USSR 1991

President Chirac has given full consideration. First of all, from a geopolitical perspective, the Mediterranean Sea is the priority area of ​​French security strategy. The Middle East and the Gulf are eastward through the Mediterranean Sea, and North Africa and French-speaking Africa are southward. These regions are the traditional spheres of influence of France.Sarkozy stressed that France's goal is to become a powerful Mediterranean power again.

Secondly, countries on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea have great market potential for products and investment, and France especially hopes to develop the nuclear industry market in Arab countries.Countries in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as Sudan and the Gulf of Guinea adjacent to this area are all sources of energy such as oil and natural gas, as well as various raw materials. If the Mediterranean region builds a wide-ranging free trade zone, it will be the guarantee and development of new energy and resources. An important means of raw material supply source.

The third point is also very important. The competition between the United States and France in Africa is very fierce. The United States is aggressively "offensive" to compete for France's traditional market and raw material supply. France's influence in Africa, especially black Africa, is weakening.The Mediterranean Union will enable France to strengthen its influence in North Africa, and then expand to West Black Africa, thereby maintaining its traditional position in the former French colonies in Africa.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

The struggle between Germany and France has already laid a terrible "landmine" for the future development of the Mediterranean Union.France, Italy and other "EU southward factions" have relatively high expectations for the "Mediterranean Union" due to geographical and other factors, but Germany and other Central and Eastern European countries have less urgent needs in this regard.Therefore, even if the EU member states barely reach an agreement on the southward policy, this agreement is very fragile.

But the dream of imperial glory never ceased, even after the painful cost of World War II and the subsequent disintegration of a series of colonies.

Every president of the Fifth Republic had a dream of a continental empire in mind.

Idiots?

For Chirac, this is even more unwilling.

In a dilemma, Chirac finally said helplessly, "Let me and the President of the United States personally negotiate to resolve this difference."

Jospin nodded. Indeed, there was nothing they could do about the most critical economic problem.

"Has the glory of the empire fallen?"

Chirac let out a slight sigh.

After the conversation, Madeleine reported the latest situation to President Mario, with a very brief sentence.

"The French don't want to cooperate with us."

President Mario had long expected that the French would arrogantly reject their invitation, but he was not worried about Chirac's poor ambition and equally poor overall strength.For a falsely named European power, a loser in World War II, he had plenty of time to spend the patience of the French.

France is just a pawn in his hands, something that can be discarded at critical moments.The honor of all continental powers is nothing more than vanity, so what about nuclear diplomacy?In terms of political intrigue, de Gaulle was also a poor isolated creature.

In the ring office of the White House, Director Tenet is reporting the results of the Color Revolution to President Mario.This is also the result that the CIA has achieved and proudly declared since the failure of the war against the Soviet Union.

"Since the fall of Libya and Tunisia, the scope of influence will spread in the former colonies of France and the countries along the Mediterranean Sea. And have achieved considerable success. When they fall into civil war or establish a democratic system, we will establish a loose Yes, a pro-American regime."

"In this way, the CIA's influence penetrated into the former French colonial countries."

President Mario nodded very satisfied, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for your hard work."

For him, following the possible disintegration of the European Union, manipulating the Mediterranean Union and driving a wedge from it is the top priority of President Mario's mission to Europe. The abundant oil and natural gas resources are not only the reason to lure the EU, especially France, to go south, but also the driving force to attract itself and Yanayev and other big countries to expand their influence in the region.The establishment of the Mediterranean Union will definitely affect its own interests. In this case, it becomes important to join the French game and become the rule maker.

But first he has to deal with French President Jacques Chirac, who is as difficult as de Gaulle.

The Frenchman, who is unwilling to let go of his figure, is a bit of a headache for President Mario.He still followed the plan and started to force Chirac to surrender step by step.

"But can the Mediterranean plan really be realized?" Director Tenet expressed his doubts, "The Turkish government believes that France intends to win over itself, and hopes that by forming the Mediterranean alliance and allowing Turkey to play a pivotal role in this alliance The role is to arouse the resentment of other EU countries and achieve the purpose of more effectively preventing Turkey from joining the EU. Moreover, the contradictions between many countries around the Mediterranean Sea, such as Morocco and Algeria have long been at odds over the Western Sahara Desert issue, and the blockade of the borders between the two countries has been More than ten years; not to mention the contradictions between Israel and the Arab countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible for Chirac to pass a unanimous agreement.”

After listening to Tenet's narration very seriously, President Mario asked the other party, "Who said the United States will help France establish a Mediterranean alliance?"

Mario's words surprised Tenet, "But President Mario's move?"

"We're just looking for opportunities to divide Europe as much as possible."

Mario's answer is plausible. Now not only the Soviet Union, but even European countries have become their targets.Suppress those who are unwilling to cooperate, and completely conquer those who try to resist.In order to maintain the status of the United States as a superpower, he has carried forward conservatism to the fullest.

