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Bill: International Relations Act of 3876
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalistische Partij Narikaton
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: January 3877
Description[?]:
| To further the reach of the Republic abroad, and to enhance relations with our neighbors. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government never offers international aid.
Current: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Old value:: The government grants no diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are subject to arrest and prosecution and civil action under all laws of the host nation.
Current: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Proposed: Diplomats are exempt from prosecution for criminal acts but not from civil lawsuits, but may still be expelled because of criminal acts.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:20:57, July 14, 2015 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | Tied aid is an abomination, a covert way in which to further colonise the poorer countries of Terra by the rich white ones. The Communist Party cannot in good conscience support this bill that will further the Third world's dependence on us. Michael van Diennan - Member for Clenon |
| Date | 23:15:58, July 14, 2015 CET | From | Nationalistische Partij Narikaton | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | Tied aid is a necessity, no matter what the Communists' liberal academic conspirators tell them. The Republic does not colonize, the Republic does not create dependence. In fact, the article with which the Communists take exception would require the poorer nations of the world to repay the Republic for its generosity, and thus creates an incentive for them to repair their economies and to defeat the root causes that caused them to need our aid in the first place - no one would like to pay us forever. This is much preferable to the Watermelon's plan, for instance, which would provide substantial and endless aid - talk about dependence! - Ewout Van Rompay, NPN Leader |
| Date | 11:41:09, July 15, 2015 CET | From | ÖkoLinks | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | In 3875 the Narikaton nationalists supported my party's "Foreign Policy Reform Act" which included a law which would have our country offering "moderate aid" to countries poorer than our own. Now instead they support the exploitation of the poor overseas? What has changed for the nationalists to adopt such an extreme position? These proposals would make overseas countries forever dependant on our country. - Klemens Müller, ÖkoLinks Leader |
| Date | 15:23:52, July 15, 2015 CET | From | Nationalistische Partij Narikaton | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | The NPN supported the Foreign Policy Reform Act as a step in the right direction. But it was far from the finish. This bill is the finish. It does not offer exploitation, but rather mutual aid and respect. As I have explained before, it is the left's policies that will breed dependence upon Republican aid in foreign nations. - Ewout Van Rompay, NPN Leader |
| Date | 16:31:22, July 15, 2015 CET | From | ÖkoLinks | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | Giving moderate aid to countries in need gives those countries a fighting chance to develop their economies and societies to an extent whereby they no longer need financial assistance. The NPN's proposal means giving a little with one hand and taking even more away with the other - that is not fair. - Klemens Müller, ÖkoLinks Leader |
| Date | 16:38:50, July 15, 2015 CET | From | Nationalistische Partij Narikaton | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | There is no truth to Mr. Müller's claims. The Republic will not take "even more" than we give - we will merely ask that the exchange of Republican aid is compensated through trading concessions for Republican corporations. This is an equivalent exchange that both gives struggling nations an infusion of capital and gives Republican corporations and citizens a return on their investment. The definition of fairness. - Ewout Van Rompay, NPN Leader |
| Date | 16:48:31, July 15, 2015 CET | From | ÖkoLinks | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | And such "trading concessions" will of course be to the disadvantage of the poorer country - the country in need - and to the advantage of the richer one. This will take us back to square one where there will be impoverished countries requiring adequate levels of aid and people suffering as a consequence. These countries are often impoverished and in need of foreign aid in the first place because they have been exploited by richer countries, the NPN is simply proposing to do the same. - Klemens Müller, ÖkoLinks Leader |
| Date | 01:08:04, July 16, 2015 CET | From | Kern | To | Debating the International Relations Act of 3876 |
| Message | "The Core shall continue to support proposals that establish and reinforce the Republic's credibility as a responsible and modern global power. In pressing through, as part of a productive and successful coalition Government, measures that link economic prosperity and growth to developmental aid, we can ensure that progress in the so-called Third Terra is focussed squarely on infrastructural development and the creation of trading networks. The alternative arrangements proposed by the opposition would create a system whereby the global few were paying for the global many without any incentive to promote growth or structural reform. It is irresponsible economics and this Government is proud to be putting an end to it." Dorothea Starke, Centrist Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 42 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 41 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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