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Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeiht …


The Carnival Season starts on the 11th of the 11th and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday. To the joy of the Tiburan Catholics, the chagrin of the Protestants, and the despair of the people in high positions (because which jokes are going to be made on them this time). On the 11th on the 11th, people go on the streets in costumes to celebrate the start of the Carnival Season. Then until Carnival, the Carnival associations regularly hold Sitzungen with Büttereden. Then finally, it all starts on the days before Carnival, in Ripuarien and the South of Wetterau on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday with the Weiberfastnacht (during which the cities are reserved for the women), in Ruppertswald on the Friday before Ash Wednesday with the televised Prunksitzung of the Carnival associations of Mainbad, and in the remainder of the Tiburan Catholic regions on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday. The Carnival in Cöllen is the most famous one, because it is the Rheinbund’s biggest and most extravagant one.
Carnival in the Rheinbund is very region-specific. Traditions and customs associated with the Carnival in one region can completely differ from those in other regions. For instance, the Carnival greet in Ripuarien and Wetterau is the well-known “Alaaf”, but in Ruppertswald and Heilbach it is “Helau”. The event itself is also called differently in the various regions. Wetterau and Ripuarien talk about “Karneval” or “Fastelovend”. Spessart, Tirolstein and Casparringen talk about “Fasching”. All other regions celebrating Carnival call it “Fastnacht” or “Fassnacht”.
But one thing is common to all the Carnivals in the Rheinbund: Judging the authorities, other people in high positions, and current trends. And the Rheinians do not keep themselves limited to judging only Rheinians; also foreign leaders are subjected to mocking. During Büttereden, but also in the Cavalcades on Rosenmontag.
The relationship between Tarusa and the rest of the world is one of the topics. The cavalcade in Grefrath contained a cart in which Emperor Konstantin (depicted as a devil) stands as a tamer in circus outfit amidst a group of cats depicting Csengia, Ostmark and Angliarique, and looking threateningly towards two cats depicting Ebria and the Rheinbund, an eagle depicting The Federation who is surrounded by cats depicting its direct allies, and a lone dragon representing Tianlong. A cart in Cöllen showed Emperor Ivan throwing mines into the sea. Another cart in Cöllen showed Emperor Konstantin depicted as a devil in the uniform of a prison guard holding Csengia and the countries bordering Tarusa to the west prisoner. A cart in Mainbad showed Emperor Konstantin as a devil firing up a fire in a bush called “Gallo-Germania” with bellows. Tianlong was shown again on another cart in Mainbad, on which a dragon flies away from former CETO countries.
The demise of the European Forum was a topic as well. One cart showed the President of The Federation with a lighter igniting the fuse of a bomb under the European Forum. Another cart showed Emperor Konstantin as a devil burning down Frescania with a blowtorch coming out of his mouth.
The Emperor of Angliarique is a popular topic as well. All the cavalcades contain carts with him, the main theme being the Emperor living in a parallel world. A cart in Grefrath showed the Emperor in a bathtub playing with 18th century galleons. A cart in Cöllen showed the Emperor ordering a complete batallion of soldiers to buy a package of butter in a supermarket. A cart in Mainbad showed the Emperor with the expression of a lunatic on his face and constantly spinning eyes who commanded a cruise ship with an 18th century gun on its roof. Another cart in Mainbad showed the Emperor in an 18th century outfit walking the Spascirians as his dogs.
Also the new relationship between Tarusa and Angliarique was a topic: A cart in Cöllen showed Konstantin as a devil who fucked the Emperor of Angliarique (depicted as a pig) in the ass. For instance. But there were more carts on this topic.
As per tradition, the Carnival festivities ended in the night from Tuesday to Ash Wednesday at Midnight sharp. Litterally at that moment the taps were closed, and everybody went home. This morning, all the Catholics went to Church to get an Ash Cross: “dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return”. Now it is the Lenten Season, lasting till Easter. The Rheinian Catholics will not drink alcohol, will not eat candy, will not eat meat and will not put sugar or sweeteners in their coffee and tea during the Lenten Season, apart from the Sundays.


