[Discussion] European Assembly and Other Changes
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Councillor van Allen, once we decide if we want to reform the Council or not, then we can proceed to vote upon the system. I don't believe we've even reached the stage yet where we've heard all the proposals for a reformed European Council. We will cross that bridge when we get there.
Edward Firoux
Council Speaker and Councillor for Inquista -
Thank you Mr. Speaker, I appreciate it.
Friedrich van Allen
Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag -
Changing the European Institutions is a no, no, no and again, if I haven't been clear enough, no. I think we should look at any other important things just that "Let's make an European Assembly so I can get more of my ELDR friends into it and make a Council with an ELDR majority woo!" Note that this is the funny way to say it, and believe me I don't want to be very hard cause then I would be taken to the ECoJ for being too hard towards a Councillor, a very rude thing!
About the first European Assembly meeting, I need to say that it's been a success, but I think some Presidents didn't want to be there as you said Mr. Speaker. They were not much, just 2: Mr. Maximillian and Mr. Isla, or that's what many sources say now. I will say that if we get rid of the Assembly, we could still host this meetings with no need of calling it "European Assembly", so nothing will change. And again, as you said, Derecta and Monteseux proposed this. Those countries are now gone of the European Union and mostly all they made was repealed because no one liked it but them. The only reason I find why Cllr. van Allen would like to keep it is, as I said, because he wants to have lots of ELDR people in the Council and have more projects taking ahead even if some are just crazy for Europe.
With that said, I vote to ABOLISH the European Assembly and I vote to MANTAIN the European Council as it is.
Donald D. Tusk
Councillor for Spain -
I wholeheartedly agree with Cllr Firoux on this, and therefore I vote to ABOLISH the European Assembly and MAINTAIN the European Council as is. If it turns out the Assembly is not abolished by this vote, the Empire of Inimicus will move for a form repeal of the act establishing the Assembly by Council vote.
Sir Augustus Barrington
Empire of Inimicus -
Whoah ho!
What do you know?
The European Assembly needs to go!
Speaker Firoux has made an excellent point. The European Assembly, while a seemingly good idea unto itself, loses its appeal in its execution. I fail to see the drive behind adding additional complexity to the EU's legislative framework. My only reservation to the abolition of such a body would be to maintain it for use in emergency situations, but even still, summoning such a massive group of individuals to an impromptu meeting with the required haste would be next to impossible.
The Assembly will never be actually productive, instead serving as more of a forum for Europe's leaders to take the stage. This is not something that the EU or this Council should be responsible for. If the nations of Europe truly want to establish an 'Assembly' of their own, let them do it themselves. Dragging world leaders into such a gathering like schoolchildren to an administrator's office was never, I'm sure, the initial intent of the Assembly, but alas, that is what it has evolved to become.
As such, I move to ABOLISH the European Assembly and MAINTAIN the council as is.
Charles Michel
Councillor for the Kingdom of Fremet -
As I have previously said, though, following incessant campaigning from the Make Europe Great Again movement, there has been a welcome change in direction to some extent from the majority on the European Council, the institution as it is is far too politicised, and far too interventionist, to continue as an unchecked body with one elected member per member state. There is still no institutional check stopping a repeat of the excesses of the last few years.
I continue to believe that the Council should either revert to its original status as an appointed body of representatives of member states' governments, preferably subject to a supermajority requirement for bills to be passed; or be reformed into a full legislature with a more proportional allocation of seats, with the European Assembly reformed into the OG version of the Council.
Therefore, I vote to KEEP the European Assembly, and REFORM the European Council.
Cllr Tupac Shakur
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Even though we in a moment put in favor the proposal of having an European Assembly the reality is that many of the member nations didn't put an effort to develop it. So it is our conclusion that existing institutional and political factors such as electoral methods and party systems have a significant influence this process as well requires work that many here are not willing to comply and participate, the reality is that this project has never worked even aproving a legislation. So for the moment our Council works fine.
We strongly agree with our Council Speaker and we favor "the one country, one councillor" system.
I vote to ABOLISH the European Assembly and I vote to MAINTAIN the European Council as it is.
Dame Emma Granger
Councillor for Montenbourg
The Kingdom of Spain
