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1 The Constitution of the European Union 1
2 The Constitution of the European Union We, the sovereign nations of the European Union, in order to form a more cohesive bond between our peoples, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for a common defense, promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of elected government, liberty, and equality for ourselves and our posterity, establish this Constitution of the European Union. Table of Contents 1. Chapter I [Fundamentals] 2. Chapter II [The European Council] 3. Chapter III [The European Commission] 4. Chapter IV [The European Court of Justice] 5. Chapter V [The European Peace-keeping and Defence Forces] 6. Annex I [The Universal Declaration of Human Rights] 7. Annex II [Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons] 8. Annex III [Final Provisions and Explanations] 9. Special Thanks 2
3 Chapter I [Fundamentals] [Table of Contents] Article I [The European Union] 1. The European Union is a supranational organisation including all representatives of all nations that choose to join it, with the aims to safeguard peace, prosperity, and cooperation among its member states, improve the relations among its member states on a diplomatic, economic, military and political degree, disarm international crises, and encourage the improvement of the living conditions, political and civil freedoms, technological advancement and other achievements of humanity throughout its entire territory. 2. The boundaries of the European Union are defined as the boundaries of all the member-states of the European Union. 3. The capital of the European Union is situated in the Grand Duchy of Europolis, in the city of Europolis. The members of the European Union understand and realise the fact that the Grand Duchy of Europolis is a sovereign and neutral political entity, with its own domestic affairs, not related at all to the European Union itself, that offers its territory as neutral ground to convene and establish the supranational authorities and institutions headquarters. 4. The European Union has no official language and no official religion, recognising its multi-cultural nature and the lack of bias towards any tongue, civilisation or religion. 5. For administrative purposes, the preferred languages of the European Union s administration will be English and Russian. 6. The flag of the European Union is a navy blue rectangle-shaped cloth with a circle shaped by twelve golden stars at its centre. The official flag ratio is 1 by 2 metes. 7. The anthem of the European Union, to be played in all official occasions, is Ode to Joy from Ludwig van Beethoven s 9 th Symphony. Article II [Membership] 1. All nations are free to join and withdraw from the European Union. The Member states of the European Union realise that this freedom of participation is aimed to establish the conditions required to achieve peaceful resolution through all conflicts as well as achieve any targets set by the member states collectively. 2. All member states of the European Union are obliged to undertake all decisions 3
4 made by the European Council. 3. Withdrawal and entry into the European Union is free but not anarchic. Withdrawal from the European Union means that the former member state is denied re-entry into the organisation for the next three months, after which it can re-assume membership as it wishes. 4. The European Union recognises the sovereignty of nations within their territories, underlines the importance of non-intervention in the internal affairs of any country from any other country or international organisation. Chapter II [The European Council] [Table of Contents] Article III [Definition of the European Council] The European Council consists of one representative from each member state of the European Union, and forms the sole and supreme legislative body and supreme decisionmaking power of all the organisation. The European Councillors are appointed as seen fit by their government and represent their government and state before the Council itself. Article IV [Membership in the European Council] Each nation has the liberty to temporarily withdraw its delegation from the European Council, however a permanent withdrawal is equal to withdrawal from the European Union. Each representative in the European Council holds one vote, and each memberstate of the European Union has a single representative. Article V [Decision-making in the European Council] 1. All citizens and nationals of the member-states of the European Union can put forth proposals before the European Council. 2. All views, no matter how radical or conservative, can be voiced in the European Council. 3. Validating a proposal, as regulated by Article VI (below,) requires a fifty five percent (55%) majority of the attending council members, rounded up or down to the closest full number. 4. No validation of proposal is mandatory to follow by nations that do not wish to participate in its procedures. 4