Extracts from several Prunksitzungen

“But this yearning for Ebria and the Rheinbund is not exclusive to Konstantin. All Tarusans want to come to Ebria and the Rheinbund. Not only Konstantin. But there is a difference in the reasons why they want it: Konstantin wants to come to Ebria and the Rheinbund to install a puppet government; the common Tarusans want to come to Ebria and the Rheinbund to escape from Konstantin’s rule.”

“The Emperor of Angliarique was very sad that his dog passed away. To be very honest, I feel sad about that, too. A dog who is able to love the Emperor of Angliarique is really a very special dog.”

“We all presume that Konstantin is the ruler of Tarusa. I personally have my doubts about that. I think that the vodka that Konstantin drinks on a daily basis is the thing that rules Tarusa.”

“But now I am doubting about what will happen to Csengia. Will the lady who was turned into the Queen of Csengia by Konstantin’s father and then arranged into a marriage with Konstantin join her husband in Kremlyov, or will she return to Csengia to take up her tasks as Queen? Maybe she will indeed return to Csengia, to escape from a man who in essence is only a little less insane than his brother was.”

“But maybe we have to be thankful to have Angliarique around. That operetta king they have as an Emperor is entertainment to observe.”

“You are aware of that enormous horse statue that the Angliarisians have to worship each day? I am waiting for the moment that the Emperor orders to build such a statue for his deceased dog.”


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Inquirer Herzog von Walsrode to form a CDV-FDV-Grün-LDP coalition


During a press conference at the Haus des Volkes (the building of the Rheinische Volksversammlung), Inquirer Herzog von Walsrode announced that he will lead the negotiations to form a coalition of Christiandemocrats, Free Democrats, Environmentalists and Liberal-democrats. He mentioned the following reasons for forming this coalition: "We have to acknowledge that the former coalition of the CDV, RSP and LDP has been voted off with a large loss of votes. Just adding a fourth party to the coalition that has been voted off would deny the election results. On the other hand, it is not possible to form a working coalition without two of the parties from the former coalition. The choice for a CDV-FDV-Grün-LDP will get the two parties with the largest gain in votes in the government."
 

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It is with very much sadness that we hear about the terrorist attack on the Alcaraz in Valls, taking away the lives of many government members, and of King Manuel of Ebria. We remember how Ebria went through dire teams during last year's Summer, and how the people whose lives were taken away managed to reach an agreement on how to govern the country further. It is sad to see that their great legacy is destroyed so tremendously. Our condolences the people of Ebria, and to family and friends of the deceased, especially his wife and his sister Maria. We pray for Ebria that the country manages to stabilise itself again.

Philipp von Homburg-Gosta, König des Rheinbundes
Gustav von Badenau-Rotenburg, Fürst von Badenau
Wulf Bingen, Bürgerschaftslegat von Bramsfeld
Caspar von Homburg-Gosta, Fürst von Casparringen
Leonore von Detmold-Liepen, Regent von Detmold im Namen des Fürstes Ferdinand von Detmold-Liepen
Rainmund Behrendt, Bürgerschaftslegat von Emsland
Rudolph Strelecki, Fürstbischof von Heilbach
Albrecht von Heidemar-Loorburg, Fürst von Lotharingen
Hildetraud Stocker, Bürgerschaftslegat von Ripuarien
Gregor von Koblenz-Lahnstein, Fürst von Ruppertswald
Karl-Friedrich von der Lausitz, Fürst von Sauerland
Anke Sonnenfeld, Bürgerschaftslegat des Scharmbeckerlandes
Sigmar von Schallenberg, Fürst von Sigmaringen
Luitpold von Weidenbach, Regent von Spessart im Namen des Fürstes Ludwig von Weidenbach
Clovis von Steinfurt-Rüdershausen, Fürst von Thorsringen
Karl von Görisburg, Regent von Tirolstein im Namen des Fürstes Karl von Görisburg und des Erbprinzes Pippin von Görisburg
Amalia von Matzenfeld, Fürstin von Wetterau
 
