Dundorf

[Rogue]

Dunburg: The long ruling Libertarian Communist Party has dissolved earlier this month. The party which ran the nation of Dundorf for decades buckled under the new wave of popular resentment and calls for more democracy caused by the new SPD and FHP parties. For decades, while officially being rid of the totalitarian communist regime of the past, the "Metzist Republic" was still seen by many people and organizations as a "hybrid regime" formally being a democracy but technically being a dictatorship. The Communists refused to change the name of the country after the fall of the dictatorship and enacted a flag that resembles a dark past in history. But now, with the communist party gone, thousands have began celebrating what they see as the "birth of democracy" within Dundorf.

The SPD party, which had been fighting the communists and their authoritarian ways for over a decade, immediately proposed their earlier planned constitutional revision, urging the FHP and their parliamentarians to vote in favor of the revision which would see Dundorf finally renamed and its vital institutions including its flag being changed and reformed as well to finally "establish a strong democratic state".

SPD leader Steffen Eisenstadt declared the defeat of the communists as "one of the great events in Dundorf's history" and said that he and his party will do "whatever it takes to defend democracy within our nation". Eisenstadt also commented on the FHP, as it is now the larger party of the two former opposition partners. "While our ideologies and visions differ, i think both the FHP and SPD see the need to work together in first establishing a proper democratic system. After that we can discuss real policy on which we have differing views. For now we must work together to make sure the transition to democracy is a efficient and peaceful one"

It is expected that the revision will pass unanimously.

[Oli91]

First speech of Bundespräsident Jonas Broghammer
Today the first freely elected Bundespräsident of Dundorf, Jonas Broghammer of the FHP gave his first speech infront of parliment.
"Dear listeners, dear fellow democrats and before all dear Dundorfians. This is a great time to be alive. The communist regime, which restricted the people of Dundorf so brutally is now over. We now have a democratic government and we are working on the transition to form Dundorf into a stable democratic and international nation. The dark times of persecution and poverty are now over.
We would like to thank the SPD in helping us achieving these goals and helping to form a new Dundorf.
This will be a bright future for Dundorf, a bright future for Artania and a bright future for all of Terra.
I and the entirety of the FHP will always be ready to defend Dundorf from extremists of both the left and the right and help Dundorf to stay free and wealthy.
Good night and Thank you very much."

[Rogue]

Dunburg: The Social Democratic Party has proposed a bill that aims at defining the authorities and rights of Federal Lands and empower their authority. The new bill called the "Federal Land Authority Act" has been proposed by the SPD as it was, since the constitutional revision a year ago, unclear what exact authority the regional governments had. With this bill, that uncertainty and lack of clarity will hopefully be resolved said SPD party leader Steffen Eisenstadt in parliament during the presentation of the bill.

The FLAA includes rights for regional governments to draft their own budgets, close buildings or access to public property in times that it endangers public safety but it also gives regional parliament the ability to properly draft legislation for their region and sets clear boundaries as to what a regional parliament, executive and judicial branch can and can't do. The new bill is a first step to a "properly functioning democratic federal state" according to SPD legislators and will "ensure that Dundorf has a strong federal and regional basis to build upon with future legislation and sound government policies"

Analysts see this bill as an attempt by the SPD to win over voters by showing off their ability to "fix problems, be it small and unnoticed or in the big spotlight"
Party leader Eisenstadt has already been seen starting the SPD election campaign in several key cities and towns and the party has, in the last 4 months, bought over 1 million LOD worth of campaign ads running on mostly their progressive and big government agenda.

It remains to be seen if the highly active SPD will manage to win from the still rather popular center-right FHP in the upcoming election.

[Rogue]

Dunburg: The Social Democratic Party has won a big victory in Dundorf. Winning over 478 of the 750 seats and giving them a clear majority in the Federal Assembly and allowing the party to finally push through "much needed" reform. The FHP supported the Federal Authority Act before, which made sure that local governments got the authority and rights they need to effectively govern. These first elections also saw many of the regional parliaments being elected which happens simultaneously to the federal elections.