5 Article VI [Procedures of Voting in the European Council] Voting in the European Council takes place in five phases, each outlined below. 1. Proposal: First, a nation or citizen puts forth a detailed proposal for debate. 2. Debate: Councillors then debate the said proposal within 48 hours, during which they can propose amendments. 3. Amendments: For 48 hours after the debating phase ends, voting may occur for the amendments proposed during the proposal. If there are none, Councillors proceed to the following phase. 4. Voting: For 72 hours after the amendments phase ends, Councillors may vote for the final and whole form of the proposal as presented before them, including all of its amendments. They may not propose any more amendments, vote for specific amendments, or otherwise break down the proposal in any form. Each vote is public, meaning it must be announced by the Councillor of each country as it is being cast. 5. Put into force: Once the voting procedure finishes, the executive institutions of the European Union may sign it, and the judicial institutions question its validity. Article VII [Special Powers of the European Council] 1. The European Council can cast a vote of no-confidence at any given time as proposed by any amount of member-states of the European Union, to attempt and unseat the executive, judicial, or other elected institutions of the European Union organisation or any single member of it and repeat elections, or overturn decisions made by the aforementioned institutions. Such a motion requires a seventy percent (70%) majority from the attending councillors as well as justification provided during the Debating phase. 2. The European Council can amend or replace the present constitution, always excluding Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article II under Chapter I and Article VII, Paragraph 2 under Chapter II of the present constitution, with a seventy percent (70%) majority of votes that follows the normal procedures presented under Article VI. Any amendment or replacement of the present document can take place only once per every two months, bare minimum. Chapter III [The European Commission] [Table of Contents] 5
6 Article IIX [Definition of the European Commission] The European Commission is the sole and supreme executive authority of the European Union and consists of five democratically elected commissioners, elected by the European Council for a five-month term. No commissioner can serve for more than two consecutive terms, and no country may have a citizen or national of itself elected for more than two consecutive terms. Would-be commissioners need nomination from any ten officials of their country of origin, of any level of government. Article IX [Membership to the European Commission] The European Commission consists of five members, each not representing and not being related to any government of the European Union, and each being from a separate country. This is to guarantee that the Commission does not represent the interests of governments or other organisations formed by multiple states, but rather, the interests of the European Council as a whole with no exceptions and no bias towards any European Council member. Article X [Duties of the European Commission] The European Commission is charged with the following duties: 1. Managing the Offices of the Premier Commissioner, Defence, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Economics, and their subsequent duties as outlined in the following articles. 2. Enforcement of European Council decisions to the member states the said decisions concern, be they of mandatory or voluntary level. 3. Validating and signing proposals passed by the European Council as defined by Article VI under Chapter II of the present document. Article XI [Election procedures for the European Commission] 1. The European Union member states hereby announce no limits on nominations member states my put forward, however only the nominee with the highest number of votes from any member state can be elected, all other same-nation nominations being withdrawn at the time of count announcement, made by the Premier Commissioner. 2. Nomination periods are to last no longer than one week, at the end of which, voting will begin. 3. Preliminary voting periods to be no longer than one week. At the end of which, if all 6
7 positions are clearly filled, count announcements will be made and elected candidates notified by the nominated head of the European commission. 4. The candidate with the most votes after the preliminary voting becomes the head new. 5. If after the preliminary vote, a tie takes place, remaining nominees will be put forward again in run off elections. 6. Secondary election periods to last no longer than three days, at the end of which, the Premier Commissioner will notify the European Council and candidates. Article XII [Decision-making in the European Commission] 1. The European Commission, aside from its regular duties, may replace the Prime Commissioner or members lost during votes of no-confidence. Such a motion requires the nomination and election of candidates (including of Commission members) as outlined in Article XI. 2. The Prime Commissioner of the European Commission may change with a sixty percent (60%) majority (3 of the 5 commissioners) of the total votes. The change is followed by a vote of no-confidence by the European Council to confirm their support for the new Premier Commissioner. 3. Any decision made by the European Commission requires a sixty percent (60%) majority of all the members (3 of the 5 commissioners). Article XIII [Offices of the European Commission] 1. The European Commission consists of five offices, as outlined in the articles below. 2. Each Office of the European Commission is headquartered in the city of Europolis. 3. Each Office of the European Commission is headed by a Commissioner, who is named after the said office. 4. The duties and functions of each Office outlined below are, automatically, the functions and duties of each Commissioner elected. Article XIV [Office of the Premier Commissioner] 1. The Office of the Premier Commissioner is headed by the Premier Commissioner, who is the Commissioner who got most votes in the main round of the elections of the European Commission by the European Council. 2. The Office of the Premier Commissioner is responsible for the coordination of work 7
