Volume 13 The Moral Struggle Chapter 54 The Diplomatic Struggle

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After spending less than an hour in Paris, Pei Chengyi had four formal meetings with the French defense minister, and finally made a joint statement under the old moon and sun, which mainly expressed his attitude. Although in the statement, both the Republic and the French authorities recognized the need to strengthen cooperation in the field of non-unified security. However, in the eyes of many Western news media, especially those in continental European countries with France as the case, this is a key statement of the Republic's in-depth military cooperation with the EU, and it is also a key step in improving relations between the Republic and the EU.

In this statement, there is only one Ran Hui of great significance, and that is "non-traditional security."

"Traditional security" is easier to understand. That is, security issues that are directly related to the basic elements of the state, such as sovereignty, national territory, and citizens, and to put it more bluntly, military threats and armed aggression from other countries. "Non-traditional security" is not so easy to understand, after excluding armed invasion, there are many security problems that affect the country, and many of them do not come from abroad, such as whether a country's food is hygienic is a very important security issue. In other words, it is a vague and ambiguous term, and there is no international consensus on its specific meaning.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the republic's rhetoric.

You know, the first to use the word was the United States. In the aftermath of the "luring of thugs," the U.S. authorities, in order to justify their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, regarded the threat posed by Islamic extremist groups to the United States as a "non-traditional security issue." "And it believes that these problems affect the fundamental interests of the United States, so the United States has a reason to use the state war machine. In fact, everyone knows about "lead events." But the second "Pearl Harbor incident." "It was the security incidents that the United States created for the sake of the war, and they all involved the United States in the war. In this way, the United States has misused the term "non-traditional security" and used it to serve its own national interests.

The problem is that the American news media will not let the Republic go for this.

Because the time zone of the United States is several hours behind France, the news media in the United States sprang into action on the afternoon of the flight in the United States, that is, after the representatives of the Republic and the French Ministry of Defense made a joint statement in Paris. The unanimous declaration that France betrayed the Western security system established after the Second World War opened a back door to the strategic defense line of hundreds of millions of Europeans, and gave the powerful powers from the East the opportunity to enter and control Europe. In other words, France's comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with the Republic on security issues not only betrays the entire Western world, but also poses a major threat to Western civilization. The implication is that it is hoped that other European countries will think twice about security issues. Don't follow in the footsteps of France.

Compared to the American news media, the European news media is much more sensible.

At the time of reporting on the event. Agence France-Presse (AFP) made it clear that the "non-traditional security" declared by both sides will not threaten the Western world. A new way will also be found for exhibitions in the Western world. Prior to this, the Western world, dominated by the United States, was fighting for hegemony, and European countries played the role of "accomplices". Although hegemony has brought prosperity to Western civilization for hundreds of years, it can be said that since the Renaissance, Western civilization has surpassed Eastern civilization and become the dominant civilization, especially after the bourgeois revolution and industrial revolution, Western civilization has become a civilization with hegemonic characteristics in one fell swoop. And during the interwar period, the great destructive power of Western civilization was demonstrated to the whole world. However, on this "hegemonic road", Western civilization has reached the end, and the rapidly rising republic represents a civilization that once declined, and if it continues to adhere to the "hegemonic strategy", not only will the European countries not be able to benefit from it, but even the United States will be down. In this case, for European countries, it is not a matter of turning to someone to get a new life, but only finding the right path. And unswervingly go on, in order to get rid of the dilemma, and achieve more brilliant and more prominent achievements.

If AFP represents the French government, then the other European news outlets do not necessarily represent the Cuban government.

When reporting on the incident, although the Frankfurt Finance News Agency expressed concern about France's departure from the European Union and the security negotiations with the Republic at the beginning, the focus of the entire report was not worry, but the support and expectation for the French authorities' bold attempt. In the words of the news commentator of the agency, when Europe was on a dead end on the exhibition issue, the French authorities were able to withstand the tremendous pressure and take a new step on the exhibition issue, not only in the service of French citizens, but also in the bold exploration of the whole of Europe. The implication is that if France succeeds in this step, Germany will definitely follow suit.

As in Germany, the news media in Italy have a similar view.

In general, most European countries support France's initiative and hope to receive it

Effect.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Yan Jingyu's next visit to Palin, Rome, Madrid, etc.

On the day of the old moonrise, Pei Chengyi followed Yan Jing

With the achievements of Paris, when approaching the German Minister of Defense, the problem is not so complicated. Not much different from the previous arrangement, the German defense minister first raised the idea of strengthening military exchanges in the hope of cooperation on a number of military technologies of mutual interest, and only then moved on to the issue of security cooperation with the republic. As scheduled. Bae Chengyi proposed to discuss security cooperation in the EU as a whole, or on the basis of some countries within the EU. That is, after Germany expressed interest, the republic took advantage of the situation and turned bilateral cooperation into multilateral.

