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  1. Troubles with Sauro gov and endless Scythian stacks

    Heyo, first time play of EBII, I absolutely love the work done on the mod and am enjoying it immensely. I wanted to replay the migration of Sauromatae into Pannonian basin and create an empire there...
  2. Re: Democratic Backsliding in Hungary - Oligarchs Donate Media to a pro-government Conglomerate

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/hungary-courts.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3eVW5reK0nBvv3qFdmFiH-KR3stZpGA_jCyJbsiDMz_BF6puimKNPk3kw

    Oh Orbán actually outdone himself...
  3. Re: Democratic Backsliding in Hungary - Oligarchs Donate Media to a pro-government Conglomerate

    Care to explain how dismantling the democratic checks and balances and massively controlling media in one country makes you more of a democrat? How is creating a mass of loyal oligarchs siphoning off...
  4. Re: Democratic Backsliding in Hungary - Oligarchs Donate Media to a pro-government Conglomerate

    The biggest ally when it comes to upholding healthy democratic institutions is EU.

    But the media under Orbán's control portray the criticism from EU as a hostile revenge for them refusing...
  5. Democratic Backsliding in Hungary - Oligarchs Donate Media to a pro-government Conglomerate

    From: https://apnews.com/39028d9c44b64e08a6609b60a8bf7a13
    Most of the publications donated to the foundation were acquired or founded by allies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the past few years....
  6. Re: Out with the old: Italy's election is another blow to the EU liberal establishment

    Ok, obviously we disagree on what a functional democracy is. It seems that as long as people are able to vote the democracy is functional to you, because, they have opportunity to vote the government...
  7. Re: Out with the old: Italy's election is another blow to the EU liberal establishment

    That's just because you don't pay much attention to central Europe.

    In Poland, the government had in essence taken over the judiciary and is effectively undermining the separation of powers that...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    Hm, what is your point? That discussing whether annexation of Crimea was morally right or wrong is meaningless?

    [/QUOTE] Except the EU parliament is still full of lobbyists. Or are we ignoring...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    Russia already did twice during Orange Revolution and Rose Revolution, so Putin should just have taken a chill pill and wait for a few years for a pro-Russian party to win elections once again. Also...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    Sadly that was never my point. So annexations are ok for you if the population is friendly towards annexing power?



    Well, now it would be your turn to support this statement with sources. I...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    Sure, no problem. You can look here:http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/overview_en.html Individual states would find it impossible to fight these alone. Can you imagine Latvia or Slovakia to...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    I take it as your opinion mate. Because you could hardly find more transparent institution than EU. When it comes to trade deals, Eurogroup talks etc, you can find with a few clics all the info you...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    What delusions? That Crimea was not occupied at that time? Or can you point me at a significant movement in Crimea that would call for uniting with Russia before occupation? If Russians did not...
  14. Re: Slovakia passes law that denies official recognition to Islam

    Islam is a religion, not an political ideology. Ideology is Islamism, which is a relatively modern thing beggining in late 19th century. Comparing Islam to Stalinism makes no sense, that would be...
  15. Re: Slovakia passes law that denies official recognition to Islam

    Turkey is not really exceptional - the north African countries and some middle-east countries experienced a degree of secularism as part of home-grown nationalist movements (that were more opposed...
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    Re: The Russia and Ukraine thread

    The EU offer framework of transparency and anti-corruption laws that already helped a lot European countries - just look at Romania and Balkans in general, where the fight with corruption is...
  17. Re: Slovakia passes law that denies official recognition to Islam

    Often those that crushed Islamism there were Muslims themselves. And to be fair, in most Christian European countries the influence of Church and religion was also crushed by authoritarian means in...
  18. Re: Slovakia passes law that denies official recognition to Islam

    That is one piece of... Most muslim countries have law codes and constitutions lthat are to an extent based on secular law than on Sharia and some are entirely secular. And in many places, laws based...
  19. Re: Slovakia passes law that denies official recognition to Islam

    Well well our politicians found just another scapegoat. Ten years ago it was Hungarians, then Roma, now Muslims. The small muslim community in Slovakia is generally well asimilated and is trying to...
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    Re: Russian Propaganda Offensive in EU

    Sorry but that is not a propaganda. Do we call Ku Klux Clan/Lord's Resistance Army/Breivik Christian terrorism? Is that a propaganda? You see, Daesh fundamentalist ideology is not embraced by any...
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    Re: Russian Propaganda Offensive in EU

    I am not calling for these sites to be shut, that would compromise the freedom of expression. But I believe they should be called for what they are: a propaganda, made by Russia, with goals to...
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    Russian Propaganda Offensive in EU

    For some time I’ve felt a need to highlight the extent of Russian propaganda in the east of EU, as I consider it to be a real danger to our sovereignty and the principles of liberal democracy. I...
  23. Re: Russian & Eastern Europe Geopolitics thread

    Do not think someone has posted this yet: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/02/new-russian-invasion-documentary-dismays-czech-slovak-governments

    Basically Russian national TV went full...
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    Re: Culture Conversion - how to?

    How about Sarmatae? Which of their government buildings increase nomadic culture? I just tried a Sarmatae campaign, conquered few provinces in Pannonia but so far it is quite tough to keep them under...
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