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Bill: Foreign Policy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unión Radical
Status[?]: defeated
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: September 3760
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign embassies.
Old value:: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Current: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Proposed: Any other country may establish an embassy on national soil.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:00:12, November 18, 2014 CET | From | Unión Radical | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Act |
| Message | OOC: Would have made a description, but there wasn't enough time if it was to be voted on in this election period. |
| Date | 00:08:16, November 18, 2014 CET | From | Baltusia Partido Conservador | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Act |
| Message | OOC: it's fine I understand :) Mr. Speaker, Article 1 we could support. We just see that there is more important thing that we could be doing like taking care of our own people, other people are the second priority. Article 2 would be terrible since refugees are really bad for a nations economy, this is because they are not working because they don't have the skilled required and at the same time we are supporting them off of our citizens taxes. Article 3 we could support as long as we are able to deny a nation that is terribly extreme or that we have terribly harsh relations with. If you put that in another bill we will support it. Markus Grain Foreign Affairs Minister |
| Date | 04:21:24, November 18, 2014 CET | From | Unión Radical | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Act |
| Message | OOC: That's good! :) Mr. Speaker, The most important thing for us is people. Not one certain group of people, but people and that is what we are proposing in this bil: To take care of people. We can of course not neglect the citizens of Baltusia, but giving a little more to nations fight poverty is money well spent since it helps not only them, but also ourselves. The wealthier the world is, the wealthier are we as well. Wealthy nations do after all buy more good from other nations and especially from nations that have helped them in the past. The same argument can be used with regards to article 2: We must help people that flee from war, catastrophes, intolerant dictatorships and so on. There should be no question regarding this topic. We do however more or less support your proposal regarding article 3. We do not wish to help dictatorships in any way, but there can still be made a little use of their embassies. People from these countries can easier obtain information, which is vital for them and we can easier maintain og develop our relations with said nations. Tomas Bolivar Party Leader Unión Radical |
| Date | 08:49:36, November 18, 2014 CET | From | Partido Popular radicales | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Act |
| Message | We can support all articles except n.2 While we do believe in a better refugee policy, we also believe that more regulations are required to stop illegal immigration first and then look for better refugee policy |
| Date | 18:48:49, November 18, 2014 CET | From | Partido Independiente de Baltusia | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, It is not the duty of Baltusian nation to cater for foreign citizens. we need to sharply reduce foreign aid so we can fund tax cuts for our own people. It's time to put Baltusians first! Javier Ramos Party Leader PIB |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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