The United Duchies votes as follows:
- Rob BONTA (California)
2.Mae LYNWOOD (Elthize)Rob
3.Christopher VAJDA (Reitzmag)
4.Marine MARCHAND (Istkalen)
5.Christopher COLUMBO (Leagio)
The United Duchies votes as follows:
The United Duchies votes as follows after the vote in its parliament:
For the Office of Premier Commissioner
Corinna LARSEN (Spain)
For the Office of Internal Affairs Commissioner
James MIZRACHI-ROSCOE (United Duchies)
For the Office of Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Vincent DRAKE am Weisshaupt (Duxburian Union)
Roscoes denies sabotage of Czechslavonic economy
Roscoes today has responded to the arrest of its executive and some members of the main shareholding family. It said in a statement "We are concerned and sad to hear of the arrests and would like to talk with the Czech Slavonic government to resolve the issue. However we absolutely deny any sabotage or intent of sabotage of operations in Czech Slavia. Simply put as the assets in the country were no longer under company operation or ownership we had no obligation to continue supplies or maintenance contracts in the country or share any of the intelectual property of the company this is standard international procedure in such events as nationalisation.
We offered jobs to the former employees as we do any time we close a division or an operation in another country to ensure that workers have the option at least to remain with out company and security of a job by giving priority to those employees. We don't believe in laying off or people losing their job if we have jobs available elsewhere for those individuals as a matter of respect for their contributions to the company.We value employees and they are our greatest assets and deserve to be rewarded with job security where possible.This again is a standard part of our core values."
It is not known if the company is in negotiations but it is expected the company will enter negotiations with the Czech Slavian authorities.
The three were surprised to be arrested given their lack of links to core functions of the company so agreed to the questioning as they would have nothing to give. Roscoes would surely do someting once they heard about the arrest. James and Amaziah would continue to attend the festival with the Llunas-Roberts their good friends.
Duchies government pass ban on destruction of heritage buildings
The law to ban the demolition of buildings built before 1950 has officially passed today. The Heritage Preservation Act essentially lists all buildings built before 1950 as protected buildings. The act requires that all alternative uses for housing, commercial use and community use must be exhausted before the building can be demolished with developers having to prove that any sensitive development or alternative use is impractical. The acts passing comes after years of campaigning from heritage preservation organisations in the United Duchies. The act is expected to protect entire neighbourhoods and also requires that should such a building burn down buildings built before 1950 must be rebuilt in the same location and with the same design lest the developer face jail and imprisonment. The act will also allow heritage organisations to object to redevelopment plans and propose alternative uses being able to buy the building from site owners if they can pay the market rate for the building and have funds to redevelop the site in a sensitive manner themselves.
Country: United Duchies
Broadcaster: RTD
Broadcaster Director: Mary Beck
Proposal / Request Title: Proposal on two date ranges for Eurovoice
Proposal / Request Description: Proposal for a fixed date range standard Eurovoice with no theme and a themed Eurovoice that can be held at any time of year the winner of each would get to host the next Eurovoice of its type. I.e the standard Eurovoice winner would get to host next standard Eurovoice while the themed Eurovoice winner would get to set the theme and host the next themed Eurovoice within parameters agreed by the EUBC for the next themed Eurovoice. This proposal would ensure two Eurovoices per year with mutliple ways of participation.We propose that the themed Eurovoice should stick to the parameters of a secular theme for any Eurovoice so as to avoid divisive themes. Though this should be up to the EUBC.
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UoD Leader toppled
Terence Fitzcharles was today toppled as leader of the UoD in a surprise vote by UoD MP's. He was toppled amidst the lastest poll in the long term collapse in UoD political polling as they struggle to find an identity losing the centre right to the Moderate Party and the right wing of the party to Unus. The party now faces a struggle between the centre right and right wing wings of the party with the right wing supporters arguing the party needs a tougher stance on immigration and more national conservative stance to combat the bleed of voters on the right wing to Unus while the centre right argue that doing so would only increase the bleed of centre right support to the Moderate Party arguing instead there needs to be a return to the centre of politics and reduction in pro-tax cut and more austerity agenda.
The party has been reported to be in civil war with analysts describing the party as a party on death row. The party has been suggested to be close to imminent collapse or split with a potential power gap appearing in the centre right of politics if that occurs.
The RTD would like to ask for consideration of the revised proposals as it has already been 3 months since proposing the revised proposal and we th stated reason it was rejected on grounds of the optional streaming service that was not core to the proposal. We wish to be involved in a public broadcaster and content library but would prefer to do this through existing structures like the EUBC who we believe is in a good position to manage such a system. However if the answer is no we also need to know so we can go ahead with creating a system independent of the EUBC for content sharing among public broadcasters.
