eeu_is_valid_former = { #checks if this country could form the EU. exists to keep errors with temporary countries out of the log
	OR = {
		is_in_array = { global.eeu_active_country_array = THIS }
		tag = TUR
	}
}

eeu_trigger_state_in_europe = {
	OR = {
		is_on_continent = europe 
		region = 129 # asia minor/anatolia
	}
}


eeu_has_council_leader = {
	# for some reason this doesnt work TODO: maybe switch to a single character added to a single country that uses set_nationality instead
	# OR = { 
	# 	has_country_leader ={
	# 		character = eeu_council_character_d
	# 		ruling_only = yes
	# 	}
	# 	has_country_leader ={
	# 		character = eeu_council_character_c
	# 		ruling_only = yes
	# 	}
	# 	has_country_leader ={
	# 		character = eeu_council_character_f
	# 		ruling_only = yes
	# 	}
	# 	has_country_leader ={
	# 		character = eeu_council_character_n
	# 		ruling_only = yes
	# 	}
	# }
	# there hopefully is no other leader with those traits combined...
	has_country_leader_with_trait = strong_party_discipline
	has_country_leader_with_trait = chair_of_the_unions
}