69novels Chapter 979
Chapter 979
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, many countries, especially small countries in coastal areas, chose to agree to join the European Union.
After all, landlocked countries may be safer inland, but as long as coastal countries do not have strong naval protection, their safety is not guaranteed. In this case, they must find a strong backer!
There are more than a dozen small countries in these coastal areas, including the three Baltic countries, two low-lying countries, four Nordic countries, Portugal, and four countries along the Mediterranean coast.
The number of these countries accounts for more than two-thirds of European countries. Many of the remaining landlocked countries have long been controlled by the Third Reich. So when these countries voted in favor, the remaining countries saw that the situation was not right, and they could not continue to insist, so they could only agree.
So, at the meeting, only a few countries had not raised their hands. Mainz took a look and found that there were mainly three countries that did not raise their hands.
They were the permanent neutral country Switzerland, the largest country in southern Europe, Italy, and the main board duck country of the Iberian Peninsula.
Almost all the remaining countries agreed to establish the European Union and agreed to hand over their military dominance and diplomatic power to the Third Reich, and only enjoy the right to govern.
But for these three countries, they could not accept such conditions!
However, the situations of these three countries are also different. Banya and Italy are the countries with the largest land area and the strongest strength among the remaining European countries. Although they were intimidated by the powerful strength of the German army on the battlefield and dared not provoke the German army, they were unwilling to obediently hand over their military dominance and diplomatic power to the Third Reich!
Because in their view, after handing over these two powers, what is the difference between them and a state or a province in the Third Reich?
Banya, which has been in decline for more than a hundred years, is a little better. After the end of the Great Sea Navigation Era, Banya fell from the top European power to the ranks of second-rate or even third-rate countries in Europe, so they did not think about external expansion, or competing with the Third Reich for European and even world hegemony.
The idea in their mind is to guard their own piece of land. There is a place called the Pyrenees Mountains at the border between the Iberian Peninsula where the Banya is located and the European continent. This place perfectly isolates the Banya from the north, causing the Iberian Peninsula where they are located to become an isolated island. There are only two countries on this isolated island.
One is themselves, and the other is a country of grapes that is much smaller than them in strength, population and area. Therefore, in this closed island, the Banya is the well-deserved overlord. Here they are the ones who make the decisions, and because of the Pyrenees Mountains, they are not closely connected with Europe, so they are not very interested in a unified Europe!
No matter how Europe changes, they can live their own lives behind closed doors and will not be affected at all!
If the military dominance and diplomatic power are taken away, then their current good life will not be able to continue, so the Banya people are more repulsive to this.
The little hegemon of southern Europe, Italy, is different from Banya. Italy is a little stronger than Banya. If Banya is a second-rate country, then Italy is one of the first-rate countries in Europe. Although it is a taillight-level existence, it is at least one level higher than other countries.
Moreover, in southern Europe, the Italians actually have no natural enemies. They have the Alps in the north to help them isolate the enemies in the north and west. It is difficult for the enemies to cross the Alps to attack them, so they only need to guard the Mediterranean!
The countries around the Mediterranean, except for Gaul in the west, actually have no opponents worth mentioning. Gaul is restrained and threatened by the Third Reich and the British Empire, and the threat to Italy is limited, which means that Italy is a hegemonic existence in the Mediterranean. The countries around them are very weak, and the Balkan Peninsula next to them is very divided and chaotic, which gives the Italians an opportunity to take advantage of!
The southern part of the Mediterranean Sea is the African continent, and the national strength of the countries on the African continent is very weak. In Italy’s view, these are a group of weak chickens that can be slaughtered at will. Therefore, after completing the unification, Italy has always dreamed of expanding to Africa, making the entire Mediterranean Sea their inland sea, and recreating the glory of their ancestors during the Roman Empire!
Italy, who dreamed of becoming a king, was obviously unwilling to be a state or a province of the Third Reich willingly. In addition, they also had some strength, so they were more resistant to European integration and were not willing to integrate into this big collective!
As for Ruishi, their situation was much simpler. This country simply did not want to destroy its image and interests as a permanent neutral country.
Mainz took a look and stayed on the representatives of these three countries for a while!
To be honest, Mainz was quite dissatisfied with the attitudes of these three countries!
So many countries have agreed, you disagree, are you against me?
Although Mainz did not want to continue to use force against the countries within Europe, it was not because he was afraid of war or did not have the strength to start a war.
The reason he was unwilling to do so was simply because he didn’t want to waste time, nor did he want to destroy Europe. If so, he would have to spend time and money to restore and rebuild after the war. Considering that Europe would be his territory in the future, such a destructive act as war was obviously not cost-effective, after all, what was destroyed was his own property!
However, when faced with such a disobedient thorn, when peaceful means could not solve the problem, it seemed that he had to use some other means!
“It seems that you have some ideas about the European Union, right?”
Mainz said to the representatives of the three countries in a bad tone, and the representatives of the three countries became nervous when they heard what Mainz said, because they heard the serious dissatisfaction in Mainz’s words!
It seems that the worst situation they expected has happened: they have offended the Third Reich after all!
Seeing this scene, the other countries that have expressed their agreement have begun to enter the mode of watching the show.
They still have some admiration for these three countries that dared to stand up against the Third Reich. However, in addition to admiration, everyone is more gloating.
The strength of the Third Reich is known to the world, and there is no European country that is unaware of it, so everyone naturally knows what the consequences of offending the Third Reich are.