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in ʎ918 and strengthened's the Union's international relationships and reputation.

Military Career:
Drake joined the Order of the Grey Wardens in ʎ916, concurrently with his civilian duties, and quickly climbed the ranks, achieving the positions of Constable, Chamberlain, and First Warden by ʎ918. Drake has liaised with, served alongside, and issued orders to the largest and most powerful regional militaries in the world, including the North Pacific Army, the New Pacific Order, the South Pacific Special Forces, the West Pacific Armed Forces, the East Pacific Sovereign Army, the Rejected Realms Army, and the Ten Thousand Islands Treaty Organization. Drake also has direct experience defending the European Union from raider forces.

[Angleter]

Nominations are closed. The following candidates will proceed to the debates:

Premier Commissioner: Rodrigo Carmona-Santos (Derecta); Blair von Schroeder (Red Croatia)

Internal Affairs Commissioner: Alexander Phillips (Icholasen)

Foreign Affairs Commissioner: Vincent Drake (Duxburian Union); Jean-Claude Juncker (Spain)