Because of the ventilation and preparations made before the visit, the French authorities announced on 2 May that they welcome other European countries, including Germany, to join security cooperation with the Republic, and said that as long as a large number of EU member states are willing to cooperate with the Republic in security, France will actively promote the signing of relevant agreements between the EU and the Republic, or the signing of a security cooperation agreement between the EU and the Republic by the intra-EU bloc.

So far, Yan Jingyu's trip to Europe has achieved its first major results.

There is no doubt that the US news media, which has not yet relented, has once again launched a verbal attack on Germany. Because the United States still has troops in Germany. Moreover, it is nominally an occupying power, so some American news media even believe that the United States should use the presence of troops in Germany to make the German authorities honest

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The problem is that the US authorities are very calm.

It was not until the day of the thug's day, that is, when Yan Jingyu was about to fly to Italy, that the US authorities, the assistant secretary of state in charge of European affairs, came out to make a statement, declaring that the US authorities attached great importance to the choices of EU member states on security issues, and hoped that European countries would make statements and take action when they were fully and mature. It can be seen from this that the United States does not think that European countries will fall to the republics, but sees the actions of France and Germany as exerting pressure on the United States, hoping that the United States will make a higher increase.

According to some later declassified information, as early as the year of Likou, that is, after the EU announced that it would help Turkey, which had observer status, to carry out post-war reconstruction, the United States had secret contacts with France, Germany, Italy, and other major EU member states to discuss the issue of jointly developing new technologies. If we go back further, around the time of the year, when the Republic introduced the first electric vehicle equipped with a composite battery to the international market. The United States has secretly cooperated with Europe, but eventually could not agree on the allocation of funds and the sharing of results, so they parted ways. The product of the American "Alpha Jigo" and the European "Zeus Jigo Fighter" is the composite battery with independent intellectual property rights of the European first species that came out in Pi Nian. Thus. The United States and Europe have a similar base in the main technologies related to the "electric revolution", so the question of cooperation is not very large. Exactly. During the US Secretary of State's emergency visits to Paris and Plin, he mentioned plans to restart joint research, but neither the French nor German authorities immediately responded. In this way, when France and Germany made a fuss about security issues and made an appearance of "alliance" with the Republic, the first thought of the US authorities was that France and Germany hoped to gain a greater say and lead in technical cooperation, and to be able to enjoy the fruits of development on an equal footing, rather than having to be dominated by the United States in everything. The new address of this site has been changed to: Chat about the fetal o muscle shake Shan, please read in vain!

The problem is that it is impossible for the United States to make concessions on technical issues.

As mentioned earlier, even if the US federal government is willing to make concessions, Congress and big US corporations with veto power will not share the technological gains with Europe.

Under these circumstances, the US authorities had no choice but to pin their hopes on Italy.

In any case, Italy is one of the "three carriages", and its influence should not be underestimated, even if its overall national strength is far inferior to that of Germany and France.

According to the data released by the European Union itself, in the year of the stone, Italy's economic strength was only 6o% of Germany's and France's 7 gills, and its comprehensive national strength was only equivalent to France's Dan and Germany's Wuxiao. In terms of economic power, although Italy ranks third within the EU, it is only gills higher than the United Kingdom in fourth place and gravel above Spain in fifth. It is for this reason that almost everyone believes that France and Germany are the "first group" of the European Union, and that Italy can only be regarded as the leader of the "second group", which is far inferior to France and Germany. In this way, if Italy is opposed on security issues, it will be impossible for France and Germany to elevate "bilateral relations" to "multilateral relations", let alone act as piggybackers for the republic within the EU. What's more. If France and Germany want to promote the process of European integration, they must not abandon Italy, and they must fully respect Italy. In such a situation, whether or not the Franco-German authorities could accept it, they had to make reservations about security cooperation with the Republic.

In fact, when the US Secretary of State visited Rome, he had already received verbal promises from the Italian authorities.

It is precisely for this reason that the US authorities will make a statement when Yan Jingyu is about to visit Rome. Remind Italy, don't forget the previous promises.

The problem is that the American authorities have again "overestimated" Italy.