8 among the European Commissioners and their Offices, the European Commission and/or any of its offices with the European Council, the signing of legislation passed by the European Council, the written approval (signing) of decisions made by the other Commissioners, and the mediation of multilateral talks in order to disarm crises among member states of the European Union. The Premier Commissioner is also the supreme commander of all European Union armed forces and services. 3. The Premier Commissioner is responsible for the appointment of the other Commissioners in one of the offices of the European Commission. No Commissioner may hold more than a single office, including the Premier Commissioner himself, and no Office may be left without a Commissioner. 4. The Premier Commissioner presides over the meetings of the European Council as well as the European Commission, although he has no vote in the former, unless in the event of the lack of a majority (fifty-five percent of the total votes cast.) Article XV [Office of Foreign Affairs] 1. The Office of Foreign Affairs, headed by the European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, is responsible for relations among the European Union and other regions and intraregional organisations and presides over the following three committees: the European Intelligence Committee, responsible on safeguarding the European Union from intraregional invasion, collecting intelligence information, determining the intraregional geo-political environment, etc; the European Committee for Recruitment, responsible for expanding the ranks of the European Union in terms of membership; and the European Committee for Foreign Relations, responsible for diplomatic relations with other regions and intraregional organisations. 2. The Commissioner for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the appointment of one secretary for each of the three Committees the Office presides over. Unlike other positions, persons from the same country of origin, including that of the Commissioner, may hold these offices, however the same requirements as applying for the election of a Commissioner exist. Article XVI [Office of Internal Affairs] 1. The Office of Internal Affairs is presided by the Commissioner for Internal Affairs and is responsible for the relations among the members of the European Union, the 8
9 handling and upkeep of the proper voting procedures in the European Council and European Commission, the status of civil and political freedoms across the European Union, and the addressing of the needs and opinions of the member states of the European Union to the Prime Commissioner and the European Commission. 2. The Office of Internal Affairs presides over the European Mass Media Committee, which is responsible for the international and intraregional circulation of the national news agencies newspapers and broadcasts across the European Union. The same requirements for a secretary of the said Committee apply, as those applying for the Committees under the Office of Foreign Affairs. Article XVII [Office of Economics] 1. The Office of Economics is headed by the European Commissioner for Economics, and is responsible for the stability and circulation of the European Union s official currency, the euro, as well as the stabilisation of markets and prevention of economic crises in the event of shortages from one or more mass required products, such as fuel, electricity, etc; the management of the economics of the European Union, involving all the budgets of all institutions; and the handing-out of loans to members of the European Union as decided by the entire European Commission using democratic processes. 2. The aforementioned duties of the Office of Economics will be managed by the European Central Bank, under the guidance of the European Commissioner for Economics. Article XIIX [Office of the Defence and Peace-keeping Forces] 1. The Office of the Defence and Peace-keeping Forces is headed by the European Commissioner for Defence. 2. Detailed duties of the Office of the Defence and Peace-keeping Forces of the European Commission are outlined under Chapter V of the present constitution. 3. The Commissioner for Defence is the supreme authority, second only to the Prime Commissioner and the European Council, for the management of the Defence and Peace-keeping Forces of the European Union. 9
10 Chapter IV [The European Court of Justice] [Table of Contents] Article XIX [Definition of the European Court of Justice] The European Court of Justice is made up of four justices and one chief justice who heads the branch. The Court of Justice administers laws through trials of those who break them, and tries crimes that occur in more than one European Union member-state. It is the supreme legislative authority in the European Union s boundaries and the trials it presides over are of regional importance. It is additionally tasked with the authority to revise legislation passed by the European Council and request amendments in the event of unconstitutional or other forbidden nature. Article XX [Membership and Elections] 1. The same provisions and procedures as applying for the election of the European Commission apply for the election of the five judges of the European Court. 2. In the event of crises that involve the complete absence of any judges, as judged by the European Council, the European Commission may appoint interim judges over a period of fourteen (14) days. 3. No judge may be from the same country of origin as the Premier Commissioner. 4. The term for judges is 2 months, after which, elections will be repeated. Chapter V [The European Defence and Peace-keeping Forces] [Table of Contents] Article XXI [Structure] The European Defence and Peace-keeping Forces consist of the European Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Federation; the European Defence Force, itself consisting of the European Army, European Army Aviation and European Army Marine Force; and the European Atomic, Biological and Chemical Technology Force. The Defence and Peacekeeping Forces are headed by the European Commissioner for Defence. Article XXII [Role of the European Defence and Peace-keeping Forces] 1. The European Defence Force is responsible to act during times of both peace and armed conflict, in order to provide a truly neutral and impartial force. Their duties, aside to peace-keeping in countries with conflict and defending Europolis, will 10
