EBC Weekly Update
Week of 3/24-4/1
Written by United Vietussia
This is the EBC Weekly Update, providing a quick recap of the past week's important events in Europeia.
Standing Opened in Election for 99th Senate
Vice Chancellor SkyGreen officially opened the standing period for the upcoming General Election on Friday, April 4. At the time of writing, eight candidates have stood, including incumbent Speaker Lloenflys as well as Senators Common-Sense Politics (CSP) and GraVandius (all of whose potential reelection campaigns were supported by over 75% of respondents in a recent EBC poll). Supreme Chancellor Lethen could potentially give the field its ninth candidate after posting in the standing thread, though it is not clear at this time whether Lethen intends to mount a serious campaign. The campaign has been particularly dominated by CSP's ideas over improving electoral engagement and reintroducing the civil service, two topics which are likely to be some of the top priorities for the upcoming Senate.
Europeian Technology Commission Announces Two New Scripts
Technical Architect unveiled the release of v1nage and s0limaria over the past week, continuing a level of prolific output from the Europeian Technology Commission. v1nage is intended to telegram new World Assembly members to endorse the Delegate and Vice Delegate with the ultimate goal of "[increasing Europeia's] new member retention and Delegate endorsements", while s0limaria is intended to "target hostile regions with counter-recruitment campaigns." Both scripts join the recently announced m0use in the growing library of scripts released by the ETC.
Lime Confirmed as Minister of Culture
In a unanimous vote this past Thursday, Lime was confirmed as the new Minister of Culture. After last serving in the role over four years ago, Lime takes over for Spuzz City (Rai) after her resignation on March 22nd. In his opening address, Lime promised to maintain the success of Weekly Games, continue providing space for the newly started Community Nights, and planning for FrontierFest in April. Lime also announced Pichvi and Prov as his deputies in the address.