Of course, the other two finance ministers also understand the truth.

But the question is, how to get this punch out.

"Saving the day, it's easy to say."

Dominique Kahn, as a Frenchman, has no opinion on the idea of making trouble in the Balkans itself, but he has a big opinion about letting the United States call the shots and getting the situation completely out of control:

"As long as the Allied operations continue, the risk for the whole of Europe cannot be low, coupled with the refugee problem that may last for a few years or even longer in the future, and the responsibility of post-war reconstruction, the Balkan Peninsula after the current chaos is equivalent to a tumor, a tumor laid by the Americans, which will continue to erode the economic prospects of Europe......"

In the decade since the merger of Germany, Europe has indeed extracted a lot of cheap labor and even human consumables from Eastern Europe, but it has been a planned and limited introduction of foreign population.

"You mean using the media?"

Visco's tone was a little odd, but as an Italian, he didn't have any psychological burden on such vacillating statements:

"However, a few planes, even stealth aircraft like F117, are not a big deal for Americans, and the current situation is that the United States only needs to pay a little ammunition money to send global travel funds from Europe back to North America, I paid attention to it before I came in the morning, and in the past few days from the end of March to the present, the US stock index has risen by nearly 20%......"

"Moreover, the current situation is clear that the United States wants to take advantage of this opportunity to target the euro and give us a platform, and it has to consider the consequences of doing so."

"There has to be some landmark event."

“……”

Karn rested one hand on his chin, his expression unclear because his palm covered half of his face:

"If you change the position, from the perspective of China, it is not in their interests to let the dollar grow......

Schauybraw's train of thought apparently hasn't turned around yet.

It's just a matter of shouting slogans in normal times, but when it's time to move the real chapter like now, it's better to criticize weapons after all.

"How could it be ......"

Although Germany is now reunified, after all, it has a special identity and has a great influence in the EU, but it actually has little say in NATO.

"Although their official institutions have not yet taken a stand, several companies that have worked with us in depth have hinted that they are not afraid to give the euro a platform given the current position tendency."

Schoy Brown held a cup of coffee and rubbed the corners of his forehead with his other hand:

"Is it possible to force the Americans to stop by some means? For example, we ...... Belch...... I mean, you guys withdraw your troops first or something? ”

So much so that the atmosphere in the conference room became a little anxious.

"Alas......"

……

"We are the Minister of Finance, not the Minister of Defense......"

“……”

"For example...... Find a country to support us ......"

From this point of view, there is no doubt that de Gaulle's line of thought was correct.

On the contrary, France and Italy still have a little weight.

Schauy Brown shrugged, apparently not feeling feasible.

The French are still more daring to think.

"Let the Russians end up and threaten a nuclear war with us?"

"As long as the ground units are not moved, it is basically unrealistic to want the Americans to strike because of this loss......"

The meeting was almost deadlocked.

After a frank exchange of views, all three finance ministers looked a little tired.

"What if we think a little more broadly and don't just think about economic means?"

Visco shook his head:

"But for us, every day of delay is a day of loss and stress."

The influx of refugees is a different concept entirely.

"So."

“……”

Visco almost rolled his eyes to the sky:

"The people who do business with us are all their state-owned enterprises, so naturally we have to take into account the attitude of the authorities"

"In this way, we have to be thankful for the losses of the coalition forces in the past few days......"

Therefore, after some discussion among the three of them, the conclusion formed was similar to that of Chang Haonan before.

Scheuybrown showed his "German flexibility" at this point and asked directly.

This line of thinking can only be said to be the same goal.

Truly.

Even within countries that are members of both, the two systems are relatively independent.

Therefore, it is often the case that a country seeks economic independence but hugs the thigh of the United States in national defense, which can be called a schizophrenic phenomenon.

Silence lasted for quite some time.

The means of economics are so much to sum up, excluding the used, useless and unusable, and this is the only one left.

Schäuble felt that the attitude of the other two colleagues seemed a little negative, but intellectually knew that they were right.

The latter leaned back in his chair with a dejected expression:

"Not good."

"In any case, Wolfe's approach is the only one that is feasible at the moment."

"Fifteen years in the morning...... Maybe it's okay. ”

I don't have a choice.

"It's probably not good to use the media alone, and the Americans are much better at it than we are...... And the people will not make any big waves because of a few articles or a few speeches. ”

"What if...... I mean, if there is a huge change in the direction of public opinion in several of our countries on this matter, then it is not impossible to call off the troops and truce the war......"

NATO, and the European Union.

The other two people, who were already poor in donkey skills, naturally immediately became energetic when they heard this.

"Actually......"

There is no point in the absence of national defense independence and economic independence.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that how can the military and the economy really be completely separated?

"Are you so sure that Americans can agree?"

In addition to these countries concerned, the world can barely be called a big country now, that is, Da Mao, Japan and China.

Visco looked at his German allies with the same eyes as if he were mentally retarded:

The Italian placed the empty coffee cup on the table in front of him along with the spoon:

"If you have to say it, it's not like there's no way to ......"

"In any case, at least the situation of the euro can be stabilized first, otherwise if you really use the gold reserves, it will basically mean that the euro will be completely destroyed......"

"Now, the most direct way is to find an event that is enough to support the world's confidence in the euro."

The three fell silent again......

Schäuble and Kahn looked at Visco almost together:

"You have close business ties between Italy and China, what do you think of their attitude?"

“……”

"What if some favorable conditions are offered? For example, fully support their accession to the WTO? ”

This brings us to the point.

Visco shook his head:

After thinking for a long time, he spoke again:

"And even if it's the defense minister, or even the prime minister or the president, there is no way to be this kind of master, those generals are afraid that they have long been bought by the Americans, and besides, the military is not a child's play, no matter how many ultimatums have been issued, we will fight ourselves first halfway through the fight......"

However, at this point in time in 1999, even if the three finance ministers knew this truth, it was impossible to solve the problem at the root.

"Contact the Huaxia people and ask them about their price codes."

One of the currencies plummeted to its own devices, and the other seemed to be independent but essentially lackeys.

Although there is a high degree of overlap in the composition of the countries, they are two completely different organizations in nature.

Vicos continued:

"In short, even if they had this idea, I'm afraid they wouldn't have agreed so quickly."

"You don't think that Huaxia will support us in launching an allied operation......

After all, Kahn was reluctant to let the euro, which he had devoted half of his life to, go into decline a hundred days after it was born:

"This 'stance tendency' means ......"

"Now the market is still waiting and seeing, if all or at least most of the trade between China and the EU can be settled in euros, then confidence will not deteriorate further at least."

"In any case, I don't think the euro can fall below 1...... against the dollar"

(End of chapter)