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Kanzleramt
Fehrbellin, Rheinbund


We are shocked by the events in Ebria, especially by the terrorist attack on the Alcaraz, which killed several members of Ebria's government as well as His Majesty King Manuel. These persons played a key role in the Amerida Accords, stabilising Ebria during the Summer of last year. It is with very much sadness that we see the legacy of these people being destroyed in the current revolts. We hope for a speedy stabilisation of the country. Our condolences to family and friends of the deceased. Our thoughts are with them. The flags at our Embassy and Consulates in Ebria will be flown half-mast with a black banner.

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Formation of CDV-FDV-Grün-LDP coalition failed

It is official now: The formation of a CDV-FDV-Grün-LDP coalition has failed. Inquirer Herzog von Walsrode has offered his final report to King Philipp.
It was already expected that such a wide coalition as the one negotiated, with the Market Liberal FDV on one edge and Grün on the other edge, would be difficult. Grün wanted to go further with environmental measures than the Market Liberals, and also the Social-Liberals had quite a green agenda. The Christiandemocrats and the Market Liberals on the other hand feared for the economic position of the Rheinbund. Political leader of the FDV Winfried Dressler said about that: "We must take measures to fight climate change and to reduce environmental damage, but that cannot be done too much at the expense of our industry. If we force our industry to make higher costs than competitors abroad, we make it harder for our industries to compete. That might make enterprises to decide to leave the country and produce abroad. That won't reduce emissions, but only relocate them. The climate and the environment will not be helped by that. We can't lean too far out of the window with that."
But there was also another topic that led to a rift, mainly between the Greens and the Christiandemocrats. Grün went into the elections not only with an economic program focused on climate change and the environment, but also with a program to legalise abortion and same-sex marriage nation-wide, and make the vaccination campaigns compulsory nation-wide. Political leader of the Christiandemocrats Bastian Wiltberger said about that: "The CDV is fully in favour of same-sex marriages. I personnally as well. The FDV is fully aware that women sometimes have no other choice than to undergo an abortion. We want to keep the number of abortions to a minimum, but not by forbidding or restricting it; instead we want to understand the reasons why women choose for abortion, we want to take those reasons away, and we want to make it as easy as possible for women whose contraception failed to give birth to and raise their unexpected babies, to prevent that women who in their hearts don't want to abort the pregnancy feel forced to do it due to their circumstances. But even then the possibility of an abortion must be there. And the CDV totally understands the benefits of a good vaccination programme, wants to stimulate the Rheinian vaccination programme, and will also have it extended when vaccines against new diseases enter the market. We also voted for the inclusion of the vaccines against Human Papilloma Virus and Bacterial Meningitis. On the other hand, the Rheinbund is a very diverse country, ranging from the very conservative Bramsfeld to the ultraliberal Lotharingen, which even border each other. This can only function when we all agree to disagree on certain topics. That is the reason why we give the memberstates the power to decide on ethical matters, i.e. matters we cannot reach a compromise on. And that is also the reason why same-sex marriages are allowed in one memberstate and not allowed in another memberstate. I also have to point out that this problem is not as big as Grün indicates: Abortion is legal in 14 of the 16 memberstates, same-sex marriages is legal in 11 of the 16 memberstates, and three more memberstates have the possibility of a registered partnership, and the vaccination program is compulsory in 13 of the 16 memberstates. Imposing any of this nationwide will only increase the sentiments against such measures. And that is something we already saw last year: When suddenly eight memberstates decided to make the vaccination programme compulsory, hundreds of thousands of people moved to the last three memberstates where vaccinations are not compulsory. Like I said earlier, the Rheinbund is a very diverse country, and it can only function when we allow ourselves to disagree on certain topics."