11 include armed assistance to neutral nations in time of war, safeguarding of civilians, distribution of aid, etc. 2. The European Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Federation is entitled with tasks involving aid during times of war and peace, assisting civilians, leading medical and other aid missions, and undertake any other such missions to be provided to everybody with no exceptions or discrimination on the basis of religion, nationality, sex, cultural background, political beliefs, or other such factors. 3. The European Atomic, Biological and Chemical Technology Agency (European ABCT Agency or European ABC Agency) shall be responsible for holding careful and detailed lists of all users of atomic, biological and chemical weapons and civil technology (where appropriate or possible) as well as be equipped to combat ABC warfare situations and assist the European Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Federation in necessary moments. Article XXIII [Composition of the European Defence Force] 1. The European Defence Force consists of the permanent and the volunteer force branches for each of its three main branches, the Army, the Army Aviation and the Army Marine. 2. The permanent forces of the European Defence Force consist of nine motorised rifle regiments, three armoured regiments, three artillery regiments, one special operations regiment, one airborne regiment, two fighter squadrons, one ground attack aircraft squadron, one AWACS and one transport squadron, organised under three Mechanised Infantry Divisions and one Aviation Regiment based in the territory of Europolis, for a total amount of personnel under the Army and personnel with 150 aircraft under the Army Aviation. No permanent marine force exists. 3. The voluntary forces of the European Defence Force consist of the contributions made by individual nations, and are maintained by the said nations at time of peace and war. They will be divided, depending on category, among the European Army, European Army Aviation and European Marine Force. Article XXIV [Chain of Command] 1. The Supreme Commander of the entire European Defence Forces is the Premier 11
12 Commissioner, under the guidance of the European Commission and the Commissioner for Defence, separately so. The Premier Commissioner may appoint on his behalf a temporary Supreme Commander, under the guidance of the European Commission. 2. The Commander-in-Chief of the entire European Defence Forces is the Commissioner for Defence, who also undertakes to coordinate all operations, missions, fulfillment of roles, appointment of temporary field commanders, etc. The Commissioner for Defence is second in command only to the Premier Commissioner. The Commissioner for Defence may appoint on his behalf a temporary Commander in Chief, under the guidance of the European Commission and the approval of the Premier Commissioner. 3. The commands of the units forming the European Defence Forces, be they of the permanent of voluntary branch, are responsible for their separate command unless otherwise ordered by the Commissioner for Defence. Voluntary forces, for as long as they are parts of the Defence Force as determined by the relevant Ministries of Defence of equivalent governmental command, are not under the direct command of their relevant armed forces or equivalent. 12
13 Annex I [The Universal Declaration of Human Rights] [Table of Contents] PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, Whereas the peoples of the European Union have reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the organs of the European Union, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge, Now, therefore the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics proposes this universal declaration of human rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. 13
14 Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 3 Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4 No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 6 Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article 7 All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Article 8 Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts 14
15 violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. Article 9 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Article 10 Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. Article Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. 2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. Article 12 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. Article Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from 15
16 non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the European Union and/or United Nations. Article Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. Article Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. All marriages, regardless of race, nationality, religion, and sex have the right to pursue a family, be it through traditional forms of conception, in vitro fertilization, adoption, etc. 2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 3. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. Article Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. Article 18 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. 16
