[Discussion] Eurorail Project

[Spain]

Councillors, after the report published by the Internal Affairs Commission about the European Union Transport Poll, I'm opening a discussion to answer all your questions and propose new ideas concerning the project. But first, I'd like to make a proposal for Phase 2, after the report publication and the suitable routes.

This map has 2 suitable routes ready to be implemented. First, the Spain - Red Croatia - Inquista - United Duchies - North Diessen axis, which would communicate the whole peninsula with the other side of the Mediterranean and the Caspian Sea. There's also a connection between the Duxburian Union and Angleter, which could also start working if major upgrades on the line aren't needed.

If you look properly at the map, there's a red line between the North and the South part of Red Croatia, as we don't have enough information to say if there's a tunnel or a bridge between both parts of the country, and if the Inquistan Councillor has any information about the matter, it would be awesome if he could share it with us. About the countries which don't appear on the map, we think that their connection would correspond to Phase 4, as we think major infraestructure projects would be needed. Finally, I'd like to hear the Inimican Councillor in this discussion as we would like to know the foreign connections of Inimicus and if there are rail lines between North Diessen and Angleter.

Thank you very much, and I'm here to answer all your questions.

Jean-Claude Juncker
Internal Affairs Commissioner

[Inimicus]

"Thank you, Commissioner Juncker, for your detailed planning and work on this project, which is definitely not uncontroversial but of which the Imperial Government has always been in favour, not least because of the Artabanos Foundation's charitable work in your Commission offices and with various national railway companies along the route.

It is to be wondered, then, why this stage of your project does not extend to the borders of the Empire. The Inimician railway network interlinks with that of North Diessen not just in one, not two, not three, but four locations -- international travel between the two countries is frequent, fast, and reliable. Why not extend this stage of Eurorail to the Empire?"

Hetty Tilki
Empire of Inimicus

[Spain]

Thank you for your questions Councillor Tilki. As I said, the Commission didn't have enough information to ensure there were railway connections with North Diessen or Angleter from Inimicus. Now that you have told us about this and we have enough information to say that it's possible to connect with Inimicus, we can say the Spain - Red Croatia - Inquista - Inimicus axis is something possible, and that means that Inimicus will be included on the 2nd Stage of the project.

I would like to thank the Imperial Government and yourself your support towards this proposal, and I hope we can start this project as soon as possible, allowing the Europeans to travel fast and safely through 8 countries of the European Union.

Jean-Claude Juncker
Internal Affairs Commissioner

[Montenbourg]

Is it possible to extended to Montenbourg?

Emma Granger
EU Councillor for Montenbourg

[Spain]

The project would get to as many European countries as possible, but Montenbourg hasn't got any foreign connections with other countries so in Phase 2 it will be impossible. I'm pretty sorry Councillor Granger, but this will be a long lasting project which will take years to complete, but we need to be patient and cautious with every step.

Jean-Claude Juncker
Commissioner for Internal Affairs

[Mennrimiak]

For this proyect i think my opinion doesn´t have any importance due to obvious "
oceanic" reasons but i will hear the opinions of my colleagues carefully.

Adam Karlssen
Councillor for Mennrimiak

[Montenbourg]

I understand, thank you for your work Commissioner.

Emma Granger
EU Councillor for Montenbourg

[Spain]

Councillor Karlssen, for much Oceans that divide the East and the Western parts of Europe, every opinion matters, even yours. We know it's impossible to carry this project to Mennrimiak, but we want to hear your opinions because every country in the European Union can make the Commission proposals much better even if they won't be involved. I'm not going to let anyone down in this project, whether if they'll get the Eurorail or not.

Jean-Claude Juncker
Internal Affairs Commissioner

[Mennrimiak]

I know Mr Juncker but this time i rather listen and make some commentary when its needed

Adam Karlssen
Councillor for Mennrimiak

[BrumBrum]

The routing does work efficiently however in the Duchies it would miss any of our major cities. I would suggest a routing through Cair Para and Porterdam. Then it would connect with our South coast mainline and the central line. Possibly a good addition would be Goudadam too though that would add time to journeys. I hope this will help in any planning.
Tobias Johnson Farage ,United Duchies

Red = Cair Para , porterdam routing
Orange=via goudadam

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

I'm sorry Mr. Juncker but I do not support this expensive project. I think that my friend Atty. Winston's idea would be cost-effective and more efficient than yours. This would also take years to be available completely in all countries.

mic drop

Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag

#BeastMode

[A Former User]

Councillor van Allen, what exactly was Atty. Winston's idea again? As far as I can remember, it involved entirely new construction. That would take years as well, and would certainly be much, much more expensive, especially given some of the promises made regarding it.

At the same time, I do not believe that that plan was nearly as fleshed out as Commissioner Juncker's plan and at the same time was much, much, much more idealistic. I am sorry to say this, but I personally believed it to be demagoguery.

