EU 2015

[gopprogressive 1,063]

USGS EUROPEAN UNION

EU Parties:

The People's Party - Christian Democrats, Conservatives, Center-Right Parties

The Socialists - Social Democrats, Labour, Third Way, Center-Left Parties

The Liberals - Liberals, Democrats, Classical Liberal Parties

The Greens & Left - Greens, Socialists, Communists, Left parties

Sovereignty - Nationalists, Euroskeptics, Right parties

EU Issues:

Abortion

Business Taxes

Education

Energy

Environment

Immigration

Jobs

Law and Order

Military

Religion

Same-Sex Marriage

Social Security

States' Rights

Personal Taxes

Terrorism

Trade

Turkey

US Relations

Seats

435 Districts

435 Proportional

870 Total Seats

States

Albania

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Scotland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ulster

Wales

SAMPLE CHARACTER

Picture

Name:

Party:

Nation/State:

Constituency: Just name the city or political division you want to represent (Ex. East Germany, Rome, or Highlands)

Age:

Stats: Leadership, Integrity, Experience, Charisma, Issue Familiarity, Debating, Stamina

These go from 1-5. You have 25 points to spend.

Short bio:

Up to 25 words

@issue position descriptions

// left to right, 1 - 5

//Abortion

Unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded abortions.

Keep Abortion as is. Support reproductive rights.

Leave abortion up to free votes and let the states decide.

Ban abortion except for rape, incest and when the mother’s life is in danger.

Abortion is murder! Total ban on abortion!

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//Business Taxes

Raise the corporate tax to more progressive levels.

Close loopholes in corporate taxes.

Reduce taxation for small businesses.

Lower corporate taxation across the board.

Enact a flat tax on corporate income.

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//Education

Invest heavily in state education; abolish private education.

Increase funding for public education, reduce university fees.

Increase education funding, consider school reforms.

Promote school vouchers as an alternative to public schools.

Mass privatisation of Education.

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//Energy

Renewable energy all the way. Switch off nuclear power immediately.

Encourage renewable energy sources. Exit from nuclear power step by step.

Stay with energy mix and research all sources equally. Reduce subsidies.

Coal and oil are our main concerns right now. Nuclear power is safe and sound. Cut subsidies.

We will always rely on fossil fuel and nuclear energy. Abolish the petroleum tax.

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//Environment

The environment is the first priority. Raise taxes on pollutants.

Tax incentives for being eco-friendly. Invest in new research.

Ensure more gets recycled and our Kyoto targets are met.

Open to environmentalism, but not an important issue right now.

There's no threat to our environment.

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//Health Care

Dramatically increase funding, end all private sector interference.

Increase funding. Cut private sector involvement.

Work to cut costs, secure universal healthcare. Public-private relationship is essential.

More private responsibility for health care costs, coverage, and competition.

Public healthcare help for poor and elderly only, for rest full privatization of health care.

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// Immigration

Multi-cultural ways are Europe's future. Relax immigration laws. Open borders!

Immigration is good for Europe. More rights to asylum seekers, and a guest-worker program.

For immigration that our economy needs and genuine asylum seekers. Laws must be strictly obeyed.

Place strict quotas on immigration and asylum seekers. Crack down on criminal asylum seekers.

Immigration is destroying Europe. Stop it now, and expel asylum seekers. Close borders!

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// Jobs

More public spending for jobs. Increase worker and union rights. Revoke new CNE contract.

Stay with public investment. Protect most worker and union rights. Correct unfair CNE contract practices.

Relax worker and union rights. Stay with CNE reforms. Encourage public-private partnerships in job creation.

Relax dismissal protection. Let employees negotiate terms independent of unions. Cut employment-agency bureaucracy.

Unions have far too much power. Cut back on employment regulation. Close employment-agency.

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// Law and Order

Criminals are just misunderstood. Bring criminals together with victims.

Rehabilitation and prevention, not punishment for criminals.

Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime.

Add more law enforcement officers, introduce minimum sentencing, crack down on gang violence.

National ID Cards, build more prisons, lock up the criminals! Reinstate the death penalty!

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//Military

Abolish the military. We need to commit ourselves to pacifism and complete neutrality.

