Update LXX

[Shadowlurker]

UPDATE LXX
October 6th, 2012
42nd Congress, 42nd Cabinet, 35th Senate
Population: 1,240 nations
Forum Posts: 452,459
WAD endorsements: 327

Current Government of Europeia

Executive Government
Supreme Chancellors: HEM / Lethen
President: Vinage
Vice President: Lethen

Grand Admiral: Common-Sense Politics
Foreign Minister: Seven Deaths
Culture Minister: Gustavus Adolphus Rex
Interior Minister: Shadowlurker
Citizen Integration Minister: Elias Greyjoy
Attorney General: Peaceful Llamas

World Assembly Delegate: Vinage

Legislative Government

Senate

McEntire (Speaker)
Gustavus Adolphus Rex
Seven Deaths
Drexlore
Elias Greyjoy
Common-Sense Politics

Citizens’ Assembly Chairman:  Vacant

Judicial Government
Chief Justice: OnderKelkia
Associate Justice: Swakistek
Associate Justice: Vacant
Associate Justice: the Graz

Changing of the Guard

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Secret Revealed! The Doctor's Name Is Recruitment![/i][/align]

So you are all probably thinking, what has David Tennant been up to recently apart from staring in Hamlet and other theatre productions? Well I'll tell you! It seems he has recently cropped up in Europeia in the form of Shadowlurker - a highly active and up-and-coming citizen of Europeia who has recently been announced as Minister of Interior. Unfortunately due to real life [the daemon strikes again!] Notolecta has been forced to resign and retire from Nationstates politics as a whole. We wish him the very best of luck.

But anyway, that's right guys.... David loves recruiting for Europeia! Who can blame him really thanks to the great work put in by Alarm Sirens on our updated recruitment system. Shadowlurker has done a bit of everything in Europeia and is someone who has been given a great opportunity to show what he can do in Government. His recent address paying great tribute to his predecessor Notolecta saying:

As I have mentioned, Notolecta was probably the best recruiter we have seen in a while (at least I have). While I can't manage to recruit as much as he could, I hope me and my Junior Ministers can get us going again, and keep us steady. This is the most important piece in Europeia! Without new citizens, we wont have much of anything. So let us recruit our little hearts out.

Well said Shadowlurker and may your time as Minister of Interior bring success!

Written by Vinage

Citizens' Assembyly Roars to Life

The City Council, in Europeia, was a sub-legislative body which had varying levels of activity and success throughout its history. It also had a little bit of an identity problem, with the only substantial power being to bring legislation to the Senate for consideration, but embarking on many other side projects along the way, such as the Council Telegraph newspaper, again with varying success.

A little over 30 days ago, I joined the City Council and was shortly after elected Mayor with the intent of executing wholesale reform with no less an objective than making the City Council the pride of the region.

A few days ago, the work of our entire leadership team and the Council as a whole came to fruition with the President signing our new Charter into Law - and with a new Charter, a new name. We became the Citizens' Assembly.

The streamlined and formalised procedures in the Citizens' Assembly Act (2012) (the legislative short title for our Charter), as well as the clear powers, goals and responsibilities within will undoubtedly allow this body to enter a new era in involving a broader group of citizens in the direct management of the region.

At the time of writing, we are in the midst of elections for the inaugural Chairman of the Citizens' Assembly, and I am currently the sole candidate with some hours of voting left. But regardless of who leads the Citizens' Assembly into the future, I know that we will rise higher than ever before.

The reasons why I believe this success will come about is as follows.

1. Defined objectives.
The Citizens' Assembly is expressly tasked with drafting legislating, training citizens in legislative writing and in aiding the World Assembly Delegate. Couple this with the new Department of Special Projects, designed to provide targeted support to the President and Cabinet, and you've really got something.

2. Expanded leadership.
In my term as Mayor, I brought on board two Deputy Mayors and three Departmental Directors to join my leadership team - more individuals involved in the direct leadership of the City Council than ever before. There are plans to revise and continue this with the transition to the Citizens' Assembly, and I feel we are yet to see the extent of the benefits to be gained from involving more talented, productive people in this way.

3. Training.
I will, next term, be endeavouring to particularly focus on having Citizens' Assemblymen be trained in legislative writing and also in many other areas; in short, I want them to be the cream of the cream of Europeia, having taken their lessons from people who have been there and done all that before.

4. Appeal.
With the name change and some cool new banners, our publicity materials finally reflect the stature and the importance of our body as it is. I hope that this will be further extended next term to help people see the gorgeous exterior so that they then take a look at the productive, efficient interior.

5. Productivity.
Talking about a productive, efficient interior makes me want one. And we will have one. We will be the best at what we do as the culmination of the above four objectives; in short, people will be proud to say that they are members of the Citizens' Assembly.

And that's how Swak sees it.

Written by Swakistek Alexander Anumia

A Healthy Dose of Elections

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It’s rare to go through a term without at least one resignation and a resulting by-election to fill the void. Europeia has seen two so far in the Senate. It’s a shame to see two respected politicians, Founder HEM and former President Pope Lexus X, resign but they had Europeia’s interests at heart. In a recent interview with EBC Director, Remsol Greyjoy, Senate Speaker McEntire had this to say:

Although we had resignations, we've gained two awesome new Senators who are among the hardest workers we've got, so it may have even been a net positive!

It’s great to see that even in the face of difficult times; we can still see the silver lining. The winners of our 2 by-elections and our newest Senators are Common Sense Politics and Gustavus Adolphus Rex Greyjoy. Good job and good luck!

Written by Seven Deaths

The Prodigal Son Returns

It’s no secret that the ERN has seen lackluster performance and an overall decline in its effectiveness for the past term and half. Imagine our delight when Common-Sense Politics waltzes back into Europeia and accepts the position of Grand Admiral. He wasted no time in helping the phoenix that is our ERN rise once again from the ashes. In the short three weeks since his confirmation, CSP has led the ERN to victory on three separate occasions with an Allied Reinforcement thrown in for good measure.

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However it should be no surprise that he is having such success. He has, in the past, brought similar success and major reform to an ERN that sorely needed it. He is, without a doubt, doing that once again. We cannot discount the help that he is surely receiving. His vice admiral, Swakistek, is another who is heralded as a visionary in the ERN. The two of them working together can only mean great things for both the ERN and Europeia.

Written by Seven Deaths

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