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The '''Levantine Union Party''' is a [[Kiravian]] political party advocating Kiravian membership in the [[Levantine Union]] and associated pan-Levantine institutions. It contests elections in the states of [[Fariva]], [[Ilánova]], [[Suderavia]], and [[Serikorda]], and endorses candidates for the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy]]. | The '''Levantine Union Party''' is a [[Kiravian]] political party advocating Kiravian membership in the [[Levantine Union]] and associated pan-Levantine institutions. It contests elections in the states of [[Fariva]], [[Ilánova]], [[Suderavia]], and [[Serikorda]], and endorses candidates for the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Prime Executure of the Kiravian Federacy]]. | ||
==Platform== | ==Platform== | ||
Informed by the global trend in international relations towards the formation of regional and subregional organisations and increasingly close economic, political, and military integration between member-states of those organisations, the LUP holds that regional superstates are the way of the future and that the cultural, religious, political, and military ties among the counties of Great Levantia put them in a good position to participate in that trend and avoid being put at a disadvantage as other areas coälesce into superstates. The LUP believes that a unified Levantia would be an unchallenged superpower in Ixnay with a population of over | Informed by the global trend in international relations towards the formation of regional and subregional organisations and increasingly close economic, political, and military integration between member-states of those organisations, the LUP holds that regional superstates are the way of the future and that the cultural, religious, political, and military ties among the counties of Great Levantia put them in a good position to participate in that trend and avoid being put at a disadvantage as other areas coälesce into superstates. The LUP believes that a unified Levantia would be an unchallenged superpower in Ixnay with a population of over X billion, more than capable of ensuring its own security and projecting power throughout the region. | ||
The LUP manifesto states that Kiravia is authentically (if peripherally) part of a "Greater Levantine" geographic and cultural region, and emphasises the positive role that interactions between Great Kirav and what it calls "Mainland Levantia" have played in shaping Kiravian history. | The LUP manifesto states that Kiravia is authentically (if peripherally) part of a "Greater Levantine" geographic and cultural region, and emphasises the positive role that interactions between Great Kirav and what it calls "Mainland Levantia" have played in shaping Kiravian history. | ||
===Platform and Strategy=== | |||
This section is under construction. | |||
In order to accede to the Levantine Union, the LUP calls for a constitutional amendment to abrogate Article Q of the [[Fundamental Statute of the Kiravian Federacy|Fundamental Statute]], which states that "The Federacy shall not surrender its sovereignty to any supranational, international, intergovernmental, transnational, or federative entity." | |||
Regarding near-term federal issues, the LUP's most important political goal is reforming Kiravian immigration law to to benefit immigrants and prospective immigrants of Levantine origin. LUP Delegates have proposed legislation to grant nationals of Levantine Union member-states the same expedited immigration and naturalisation process enjoyed by immigrants of Coscivian backgrounds, to expand access to expedited visa approval processes and privileged visa classes for travellers of LU member-state nationality, and to make migration paperwork available in more Levantine languages and different Gaelic dialects. | |||
[[File:Levantian Union Party.png|200px|thumb|left|LUP logo from 20XX-2025.]] | [[File:Levantian Union Party.png|200px|thumb|left|LUP logo from 20XX-2025.]] | ||
Internal tendencies within the party include Urcean-inspired National Democracy, Kuhlfrosian-inspired progressive conservatism, and market liberalism. | Internal tendencies within the party include Urcean-inspired National Democracy, Kuhlfrosian-inspired progressive conservatism, and market liberalism. |