Reduce the defense budget. Move towards neutrality, focus on diplomacy rather than force.

Our military should be used in UN and NATO missions to stop genocide and secure peace.

We need a stronger military and engage more actively in safeguarding international security.

France should take an active role in the War On Terrorism and other international security ventures.

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//Personal Taxes

Increase the VAT and the income tax.

Increase income tax for wealthy.

Keep income and VAT taxation as is.

Reduce income tax across the board, cut the VAT.

Implement a flat income tax.

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//Same-Sex Marriage

Equality demands legalisation of same-sex marriage.

Support civil unions for same-sex couples.

Leave it to the courts and territories to decide.

Legislation should define marriage as between a man and a woman.

Gay adoption should be outlawed, too.

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//Social Security

Citizen pensions for all, increase funding. Rise in line with average earnings. No to private investment.

Provide more help for the poorest. Increase public funding and basic provision.

Leave it as is, with some small private capital schemes.

Reduce provisions. Incentives for workers' private savings and investment.

End public subsidy. Provide tax breaks and broad incentives for private schemes.

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//States’ Rights

Abolish all state authority. The United States of Europe is a worthy goal.

Enlarge EU further and commit for more EU powers.

Support more common EU standards to promote unity. Secure European constitution.

Stop EU enlargement and restrict EU powers. Devolve more powers to the states.

Disband the European Union. Give power back to national states.

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//Terrorism

Terrorists are fighting the imperialist policies of the West.

Combat the root causes of terrorism by eliminating poverty.

Focus on better foreign policy, terrorism should be a law enforcement matter.

We should not hesitate to use military force against terrorism.

Terrorism can only be stopped one way: military force.

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//Trade

The process of globalization should be reversed.

Renegotiate trade agreements for environment, culture, and labour.

Free and fair global trade.

Reduce tariffs, open and diversify markets to promote more free trade.

All markets should be open! Push for free trade expansion.

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//Turkey

Support Turkish membership immediately and consider including other Muslim states.

Support Turkish membership as a bridge to the Muslim world.

Demand reforms in Turkey before later admittance to EU.

No to Turkey as full EU member in near future.

The Turks do not share our values and heritage. Turkey is not Europe!

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//US Relations

We should work with the UN, Russia, and China to curb American power.

We should stand up to the U.S. more often. Remain wary of US intentions.

We should improve our relationship with the U.S. but keep our distance.

The U.S. is our most important partner. Atlantic ties must be closer.

Stand by America no matter what. All the way with the USA!

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Feel free to make characters. I'd like 5 candidates per party.

[extreme_right 3]

SAMPLE CHARACTER

Picture

Name: Peter Lucas

Party: Sovereignty

Nation/State: United Kingdom

Constituency: Just name the city or political division you want to represent (Ex. East Germany, Rome, or Highlands) Bournemouth

Age: 25

Stats: Leadership 4, Integrity 3, Experience 2, Charisma 4, Issue Familiarity 4, Debating 4, Stamina 4

Short bio:

Peter Lucas is a hardened British euroscpetic who wants Britain out of the EU yesterday.

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@issue position descriptions

// left to right, 1 - 5

//Abortion

Abortion is murder! Total ban on abortion!

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//Business Taxes

Close loopholes in corporate taxes.

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//Education

Promote school vouchers as an alternative to public schools.

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//Energy

Stay with energy mix and research all sources equally. Reduce subsidies.

@

//Environment

Tax incentives for being eco-friendly. Invest in new research.

@

//Health Care

Work to cut costs, secure universal healthcare. Public-private relationship is essential.

@

// Immigration

Immigration is destroying Europe. Stop it now, and expel asylum seekers. Close borders!

@

// Jobs

Relax dismissal protection. Let employees negotiate terms independent of unions. Cut employment-agency bureaucracy.

@

// Law and Order

Add more law enforcement officers, introduce minimum sentencing, crack down on gang violence.

@

//Military

We need a stronger military and engage more actively in safeguarding international security.

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//Personal Taxes

Increase income tax for wealthy.

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//Same-Sex Marriage

Gay adoption should be outlawed, too.

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//Social Security

Reduce provisions. Incentives for workers' private savings and investment.

