Haalsian Enquirer: The New Age of Politics

State Politics Will Never Be the SameThere have long been technical barriers between the state and federal political parties in Falleentium. Although there were always some loopholes and exceptions, nearly all federal states, as of the most recent election, had no federal parties running in them. Recent events prove that is changing in a way that is unlikely to be reversed. 
The system seemed to change overnight with no warning when the Labour Democrats and the Falleen Democratic Coalition Party announced a major merger late last year that would bring the federal party - now known as the Democratic Unionist Party - to many federal states. The move sparked a national debate in which the old and restrictive policies were overturned and the floodgates of state-federal political integration were opened.
Even despite its relative separation from the rest of the empire - both in actual distance and in spirit - Haals will be no exception to the rule. Since the DUP inception, there have already been two developments here. First, we saw Douglas Carswell of the Haalsian Imperial Party, which made unforeseen gains in the 584 election, announce that the Haalsian Imperial Party would henceforth be running under the banner of the United People of Falleentium. Second, the struggling Liberals have merged into the Democratic Alliance, which had already sprawled to several other states before Haals.
Nothing indicates that these will be the last of the federal parties that get involved here. There have by now been well-documented attempts by the Popular Republican Movement and Democratic Unionist Party to acquire ballot access in the state. Much suggests that the centre-left Social Democratic Unity Party is being courted by both groups for a merger. At the end of the day such a deal might be inevitable - unless the SDUP really fancies competing against two major national parties for a similar demographic. There has been speculation that a federal conservative party may attempt to acquire the Conservative Loyalists as well; party leader Sauli Niinistö has said that he has not been contacted about such an arrangement. Only time will what developments come out of this.
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