Schumacher Visits Xsampa and Announces Reconstruction Help
November 5606

Quote:You welcomed our tourists for a long time and treated us in a special way, for a long time. It's time for Dundorf to show its gratitude.

Foreign Minister Welcomes Haldor's Invitation
March 5611

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Dunburg, Oderveld - Foreign Minister Alexander Schumacher confirmed to the press this morning that the Foreign Office has accepted a proposal for a conference hosted by Dorvik, that will feature the partecipation of other powers such as Luthori and N&D. The conference, as presented by the Dorvish Government, will offer an opportunity for Artanian governments to come together and discuss jointly about the current situation in the continent and discuss grounds for future cooperation. In particular, what most concerns our country is the negative effect on trade that the civil war in Kundrati and the following "coldening" of bilateral relations has brought, and the Foreign Minister fully expects Kundrati to be part of the conversation when the Conference is held. 
The concern for Kundrati isn't only felt in Dunburg: last December, the Empire of Kalistan issued a call to several nation, Dundorf included, to deal with increased bellicose attitude carried by Kasaema, who launched last summer a missile attack against our friend Xsampa. Mr. Schumacher released a brief statement supporting Xsampa, and welcoming the Empress of Kalistan's remarks:

Quote:We fully condemn this last display of aggressiveness by the Kasaeman regime, and express our full support to Xsampa - a nation that has remained friendly to Dundorf through the years, and that we're glad to help in this moment of reconstruction. Dundorf can't wait to meet with international partners to discuss this situation.

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Dundorf and Egelion Set to Start Cultural Exchanges
March 5614

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Dunburg - Foreign Minister Alexander Schumacher has announced earlier today that following a state visit between Dundorf and Egelion that took place years ago, the Federal Government was interested in deepening further the relationship between our Federal Republic and the increasingly active Kingdom of Egelion, by proposing an evergreen for Dundorf's foreign policy and bilateral relations-building: educational cooperation. The single biggest example of this kind of activity throughout the years is the I.D.I. international school, founded now many decades ago, which still operate and works in several countries throughout Terra. IDI, for those of us at home who forgot, is the acronym of Internationaler Dunburger Institut, and it's purpose is to teach dundorfian language, culture and history to every student, who would then earn a certificate that recognizes proficiency in the language with virtually no cost: the school is funded in full by our Federal Ministry for Education and Culture. Some of those students, especially in neighboring countries, used the opportunity to move to Dundorf and seek a better occupation.
IDI might be seen as a key program in the new cultural exchanges that the two Governments are planning, but not only that: Dundorf seems set to propose regular school exchanges too, as well as welcoming Egelian artists such as singers, musicians, painters and so on to perform their arts in our country, in order to finally introduce elements of what for long has been a distant culture. On their part, Egelian officials have stated that they plan on to bring programs in which their students excel, such as economics and medicine, a golden opportunity for our academia to grow further and train our future doctors and economists better.

A Meridia ship sitting near Ikradun Island.

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Schumacher Goes to Istalia
October 5621

Quote:In this election NDZP is running as the party of religious freedom. That was our origin and we think that is what we should emphasize.  The leadership strongly believes we need to be very clear about what that means and does not mean. It means citizens must be allowed to worship in churches of their own choosing in their own way. It does not mean people must belong to the Aurorian Patriarchal Church (APC) or any other church or worship at all.
 
It means organized churches may operate schools and that prayer including teacher led prayer must be allowed in those schools.  It does not mean non religious schools private or public must have prayer or allow public prayer at all.
 
It means churches  and church members must be allowed to advocate their views on personal conduct both in terms of abstaining from injurious activity and engaging in virtuous enterprises.  It does not mean any citizen has any legal duty enforced by the State or otherwise to adhere to conduct advocated by churches or church members.
 
That is what we will campaign on. We will of course respond to inquiries about other aspects of our viewpoint which are internationalist and centrist. Think it is fair to say we lean toward small government but not when it means industries can operate so as to poison our air and water or expose its workers to hazardous conditions or when it means individuals should be able to convert their property into public nuisances or arm themselves with sufficient firepower to sink a battleship.

Country Prepares for Consequential Bundestag Election
October 5623

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Valentine Leesdorf, a young politician who defied odds and captured leadership of the long-standing Social Democratic Party. She is now leading the DSDP into the next Federal Election.

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Dundorf 5623: The Dundorfians' Choice
26 October 5623

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A man in traditional attire casting his ballot in Sudschloss, Grozvic

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Dunburg - Follow the live electoral results with the Zeitung, with our exit poll:

According to our exit poll, by the Dunburg University of Social Sciences, the DSDP and the NDZP will regain their position as the dominant parties of Dundorf, but the Social-Democrats will lead with a smaller margin than expected before NDZP's return, 33% to 29%. DSDP will get 218 seats and the NDZP 191. The newer parties suffered from lack of recognition, says our analyst Thorsten Daubner, with Liberals getting 11% and 72 seats, Greens and Socialists both get 8% and so they both get 53 seats, the Julstoch regionalist party dominates in their region and get a good 7% federal result, bringing Dunburg 43 representatives, while the fringe Thaller Party will fail to enter Bundestag, as expected, says Mr. Daubner.

Thorsten Daubner calls it: "Either a Grand Coalition or a Red-Yellow-Green Coalition are possible, but since the relationship between the Liberals and the Greens isn't optimal, I believe that we will get a Grand Coalition, ending decades of domination by leftist Governments. As for the Presidential election, who knows? It's totally new territory for us."

Quote:The Dundorfische Rote Front leadership believes in this instance the best course of action is to field our own candidate.  We are not averse to working with other parties on the Left in backing a candidate for Bundesprasident or Bundeskanzler or forming a government but we are clearly going to be in the Opposition and so we see this an opportunity for us as a new party to get out our message.
 
One might very well ask, what is that message. First, and likely foremost, we are Metzists.  We are not academic Metzists but Metzist realists.  There has not been a Terra wide revolution or even a Communist International (Comintern)  for a very long time. There is not going to be a Metzist revolution in the Bundesrepublik Dundorf.
 
So what do we do? We will work through the democratic process in place.  The main choice then is do we concentrate on getting in the government or influencing legislation. We are going for the latter and specifically for legislation concerning the rights political and economic of every citizen, every member of the Sovereign People.
 
Where to begin?  With a government guaranteed living wage for every citizen who could work and government guaranteed support for every citizen who can not.

That then is our message.  The message and stance of Dundorfische Rote Front.