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Bill: Investitionsgesetz, 3571
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3572
Description[?]:
| AN ACT to open up international investment in Hulstrian and Gao-Showan companies in such manner that the national economic interest is not compromised; BE IT ENACTED by His Imperial and Most Illustrous Luthoran Majesty, Kaiser Maximilian X of Hulstria, and His Imperial and Heavenly Majesty, Mikado Okatori Akihiko of Gao-Soto, by and with the advice and consent of the Imperial Diet and Imperial Courts of Hulstria and Gao-Soto, at Kien assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows-: 1) Opening of International Investment (1) Previous enactments prohibiting international investors from obtaining a majority share shall be repealed. (2) This act shall not be so interpreted as to infringe upon the right of companies operating in Hulstria and Gao-Soto to make arrangements for preferential share and other such barriers as a private company may arrange. 2) Entry into force (1) This act shall enter into force on the 1st of January, 3573. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:22:18, November 04, 2013 CET | From |  Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, I rise to introduce this government's initiative to improve the international competitiveness of the Crownlands, without risking our national economic interests. It is perhaps generally known that the position of my party in this was previously one of opposition to a liberalisation of foreign investment rules, as we were sceptical about the ease with which vital companies could protect themselves from hostile takeover bids. However, the benefits of opening up foreign investment cannot be underestimated. Therefore, we have struck a compromise by which the government will open up investment in two years time, giving our companies ample time to consider and enact protection arrangements such as preferential shares vested in foundations and other such protections. I am convinced, Herr Präsident, that we will be welcoming foreign investors to the Crownlands in greater numbers soon, at no cost to our national interest, and I urge the House to pass this bill. |
| Date | 13:23:37, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | (OOC: Oops... forgot to include the speaker) die sehr ehrenwerte Anne Nishimura MdR (HDV, Labsburg St. Martinus), Minister for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 17:23:10, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Hulstrianisch-Sozialistischen Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, I rise to thank the honorable member for his government's initiative, and to state that the HSP wholeheartedly active foreign investment in our economy. Such measures can only be positive in the modern competitive markets, and as a result the HSP will support this bill when it travels through to voting. Leo Wohlfarth HSP |
| Date | 19:07:43, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, The IKP would simply like to note the utterly Capitalist language employed by the HSP, and that it is quite clear that their is only one true Anti-Capitalist Party in Hulstria. Sascha Meinhof Vorsitzende der provisorischen Revolutionären Komitees |
| Date | 19:51:57, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, we warmly welcome this shift on the part of the HDV, and we also wish to express satisfaction over the HSP's support, which proves that unlike the extremist IKP it values job creation, while the communists are lackeys of the far-left wing of the trade union movement, who oppose more jobs in fear of their privileges. Georg Wintersfeld, MdR LVP-Hulstria Spokesman for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 19:54:36, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Hulstrianisch-Sozialistischen Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, Unlike the IKP, the Hulstrianisch-Sozialistischen Partei looks to achieve its political goals. It is not our duty to abolish corporations or Economics, but to redistribute wealth fairly across all 'classes' and ensure that equality can be promoted through our social schemes. It seems to us that the IKP - for all their slogans - look to destroy the very fabrics that hold this nation together, and we are more dedicated to democracy and our electoral commitments than the skewed propaganda of the unrealistic far-left. Oswin Lossberg Leader of the HSP |
| Date | 19:55:58, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Hulstrianisch-Sozialistischen Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | As an additional point, Herr Präsident, I would thank Herr Wintersfeld for his kind remarks. Moderate politics is the way to go in the United Imperial Crownlands, and we are committed to its success. Oswin Lossberg Leader of the HSP |
| Date | 20:30:06, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, We appreciate the openness that the HSP has shown in regards to their Capitalist nature, commitment to the interests of 'Job Creators' and happiness to remain within the Political Establishment. Sascha Meinhof Vorsitzende der provisorischen Revolutionären Komitees |
| Date | 22:08:30, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, we, too, appreciate the IKP's own openness it has shown with regards to its hostility to job creation. This is yet another proof that communism is an ideology that would bring about economic misery by denouncing entrepreneurial activity and persecuting business. Georg Wintersfeld, MdR LVP-Hulstria Spokesman for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 22:29:03, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, Ah the joy of jobs in Capitalism, what would you not give for the ability to have surplus stolen from you? Sascha Meinhof Vorsitzende der provisorischen Revolutionären Komitees |
| Date | 22:35:41, November 04, 2013 CET | From | Kokuritsu Sekigun Kakumei-ha | To | Debating the Investitionsgesetz, 3571 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, We too must oppose this change. This bill is not about job creation or entrepreneurial activity, but merely about allowing foreign influences to subsume our own industries. This will create jobs... for another land far away, from where our people will never reap the benefits. All this will do is allow national industries to be languish and be bought out by foreign nationals. We shall oppose the bill on these grounds. I am saddened to see how foreign influences have managed to buy out the formerly greatest parties of our nation... Alfred Weinschlauz Ersten Offizier der Sozialgewissenhaftigkeits Partei |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 515 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 30 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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