The axis of evil is not a fantasy that stays in Yanayev's secret report, but something that exists in reality.

The greedy policy of the United States has created this terrible monster.

"The red Soviet Union has become a thing of the past. Although they are behind the conspiracy to split Germany, and after trying to fight back, they did not station large-scale troops in East Germany. What does this mean? "

"It shows that Moscow no longer has the strength to point to East Germany as before. The current framework is nothing more than turning the Federation into a Confederation, and there is no situation of two Germanys. Now the comprehensive strength of the United States can still guarantee the dominance of one country." In this situation, it is necessary to severely suppress Europe, instigate Eastern Europe to oppose the Soviet Union, instigate the alliance countries to split the Soviet Union, disintegrate the huge European Union, and create divisions among Western European countries."

"So why do you think we support the French in establishing the Mediterranean Union at this critical moment?"

"Just to stab the EU in the back."

"Drain the blood of Germany completely."

President Mario stood up from his seat, straightened his tie, and said confidently, "Now, it's time to talk to the depressed President Chirac about our conditions."

"Even if Madeleine's proposal is rejected arrogantly, I think he will agree to the conditions I proposed."

Chapter 8 and Five: The Crisis of the Alliance

Mario's negotiation was not about sitting down and talking calmly, but about infiltrating and counterattacking with conspiracy. First, he revealed the private conversation between Madeleine and Balouan to the British government and Germany.Let the two sides have a misunderstanding that Chirac wants to bring up the old things about the Barcelona process, and then win over the British Prime Minister to jointly exert pressure on Germany.

German Chancellor Kohl, who has withdrawn from internal affairs, expressed serious concerns about the revival of the Barcelona process.In his view, this is the first step for the French to try to split the European Union, because according to their vision, the Mediterranean Union is only composed of countries along the Mediterranean Sea, and only southern European countries such as France, Spain, and Italy participate in the European continent, and the countries on the south coast are formed by the European Union. Leading the way is Egypt, which has close ties to France, which holds the first round of co-chairs of the planned Mediterranean Union.

Obviously, France hopes to occupy a dominant position in this alliance, and even has an attempt to compete with Germany for regional advantages in the EU.Cole absolutely cannot tolerate this.

Now that Germany has fallen into a precarious situation, Cole will never allow France to stab the knife in the back.If it weren't for the conditions, Germany and France should turn against each other now.

"Obviously our allies are conducting an operation that endangers the interests of the EU. Germany will never allow the situation to develop arbitrarily. We will organize such dangerous behavior and prevent France from trying to go south and cause a break with Germany."

The subtext is that the stupid French did not see clearly that once the EU is gone, France will really have nothing.

Cole believes that even if Chirac can establish the Mediterranean Union, its closeness and influence will be far less than that of the European Union.After all, there are still large political, economic and cultural differences among the countries along the Mediterranean Sea.And their only umbilical connection is Mediterranean shipping, rich oil and being a former French colonial country.

On the other hand, the European Union has completely defeated this group of guys with insufficient stamina at any point.

France will not drag itself down to feed a bunch of poor people. Since it proposes this idea, it is nothing more than taking the first step to seize the raw material market along the coast of North Africa and ensuring its own rich oil supply.Then there is the common development of the region.The country's previous starting point is always a self-interested policy.

Cole is not an idiot. Now that France is making small moves behind the scenes, the loser is himself.

That's why he stood up and warned Cole not to attempt any dangerous actions, otherwise Germany would regard it as an act of secession and attack it.

The attitude of the British side seems a little unclear. The newly appointed prime minister only briefly mentioned the possible impact of France's establishment of the Mediterranean Union on Europe, but did not make some very excessive remarks.He even showed "certain interest" in the Mediterranean Bank project.

Such an attitude is even more dangerous. The interests in Chirac's hands have already been targeted by the European powers.

At this time, Chirac also understood that his opponent is not Cole alone, including those gloomy eyes sitting in Washington's office.There is also the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street, which also outlines the corners of the mouth with an evil smile.

Crisis.

President Chirac was even a little overwhelmed before meeting with the Americans.

Western Europe wasn't the only country interested, and his little calculation was also seen by another person, Comrade Yanayev.

He kept a close eye on the recent actions of the French diplomatic service in order to try to find loopholes.It wasn't until France's first unsuccessful engagement with the United States, and noticing American ambitions to invade the Union in the Mediterranean, that he knew it was time for the Soviet Union to play.

However, Yanayev did not immediately meet with France. Following the centuries-old tradition of friendship between France and Russia, Yanayev will wait and see what happens.When the situation is not clear, he shows the good quality of not getting into trouble.

Once Yanayev took action, he would seal the well instead of stones.

It was Dobrynin who first proposed the infiltration plan. He hoped that through this matter, the interests of the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean region, especially the North African countries, could be further consolidated.