by Max Barry

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Region: The Thaecian Senate

Other Senators have already mentioned some very valid points I completely agree with, so lets try to make this short.

In Article(?) 6b you can read
"[...] I. Member regions shall have a maximum of 8 weeks to make the necessary amendments to their version of the treaty in their respective manners appropriate. II. Member regions that do not amend their version of the treaty shall no longer be considered members after 8 weeks."
Now maybe it is just me, but this line seems to be kind of defeating the purpose of this treaty in quite some occasions. Say we, or any other candidate member, is fine with everything written in the treaty, and decides not to change anything about it, then would that not technically entail they/we are expelled from the treaty after 8 weeks? And even if a region decides to ammend it, then what does this mean for other member regions and what is the role of the Haut Conseil in this occasion? Does it have to vote on an Amendment proposed by a candidate region? Will a change brought by one region mean regions already part of the treaty will have to adapt to it or do they also get a say in this change outside of the Haut Conseil?

Secondly, while technically not necessary to be included in this treaty, something we as a region may not gloss over, is the way our seat in that Haut Conseil is decided. I believe this topic alone deserves it's own debate and possibly legislation, either for this treaty alone or all future treaties alike. Our region's representation must be done right, we all agree on that, so simply saying "Oh it will probably be a diplomat or minister I guess" does not suffice. Due to the untimely debate on our entry of this treaty however, I fear this is a debate that must be held after we have already sent someone to fill up our seat.

Lastly, the topic of how voting in the Haut Conseil works, is slighty questionable. With the way it is written, there seems to be some search for middle ground between a regular majority and unanimity, which resulted in a 3/4 majority. Both other options listed here have positives and negatives, but the current solution feels like an odd choice.

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