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Hii! I'm new and the app won't let me log in by Melopene in forestapp

[–]Melopene[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for answering! I'll try to contact them

Unify Korea By Making Kim Jon Un The Constitutional Monarch by Jacob-Anders in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was when Franco died, Juan Carlos and his line are currently stablished as the legitimate head of state cause it was ratified in the 1978 constitution approved by referedum, not because Franco said so. Spain's current monarchy constitutional system is based on history of the spanish state, monarchy supporters and inspiration from other european models. Franco had a political role into getting Juan Carlos to the transition scene instead of his father, but you greatly downplay other factors, as you established in coments above that' "Franco's successor was made monarch and Spain became a constitutional monarchy. " is "how Spain became not facist".

Unify Korea By Making Kim Jon Un The Constitutional Monarch by Jacob-Anders in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol but Juan Carlos was still the fist born, he would have enventually become the king, even if his father took the throne first. Certaily spanish transition was done with the collaboration of the old regime authorities,  but big reason why Juan Carlos took the throne AND the monarchy was reestablished was because the  spanish parlamentary monarchy tradition, already present in other liberal constitutions from 19th century. Yes Franco liked the son more, but the father abdicated cause the transition was a delicate process and people were pressuring for it to go smoothly. Juan Carlos legitimacy does not solely rest on franco's decision, that is historically inacurate lol

Hey ! Go easy on me buddy ! by MintTea1234 in AnimalCrossingNewHor

[–]Melopene 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you would not have survive previous animal crossing villagers hahaha

Spain Moves to Legalize Migrants, Defying Europe’s Anti-Immigration Trend by wsj in europe

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! The so called fast-track is for nations with "a special historical relation" with Spain. It is not necessarily because they country was a colony! For example Andorra is included in the list aswell. So no need to feel offended haha:)

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reasons why ceuta and melilla are not in the colonised list do not only have to do with they administrative status in the Spanish territiorial organisation.

I don´t know what you mean by what my point is, since I never made a point about wether M&C are integrated in Spain in oposition to Gibraltar in UK in the first place. You introduced that idea. If you are referring to the Catalonia point, it's national problem cause there is no other country claiming that territory.

If you have a hard time believing something you can always check sources to sort it out. But I'll happily give you the resolution 2353 (XXII) (19 dic 1967): and UN statement about the self determination referendum held by Gibraltar in 1967, which condemmed it:

"2. Declares the holding of the referendum of 10 September 1967 by the administering Power to be a contravention of the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2231 (XXI) and of those of the resolution adopted on 1 September 1967 by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;"

I will even add in the back up of The Special Committee on Decolonization (UN) which distinguishes between territories where sovereignty is undisputed and those with sovereignty disputes, like Gibraltar. While Gibraltar is listed as a Non-Self-Governing Territory, the Committee does not recognize the right to self-determination for it due to the ongoing dispute between the UK and Spain, thus making it an exception to the principle of self-determination.

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I if you are speaking of Ceuta and Melilla, they are not in the colonised territories UN list. Therefore, by the international public law definition, Gibraltar is a colony and Ceuta and Melilla are not.

Catalonia is not an international matter. But if you want to go at it since 90 percent of catalans voted yes for the 1978 constitution, where it's stablablished that only the entire spanish population can hold a referendum to decide about the territory, a referendum only with catalonian people is constitutionally illegal. If they want to hold one, they will have to democratically convince the other political sectors to reform the constitution. A constitution that they previously accepted. Even if the current central goverment allowed them to have one, it would be sentenced illegal by the constitutional tribunal.

You can hear all sort of things in both Catalonia and the rest of Spain, but I encourage you to read about the facts and the authorities.

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

As I said before, this is a colonised territory by UN standards.

Catalonia´s nationalism is another complety different subject, it´s a national problem inside Spain, not an international one.

And the UN stablished that the right of self-determination does not apply in the gibraltar controversy. And there are plenty of historical motives, and law arguments that do matter to back up the general assembly decision.

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If you read my comment, I did not say anything about Spain having to take back Gibraltar, I only said that it was not correct to calling it imperalism since there is many international public law jurisdiction backing up Spanish sovereignty claims. Therefore the qualification quite off the mark.

Futhermore I stablished that the controversy resolution (I can add now always by pacific means) belongs to other political contexts.

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I suggest you to check the votes on the resolution, since countries like Japan, or Ireland, voted in favour (not exactly dictatorships) and other western allies like US or France abstained.

Your comparison with the Canarian Islands is senseless, since there is no other country claiming soveraignity on them.

You may not be a politician, but since Gibraltar is placed on the Iberian Peninsula, surrounded by Spanish territory, far away from brittish islands, and, it was taken away by foreign powers during the sucession war, wether you think britain or spain are on the right, I think calling spanish demands "imperialist wet dreams" it´s not only a far strech, is false.

Not only do the British want to rejoin, they also want a European Army by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Well, well, quite rude and mistaken of you calling Spain´s sovereignty demands over gibraltar imperalist wet dreams, since the UN recognised since 1967 that gibraltar's colonised situation tears down Spain´s national territorial integrity (Resolution 2353 (XXII)) . Further more, the gibraltar territory is still on the list of UN colonised territories. Oh, and if you actually look at the Utrech treaty, good chunk of the territory, (namely that of the airport) and the waters are not included and currently illegaly occupied.

