ps: Thank you for the reward, in addition, the chapter will be later tomorrow morning, and it will be noon when I go home after the exam, so I can only wait for dinner to change.

"Alright! My Highness, if you insist! ”

Abner was Joseph's chief butler, and almost all of the royal family's wealth was in his hands...... Specifically, he should be in charge of the investment and sorting of the royal family.

Although Abner did not know why he wanted to buy such a small company, and he was not optimistic about this company, he did not dare to disobey Joseph's insistence, and could only reserve his opinion.

Apple Computer? Joseph is not interested in these, he values the future of the mobile phone market, not only Apple's mobile phone, if not now Nokia is at its peak, Joseph also wants to acquire this mobile phone company that has always been quality-oriented.

Apple, the spokesperson of fashion and technology, and Nokia, the spokesperson of quality, which mobile phone company will be the opponent of the Nord mobile phone industry in the future?

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In September, Israel, together with Christian militias in Lebanon, carried out a bloody and horrific massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, known as the "Beirut Massacre", which lasted for 40 hours, and the death toll is still uncertain, some say 1,000, some say 1,500, some say 3,000, others say 30,000, others say 30,000. Subsequently, the Belgian court announced that Sharon had been sentenced in absentia for "crimes against humanity".

As soon as this report came out, it shocked the entire Western world, and various countries condemned Sharon, and it was naturally impossible for the Principality of Nord to back down under the general situation, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Nord also stood up at this time to express its position.

Joseph had thought that there might be some movement in the East at this time, so that he would give some international support on this matter, but unfortunately......

However, the East is not completely devoid of Tokyo, but is busy with other things, the venerable old man received British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, explained his basic position on the affairs of Hong Kong and expressed his will very strongly, even the Iron Lady couldn't help but be a little flustered in the face of such a soft nail, and stumbled when she went out......

Following the massacre, the international media was busy again, and this time the Principality of Nord did not dare to stand up at will, after all, the Principality of Nord has quite good relations with China and Britain, and it is bound to offend one person by standing up no matter what.

If Joseph is really allowed to choose, then in the end it must be Huaxia, not because of Joseph's previous life, but because of the general trend, the benefits that Huaxia can bring to the Duchy of Nord Britain cannot. However, in the end, the Principality of Nord will definitely not make a choice, because Nord is still very weak at this time, and his position is also in Europe rather than Asia.

At the end of September, the question of the formation of the European Union, which had been delayed for two months, was finally resolved, and on October 1, 1982, the European Union was officially established.

Naturally, it was impossible for such an event to affect the world situation quietly, and media from North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and other countries from all over the world came to Paris one after another, ready to participate in the whole process of the matter with their own eyes.

Joseph, as the head of the Duchy of Nord, would never be able to show up at this time, after all, the Duchy of Nord is not a constitutional monarchy, and the head of state is Joseph and not Prime Minister James.

The EU has nine institutions, namely: the Council, the Commission, the European Court of Justice, the European Parliament, peripheral organizations, the European Audit Office, the European Statistical Office, the European Central Bank, and the European Investment Bank. Among the peripheral organizations are the European Economic Area and the Union for the Mediterranean.

The Council is undoubtedly the most important of these bodies, including the Council of the European Union and the Council of Europe. The Council of the European Union, formerly known as the Council of Ministers, is the decision-making body of the European Union and has the vast majority of the EU's legislative powers. The Council of the European Union is divided into a General Council, with the participation of Foreign Ministers, and a Special Council, with the participation of other Ministers. The European Council, the summit of the member states of the European Community, sets the general policy for the internal construction of the European Community and its external relations.

There is no doubt that Joseph is a member of the European Council, but it is believed that the Prime Minister will attend such meetings unless necessary.

In contrast, the European Commission is a permanent executive body responsible for the implementation of EC treaties and decisions taken by the Council of the European Union, making reports and recommendations to the Council and the European Parliament, dealing with the day-to-day affairs of the European Union, and negotiating on behalf of the EC in areas such as external relations and trade. The Committee is composed of 28 members, one from each Member State. The President shall be appointed by the Summit for a term of two years; Members are appointed by the Council of Ministers for a term of four years.

If the former is the Cabinet, then the latter is the Cabinet Secretariat, which is responsible for specific matters, and the level of power of the two can be seen at a glance.

The European Parliament is the EU's supervisory and advisory body. The European Parliament has some discretion over the budget and can impeach the Commission by a two-thirds majority, forcing it to resign en masse. There are 528 members of parliament, 81 each from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy, 60 from Spain, 25 from the Netherlands, 24 each from Belgium, Greece and Portugal, 16 from Denmark, 15 from Ireland, 10 from the Duchy of Nord and 6 from Luxembourg. The term of office of the Speaker is two and a half years, and the term of office of the Speaker is five years. The Secretariat of the Parliament is located in Luxembourg. The regular plenary session of the Parliament is held once a month in Strasbourg, France, and the extraordinary plenary session and meetings of the party groups and committees are held in Brussels.

From the number of MEPs, it is actually related to the strength of each country, the Duchy of Nord ranks second to last among them, so there are only ten places, but even so Joseph is very satisfied, after all, it is not the penultimate one, and it is stronger than those who have not entered the European Union, right?

As the name suggests, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the arbitral body of the European Union, which hears and adjudicates disputes arising from the implementation of the EC treaties and related provisions.

The European Economic Area (EEA) and the Union for the Mediterranean, which are the four countries of Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Norway, are more complex; The latter was proposed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and its idea stems from the "Barcelona Process" established by the Barcelona Conference, that is, the European Union and the 11 countries bordering the Mediterranean - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Syria, Turkey - - North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the Palestinian national institutions, which establish cooperation in the fields of economy, energy, migration and democracy.

Of course, these are still being negotiated, and now there is only a general idea, and by the time these negotiations are completed, more than ten years may have passed.

Needless to say, the Audit Office and the Statistical Office can literally have the scope of their powers, and it is worth mentioning that the European Central Bank, which is the institution that supervises the euro system that is about to open, is the real place of real power.

The euro is about to become the only currency of the EU member states, the graphic design of the euro is unified, and the only rights given to countries are the design of the front of the coin, and there is no doubt that the Principality of Nord will choose the head of Joseph, after all, Nord has it all on his own.

Because of the global influence of the dollar at this time, although the euro is almost condensed in all Western European countries, the exchange ratio is still set at 1:1, but all countries know that the appreciation of the euro is a matter of time, even if there will be some small setbacks in the process.