Concert of Europe: Gameplay Thread

[windjammer]

Statement regarding the peace in the Netherlands
1) I'm pleased to see that the hostilities close to my borders have ended. War makes people suffer, and must be avoided.
2) And I would like to directly adress the Dutch people. I never wanted to open hostilities against the Netherlands, and I never will. In fact, I proposed a non aggressive pact, that you chose to refuse. Your former regent Anne of Hannover then decided to declare war against me, and until the very end I tried to make peace, even proposing to divide the former Austrian Netherlands in in two, and she outright refused and declared that if I didn't give up these territories, she would burn Paris, making these catastrophic events happen.
3) So let me officially say, I do not want an another war to start between our realms. So I hope that our two realms will have *peaceful* diplomatic relations in the future and that trade between our realm will increase.

[windjammer]

The Madness of King Frederic V of Danemark

It is up to me, long the deliverer of ignored truths, to express aloud the thought going through every Court in Europe. Over the last several years all Christendom watched with muted fascination as King Frederik of Danemark persecuted his Norway subjects by stripping them of their title and deporting them. Taken as sole incidents, perhaps caused by the stress of war, his conduct was explained away.

But now, war is still raging between Danemark and Poland. Now, Danemark has no more excuses to fall back on. The decision of King Frederik to help  hundred of thousands of Marathas whom he doesn't rule and who would invade his lands at the first occasion and that will likely start a war against the Kingdom of France, a neutral kingdom in the current european war, without reason or justification must lead to one simple conclusion. We conclude that Frederik V, King of Danemark, has gone mad. It is out of respect for the Danish people and pity for their current situation that we must announce the obvious.
We call upon the King's able ministers  to intervene for the sake of the Danish people and the Danish Crown. Control your King! The harm he has already done to your realm is obvious; control him before his madness strikes again!

[windjammer]

The Kingdom of France would like to offer his mediation between the King of Prussia and the King of Bohemia and Hungary.

It is in the King's best interests to avoid this conflict to escalate even more, as war brings chaos.

[windjammer]

Regarding Spain,
I would like to reassure Spanish and the Spanish government that Spain will directly be rewarded for their help substantially and that the Kingdom of France would never have asked the help of the Kingdom of "Spain" for free, particularly considering the families ties uniting our two realms.

[windjammer]

On Danemark,

I have always had good intentions towards the people of Danemark. But sadly, your king constantly threatened me with unnecessary provocations, to the point of "openly" bragging about helping the Marathas, my current enemies.
If I officially get back my territories in India, peace will get signed immediately.

On Georgia

I hereby issue an ultimatum against the Kingdom of Georgia. Any attacks against Persia, which is fighting against the Kingdom of France's enemies will be considered as an attack against the King of France itself, as anyone helping the enemies of the Kingdom of France is an enemy of the Kingdom of France. And no need to remind everyone in Europe what happened last time a realm openly disregarded my ultimatum.
However, I'm open to negotiations, as I believe diplomacy should always be be used before military actions. And so, I'm officially negotiations on this matter with the allies of the Kingdom of Georgia: the Ottoman Empire.

[windjammer]

The Kingdom of France would like to avoid  the situation in Europe to degenerate even more. The King of France is inviting representatives from the Kingdom of Prussia, the Archduchy of Austria, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Sweden,  the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Spain to convene in Versailles to discuss about these following issues:
- The Barbary States attacking many realms.
- Avoid war to spread in Europe.

-King Louis XV

[windjammer]

Regarding Princess Mary opinion about the Jesuits:

There is no dissent on the royal family. The King, and his government, are aware of the different opinions of the Royal Princess and have told the princess that the Jesuits where a part of the structural problems in Portugal.

Also, France and Portugal are on negotiations on the way to handle the situation in India, and we expect a good agreement coming out from  these negotiations.

The Kingdom of France confirms it.

[windjammer]

Statement from the King of France
While indeed the Very Christian King has signed treaties with the Archduchy of Austria, the Very Christian King would like to remind everyone country involved that when he swore in as King of France, he swore to defend and protect Chritianity and the christian realms against persecution.

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"The King pledges to assure the protection of the Church and its holdings. He promises as well to assure peace to the Church and to the christian people")

Joining the war against the Kingdom of Prussia means joining the side of these "Polish rebels", who are actively persecuting the Catholic Church of their realm and their followers.

The King of France refuses to help these Polish rebels, as it would be a violation of his oath.

Thus, the Kingdom of France will remain neutral during this war, until further developments