Board Thread:Parliament/@comment-3432656-20170605083548/@comment-10059141-20170611113317

Upon further evaluation of the Spanish Syndicate's recent actions, I am forced to change my vote to as the new Spanish government has proven itself to be untrustworthy and ignominious.

This action was the decision by the Spanish government to leak sensitive Swiss intelligence documents, which the Swiss government has described as a contingency plan that would go into effect should diplomacy with the Danes be unreachable.

I continue to support our allies the Swiss, and believe that it is neither wrong nor unjust for a government to prepare for war when tensions with another state are high. May I also remind the house that since British foreign officials have learned of this, we have managed to resolve the tensions between the Swiss and Danish. Due to this, "Operation Winterfell" is no longer an active contingency plan, and would not be taking place, thanks to the efforts of British diplomatic missions.

On the other hand, the blatant militantcy of the Spanish government under its new Premier, Leonardo, has put Spain into a position of undermining British allies, and the culpability for attempting to start a war. In the words of Premier Leonardo, "I hope [...] and consider ending Switzerland. They are too dangerous to be trusted" This points to a direct attempt by the Spaniards to cause a major war between two of Britain's largest allies. Instead of relying on diplomacy, and attempting to cool the tensions as British officials have been doing, they attempted to reignite the fire by coaxing Emperor Ocata to go to war with the Swiss, over a plan that was in large part developed by a current Spanish official.

The fact of the matter is that there are two extreme issues with this:

One, this shows that the Spanish Syndicate has no loyalty to its own allies, violating the trust of Switzerland and having reneged on the promises that it had delivered on through creation of a Defensive pact and trade agreement. If the Spanish government was able to so eagerly discard of an alliance with a nation it no longer had use for, then what is to say that this would not have happened if the Spaniards no longer required British support. Thus I find the Syndicate too dangerous to support, and have as of now lost all faith in it's ability to remain steadfast to its allies.

Second, we can see that even before it has taken great power within Spain, the Syndicate is already trying to instigate wars around the world, evidently in order to promote its own agenda throughout the RP world. If we take a look into our recent history, Europe has enjoyed a general peace since King Phillip V Clemente was overthrown four years ago, until Ishmael Decksteel's warmongering activities in Sardinia last year, which were also thwarted. Yet the Syndicate has shown strong indications of parrallelism between themselves and Decksteel and even Phillip. All have attempted to upset the general peace soon after taking power, however allowing The Syndicate to continue with its obstruction of peace could hamper the endeavors being taken to establish a fair and just European society.

I thus reiterate my STRONG opposition to any form of correspondence with the Spanish Syndicate. I urge all honourable members of the House to carefully consider their approach to this situation.

