Former Chancellor Matthias Werner Announces Candidacy for President
March 5715

Former Chancellor Matthias Werner in his Dunburg apartment alongside the family cat, Titus.

Matthias Werner Elected Federal President of Dundorf

Mr. Werner campaigning in Chontalen last week.

Quote:No. But it is a fair question since within the DRF there is a constant examination and reexamination of whether we are still Metzists.  And we are. And that includes those in the DRF who constitute the faction that once was the Dundorfische Sozialunion (DSU).
 
Two problems for Metzist purists existed when the DRF was formed  and still exist for that matter.  First, there is not going to be any Terra wide revolution anytime in the foreseeable future.
 
Second, after centuries of the Bundestag rocking back and forth between the means of production being entirely nationalized and then entirely privatized with resultant economic chaos, a con census developed that recognized the Bundesrepublik would have partly privately owned and partly publicly owned means of production and would not privatize for the sake of privatizing or nationalize for the sake of nationalizing.
 
That economic con census has been in play during the entire life of the DRF.  Of course, all things being equal, the DRF prefers nationalized means of production but constantly raising it in every possible instance would be futile and would squander time, energy and political capital which could be and in my opinion should be used to protect and promote a fair share  of the economic resources of the Bundesrepublik being directly used for the benefit of Our Sovereign People themselves.
 
And by that I mean healthcare, education, family needs, housing and a myriad of other needs to keep the safety net viable.  Which is in fact where the DRF has been focused and is focused.
 

Quote:It is not going to happen during the Reinhardt Administration; the votes are not there. We are among those who believe that if there was a privately owned business entity that wanted to buy a portion of our diamond mines that would abide by the Bundesrepublik’s ban on open pit mining, it should be allowed to do so provided financial viability and environmental safeguards were in place.
 
There have been administrations which have shared our view most recently led by Neues Dundorfische Zentrumspartei (NDZP). Even if TLD were willing for some pressing economic need to relax the open pit mining ban, NDZP is quite adamant that it would not.
 
The most recent entity to look at doing mining is Marcks Feiereisin Enterprises which buys and sells as a diamond wholesaler; it concluded that considerable investment could eventually lead to a marginal annual profit but that frankly its stockholders were better off with the government doing the diamond extraction.
 
TLD does not think this is case where privatization for the sake of privatization is desirable.
 
At the other end, one could look at Importunternehmen der Bundesrepublik (IdB) in the jewelry business. Silver mining in the Bundesrepublik produces a lot of the silver for setting for diamonds. We have no gold resources we know of, but Marcks Feiereisin Enterprises buys gold from Dorvik wholesalers to sell to jewelry makers in the Bundesrepublik both for gold jewelry and gold settings for diamonds.
 
But we also have an arrangement whereby Malivian producers of gold sell their product to IdB who then resells it to jewelry makers in the Bundesrepublik.  Nothing prevents producers of gold in Malivia or Dorvik selling directly to our jewelry makers which occasionally happens.
 
Think everyone pretty much thinks IdB is doing a service for business so there is no appetite to privatize it.  In any event IdB and BK are two of the three government corporations with special legislation protecting them from a general nationalizing bill that at one time was a common occurrence but has been rare for a long while.
 
A related question is whether Marcks Feiereisin Enterprises is a monopoly which sjhould be broken up. Marcks Feiereisin buys most of the diamonds extracted in the Bundesrepublik from BK.  Many  of these are then either sold or more likely turned over to the Steigerwald Group for diamond cutting and then sold as jewels to jewelry producers or retailers. 
 
Most others are turned over to Muselbergen Tol und Sterben who prepare diamonds for use in machine tools which buys some from Marcks Feiereisin but returns most for sale to machine tool manufacturers wanting diamond bits.
 
As indicated earlier, Marcks Feiereisin enterprises also buys gold from Dorvish producers and sells gold to jewelry makers.
 
As a practical matter, breaking it up could leave a giant hole in our jewelry business.  As big as nationalizing it.  Think if it were three business entities instead of one no one would worry about it.  But it is very big and it worries those worried about monopolies.

Bundestag Votes to Ratify the Treaty of Merenbürg
June 5716

The Bundestag.

Quote:The Federal Government is satisfied with the act of Bundestag, and we now await for President Werner's final approval. This treaty will allow Dundorfian companies to export more in our continent, while protected by the new Competition Law. Fair competition will make our economy even more dynamic, but we are aware that Dundorfian workplaces must be protected: that's why this Government pledges to strengthen, not roll back, all kinds of protection and welfare for working people.

Federal Government and Dunlake State Government Approve Nordenhaus Metro Project
August 5718

Rendering of one of the future metro stops in Nordenhaus.

Quote:Well, our Meridia Task Force, the fifteen warships the Lourennais Royal Navy gave to the Bundeswehr during the life of the Humanitarian Alliance, are now operating as part of the Western Armada of the Navy of the Kingdom of Egelion, learning valuable skills and techniques for functioning as as an integral part of a Fleet with wide ranging strike and defense capacity.
 
Further, the Air Force of the Kingdom of Egelion has shown an interest in the DHL A 310 MRTT aerial refueling tankers employed by the Luftwaffe to support our aerial transport fleet which is an essential part of the operational capacity of the Luftwaffe since the Bundesrepublik is landlocked, the only such nation on Terra.
 
The aerial transport fleet was used to transport troops from the Bundersrepublik  to support the Kingdom of Lourenne when it was attacked by Seko and thanks to aerial refueling, the operation was done without an intermediate landing.
 
The agreement reached between the Kingdom of Egelion and the Bundesrepublik is that five of the newest DHL A 310 MRTT aerial refueling aircraft will be transferred from the Luftwaffe to the Royal Air force of the Kingdom of Egelion.  Training in operation, repair and maintenance will be conducted by Luftwaffe personnel and access to parts and manufacturers’ supporting services will be arranged by Onerkommado Bundeswehr’s (OKB) Procurement Division with Dundorfische Hoch Logistik (DHL).  The cost will be at a steep discount.
 
Should the Royal Air Force of the Kingdom of Egelion find the DHL A 310 MRTT useful, the OKB Procurement Division, Ableitung II, will arrange for the purchase of more from DHL.
 
OKB Ableitung II will in the meantime purchase five DHL A 310 MRTT’s from DHL to  be delivered over the next 21 months to bring our aerial refueling complement back to 30 aircraft as has been the arrangement with DHL for some years.

Center-Left Coalition Retains Majority in 5718 Federal Election
October 5718

Chancellor Renate Reinhardt's DSDP retained the top spot among Dundorf's parties.