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Bill: Foreign Policy Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialdemokratiska Partiet (SDP)
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: April 3928
Description[?]:
| For a multicultural, prosperous and peaceful society, and a strong, thriving economy, it is necessary to open ourselves up to other countries and people, becoming an internationalist nation open and friendly to all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Old value:: Diplomats are exempt from prosecution for criminal acts but not from civil lawsuits, but may still be expelled because of criminal acts.
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: 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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 5
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.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:30:42, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Liberalerna | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | We support all of these measures. |
| Date | 12:01:18, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Telamons Kommunistiska Parti (TKP) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | The TKP leadership is not 100% unified on this bill. So they call for the factions to vote. Yes - DS, ES, LS, T = 42% No - L, NB, S, M = 58% TKP will vote no on this bill. A majority of the memebers are isolationists. |
| Date | 13:59:07, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Socialdemokratiska Partiet (SDP) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | We feel that it is a shame that the major parties feel the need to reject the other peoples of Terra, rather than embracing an inclusive, open and international outlook that encourages a multicultural society. We thank our fellow social and liberal parties for their support. Roald Künsten SDP candidate for Foreign Affairs |
| Date | 15:22:42, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Republikanerna (R) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | A multicultural society is not the Telamonese way. Immigrants and refugees have to assimilate to the Telamonese society and not the other way around. The Republican Spokesman of Internal Affairs and Riksdagsledamot Torsten Gunnarsson (R) |
| Date | 15:42:41, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Socialdemokratiska Partiet (SDP) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | They would assimilate into our society if we bothered to let them in. You cannot demand a free and open market one minute and then wall ourselves off from the rest of the world the next. |
| Date | 23:39:15, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Republikanerna (R) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | It's not about to wall ourselves from the rest of the world, it's about having a regulated influx of immigrants and refugees. The United States of Telamon can not save everyone in Terra. |
| Date | 23:53:32, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Socialdemokratiska Partiet (SDP) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | We can do our bit. We must remember our humanity; if Telamon was torn apart in civil war, we would all want a home and government support in whichever nation we ended up in. |
| Date | 00:04:41, October 26, 2015 CET | From | Socialdemokratiska Partiet (SDP) | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Reform Act |
| Message | I would like to urge all parties to reconsider their position on this essential matter, and respect their position in the international community by voting for this internationalist bill. In particular I ask the socialist parties to reflect on which position best respects the socialist tradition, of standing up for ordinary people all over the world, not just at home. Tåge Rehnskøld Leader of the SDP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 21 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 158 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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