Mençei,
This friendly terp for the Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Principality of Sivland (principality_of_sivland) expressed the will on Instagram to set up diplomatic relations with our Kingdom. I communicated our dedicated email foreign@talossa.com two weeks ago, but the requester is still awaiting an answer. Is this adress still valid, and incoming mails regularly checked ?

This week, some Talossaleaks posts on X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn and Reddit.
Thanks to @Alexandre Golliet for the idea !

https://a.co/d/5p5uHWZ

Time to get equipped (may be not the standard model)

Quote from: Alexandre Golliet on March 28, 2025, 06:41:11 PMBonjour ! Merci de m'accueillir. Ravi également de rencontrer des Français, même dans cette nation du bout du monde

Azul Aleks! Tutoyons nous bien sur, but let's switch back to English, as we don't have so many french speakers in our Nation, apart from some active Canadian cousins and our Seneschal Dame Miestra, translator from French located far away from mainland France - and may be other citizens possibly hiding their linguistic skills.
I think I am the only French-Talossan citizen, living alternatively near Paris (92) and in Brittany (in front of Cézembre). I discovered Talossa may be 10 years ago, on the French Wikipedia page about Cézembre, where the claim from Talossa was stated, but it is only on 2023 that I immigrated - as it seems centuries ago as many things have happened since then.
I had the chance to waive our flag on Cézembre several times, this is known as the "Euro-Haxh", and you can see a  Youtube small video here
If you want to visit, I suggest you study our Wiki page of the Cézembre Tourist Office!
I've understood that you like to dig into details, find clues and make discoveries, so I encourage you to dive into the numerous aspects of our Nation and get involved. Talossa is really what we all put into it collectively, and it is often very interesting.

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 28, 2025, 01:08:19 PMNot sure this is a good idea. It is within the realm of possibility that the current president of the U.S. will declare citizens of Talossa as terrorists and have them all deported. Cezembre may not be big enough to support all of us and I really don't want to live in Pengopats

As I wrote, Cézembre is ready to offer asylum to all citizens and accomodate a governement in exile. Taiwan should not remain the only island in such a case.

Bonjour Alexandre, bienvenue ! Cela fait plaisir de rencontrer un français intéressé par notre petite nation. Si tu es naturalisé, tu seras rattaché à la Province Souveraine de Cézembre. Savais tu qu'au large de Saint Malo, l'île de Cézembre est revendiquée par Talossa depuis 1982 ?
Please ask any question you want about our country, its customs and activities, there will always be someone to answer.
How did you discover us ?

and a reminder today, only 1 week left to vote!

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on March 16, 2025, 06:52:02 PMJust butting in here, but since this is the only Senäts debate going on: what would your attitudes be to the proposal which I think the current SoS has previously championed, i.e. a "deprovincialised Senäts" with 4 (or 3?) Senators elected every Cosa term on a Kingdom-wide basis? That would surely deal with the terrible problem we have at the moment where the majority of Senäts elections are uncontested because both the parties, and active citizens, are very unevenly distributed between provinces

I would rather keep the provincial system, and set up a number of votes per senator, or a number of senators, according to the population of each province

I also support bicameralism. The difference in the time frames of the 2 assemblies plus the impossibility to veto a government with the VoC are elements of stabilization of our political life, avoiding brisk changes of direction without deep analysis and voice given to more independent politicians. Senator seats by Province also bring the opportunity to know and respect our Provinces, and better include all local constraints in our Nation-wide decisions.

On fixed term elections, I don't think that the benefit of a more predictable calendar offset the negative consequences, mostly around a temporary Seneschal not elected and at the helm for too short a time to build something. The roles of Party Leader / Leader of the opposition and candidate Seneschal should also be separated in my opinion. I don't think that failed VoCs have occurred often in the past, and I think that in this case our Nation should return to the voting process.

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 06:54:20 PM4. What are your thoughts on the CRL and other idea relating to improving quality of legislation and increasing debate and scrutiny on major reforms?

I voted in favour of the suppression of the CRL to fluidify the legislative process but I know that the work on improving the quality of the legislation is crucial, and that this step should not be skipped.
As Mençei, you have been doing a great job at this, and your contribution has been decisive on many bills. As Tuischac'h I also tried to play my role in this process as a reviewer, trying to separate this role from my own feelings about the reviewed bills.
Should you not be in the position of continuing your action, I would gladly study with you the legislative modifications needed to allow committed and skilled citizens to contribute to this review step. 

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 06:54:20 PM3. During the 59th Cosa you were PM for the TNC. The TNC signed an agreement preventing MZs from sponsoring amendments to the Organic Law unless approved by a multipartisan committee. How do you reflect on this and is this something that might happen again?

Initially I was not in favour of this agreement, but as Party Leader, I signed this one to reflect the decision  of our Party aiming at having more than 100 votes to nominate a TNC Seneschal, and later as Seneschal myself I felt committed to respect this signature.
This multipartisan committee was to me a way to escape the democratic process reflecting the votes of a majority. I never vetoed any amendment, and deeply regretted that the FreeDem did so on February 2024 : see https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?msg=25136
Of course, I will never support such a black-box and undemocratic legislative process again.

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 06:54:20 PM2. Would you be willing to sponsor a sense of the Ziu requesting the government to stop official communications on the site formerly known as twitter?

Absolutely, I am in favour of quitting X/Twitter, even if we will lose a part of our target audience. I can sponsor or co-sponsor such a sense of the Ziu, to try to have a majority decision on this, and on a final message that we will publish to announce the reasons of our departure.

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 06:54:20 PM1. Senators unlike MCs don't represent a party, but a province. Of course you are also the leader of a party. How do you see the balance between representing all the citizens of Cézembre and your partisan interests? As an example, suppose your party enters into a coalition at some point in the future and agrees to a coalition agreement as a part of that. Would you feel bound to vote in accordance with the coalition agreement even on items you personally disagree with? Are there any issues on which you disagree with your party and if so, which ones?

Inside the Progressive Alliance we will never impose any vote on our MCs and Senators. The only interests which we will defend are these of all citizens -and the scope of the responsibilities for a Senator is Natio-wide in my opinion.
Prog MCs may vote differently on a case by case basis (we did in the past), and personally I will not feel bound to vote according to the other members of the Party – even if I think that we all share the same vision for our Kinggdom.
In case of a needed coalition, I will insist on continuing based on this principle.

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 06:35:40 PMThank you for your question. I'm interested to hear your view on these topics as well. I will also respond with some questions of my own in the other thread :)

Thanks Glüc for the time and the consideration you put in these wise answers. I'll answer these questions tomorrow (after 6 Nations Rugby tournament celebrations) and welcome yours.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 15, 2025, 04:40:41 PMJust voted Prog - database worked great!

Magnificent idea! I also voted PROG on the database, thanks to our SoS for the organisation and tooling.