NEEC with member states, corporate members' headquarters and candidate countries
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The New European Economic Community (NEEC) is an economic union of several European countries and corporations. The NEEC was inaugurated on the 1st of May 2063[1] (earlier sources state that it was 24th of April, 2063[2]) after it was first revealed in the Europort Corporate Summit in November 2062. It is speculated due to how quickly the initial member states and corporations signed on to the NEEC, that some form of pan-european free trade agreement had subtly been in the works for a long time.
The stated purpose of the NEEC is free circulation of money, goods, and people within it's limits, extending to the extraterritorial grounds of included Corporations. With other goals including: environmental protection, common defense policy, policing of member states, social welfare and education, and the establishment of the Euro (€) as a viable alternative to the nuyen. Notably, the NEEC established the CEERS, functionally a SIN for NEEC member states allowing unrestricted travel between borders.
One significant action taken by the NEEC is completing the financing and construction of the Euroroutes (ER1, ER2, and ER3). The Euroroutes were designated to link all NEEC capitals, with a Maglev-monorail and two-story elevated highways; not only cutting travel times by 20%, but also creating choke points against go-gangs and smugglers. As of June 2063, the Euroroutes connected Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, and Rhine-Ruhr, with the connection to Europort not yet completed.
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Allied German States, Austria, Czech Republic, Euskal Herria, France, Hungary, Italian Confederation, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavian Union (including Estonia and Iceland), Spain, United Kingom, United Netherlands Corporations AG Chemie, Esprit-Dassault (Aztechnology), ESUS, Erika, Frankfurt Bank Association, Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal, Mærsk Incorporated Assets, Merenati, Proteus, Regulus Joint Industries, Saeder-Krupp, Spinrad Global, Transys Neuronet, Trikon, Zeta-ImpChem Pending Memberships |
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Structure[]
The NEEC has a legislative and executive branch called the Council of Ministers, which is a 1 seat, 1 vote system. Each member state has a seat, but there are 4 seats which are reserved for the co-financing megacorporations. Like the Council of Ministers in the old European Union's Council of Ministers, there is a rotating 6 month presidency for all representatives, this includes the 4 corporate representatives. Each proposal that is brought up to the NEEC Council for a vote requires three councilmembers as sponsors for the proposal, and a 60% majority to pass. Proposals can be brought up within the Council itself or by the two NEEC Commissions. Proposals that pass are then made into NEEC directives which a designated Implementation Committee is tasked to act upon or make into national law.
NEEC Commissions[]
The two commissions represent the political and economic realities of the NEEC. The two commissions are populated with advisory bodies and legislation developers tasked with crafting policy for the NEEC. Together, the two commissions can create proposals for voting within the Council to represent their interests.
Corporate Policy Commission (CPC)[]
CPC representatives are handpicked negotiators and lawyers from the fifteen largest Eurocorps. Backed by a team of lobbyists and intelligence assets operating out of Brussels and other European capitals, each representative is a political cutthroat on a mission to advance their corporations goals while keeping a tight leash on politicians within all other branches of the NEEC.
The CPC is headed by a Chairman that sit for annual terms to settle internal disputes, and organise meetings. With their dominant role on the NEEC, Saeder-Krupp representatives often take the Chairman position. An important function of the CPC is to elect candidates or nominees for each of the 4 seats at the Council of Ministers reserved to corporations.
Social Policy Commission (SPC)[]
The SPC employs three politicians per member state, potentially used as a vehicle for member states to introduce politically oriented policies. Though their stated mission is to protect the democratic interests of the NEEC and act as its social conscience, the SPC is considered quite toothless. Due to this fact, many formerly influential politicians are given the role or disgraced or exiled civil servants.
Implementation Committees (ImpComms)[]
Bureaucratic organizations which are tasked with the implementation of NEEC directives as law, and to supervise the transition while keeping to schedule. ImpComms are led by a director which served two-year terms chosen among nominees within the CPC and SPC. Directives are assigned to already established ImpComms, or a new ImpComm is established for a directive; this includes a staff and a budget alongside a Council determined set of deadlines for the project. An ImpComm directors power over the implementation of these directives grants a lot of leeway, as such a director position is a choice, coveted, and dangerous position, due to the power it instills.
Known ImpComms:
- Environmental Committee
- Judiciary and Law Enforcement Implementation Committee
Other NEEC Organizations[]
EuroForce[]
Pre-NEEC pan-european defense treaty originally signed in 2037, the EuroForce was integrated into the NEEC Constitutional Act when it was drafted. EuroForce is an intergovernmental military that was formed in response to the EuroWars.
EuroPol[]
EuroPol is the intergovernmental police force of the NEEC. EuroPol was created from the remnants of InterPol, and the EUs original EuroPol. EuroPol agents are highly trained, specially vetted, well equipped, greatly augmented "übercops" with quasi-federal jurisdiction but a reliance on local law enforcement for data.
European Supreme Court (ESC)[]
The ESC is the highest level court of appeals recognised by all NEEC member states and is an active attempt by the NEEC to undermine and circumvent the influence of the Corporate Court. The ESC is run by 9 judges, 4 of which are nominees from the Council of Ministers and the remaining are chosen directly by the CPC.
European Central Bank[]
A holdover from the EU, the ECB is the organization which manages the circulation and printing of the Euro (€), and manage the NEEC's monetary reserves collected from a 5% sales tax on goods sold within the NEEC. The ECB is solely responsible for the promotion of the Euro as currency to compete with the Nuyen.
External links[]
- ↑ Sixth World Almanac, pg. 89
- ↑ Shadows of Europe, pg. 16-21
- ↑ Power Plays, pg. 128