Rheinian sovereign houses reject claim of "Alphonso Duke of Calatrava" to the Throne of Ebria

King Philipp and the heads of the Sovereign Houses of Homburg-Gosta, Detmold-Liepen, Heidemar-Loorburg, Koblenz-Lahnstein, Von der Lausitz, Schallenberg, Weidenbach, Steinfurt-Rüdershausen, Görisburg and Matzenfeld announced in a joint statement that they reject the claim of "Alphonso Duke of Calatrava", who calls himself King Alphonso VII of Ebria, to the Throne of Ebria. Their statement cited the Alphonsists' "bestial acts against the Ebrian people" as the reason why the Duke of Calatrava has "forfeited his right to reign over Ebria as King". In his weekly press conference, Demissionary Chancellor Lauritzen said that the government is considering joining this declaration.
 
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King appoints new inquirer: Angela Weizmann-Müller

After a new consultation round with the chairperson of the Volksversammlung, the fraction leaders and the Oberpräfekte, King Philipp has appointed a new inquirer: Angela Weizmann-Müller. Mrs. Weizmann-Müller is a member of the CDV, and was Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the first two Cabinets Von-Seydewitz, from 2010 to 2014. Her task will be to investigate which coalitions with at least the Christiandemocratic CDV, the Market Liberal FDV and the Social-Liberal LDP are possible.
With Grün leaving the negotiations, a CDV-FDV-SPE-LDP coalition is on the table again, although the objection of the FDV that such a coalition would too much look like a continuation of the coalition that has been voted off with large numbers in the last election still stands.
Coalitions with the far-right Volksunion are not on the table, because the CDV and the LDP refuse to form a coalition with them.
A third option would be a coalition of CDV, FDV and LDP with the conservative Tiburan-Catholic TKP, but that could be a sensitive topic in the LDP.
Meanwhile, the coalition negotiations have hit a record in history: They have become the longest coalition negotiations in Rheinian history.
 

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Army sets up refugee camps while number of refugees increases

The civil war in Ebria and the Pelasgo-Radilean war have started a stream of refugees into all directions, also into the Rheinbund. Pelasgians fleeing for conscription and oppression, Ebrians fleeing for the civil war, Radileans fleeing for the war, but also the number of refugees from Csengia is increasing. Recent experiences with the Pannonian civil war and more recently the Tarusan civil war have converted the refugee shelter facilities into a flexible system that can react and expand quickly with the help of the armed forces. But now there are some complicating factors. Oberstleutnant Friderike Zwerling: "We have to keep the Csengians, Pelasgians, Radileans and Ebrians apart from each other, because otherwise we may get unrest in our refugee camps. Despite the fact that the Pelasgians and Csengians who fled to us are on the side of the Radileans and Ebrians. Another complicating factor is, that the Radileans and Ebrians clearly reproach us for not joining the war, even if they are thankful for getting shelter here."
Meanwhile, the government has set up refugee camps throughout the country. Flexible barracks systems in the North due to the still somewhat chilly weather, tent camps in the warmer South. Minster of Internal Affairs Wilhelm Pfeiffer: "There is one matter in which I consider myself missionary, and that is in the matter of housing the refugees. Taking into consideration that some of them will stay, we will accelerate building houses in the social housing sector throughout the country."
There is a refugee camp for Ebrians near Rheinberg. We went there for making a documentary that will be broadcasted at a quarter to ten. We interviewed some Ebrians, some of the soldiers running the camp, but also some people living in the neighbourhood: "When people are in need, we have to help as much as we can. There must be an understanding for people who flee for catastrophies they can't control, like indeed a civil war. And I can also understand the Ebrians' and Radileans' anger about us not joining the wars on their sides. I don't know what happened last December, but something went seriously wrong in Fehrbellin. But on the other hand, this is already the third civil war in Ebria in nine months. My goodness, why do they suddenly have to escalate their political disputes into massive strikes and massive fights? OK, having been without a missionary government for months is not a good sign, either, but here at least the political fights remain limited to some verbal mud-slinging, falling governments and government formations dragging on for months while the country continues running."
 
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