Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 468: Public opinion building sweeping the world?
Before the prime ministerial level summit of the "Deep Blue Pacific Partnership 7+3" summit, the prime ministers of the French Empire and the three major European powers, including the United Kingdom and Prussia, took the lead in London last month. Media from various countries interpreted that Britain and France were trying to win over Prussia to increase confrontation. A bargaining chip for the Deep Blue Pacific Partnership.

The three countries do have signs of diverging from the Pacific Partnership, but the focus is not on confrontation, but that the three most powerful countries in Europe account for more than 60% of the total economic output of European countries, and their population exceeds 30% of European countries. The views of countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States on the world order and the future global development path.

British Prime Minister Disraeli presided over the three-nation summit meeting and pointed out that it is necessary to solve the tampering of the European order and to prevent some countries from making practices in Europe that are not conducive to the stability of the current order. The British Prime Minister called on the three countries to cooperate and deal with those who have done so. When things happen that are detrimental to the common interests of the three countries, we will become tougher.The three countries should cooperate to carry out strikes and make some unsoft actions for the benefit of the three countries.

French Prime Minister Olivier also pointed out that some countries currently do not respect the interests of Britain, France and Prussia, and even the original order in Western Europe has been seriously damaged. He agreed with Disraeli's statement that the three countries should unite to resist and attack .

He specifically mentioned the economic crisis currently facing the French Empire. Even due to artificial interference in some important industries and food supply chains spearheaded by the Netherlands, global inflation remains high, international financial markets are turbulent, and the world economy, especially the three countries in particular, has suffered. Economic growth weakens.

Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck demanded that several major grain exporting countries, led by the Netherlands, "need to adopt responsible economic policies to avoid the negative effects of policies from spilling over again." Bismarck also emphasized that the economies of Europe and the cement industry should be intellectualized, instrumentalized, and weaponized.It will eventually harm others and yourself.

However, as the results of the general elections in Portugal and Switzerland came out, members of the international cooperation faction in these two countries who valued the organizations founded by the Netherlands but opposed being "hijacked" by the traditional powers of Britain, France and Prussia were all elected. Unusual for the country.

It marks the beginning of a round of independent diplomacy for small and medium-sized European countries, where they no longer just look at other people's faces but follow the wave of strong-power diplomacy.

In the powerful countries of Europe, serious inflation has also begun to ferment in society. British railway workers launched the largest general strike since 1848, demanding promotions and salary increases to cope with rising prices. The current Disraeli cabinet The government has a huge headache.

In the French parliamentary election, Olivier's factional party defeated Louis Adolphe Thiers, the political opponent of Olivier's Prime Minister during the Napoleon III period. Speaking of which, he had a rich resume.

Louis-Adolphe Thiers became a cabinet minister in 1832, Prime Minister of France from 1834 to 1836, a member of the Constituent Assembly, a member of the National Assembly, a leader of the opposition, and a former Prime Minister. What many people don’t know is that a year or two later His highlight era will come, and he will be supported as the first president of the Third French Republic after the Prussian invasion and defeat of Napoleon III in 1871. This is not mentioned for the time being.

Although Olivier succeeded as the largest party and successfully maintained his parliamentary dominance with 52.5% of the vote, the faction led by Louis-Adolphe Thiers became the second largest party in the French Empire with 44.8% of the vote and Napoleon won Prime Minister Olivier, whom III fully supported, only won 7.4 percentage points, which is shocking.

Global diplomatic independence is on the rise. In this world, not only the traditional powers may disappear, but the ideologies of small and medium-sized countries in these traditional powers will also change.In short, France whispered about invading Siam, and the Netherlands took the lead in sanctioning it, and it became a transnational organization in many countries. The convening of the Anglo-French-Prussian Summit inevitably makes people think that it is emboldening itself.

Under the severe economic sanctions imposed by the Netherlands and other countries on the French Empire, the previously neutral Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire still conducted a large amount of trade among the organizations led by Britain, France, and Prussia and the Netherlands. Even these three countries are facing the current situation. Britain, France, and Prussia even chose to become core partners of the Deep Blue Pacific Partnership. This was a disguised support for the Dutch approach, indicating that at least on the surface, these three powers were unanimous in their opposition to attacking the Netherlands.

Of course; many people have not forgotten that the Ottoman Empire was Britain's only ally in the Middle East before. The interests of the two countries on the Suez Canal, the Black Sea, and the Balkan Peninsula were almost identical, and the Ottoman Empire, like Austria-Hungary, was also a core partner. The Tsarist Russian Empire was very vigilant. The geopolitical interests of these three countries were extremely different and even opposed. It would be an exaggeration to say that Tsarist Russia, the Ottomans, and Austria-Hungary were forming a group effort to fight against the three major powers in Western Europe.

However, the proximity of these three super-heavyweight countries echoes what King William IV of the Netherlands has said before that Europe needs real balance, not just the offshore balancing techniques that Britain has successfully molded only for its own interests.

The Netherlands is using the three major countries of Eastern Europe to balance the three major countries of Western Europe. This heralds the end of some traditional hegemonic practices. At the same time, the easing of the oppositional stances of the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Tsarist Russia will remind the British, French and Prussian countries of their irresponsible economic policies and Political policies, while also endangering the world, are backfired on themselves. The implication is that they question whether the Anglo-French-Prussian trilateral summit can contribute to world peace and economic stability.

Since the economic and political interests of the members and core partners of the Deep Blue Pacific Partnership are inconsistent with those of the major powers Britain, France and Prussia, the future development is unclear.However, the Netherlands' recent efforts to gain influence in non-European countries are gradually gaining influence. This influence is not the interventionism of military hegemony, but economic penetration and cultural intrusion such as newspapers, which makes the country's position bias towards the attractiveness of the Netherlands. increase.

More importantly, the successful experience of the Netherlands - that is, the successful experience of a middle power and a great power, is the so-called "Dutch model"

Or the "Amsterdam Consensus" will become increasingly attractive to many backward countries around the world, which feel that following the Netherlands is not only less threatening, but also aspirational.

"Accelerating the development of Dutch influence outside Europe, I hope to win over the public opinion that European countries do not care about at present to a pro-Dutch stance. To this end, I have asked the Dutch Ministry of Finance to allocate 100 million pounds to establish several or even dozens of Netherlands Friendship Organization"

William IV said with great admiration to Foreign Minister Hesbert von: "It is best to do it in a private way, which will make it easier to penetrate into countries. I hope to use three to five years to make the Netherlands like Santa Claus all over the world." To create a positive new image of the Netherlands, and at the same time, it is best to make the golden name of the Kingdom of the Netherlands a more positive term than the governments of these countries, do you understand?”

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