17 Article Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association. Article Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. 3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. Article 22 Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. Article Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. 3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. 4. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. Article 24 Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Article 25 17
18 1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. 2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Article Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. 2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the Eurpean Union and/or United Nations for the maintenance of peace. 3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. Article Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. Article 28 Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. Article Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. 18
19 2. In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. 3. These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the European Union and/or the United Nations. Article 30 Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. Proposed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Presented by Sergey Kirov, Soviet Ambassador to the EU 19
20 Annex II [Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War] [Table of Contents] Chapter I [The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers] Article 1. Neutrality is a status of a nation that refrains from participation in a war or conflict between other states or parties and maintains impartial attitude toward the belligerents. The territory of neutral powers is inviolable. Article 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power. Article. 3. Belligerents are likewise forbidden to: 1. Erect on the territory of a neutral Power a wireless telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of communicating with belligerent forces on land or sea; 2. Use any installation of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral Power for purely military purposes, and which has not been opened for the service of public messages. Article 4. Corps of combatants cannot be formed nor recruiting agencies opened on the territory of a neutral Power to assist the belligerents. Article 5. A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles 2 to 4 to occur on its territory. It is not called upon to punish acts in violation of its neutrality unless the said acts have been committed on its own territory. Article 6. The responsibility of a neutral Power is not engaged by the fact of persons crossing the frontier separately to offer their services to one of the belligerents. 20
21 Article 7. A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport, on behalf of one or other of the belligerents, of arms, munitions of war, or, in general, of anything which can be of use to an army or a fleet. Article 8. A neutral Power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use on behalf of the belligerents of telegraph or telephone cables or of wireless telegraphy apparatus belonging to it or to companies or private individuals. Article 9. Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken by a neutral Power in regard to the matters referred to in Articles 7 and 8 must be impartially applied by it to both belligerents. A neutral Power must see to the same obligation being observed by companies or private individuals owning telegraph or telephone cables or wireless telegraphy apparatus. Article 10. The fact of a neutral Power resisting, even by force, attempts to violate its neutrality cannot be regarded as a hostile act. Chapter II [Belligerents Interned and Wounded Tended in Neutral Territory] Article 11. A neutral Power which receives on its territory troops belonging to the belligerent armies shall intern them, as far as possible, at a distance from the theatre of war. It may keep them in camps and even confine them in fortresses or in places set apart for this purpose. It shall decide whether officers can be left at liberty on giving their parole not to leave the neutral territory without permission. 21
22 Article 12. In the absence of a special convention to the contrary, the neutral Power shall supply the interned with the food, clothing, and relief required by humanity. At the conclusion of peace the expenses caused by the internment shall be made good. Article 13. A neutral Power which receives escaped prisoners of war shall leave them at liberty. If it allows them to remain in its territory it may assign them a place of residence. The same rule applies to prisoners of war brought by troops taking refuge in the territory of a neutral Power. Article 14. A neutral Power may authorize the passage over its territory of the sick and wounded belonging to the belligerent armies, on condition that the trains bringing them shall carry neither personnel nor war material. In such a case, the neutral Power is bound to take whatever measures of safety and control are necessary for the purpose. The sick or wounded brought under the these conditions into neutral territory by one of the belligerents, and belonging to the hostile party, must be guarded by the neutral Power so as to ensure their not taking part again in the military operations. The same duty shall devolve on the neutral State with regard to wounded or sick of the other army who may be committed to its care. Article 15. The Geneva Convention applies to sick and wounded interned in neutral territory. Chapter III [Neutral Persons] Article 16. The nationals of a State which is not taking part in the war are considered as neutrals. Article 17. A neutral cannot avail himself of his neutrality: 1. If he commits hostile acts against a belligerent; 2. If he commits acts in favor of a belligerent, particularly if he voluntarily enlists in 22
