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March 5568

Honeymoon's over: Clenonberg faces Opoid Crisis

Clenonberg stressfully heading to the next problem

Clenonberg has been enjoying a relatively stable political landscape when it comes to obstacles she has had to face in addition to fulfilling her agenda. This now appears to change as news about the epidemic spread of the new street-drug "Kalter Truthahn" (Luth. Cold Turkey) is continously hiting the nation. While the administration has been busy with successfully finishing up the food price crisis and trying to spin a positive narrative about the well-looking recently published Gross Domestic Product numbers, they've been struggling with action against this new situation. According to the authorities, the drug is largely unknown and they're still looking into it. There is no known supply route nor is there any specific criminal group associated to it, it almost seems too perfect that everyone suddnely sells this stuff, almost like someone is deliberately spreading Kalter Truthahn.

The VVP and other opposition forces have started to use the persistent far-left protests which have caused unreasonable amounts of property damage and this new drug-situation to paint Clenonberg as a one-hit-wonder. This comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone considering that former Foreign Minister Matthijs Sleyster is preparing for the start of his intense election campaign against the incumbent and still very popular Vanessa zum Clenonberg. Political Pundits are seeing that the situation is returning to a normalized state with largely equal chances for the VVP and the DRP for the next election. "More than two terms, while not illegal, are very damaging for the reputation. It is frowned upon in the political culture of the Dual Republic, even someone as Clenonberg might struggle to manage that. The last presidency that went on for more than two terms was Heleen Bouman, and those were quite different times."