I am in full support of this project.

As an aside, please do not drop your microphone again. Far, far, too much interference. Quite an ugly noise.

Eugen Freund
Councillor for the Federal Republic of Austria

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

Ah Mr. Freund, Atty. Winston's idea was to use existing railway system in each country and just connect them to each other at its nearest point with priorities on the major cities of each member-states. That would be less costly than Mr. Juncker's idea of making an entirely new railway network for the sake of this project. That is all I can say for now.

Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag

[A Former User]

I don't quite understand. Winston, in his most recent campaign, promised that his "EuroCity" would be a vacuum train, and then promised that it would, in the meantime, I assume, be a train system capable of speeds between 360 km/h and 450 km/h. Neither of those are possible simply using existing infrastructure, at least in Austria. The highest we have is capable only of, if I remember correctly 250 km/h - and that is only one line, between Vienna and Innsbruck. We did research vacuum train technology some time ago - but we found that it would be far, far too dangerous in addition to being expensive. I can find nothing in Winston's official statements that comes even close to implying what you have just said.

Eugen Freund
Councillor for the Federal Republic of Austria

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

Well Mr. Freund. I'll explain what Atty. Winston told me about the details on his proposed project during his campaign.

His project is not meant to replace the existing railway systems in each country and instead make them interconnected via the fastest method such as the VaccuRail and MagLev. VaccuRail however is still under testing which is why he said that the VaccuRail upgrade would only happen as soon as it is proven safe. Hence, EuroCity would be using MagLev and would just connect the existing railway networks of each member-states through its nearest stations at the borders. Atty. Winston's plan is to make an interconnection only rather than replace or make a new one.

Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag

[A Former User]

To be fair, based upon our estimations, maglev is generally cheaper than traditional light-rail, and has taken precedence in most of our new medium and some of our light-rail projects; however, on such a large scale, it would be inadvisable, for far, far too much would have to be replaced.

The plan of Commissioner Juncker would simply improve existing track, expanding only where needed, and thus should be somewhat cheaper.

Eugen Freund
Councillor for the Federal Republic of Austria

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

Coun. Freund, I'm not starting a pro-Winston or pro-Juncker discussion here but I'd like to say that you might have mistaken Mr. Juncker's idea. As far as I know, Mr. Juncker wants to make an entirely new railway network here. Which I think would be far more expensive.

Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag

[Spain]

Councillor van Allen, I think you have misunderstood what I've just proposed. As I said, I want to use existing railway and just build the necessary infrastructure to connect European Countries between eachother. I know that your most beloved candidate for Internal Affairs promised to favour your country several times, even in the Commission debate which is something illegal, but this project shall not have any borders, nor any dispute on Winston and Juncker, and viceversa. Apart from this, I'm pretty sure that when the Nine Dominions of Icholasen take back their lands we will be able to open the Eurotunnel between them and Miraco again, and I'm sure there is still lots of tracks to connect with. But I still don't understand why you are terribly mistaken on the Eurorail Project, when the Commission and myself have released every information we had and I have opened a discussion to debate thus.

About Councillor Farage map, I'd like to tell him not to worry, as the European Commission map is just an innacurate version of the route, it's just made to inform you Councillors about the countries that could be connected on Stage 2, nothing more and nothing else. You can count with the major cities being connected, as far as the railway goes on your country we will study it along private companies to create the best routes.

Finally, I would like to thank Councillor Freund for his support and I really hope that we reach Austria as soon as possible, but I think that I won't be Commissioner by the time the Eurorail reaches Austria, or who knows?

Jean-Claude Juncker
Councillor for Spain

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

Mr. Juncker! How dare you have stolen Atty. Winston's idea again! This is unbelievable! What a very big electoral fraud!

Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag

[Spain]

Oh, here he is. Councillor van Allen, the superhero. For your information, he has many superpowers, you see? He can be a judge, he can be god on the heaven's gates saying who enters and who doesn't, he can be a priest and say what it's good and it's bad, he can be a detective and proof Commissioner Juncker has done an electoral fraud, and he can be a magician, by derrailing the topic of the Session, Discussion or whatever to what he wants. Councillors, I'd like to introduce you our reaction when the Reitzmic Councillor becomes a superheroe and uses his superpowers:

Tusk then grabs a photo and shows it

Of course I've censored the bad word, it's not an appropiate word for this Discussion or the Council. Going back to the main topic, Spain will support and co-operate to get the Eurorail moving and we are really pleased to see that our foreign connections will be useful to start it. We are expecting to see this as something real, and the Commission is going on the right way when cutting down costs and using existing infrastructure. Congratulations Commissioner Juncker, this is great content that mostly all of us are expecting to see.

Donald D. Tusk
Councillor for Spain