The Social Democrats announced the formation of a new cabinet led by SPD leader Steffen Eisenstadt. Eisenstadt stated that his new cabinet will "open" Dundorf to the rest of Artinia again. He said:

It is time that our nation, which has been isolated from our Artanian brothers for decades, ventures and reaches out to neighboring nations and makes sure that trade is expanded, we ratify agreements to protect our democracy, we extend relations with these nations and bring ourselves closer to the Artanian nations as a whole. Our goal for this upcoming term will thus be proposing progressive reforms, reform our taxation system and reform our immigration policy to align it with the rest of Artinia and make it more effective

The SPD is already passing the cabinet and the installation of the first Eisenstadt cabinet is expected to pass soon. Many Artanian nations have congratulated the SPD on their victory and many hope for a further opening up of Dundorf to the rest of Artania. Dundorf is also expected to look for opportunities in joining the Artanian League, which Dorvik is in the process of forming. This would further integrate the new democratic state into the wider Artanian community.

Economic stimulus programs are also expected to pass, with the SPD proposing infrastructure improvements and subsidy policies to stimulate the wider Dundorf economy.

[Rogue]

Dunburg: The SPD government of Dundorf has recently met with officials from the Dorvish government in an attempt to rekindle the long lost relationship both nations once held. After Dundorf repeatedly fell to communism Dorvik cut most connections to the nation in an attempt to politically isolate the communist influences within Dundorf. While historically both Dundorf and Dorvik were connected through ethnicity this meant that the brotherly nations would not be in contact with eachother for over a century. But now Dundorfian President Per Hagel has visited Dorvik as the first true dundorfian to set foot on dorvish soil in decades. The president met with both State Chancellor Maximilian von Kroeger and President von Rohr-Mauss discussing several topics such as Artanian cooperation, foreign policy, monetary issues and further trade ties between the two nations.

One of the more major topics however was the signing of a major arms deal between the two nations. As Dundorf had recently passed the National Protection Act it has been seeking for partners in supplying military equipment to the newly formed "Bundeswehr". This new Bundeswehr is, according to the passed NPA, much smaller then previous dundorfian army's. It will have a standing army of around 110.000 soldiers, around 200.000 less then the previous people's armies. The new army will also include at least 2 dedicated artillery divisions and several armoured divisions to support infantry divisions in the field. The size of the airforce, named the "Luftwehr" will also be dramatically reduced with the new Luftwehr only likely to possess multirole aircraft and no specialized aircraft whatsoever. With only several attack and transport helicopters staying in service.

To supply the new Budeswehr president Hagel managed to sign a massive arms deal with Dorvik, buying over 300 new Leopard tanks, hundreds of new Armoured Personell carriers and other transport vehicles. The deal will also include the purchase of radio equipment for the ground forces as well as a new standardized rifle and a large quantity of munitions as well as a license to produce munitions for the new weaponry domestically.
While equipment encompasses a large part of the deal Hagel had to ensure that it also included Dorvish advisors to train the new Bundeswehr and aid it in its transition. As there are still elements of the former dictatorial regime within the Armed Forces the Ministry of Defense has stated that it will work with Dorvish advisors and the Bundespolizei to root out any "communist or otherwise harmfull elements from both the officer corps, command staf and soldiery".
The MOD is still looking for a partner in replacing the aging multirole fighter arsenal.

The new deal is expected to be finalized at the end of this month with the first Dorvish advisors arriving in Dundorf in the middle of January.

[Auditorii]

Dorvish defense diplomacy succeeds again

[NickAR]

Today the Dundorfian government, led by the Libertäre Kommunistische Partei announced that they would be sending 10,000 troops to Lodamun in order to support the anarchist cause. These troops will be under the control of the anarchists until the end of the war, but shall maintain contact with Dundorf, ensuring their cause is supported.

[BLO osiek]

After counting all ballots Central Election Comitee today declared the results of recent elections to Volkskammer:
Dundorfishe Sozialliberale Partei won elections with 360 seats
Libertare Kommunistische Partei comes second with 355 seats
Zentrum was last party that won representation,winning 35 seats.

[BLO osiek]

Central Elections Comitee today declared the election results
Elections was won by Centre-Left Dundorfishe Sozialliberale Partei which received 300 seats
Far-left Libertare Kommunistische Partei comes second with 161 seats
Centrist Zentrum comes third with 157 seats
Right- wing Freiheit Für Familien is last party that won seats- they won 132 seats
Elections results means that rulling DSP- Zentrum coalition increases they seats number.Chancellor Tillmann Sellmann is very happy about election results,,While Dundorfishe Sozialliberale Partei lost seats,our allies from Zentrum reached their best electoral results- meaning that we can abolish socialism remnants with strong and increased majority"
DSP candidate Rüdiger Homann won Presidential Elections also in landslide,receiving 76% compared to 24% of his concurrent from LKP

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