Mary Beck, Director of RTD
Major Denominations:
Churches | Members | Members per Church: | Churches | % of Churches | Active %: | Active Followers | Active members per Church | HQ in Duchies |
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Catholic Church | 26,331,612 | 1,415 | 18,607 | 18.96% | 70.70% | 18,616,450 | 1,001 | Cair Para |
Church of Duchies | 28,663,260 | 1,247 | 22,994 | 23.43% | 66.10% | 18,946,415 | 824 | Hague |
International Church of Salvation | 6,655,370 | 612 | 10,876 | 11.08% | 93.00% | 6,189,494 | 569 | Brummagem |
Duchies Episocal Church | 4,113,306 | 331 | 12,409 | 12.65% | 92.10% | 3,788,355 | 305 | Porterdam |
New Frontiers Church | 2,303,782 | 363 | 6,345 | 6.47% | 93.10% | 2,144,821 | 338 | Goudadam |
Elim | 2,252,587 | 397 | 5,678 | 5.79% | 92.50% | 2,083,643 | 367 | Malvern |
True Believers in Christ | 1,827,667 | 471 | 3,883 | 3.96% | 95.00% | 1,736,284 | 447 | Goudadam |
Assemblies of God | 1,699,679 | 528 | 3,217 | 3.28% | 91.80% | 1,560,305 | 485 | Porterdam |
Reformed Church of Duchies | 660,417 | 176 | 3,762 | 3.83% | 90.20% | 595,697 | 158 | Cair Para |
Methodist Church of Duchies | 563,147 | 248 | 2,271 | 2.31% | 91.10% | 513,027 | 226 | Cair Para |
Baptists Together | 396,762 | 279 | 1,420 | 1.45% | 86.80% | 344,390 | 243 | Couentre |
Apostolic Church | 281,573 | 187 | 1,506 | 1.53% | 93.90% | 264,397 | 176 | Timworth |
International BIble Baptist Church | 220,139 | 232 | 950 | 0.97% | 88.90% | 195,704 | 206 | Sheafford |
International Protestant Movement | 189,422 | 282 | 671 | 0.68% | 91.00% | 172,374 | 257 | Brycgstow |
Wesleyan Church | 179,183 | 199 | 899 | 0.92% | 90.10% | 161,444 | 180 | Cair Para |
Other Protestant: | 1,188,859 | 429 | 2,772 | 2.82% | 93.30% | 1,109,205 | 400 | - |
Duchian Orthodox | 4,306,507 | 1,230 | 3,502 | 3.57% | 83.70% | 3,604,546 | 1,029 | Cair Para |
Inquistan Orthodox | 3,880,768 | 1,357 | 2,861 | 2.91% | 89.90% | 3,488,811 | 1,220 | Cair Para |
Total/Average | 85,714,040 | 873 | 98,134 | 100.00% | 76.43% | 65,515,360 | 668 |
Shock polls shows right wing surge
New polling figures show a surge in support for right wing parties in the Duchies with a slight boost for the Liberal Party and Moderate Party with the PSD and The Left suffering losses while UoD who have the centre right ground are continuing their polling collapse. The Moderate Party under John Peter Key look set to gain 30.72% if the election was held today holding steady on the 30.84% at last election while PSD are expected to drop to 16.43% from 20.71% at the last elections if elections were held today. The AfD are making the headlines however with projections of over 74 seats with Unus also likely for the first time to pick up over 100 seats and on course to take up the position as the second largest party in the country. Analysts have suggested the current right wing surge could easily become a trend into the future and have said factors such as immigration , security fears and the recent attacks may be playing a role in boosting Unus and AfD's popularity. The parties are also showing strength outside of Westseaxna , Doornevale , Aranvale and Albion. Dissatisfaction with the EU and a desire to leave among some is also said to be behind the rise.The rise in support for Unus risks making forming a government with existing parties impossible if the 21 majority in the upper house is reduced for the governing parties with this potentially forcing them to bring in Unus to the coalition or face the tough choice of bringing an unpopular UoD into the coalition government to stop Unus getting into the coalition.
Party | % | Seats Now | % of Seats now | Projected Seats | Increase Decrease | % of Seats Projection |
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The left | 1.57% | 29 | 3.57% | 10 | -19 | 1.54% |
IUAC | 0.14% | 1 | 0.12% | 1 | 0 | 0.15% |
PSD: | 16.43% | 158 | 19.46% | 107 | -51 | 16.44% |
Liberal Party: | 14.46% | 102 | 12.56% | 94 | -8 | 14.44% |
Moderate Party: | 30.71% | 232 | 28.57% | 200 | -32 | 30.72% |
Union of Democrats: | 7.21% | 111 | 13.67% | 47 | -64 | 7.22% |
Unus | 16.57% | 90 | 11.08% | 122 | 32 | 18.74% |
AFD | 12.91% | 88 | 10.84% | 70 | -18 | 10.75% |
Total: | 100.00% | 812 | 100.00% | 651 | -161 | 100.00% |
My Plan for Europe
1:Harmonise business and trade regulations by putting forward a European Copyright Act for a unified European Copyright system , a unified minimum quality standards with its own testing mark to show products comply with minimum standards and other trade harmonisation policies such as possible development of a European free trade area for nations who want to join.
