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DER MORGEN ZSHURNAL
The Morning Journal
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REASSURE ALLIES
The government has moved to reassure its allies of Trivodnia's bilateral commitments following a series of domestic controversies that have clouded Chancellor Alexander Kahnemann's overseas tour.
External Affairs minister Vladimir Pinski has allegedly been making late-night calls to his counterparts in Bourgogne, Eiffelland and Pelasgia to promise the Free State intends to press ahead with its economic and defence agreements despite strong political opposition at home.
A cross-party group of politicians, lawyers and civil society representatives is reportedly preparing to take the government to the Supreme Court over its recent foreign policy, which they argue violates Trivodnia's constitutional neutrality. The government insists its plans to improve military co-operation and intelligence sharing with friendly states are legal.
Minister Pinski is also believed to have apologised to the Eiffellandian government over its handling of the Chancellor's visit to a synagogue in Trier, which provoked a furious backlash from the Krasnislavian National Party, as well as to the Pelasgian government for the criticisms over its anti-Semitic migration laws.
The Ministry of External Affairs said it would not comment on private discussions.
Within the ruling Social Democratic Alliance, there is growing unease over the Chancellor's handling of foreign relations. Kahnemann's willingness to quickly forgive Kadikistan for its threats to invade in return for greater market access led to street protests, while the upset over the visits to Eiffelland and Pelasgia have been seen as yet another unwelcome distraction, with Trivodnia facing difficult economic restrictions.
"Foreign policy shouldn't even be an electoral issue," said one Social Democrat National Assembly member, "the focus right now needs to be on the economy. We're facing a recession and the opposition doesn't even have a plan but they're getting away with it."
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