Rheinbund
Established Nation
Trier, Eiffelland
One of the walls in Chancellor Rheinfeld’s office is covered with an enormous black-and-white picture. The picture shows a chord dancer walking over a chord spanned over an enormous crevice. This picture had been introduced by himself, as a symbol of the work of an Eiffellandian Chancellor, who always has to govern in a coalition government while at the same time he has to be calm towards the opposition, because the opposition party of today could very well be the coalition partner of tomorrow. OK, a coalition without the centre-right Christiandemocrats is not possible in Eiffelland, but that doesn’t give room for too much arrogance from the side of the Christiandemocrats. When too much arrogance in the past leads to disturbed relations in the coalition, it is difficult to govern the country.
Normally not all the Ministers would be in Trier during the Ascension Day weekend, especially not when an important holiday of Islam or Judaism falls in the same weekend. But when a large neighbourcountry is falling in turmoil, the leaders of the country can’t leave their posts. So the government was still in Trier. And they had just ordered to prepare for Alarmstufe 3. The alertness status remained at Alarmstufe 1, however, although the computer security departments went to Alarmstufe 2.
It was not that Eiffelland wanted to go to war. But Eiffelland wanted to be prepared for the case of cases. When Tarusa would indeed decide to attack Ostmark, Eiffelland wanted to step in.
Meanwhile, somewhere else
A few Eiffellandian diplomats had been ordered to remain on their posts in Pannonia. The official reason was to facilitate and evacuations and coordinate refugee movement. Unofficially, an additional reason was added when the Pannonian crisis unfolded. Eiffelland initially wanted Pannonia to stay together, but at a certain moment concluded that a unified Pannonia would not have a future. And then it was needed that 1. the Pannonians would get out of the crisis in the best way possible, and 2. Eiffelland would stand on the right side of history. With The Federation entering the scene on Remion’s side, it was clear where history would lead to.
But Eiffelland had an additional problem. Well, not Eiffelland, but its neighbourcountry in the Northeast. At least that was the opinion in the government. Eiffelland did not want Ostmark to come under attack as a result of Tarusa wanting a quid pro pro when Eiffelland would take influence in Pannonia. So if Eiffelland wanted to support the breakaway republics, it had to act carefully. So no official recognitions of breakaway republics, but at the same time recognising the fact that Pannonia consisted of several ethnicities which deserved to be listened to. That happened officially by recognising the governments of the breakaway republics as representants of the ethnicities they lead. Unofficially, Eiffelland wanted to offer support as well. But how?
Raymond Fougasse was one of the few Eiffellandian diplomats who remained on their posts in Eiffelland, although in fact he was an employee of of the Eiffellandian secret service, the RND. He descended from the Francophone province of Eiffelland, Montpassart. When the Pannonian crisis broke out, he was active at the Eiffellandian consulate in Bellevue. He remained on his post. Now he had the order to contact a representative of the government of Bourdignie. In secret.
He didn’t know whether the Pannonian secret service was still active in Bourdignie, so he took his precautions to make sure that he was not followed.
Michael Wehnert was also an Eiffellandian diplomat annex RND-employee. He worked at the Consulate in Bécs-Altstadt. And also he had remained on his post. His task to stay under the radar of the Pannonian secret service was more difficult due to a higher chance on the presence of Pannonian secret service employees. But also he had a task: To meet representants of the city government of Bécs-Altstadt.
One of the walls in Chancellor Rheinfeld’s office is covered with an enormous black-and-white picture. The picture shows a chord dancer walking over a chord spanned over an enormous crevice. This picture had been introduced by himself, as a symbol of the work of an Eiffellandian Chancellor, who always has to govern in a coalition government while at the same time he has to be calm towards the opposition, because the opposition party of today could very well be the coalition partner of tomorrow. OK, a coalition without the centre-right Christiandemocrats is not possible in Eiffelland, but that doesn’t give room for too much arrogance from the side of the Christiandemocrats. When too much arrogance in the past leads to disturbed relations in the coalition, it is difficult to govern the country.
Normally not all the Ministers would be in Trier during the Ascension Day weekend, especially not when an important holiday of Islam or Judaism falls in the same weekend. But when a large neighbourcountry is falling in turmoil, the leaders of the country can’t leave their posts. So the government was still in Trier. And they had just ordered to prepare for Alarmstufe 3. The alertness status remained at Alarmstufe 1, however, although the computer security departments went to Alarmstufe 2.
It was not that Eiffelland wanted to go to war. But Eiffelland wanted to be prepared for the case of cases. When Tarusa would indeed decide to attack Ostmark, Eiffelland wanted to step in.
Meanwhile, somewhere else
A few Eiffellandian diplomats had been ordered to remain on their posts in Pannonia. The official reason was to facilitate and evacuations and coordinate refugee movement. Unofficially, an additional reason was added when the Pannonian crisis unfolded. Eiffelland initially wanted Pannonia to stay together, but at a certain moment concluded that a unified Pannonia would not have a future. And then it was needed that 1. the Pannonians would get out of the crisis in the best way possible, and 2. Eiffelland would stand on the right side of history. With The Federation entering the scene on Remion’s side, it was clear where history would lead to.
But Eiffelland had an additional problem. Well, not Eiffelland, but its neighbourcountry in the Northeast. At least that was the opinion in the government. Eiffelland did not want Ostmark to come under attack as a result of Tarusa wanting a quid pro pro when Eiffelland would take influence in Pannonia. So if Eiffelland wanted to support the breakaway republics, it had to act carefully. So no official recognitions of breakaway republics, but at the same time recognising the fact that Pannonia consisted of several ethnicities which deserved to be listened to. That happened officially by recognising the governments of the breakaway republics as representants of the ethnicities they lead. Unofficially, Eiffelland wanted to offer support as well. But how?
Raymond Fougasse was one of the few Eiffellandian diplomats who remained on their posts in Eiffelland, although in fact he was an employee of of the Eiffellandian secret service, the RND. He descended from the Francophone province of Eiffelland, Montpassart. When the Pannonian crisis broke out, he was active at the Eiffellandian consulate in Bellevue. He remained on his post. Now he had the order to contact a representative of the government of Bourdignie. In secret.
He didn’t know whether the Pannonian secret service was still active in Bourdignie, so he took his precautions to make sure that he was not followed.
Michael Wehnert was also an Eiffellandian diplomat annex RND-employee. He worked at the Consulate in Bécs-Altstadt. And also he had remained on his post. His task to stay under the radar of the Pannonian secret service was more difficult due to a higher chance on the presence of Pannonian secret service employees. But also he had a task: To meet representants of the city government of Bécs-Altstadt.