23 the ranks of the armed force of one of the parties. In such a case, the neutral shall not be more severely treated by the belligerent as against whom he has abandoned his neutrality than a national of the other belligerent State could be for the same act. Article 18. The following acts shall not be considered as committed in favour of one belligerent in the sense of Article 17, paragraph 2: 1. Supplies furnished or loans made to one of the belligerents, provided that the person who furnishes the supplies or who makes the loans lives neither in the territory of the other party nor in the territory occupied by him, and that the supplies do not come from these territories; 2. Services rendered in matters of police or civil administration. Chapter IV [Attacking a Neutral Power] Article 19. Deliberately attacking a neutral power shall be defined as a serious war crime. Article Should a belligerent deliberate ly target a neutral power, the head of state must head immediately to Europolis for Trial by the European Union Judiciary, as well as pay reparations for any damage endured by the Neutral Power. 2. If the leader of the Belligerent fails to meet these conditions, then the European Union shall no longer recognise the government of belligerent nation, and consider them a rouge state. Article 21. The European Council may decide whether or not to grant re admittance, and under what terms. Article 22. Every nation preserves the right to declare neutrality in every war or conflict. Article 23. A neutral nation will lose its neutrality as soon as it violates one of the articles in this 23
24 resolution or fails to commit its duties as mentioned in this resolution. Proposed by the Confederacy of Aleutia Presented by Alexander Kuznetsov, Aleutian Ambassador to the EU 24
25 Annex III [Final Provisions and Explanations] [Table of Contents] Chapter I Article I [Sovereignty of Nations] The member-states of the European Union retain absolute sovereignty over their own affairs except if specially outlined by articles of this Constitution. These articles are Article V under Chapter II. Nations refusing to abide by Constitutional articles are still protected by their own Sovereignty, and the Organs of the European Union Organisation are obliged to peacefully resolve any disputes if necessary, unless deemed impossible by both the legislative and executive power. Article II [Declaration of War] 1. The European Union can only declare war as a single entity with the support of both the European Council and the European Commission as well as, separately, the Premier Commissioner of the European Union. 2. The Defence Forces of the European Union cannot be otherwise committed to armed conflict unless attacked first, and the Organs of the European Union Organisation are responsible to assure the impartial intervention of the Defence Forces and Services. 3. The Defence Forces are aimed, as explained, towards defensive and peacekeeping operations and not imperialistic conquest to satisfy the greed of certain countries or individuals that may arise. Article III [Amendment] 1. Amending the constitution takes regular steps as proposing new legislation and as explained in Chapter II, Articles V, VI and VII. 2. Chapter I, Article II, Paragraphs 1 and 3 and Chapter II, Article VII, Paragraph 2, cannot be amended as outlined by Chapter II, Article VII, Paragraph 2. The only exception is the proportion required to amend the Constitution under Article VII, Paragraph 2 of Chapter II (currently 70 percent.) 25
26 Article IV [Contributors] The present constitution is a result of coordinated work between the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Dim Quai, spearheaded by Sergey Kirov of the Soviet Union. The contributing individuals and governments may have a special say in interpreting the present document if granted on occasion by the European Council, but they are not entitled any other special rights whatsoever and their say is only consultive towards the Organs of the European Union Organisation. Article V [Annexes] All Annexes of the present document are supplementing the Constitution and have equal effect unless directly contradicting it, in which case the Constitution s articles have a priority over an Annex. Article VI [Defence and Peace-keeping Forces] Chapter V describing the European Peace-keeping and Defence Forces (the Defence Forces and Services) is subject to expansion either through Constitutional amendment or passing of new legislation that will provide better interpretation and structure to the established articles and provisions. Proposed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Dim Quai Presented by Sergey Kirov, Soviet Ambassador to the EU 26
27 Special Thanks This document was drafted with the support of my wife, Svetlana, my daughter, Sofia, and my Din Quaian colleagues. Without their support I would have not been able to make such a major contribution to the European Union and its memberstates, not fill up the expectations of my country, government and people. In the countless hours of debate, legislative interpretation and research that were spent to draft this major document, meant as a contribution to the functionality of the Union and to resolve some of its most idiotic and meaningless disputes, as well as to prevent any and all power abuses, it was them who supported me the most. I thank you all. Sergey Mironovich Kirov Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the EU Representative of the Soviet Union to the EC 27
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