2. Reform the bureaucracy of the EU to bring it closer to the nations and the people in all aspects. Have all agencies budgets allocated by population and economic need to panels in member states that make the decisions on how to give grants based on local knowledge within a framework of rules set out by a comissioner. I will have a central pot for bigger projects totalling over 2 billion Euros a year (or possibly lower) that will voted for in the current way though would seek to have national panels have input into this and being on hand to provide advice.
3. Use some of the funds of the EDA to develop a proposal for a European Electric Super Connector grid made up of several regional supergrids. I will develop this concept further based on detailed input by nation states and experts. This super gride will strengthen the grid for renewables in Europe providing greater stability in the grids combined with a scheme to help roll out home batteries , battery storage facilities and vehicle to grid storage continent wide. This will reduce the cost of electricity continent wide and allow a stable zero carbon energy grid. I will look at options to fully develop the grid by 2035, 2040 or 2050 with detailed proposals outlining costs and benefits of each proposal .
4. I will hold a meeting with all European nations and call a convention on constitutional reform of the EU to get input from the nations and reform the EU to make sure it actually works reforming the current broken system that has led to paralysis and a feeling of anger and feeling ignored from the people of Europe towards the EU. I will work with nations to fix this system in a way that most European nations can agree on. My premiership will be a premiership of cooperation and progress.
I recognise my premiership will essentially be a crowning rather than a truly democratic will of the people and nations of Europe. This must guide how I interact with the nations and people of the EU, I will not win by fair democratic means but a crowning of being the only choice on the ballot. Therefore it is only fair I consult the nations on the direction they want me to take moving forward.
I thank the right honourable Čikarová for her proposals and would mostly agree with her proposals as a start. It is my understanding that James Mizrachi-Roscoe plans to unveil several proposals to make trade easier between EU countries including a potential opt in FTA zone and common standards for safety , copyright and quality standards to make it easier to move goods between markets with a lower need for checks. Alot of the ideas are ideas the Duchies has been proposing for a while and are glad a nation is finally also proposing simmilar ideas.
While these help in the issues of the commission not having time to achieve policies and fixing the constant change of direction and uncertainty I still believe we need to reform how agencies and not just the EDA are run giving them more freedom to operate and make decisions without constantly referring to the centre and having more local and regional teams handling funds and applications to make it far easier to apply for funds and hopefully make it more possible for states and organisations to apply for EU funds and also make it so that those with actual local expertise make the decisions for at least smaller proposals within a framework and guidelines of goals provided by the commissioners with an allocation of funding for each agency to be allocated to nations given to each nation based on population and possibly need based on economic wealth. I believe fixing the centralisation of so much of processes will take pressure off the comissioners enabling them to focus on general direction of the union rather than minutiae of proposals and policy effects in a country far from where they may have experience. I'd rather see the comissioners taking a more directing role than making all decisions for the EU leaving the more detailed and localised decisions of agencies to regional, sectoral and national experts who can better handle those decisions.We need reform in all areas for the EU to be effective.
Sky Hook , Councillour for United Duchies
I would ask the honourable Councillour for Spain what would need to go further wrong for him to consider the system broken. How can you not call a system that has led to 4 inactive commissions in a row, 2 years of EDA not spending all its budget due to not getting enough claims to
bureaucratic centralised systems and just general gridlock in the EU commission and government. Is he blind or deluded? Frankly to have these issues and still say the system works is either lying or delusion. We need this convention to fix the EU systems or nations will leave in the future and the EU will collapse and I'd assume both I and the right honourable councillor for Spain don't want that. Until they get it and actually work together for reform rather than obstructing those trying to improve the EU this Union will continue on this dark path to collapse.
Sky Hook , Deputy Councillor for United Duchies
Raise of Wage, Transfer and Star Player Wage Cap
As a result of the prosperity of the league and general need to continue attracting star talent to the Duchies Super League we are updating the transfer , wage and Star Player Wage caps by 60% , 33% and 100% for the next 5 year period.