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//States’ Rights

Disband the European Union. Give power back to national states.

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//Terrorism

Focus on better foreign policy, terrorism should be a law enforcement matter.

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//Trade

The process of globalization should be reversed.

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//Turkey

The Turks do not share our values and heritage. Turkey is not Europe!

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//US Relations

We should improve our relationship with the U.S. but keep our distance.

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[dr abc 9]

Hi GOP, have you seen the thread I did? I was going to do a scenario like this a year or two ago, but never got post planning stage, you might find some ideas

Good luck!

[gopprogressive 1,063]

Yup. Just need to finish the ridings and then events and endorsers and should be ready.

[Kauai 0]

Do you still need characters? If so, must they be realistic or can they be made up?

[gopprogressive 1,063]

Do you still need characters? If so, must they be realistic or can they be made up?

They can be made up, but the Scenario is now officially finished. W00t!

[Kauai 0]

Post it! Post it! Post it!

[mz452 18]

Matty1019@yahoo.com

[Kauai 0]

istillbelieve111@aol.com

[Manic 0]

Could you please send it to me? My e-mail address is gollyfever [at] yahoo.com

[gopprogressive 1,063]

Sent; and a sample game:

[JJE 0]

My thoughts.

1) Ditch the 'The' at the beginning of names.

2) Make the elections based on Euro results and use parties based on the European Parliament blocs:

* People's (centre-right Europhile, EPP)

* Socialists (centre-left, PES/NGL)

* Liberals (liberal, ALDE/EFA)

* Greens (green, EG)

* Democrats (centre-right Eurosceptic, ED/UEN/ID)

* United Left (left, UEL)

* Freedom (right, former ITS)

3) Stop making the Turkish issue so explicitly pro-Muslim, especially for the left.

4) Maybe base the seats on actual European Parliament amounts (736) per country, and reduce the amount of seats to match that.

[gopprogressive 1,063]

My thoughts.

1) Ditch the 'The' at the beginning of names.

2) Make the elections based on Euro results and use parties based on the European Parliament blocs:

* People's (centre-right Europhile, EPP)

* Socialists (centre-left, PES/NGL)

* Liberals (liberal, ALDE/EFA)

* Greens (green, EG)

* Democrats (centre-right Eurosceptic, ED/UEN/ID)

* United Left (left, UEL)

* Freedom (right, former ITS)

3) Stop making the Turkish issue so explicitly pro-Muslim, especially for the left.

4) Maybe base the seats on actual European Parliament amounts (736) per country, and reduce the amount of seats to match that.

Thanks for the suggestion- but feel free to do that yourself.

It took me enough work to make that scenario- and it's set in the future as well as with the events of a simulation in mind. I refuse to do a scenario with more than 5 parties- as I'll just kill myself with the ridings. Plus, I worked hard enough to get the limited data I got- plus I couldn't get good enough information on regionalism and on elections in some of the other countries.

So how's life Joe Edwards?

BTW, after testing the scenario out- I changed some minor details like fundraising - and party goals (the Liberals' goal was just too high).

[JJE 0]

Very well, I shall.

And I'd like to see the scenario. chaosman312 aaaaatch warmpost dot communism.

[ktitus 4]

ktitus14 [at] gmail [dot] com

Thanks!

[Manic 0]

I enjoyed the first version . Could you please send me the updated one? gollyfever [at] yahoo.com

[sarnstrom54014 1]

Wow that looks awesome! asarnstrom@yahoo.com

[extreme_right 3]

Please send me a copy peter.lucas@gmail.com

[gopprogressive 1,063]

It's sent. Check your email.

[Kauai 0]

Updated version please?

Labellainvites@aol.com

[james_bond72 5]

Please send me a copy james_bond72@hotmail.com

[ktitus 4]

ktitus14 [at] gmail [dot] com

Thanks!

I never got it. Is it being distributed or is it under development still?

[gopprogressive 1,063]

Sent. I'm trying to compress the omnibus file to make it accessible and send-able over email.

[DynamoJax2006 0]

kort[dot]jackson[at]gmail[dot]com please?

Thanks!

[tomas7 0]

tomastuscany@yahoo.it

thanks!!