In this chapter I will deal with a very important matter: the financial dealings of the state. The bottom line of the financial affairs of any state revolve around income and expenditure. There is no way around it. If you don’t have the money, you can’t spend it. According to some (I’d say rather foolish) people, this view of dealing with the organisation of the state is cold and doesn’t include the human perspective. I’d say that this all boils down to the implementation of the policy by the people who need to carry out the work implementing it, but there’s no way around the fact that you need money to keep things running and that you can’t keep things running if you don’t balance the books. Continue reading
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Government structure of New Europe (part 3 in the New Europe series)
In this post I will discuss the government structure I have in mind for New Europe.
This part will focus on the structure of government on the national level and the role and structure of provincial government, which will likely mirror that of the national government, except where this is superfluous.
The points I’d like to discuss in this post can be summarized as follows:
- National government structure and its procedures
- Executive branch
- Legislative branch
- Judicial branch
- Provincial government structure, its reach and its limits.
Creation of New Europe (part 2 in the New Europe series)
In this post I will discuss the creation of New Europe. I will deal with the following issues:
- Process of ascension into New Europe by candidates
- Distribution of territory into provinces
Towards a New Europe (part 1 in the New Europe series)
Europe is failing. The Greek credit crisis and the current refugee problem underline that the European project is stalling to the point where it is at risk of failing altogether. I think that the solution is the finalisation of the project. In this post I will explain why I think this is the case and how I plan to explain my solution. Continue reading