Councillor Mizrachi-Roscoe, I believe your intervention is really concerning, due to the great ignorance your arguments present. First off, the budget for agencies like the European Development Agency is cumulative, what means that if the budget isn't fully spent, the remaining funds add up to the new funds. Considering this premise, the Premier Commissioner considered that the allotment made in the previous budget was enough to meet the EDA needs, and to be honest, it is an European Agency that has not been used a lot of times.
Second, you have accused previous and current European mandataries of making arbitrary decisions. If that were to be true, I assume the United Duchies would have taken those individuals to the European Court of Justice, but hang on, they did not. Then, we can consider that accusation is blyantly false and, additionally, you are using that as a populist argument. Just like far-right and far-left parties that you cannot stand, Mr. Mizrachi-Roscoe! Isn't it curious? However, I would like to thank you for confirming my suspicions that you firstly denied to then confirm: you worked to vote down a budget by swaying the votes of ECON members "for the interests of your constituents", basically a cute and modern way to say "for my own political interests". I guess the Duchian public would have voted you out if the budget had passed, but still the polls in your nation say they would still keep you.
By the way, I see you have began your Internal Affairs campaign with good criteria: attacking a member state that could potentially vote for you, in this case, my own nation. As my colleagues in the room will understand, being the Speaker does not exempt me from defending my nation from the rethorical attacks it receives in this chamber, while I stick to the courtesy rules established in this Council. The Spanish Government knows, despite your claims, to work for the European good. Since we joined the European Union, we have always worked for peace and stability in this region, as our actions in Eastern Haane prove. We also supported the Eurorail project, and significant acts that have improved the quality of life in our region, including the very same European Development Agency or the European Agricultural Fund, that a Spaniard that served as the Premier Commissioner, the honourable Jean-Claude Juncker, proposed to this Chamber. We supported Juncker with our vote in the election, and we supported the EAF in its parliamentary tramitation. The Kingdom of Spain has never voted against a single European Union budget, the United Duchies cannot affirm the same. Claiming that we do not know to work together for the European good is misleading and populist, inappropiate for someone that intends to assume a Commission role.
Finally, Councillor, you claim to want the European Union to be relevant, the European Development Agency to be used. Fine. Then you should tell your Government in Cair Para to stick to those principles, and not do the opposite thing. But I guess that is part of what some call "the Duchian hypocrisy". Good luck with your campaign, you will need it.
Donald Tusk
Council Speaker and Councillor for Spain
The Kingdom of Spain
