v3 Chapter 466： "Trick ally" who is reluctant to give up strategic value

"The Deep Blue Pacific Partnership Summit will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for two consecutive days starting tomorrow. Amid the French invasion of Siam and the shadows, one of the focus topics is the vision of the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia becoming the organization's first Participation of partner countries.

The outside world originally believed that the Kingdom of Italy also wanted to join, which was not difficult with the support of the Netherlands and many countries in the organization, but Italy did not clearly oppose the invasion of the Kingdom of Siam by France, which made Spain, which had turned against the French Empire, very dissatisfied. Hispanic Italy was suspected of supporting France on the grounds that it would not approve the country's accession. Spain, as the organization's third most powerful country in the Pacific after the Netherlands and the Commonwealth of America, is bound to slow down the relevant procedures. "

Emmanuel II said dissatisfiedly: "Spain's statement not only reflects Madrid's long-term dissatisfaction with Italy's ineffectiveness in coping with French influence in the Mediterranean, but also shows that Spain is currently strategically ignorant of Italy. Very trusting, of course, it is also possible that Spain wants to keep the organization's only member state in the Mediterranean based on the Mediterranean issue."

Italian Prime Minister Marco Mingotti nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right. After last year's general election in Spain, Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez was also unstable due to soaring inflation. His faction continues to divert attention, so showing off Spain's international standing at the moment will give him and Queen Isabel a higher reputation at home."

He said: "As far as the Mediterranean countries are concerned, as Spain has begun to undergo diplomatic changes, Spain has repeatedly cooperated with the Netherlands in the three major organizations including the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Deep Blue Pacific Organization, and the Hague Security Council from last year to now. It is a headache for Britain and France, but this 'old trouble ally' has great strategic value and is difficult to let go, especially France."

Emmanuel II sighed: "France is naturally uneasy about Spain's rise again, but it is afraid that containment will lead to a strong rebound from Spain, so it can only rely on Britain to help."

Crown Prince Umberto: "Father and the Prime Minister mean that France uses it to suppress Spain and kills two birds with one stone. The British suppression makes Spain weaker. The British lesson can only rely on France to shield the wind and rain, and although the United Kingdom is willing to see Spain and France fight against each other. , but the one who is willing to take the blame for fear of bad relations or even war between Spain and France, so that France will not weaken and others will take advantage of it?"

Emmanuel II looked at his eldest son with admiration, and sneered: "No one is a fool, Prussia's silence makes it seem that there is a hound in Europe waiting for an opportunity to swallow the German Confederation. Find the target again.

The current Nordic alliance formed by the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark is to guard against Prussia. The establishment of the "Deep Blue Pacific Partnership" by the Netherlands is not so much for peace in the Pacific, as it is to establish other organizations to strengthen security ties with other countries. The Hague Security Council also plays such a role. "

He told his son Crown Prince Umberto: "Spain's obstruction of Italy to join the organization's core partner country may make the organization dissatisfied. After all, don't forget that the southern part of member Mexico is being occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The fact that Emperor Massimiliano I was executed by the current president Benito Juárez is almost always debated. It is said that Franz Joseph I still refuses to forgive Mexico for the murder of his own brother. Rightists."

He looked up at his father Emmanuel II and Prime Minister Marco Mingotti: "After all, Mexico has always been anti-Western, who said that Spain was once a colonizer of Latin America, we Italy can use this as a breakthrough point, Let Mexico come to pressure Spain."

Prime Minister Marko Mingotti nodded and said: "I think His Royal Highness's method is good. I think the Netherlands is also happy to let us do it ourselves, although the Netherlands is willing to increase its own allies under the current situation, rather than seeing internal strife among allies."

"In this case, it can be done like this," Emanuel II said: "At present, the attitude of Britain, France and Prussia is unclear, and there are more or less hidden worries in each country. In this case, one more ally is more disturbing than one more enemy. There is a sense of security, but we should be a little more responsible and play enough."

"Your Majesty is right"

"Yes, father"

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Italy is very dissatisfied with Spain's blocking of Italy's participation in the "Deep Blue Pacific Partnership". Italian Prime Minister Marco Mingetti claimed to be disappointed with Spain's attitude. He said that Italy would not pose a threat to Spain. On the contrary, Spain should spend more Happy with a reliable partner.

The Spanish government stated that Spain has no intention to stop Italy However, Spain hopes to make a final decision after consultation with Italy on some issues between the two countries. Spain has no disgust or offense towards Italy.

Ramon, a famous scholar at the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Madrid, Spain, who was a Spanish diplomat, admitted that Madrid had no intention of preventing Italy from becoming a core partner of the Deep Blue Pacific Partnership, but only wanted Italy to recognize its security and political concerns. .

In an article in the newspaper, he explained two major considerations for the Spanish government: First, Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez's position reflects Spain's complaints about Italy's stance on relations with France. The quasi-alliance relationship with Portugal next to Spain made Spain feel very dissatisfied and deeply resentful. In addition, Spain's opposition parties actually "recruited" in Paris and Milan some time ago, trying to beg the two countries to intervene in Spain's domestic affairs, which led to a dispute between the two countries.

Secondly, Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez decided to put high-profile opposition rather than low-key diplomacy as an electoral consideration. Spain is preparing to enter the mid-term parliamentary elections. Because its support has recently maintained a balance of around 60%, it just happened to pass the line to let him not. Dare to act boldly, so he wants to use this to prepare for the parliamentary elections in the second half of the year, and he hopes to play a key role in the politics of the Mediterranean, the whole of Europe and the world to strengthen his image of the political-qiang people.

But this does not mean that Spain will give up the improvement of its relations with Italy, nor does it mean that the Deep Blue Pacific organization will completely give up the participation of Italy. Of course, there will be no such thing as kicking Spain out. After all, the organization did not force the kick. A precedent mechanism for member states to go out.