Historically, Italy has definitely been one of the most volatile European countries. As the oldest country in Europe, Xiao Er is second only to Greece and Italy's domestic problems, and more importantly, Italy in the modern sense. It has not been tested by blood and fire, as France and Germany have been. You know, France in the modern sense was built on the basis of the Revolution. Germany in the modern sense was laid by the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck, and Italy was able to transform from a number of city-states into a sovereign state. Although there have been wars, but the severity of them. and far less difficult than France and Germany. It is for this reason that, in the eyes of many Europeans, Italy is a loose, bloodless, and opportunistic country. Historically, regardless of whether Italy is strong or not, few European countries take Italy seriously, and those who take Italy seriously will almost always regret it. For example, during the Second World War, Germany took Italy seriously, believing that Italy could shoulder the fighting in North Africa and help Germany share the pressure. It can be said that it was precisely for Italy that Germany would have moved Operation Barbarossa and dragged the Soviet Union into the war without defeating Britain. As a result, instead of dealing with the British forces in North Africa, Italy was defeated by several British infantry units, forcing the German authorities to send the main force to North Africa and expend a large number of troops in the Mediterranean despite the very tight situation on the Eastern Front.

This time, the United States treated Italy as a phoenix, and it could not escape regret.

On the day of the Kouyue Knife, Yan Jingyu and his party came to Rome. Because the US authorities have spoken and the wording is clearly targeted, many people believe that the Italian authorities will not discuss security issues with the Republic, at least not publicly two days before Yan Jingyu's visit to Rome. so as not to offend the United States.

The reality is quite the opposite.

The Italian defense minister mentioned it to reporters who interviewed him separately before the official meeting with Pei Chengyi. Italy will cooperate with the Republic on security issues and, together with France and Germany, will seek a security cooperation agreement between the EU and the Republic, so that all EU member states can benefit from it.

Without waiting for the outside world to relieve, the Italian government spokesman also stated that the Italian prime minister would not put forward the demands of France and Germany during the meeting with the republic's state president, but only hoped that the republican authorities would treat all EU member states fairly, justly and openly.

Only then did the US authorities come to their senses.

In this farce, Italy plays the role of "undercover".

Judging by the statements of the Italian authorities, before the visit of the US Secretary of State to Paris, France, Germany and Italy reached a secret agreement, with France taking a tough position with Germany and approaching the republic on its own initiative. And Italy's task is to paralyze the United States. Let the United States miss the best opportunity to take tough measures.

And that's exactly what happened.

After the Italian statement, it was too late for the United States to act. Judging from the situation at that time, the United States, in addition to continuing to openly accuse France, Germany, Italy, and other European countries that are willing to cooperate with the Republic in security, can only use the last card, that is, let Britain sabotage it, so that the EU cannot sign a security agreement with the Republic. The question is. It doesn't make much sense. Because there are dozens of member states in the EU, even if there is no British trouble, as long as a few small countries make trouble, the security agreement between the republic and the EU can be dragged into a piece of waste paper, so from the very beginning, France, Germany and Italy did not intend to promote the model of security cooperation with the republic within the entire enemy alliance, but hoped to use this method to form a small group within the EU. That is, to take this opportunity to promote the process of military integration of the EU. In this way, even if the British are in trouble. It was also impossible to organize the approach of France, Germany and Italy to the republic. As long as the EU security bloc with France, Germany and Italy as the core is formed, it will have sufficient strategic defense capabilities. The EU's military integration process will be able to move forward steadily, eventually replacing the United States in European security issues.

All in all, judging from the situation at that time, the US authorities could only make concessions to the EU if they wanted to save the situation, that is, to provide many advanced technologies, including the production process of old-grade composite batteries, and let the EU take the lead in scientific research, at least on an equal footing with the United States. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Chat about the fetus o Woki Gongshan, please read in vain!

It was in this way that on the day of the old moon feather, the President of the United States convened an emergency meeting at the White House.

On the same day, when Yan Jingyu took a special plane to Madrid, a White House spokesman announced that the US president would accept the invitation of the British prime minister to visit Britain at the beginning of the month.

It can be seen from this that when it comes to advanced technology, the US authorities do not make concessions.

At this point, the most important concern is not the security cooperation between the Republic and European countries, but whether the EU will be in two pounds. The pull of the major powers has torn apart, setting back Europe's modernization by several years. To know. Britain is the number one ally of the United States. and not the fourth member of the European Union. If the US authorities have a showdown with the British government, Britain will have no choice but to continue to play the role of a pawn of the United States.

It is precisely for this reason that Al Jazeera commented that the US authorities have become angry and intend to make a big deal in Europe. What is a little puzzling is that Al Jazeera does not think that the US has the guts to dismember the EU, because it will not gain anything from the US!