Cap | Dux Libra | Euros |
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Net Transfer Cap per year(Averaged over 5 years) | £80,000,000.00 | €120,000,000.00 |
Net Wage Cap | £40,000,000.00 | €60,000,000.00 |
Star Player Wage Cap | £10,400,000.00 | €15,600,000.00 |
Total Cap | £130,400,000.00 | €195,600,000.00 |
We believe these new caps best balance the need for tickets to remain affordable to fans, to attract talent to the sport in the United Duchies and keep the league competitive and stop super clubs developing through sheer spending power alone.
DFA statement on UEFA response to plans
The DFA acknowledges the UEFA response and is dissapointed in the reaction by UEFA. There is still not enough done to combat racism, sexism, Transphobia and Homophobia in football. We will modify our plans and negotiate with individual associations or UEFA to conduct joint operations undercover and in other aspects to find and root out hate and discrimination in the beautiful game.
We will be continuing our plans however to introduce the fine reward system whereby those who report incidents get a portion of the fine if a person is found to have committed hate even on games abroad. Fines will be levied from 1,000 to 2,000 Dux Libra per incident and a warning with consequences of minimum of a 5 years ban and maximum of a lifetime ban from any DFA or Duchies game for anyone found to have committed hate offenses. We believe this is not only proportionate but our duty to protect minorities within the sport.You may send videos in at the page on the www. nohateinsports.ud.sport to report any incidents you will be updated if you are due some money for reporting an incident whether in Duchies or abroad , in stadiums or outside of stadiums in bars and pubs.
Duchies Football Association to send undercover enforcement to matches abroad to spot hooliganism and offensive behaviour
The Duchies Football Association has announced its plans to roll out the programme of sending undercover enforcement officers to matches to United Duchies matches abroad. The programme which has resulted in hundreds of bans of fans from matches with up to lifetime bans for hooliganism and offensive behaviour such as racist, sexist and homophobic chants or gestures will be rolled out to foreign matches with undercover enforcement officers set to be placed in various places around the stands. The DFA has said "We are still concerned by the potential for racist, sexist and homophobic people attending matches or people who act offensively or obscenely making the sport an uncomfortable environment for people. We intend to root this out and will be acting against so called fans who act this way abroad.They must respect other fans and people abroad or face fines or up to a lifetime ban if caught." If found guilty the person would be on a no ticket list with information on the threat they pose being shared with authorities in other countries so they can be denied tickets. The association also intends to share details those who have committed offenses in the Duchies with other countries authorities in order to help combat hate throughout the sporting world.The association is also paying whistleblowers for reporting incidents and sending in evidence of any violations of the spectator code of the DFA. The payments which ammount to 50 % of a fine if the person is sucessfully sanctioned is payed to the person on a successful enforcement operation.
The programme is also in place in Cricket matches as well as Rugby matches in the Duchies with suggestions they could try to roll out programmes like it abroad as well. The programme has been praised as well as criticised with those praising it seeing it as a vital measure to stop hooliganism and hatemongering in its tracks while those criticising the programme saying it runs counter to free speech and privacy of fans.
Construction starts on E1 Motorway and SET lines
Construction has began on the E1 motorway with a projection of the toll motorway being completed within 3 years and a projected cost 12 billion Euros equivalent. The construction has began on both ends of the Mumba to Agra section with plans to start construction of the Agra to Sarghoda section in the middle of this year. The constustion of the first SET high speed line has begun from Muma to Sarghoda. The Line is also expected to complete in 2 years time. The land has been secured for both projects. The projects are expected to solve traffic congestion issues and boost the economy of the country.
I as the deputy councillour for United Duchies agree with this idea. The term is too short to achieve anything of not often and its good we finally have a councillour other than the United Duchies one adressing this broken system and broken commission. I am for a convention and simplification and democratisation of the system which is direly and desperately needed and reforms to make the EU closer to the European people rather than the Europolis centred structure we have now.
Sky Hook, Deputy Councillour for United Duchies
James responded "Lets just say the company execs were not pleased at what they saw as theft of company property. Regardless this is a faith event and no the company did call on workers to leave it offered the option if thats what they wanted, as we do in all countries if we leave, that's standard procedure if we close a division we never want to see people out of a job if we can offer them one elsewhere its part of the company values. I'm sure as a humanitarian you understand those values. I'm hoping my kids learn something from today too as we try to give them as wide a breadth of knowledge of faiths as possible.Yohanna is not involved in the company so that will not be necessary."
Yohanna responded "None of us here are really involved in company business given our political and ducal positions and for me frankly I'd rather not get involved in company business so wouldn't really know about company policy too deeply. I'm just here to enjoy the festival with my kids and learn something about your faith."
The pastor responded "Its good to be hear . In the ICS we like to be friendly and understanding of all faiths. Its better to work together than fight over beliefs. To be honest I wish some of our so called christian brothers would get the message about equality , but alas we can't control them."