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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1920 on: April 27, 2016, 04:12:46 am »

And all this time I thought that Turkey's system was more similar to Russia, with the Prime Minister and the President having equal power or the president having more power than the PM. (interpret as maybe sarcasm if that was a joke insult on the part of the Dutch).
That's the whole point of our minister's snide remark / insult.
Constitutionally, the function of Turkish president is a strictly ceremonial one. You know, cutting ribbons and giving new year's speeches and such. But ever since he couldn't become prime minister anymore (maximum term reached), and became president instead, Erdogan has been publicly striving to rewrite the constitution, to give the presidential function much more authority, and acting like the constitution has already been changed.
Our minister of foreign affairs is well aware of this, and that's why he kindly reminds Erdogan that his function is only ceremonial.

We don't need comedians to insult the Turkish president, our minister of foreign affairs is more than capable there.

In related news:
Turkish prime minister Davutoglu has said in a speech to his own AK party in parliament, that the new constitution will be secular.
The chairman of parliament, also AK party, who said yesterday that the new constitution should be islamic, has also toned down a bit, saying that "it was just my personal vision, and freedom of religion is still very important to me".

The current Turkish constitution is neutral about religion. This is to be credited to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who turned Turkey into a republic, and scrapped sharia from the constitution in 1923. Since then, there's been a strict division of faith and state.

But ever since Erdogan's AK party came into power, Turkey is slowly becoming less secular again. For example, the ban on wearing head scarfs in public functions has been revoked, and it becoming harder and harder to buy alcohol.

The AK party has been expressing the desire to alter the constitution, which has been instated by the military regime that came to power through a coup d'état in 1980, for a while now. Erdogan wants to shift more power and competencies to the president's office.
The AK party has 317 out of 550 seats in parliament, but needs 330 votes to be allowed to hold a referendum about changing the constitution. For that'd theyd need to secure 13 votes from the opposition, which yet seems unlikely to happen.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/turkse-premier-nieuwe-grondwet-zal-seculier-zijn~a4290452/

linguistical question for anyone here speaking Turkish: does the word ending -oglu mean 'son of', just like we have -son -sen, and slavic languages have -vic?
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1921 on: April 27, 2016, 08:10:28 am »

>implying that instantly killing millions of people in radioactive fireballs and then dooming some more millions to a slow and painful death from radiation sickness is a "right thing"
I don't think Moscow's dense enough for millions to die in the fireball
>implying that Moscow will be hit with only one nuke
>implying that I haven't thought about it and haven't specifically put "fireballs" as in multiple of singular fireball
>implying implications

Okay, okay, I'm going to stop 4channing now. Maybe.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1922 on: April 27, 2016, 08:40:04 am »

Sergarr, you're aware that even implying that Holy Moscow could be hit by a nuke might be grounds for getting a polonium enema, right? I mean, your president is not known for sarcasm awareness...
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1923 on: April 27, 2016, 09:22:48 am »

Sergarr, you're aware that even implying that Holy Moscow could be hit by a nuke might be grounds for getting a polonium enema, right? I mean, your president is not known for sarcasm awareness...
I could say that Putin is a baldy dwarf who farts in my general direction, and no one will do anything to me at all. I mean, really.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1924 on: April 27, 2016, 09:24:56 am »

http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/24/plans-were-drawn-up-for-a-european-superstate-5838541/

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Plans for a United States of Europe have been drawn up by leading EU politicians, undermining David Cameron’s claims that Britain will not be sucked into a European superstate.
A document signed last September in Rome by the speakers of the national parliaments in Germany, France, Italy and Luxembourg calls for the creation of a full blown “federal union of states”.
The paper says that “concrete proposals” to deepen EU integration will be drawn up at a meeting in Luxembourg next month, raising the prospect of a new row about powers leaching to Brussels ahead of the referendum on June
Welcome to the future current year +6

Sergarr, you're aware that even implying that Holy Moscow could be hit by a nuke might be grounds for getting a polonium enema, right? I mean, your president is not known for sarcasm awareness...
I could say that Putin is a baldy dwarf who farts in my general direction, and no one will do anything to me at all. I mean, really.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1925 on: April 27, 2016, 10:48:00 am »

Oh, gosh, national politicians from some member states met to discuss what they think they think the EU should look like.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1926 on: April 27, 2016, 11:54:14 am »

Oh, gosh, national politicians from some member states met to discuss what they think they think the EU should look like.
Nothing to see here, move along


In other news, BEHOLD PONCEGATE

Top lel at a ponce calling kettle chips poncey for having a Froggy sounding name
>Cameron
>Calling other people foreign ponces

I think Cameron's beginning to crack
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1927 on: April 27, 2016, 12:33:26 pm »

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United States of Europe/quote]
This name. Why pick this name, yurop? You got a decent name already in the European Union.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1928 on: April 27, 2016, 03:03:50 pm »

It is either good thing and will happen or falls into the everything else category and will happen.

PS.
What is the difference between Russian and Ukrainian jokes?

In Russian jokes Ukrainians are stupid and greedy cowards
In Ukrainian jokes Russians are dead

I live in Russia, and I am not hearing any jokes about stupid ukrainians.
Jokes like : silent is ukrainian night, but we still need to hide the bacon "
are not worse then jokes about comrades filling reactors of satellites with vodka.
May be you are dealing with some exceptional russians?
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1929 on: April 27, 2016, 03:39:00 pm »



Isn't it cute? I can understand ignoring Baltic states but Poland? Half of Germans want a common border with Russia?

Ah, that feeling of inter-European solidarity. It warms the soul.
Lavrov-Steinmeier pact, eh.
Don't worry though, we always knew that in the end we will be betrayed by everyone. Again.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1930 on: April 27, 2016, 04:06:57 pm »

Lavrov-Steinmeier pact, eh.
Don't worry though, we always knew that in the end we will be betrayed by everyone. Again.
Poland says it will host 1,000 British troops from 2017

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

THE UK IS POLAND TOO

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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1931 on: April 27, 2016, 04:17:29 pm »

TBH, we heard very similar things back in 30s.
Also, considering that POLAND IS UK a lot, I wouldn't be suprised if it was actually POLAND IS POLAND TOO.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1932 on: April 27, 2016, 04:45:14 pm »

Lavrov-Steinmeier pact, eh.
Don't worry though, we always knew that in the end we will be betrayed by everyone. Again.
Poland says it will host 1,000 British troops from 2017

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

THE UK IS POLAND TOO

The UK is sending troops to Poland... from the Future?!?!?
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1933 on: April 27, 2016, 04:50:05 pm »

Lavrov-Steinmeier pact, eh.
Don't worry though, we always knew that in the end we will be betrayed by everyone. Again.
Poland says it will host 1,000 British troops from 2017

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

THE UK IS POLAND TOO

The UK is sending troops to Poland... from the Future?!?!?

More like a not very well worded title.
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Re: The friendly and polite EU-related news thread
« Reply #1934 on: April 27, 2016, 04:53:28 pm »

TBH, we heard very similar things back in 30s.
Also, considering that POLAND IS UK a lot, I wouldn't be suprised if it was actually POLAND IS POLAND TOO.
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well you don't have to look like a grizzled old man to be a competent military leader. mandatory pink scarves and sequin vests for all future leaders! you can look fabulous and kick butt at the same time!
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