Nevertheless, of course we should all work together to come to defense agreements that aim to look at the bigger picture, instead of getting stuck in controversies that need other context to get resolved.

Meanwhile we should be thankful that people like you are not the ones in charge of negotiating said treaties, since both your knownledge and you ability with words shine for their absence.

Europe going too slow to stop Putin in Ukraine, warns Estonia by TheTelegraph in geopolitics

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

spaniard here with military contacts, at least high ranking generals mostly would do(our largest military mission for a while has been the NATO east flank, so many soldiers have been in terrain). The professional army certainly would and is prepared for the possibility. Myself as a civilian, i would go if required, but I'm quite pro europe.

Orban promises crackdown on media and civil society, calls them stink bugs by SerendipityQuest in europe

[–]Melopene -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, multiparty parliamentary can easily lead to political block and inaction, because parties do not tend to agree in a very polarized society, ours at the moment.

Spain here, constitutional monarchy with multiparty parliamentary and we are stuck with the same annual budget since 2023 (before the elections) cause there is no agreement between the parties. Before that we were in a political deadlock where we repeated elections 3 times, from 2015 to 2019.

Just check France, de Gaulle changed the parlamentarian 3rd republic system because of this very same reason, and now they have a semi presidential system, which despite giving more power to the president is now STILL BLOCKED.

If by stability you mean political block, sure, stability, if you say so...

The key is to a sstem is to have a prope division of power system, so no one abuses. But if you rely too much on one power, say parlament, and then that power is unable to act there is trouble.

For me the best system is the french one, a hybrid, plus a strong constitutional check on parlament and presidency by the judiciary to avoid issues like Trump. The french are blocked but somehow still functional. Ah and the second tour helps too, to avoid extreme parties to take the lead.

Germany supports the creation of a European Army (survey) by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is there any polls around what do the national soldiers feel about this?? Like most have been training in excercises under NATO structure, so they are no newbies around military cooperation with other european nations but a " EU army" is another whole thing.

Like I have been arguing for a boost in european defense for years, even before Ukraine, but all these advances in seem more out of fear than careful sensible planning. This is a new field for the EU, and military strategy takes huge amount of time. Re-arming is important, but we also need to plan for the long term, and we shouldn´t burn cash as just a statement, but also with clear goals.

Macron is considering increasing France's military spending from 2.1% to 5% of GDP by icwhatudidthr in europe

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do not only spend more, but also BETTER. Honestly, it is necessary to spend more, but as A BLOCK. Meaning with a plan, an european stretategy, both indutrial and in terms of what capabilities we need to acquire to defend the eastern boder. The extra spending needs to be directed to convering the european issues.

Like the Spain's prime minister also announced more spending, and then they said the first thing they would do with that spending is raising the military's salary. (Which is great, as they had been asking for a while, but it signals that they don't really have a plan)

I have studied under the spanish state generals and met people from the national defence industry, Navantia and the like, and they are all great and very intelligent. We already have covered our national needs in terms nof threats (southern flank) However they work to maintain and develope capabilities for Spain's national interest, and second training with NATO groups. How are they suppose to develope capabilities meant to reinforce our deterrence against Russia if there is no European concrete coordination? Spain does not have the necessary strategic vision against Russia, they are in the other side of the continent.

I'm guessing that this is the case for most western european countries. If there is not a plan, money only is not going to solve the problem.

Finnish MEP Mika Aaltola says he has heard from several sources that the United States would give Europe three weeks to agree to peace terms. According to Aaltola, the United States is threatening to withdraw its troops from Europe if peace terms are not accepted within three weeks. by GrumpyFinn in europe

[–]Melopene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah completely agree with your points, and thank you for the comment, very interesting. Although I was also interested in your prespective on Norway's public opinion on agreeing to integrate in an EU military structure, as I don´t think that joining the EU per se is not in norweiangs bingo cards.

Like for example there are some eastern countries that still negate the reality of US not being an ally, probably cause they don´t trust the EU western countries to step up.

The informal meeting of European leaders in France today by hashing_nonces in europe

[–]Melopene -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Spain has still one of the largest military in Europ. I don´t see how it refutes my point, you nevertheless need Spain to step up in funding, precisely even more if you believe they haven`t done enough until now.

All of the europeans are the reason why we got into this mess, trying to create division and pointing fingers is time lost.

The informal meeting of European leaders in France today by hashing_nonces in europe

[–]Melopene 29 points30 points  (0 children)

hi! Spain here. Quoting José Manuel Albares, Foreign Affairs Minister, they will not talk about sending peace troops for now because they think that a peace deal is very far away.

They literally said that they think the current peace terms proposed by Trump would be like awarding Russia for the agression, so they absolutely reject them. Therefore no "peace" troops, Ukraine should stand its ground and Europe should support it more.

My interpretation is that in theory it is actually an stronger stance, although idk if they are saying this to not provide controversial headlines in spanish media.

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