The situation in Italy is more complicated. The three larger parties are the Socialist Party, which was founded the earliest, the Labor Party which split from the Socialist Party, and the Catholic Democratic Party, which was only established last year.
Among the three parties, the Socialist Party has a broader political base, the Labor Party has the support of Russia and the Comintern, and the Catholic Democratic Party was established the latest and has the support of the Holy See. None of these three parties can form a government alone, so Italy's current provisional government
It is composed of six parties.
For a country, the two-party system like the United States is too much, and the level of chaos in Italy's six-party coalition government can be imagined.
It is said that the Italian Parliament now quarrels every time it meets, and is more lively than the meetings of the Council of Nations of the League of Nations. Since the establishment of the coalition government, there has been almost no achievements, and every day is spent in quarreling and wrangling.
The key coalition government is now in disgrace. It has not yet been officially recognized internationally, and it has not obtained legal status in Italy, so the parliamentarians have nothing to do but quarrel all day long.
The government that can nominally represent Italy is still the Kingdom of Italy. Because the Kingdom of Italy is a member of the Axis Powers, the coalition government is now working hard to join the Allies to gain the status of a victorious country and participate in dividing the post-war fruits.
It can be seen that Italy has made good calculations and is preparing to join the Allied Powers at the last moment like the last world war. After the war, it actually managed to become a permanent member of the League of Nations——
This result may not even have occurred to the Italians themselves.
Now the Italians are repeating their old tricks, but the Allies dare not agree easily.
If there is only one Italy, that's it. There are Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and many other countries waiting nearby. If Italy can be considered a victor, what will happen to other countries?
Italy's performance in the last world war set a very bad example for other countries. Not only did France make bets, Romania and Bulgaria and other countries also had domestic outbreaks when Germany was defeated.
Revolt and join the Allied forces at the most opportune time.
If everyone accepts this, then if there is a fight in the future, everyone will be a loser. Whoever wins will help whom, and there will be no losses.
There are losses in the United Kingdom, Russia, southern Africa and other countries that have a firm stance.
Now we are all waiting to divide the fruits of victory after the war, but where are the fruits of victory?
If you catch a German sheep and pluck it hard, how much wool can you pluck out? Romania, Bulgaria, these slave countries, drank soup with the Germans when Germany swept across Europe. After Germany was defeated, they wanted to rake them down and followed the Allies to continue drinking soup. How could it be possible?
Such a good thing.
According to Roark, Winston, and Roosevelt's previous plan, Italy, as well as Italy, would have to be severely cut off after the war, and even the capital and profits would have to be spit out.
The plan was good, but it was a pity that everyone, including Roark, ignored Russia's role.
Not to mention Italy and France, Romania has already received Big Beard's promise to completely join the Russian camp and accept Russia's protection.
Or it can be said to be a bearded threat. Without Russia's protection, Romania will be even worse off after the war than Germany was after World War I.
After weighing the two aspects, the Romanians wisely chose Russia, which is closer.
There is no way. Not to mention the United States and southern Africa, the United Kingdom and France are too far away from Romania and are beyond reach.
On the contrary, Russia is close at hand. If the Romanians dare to disagree, Romania's "workers" will launch an armed riot tomorrow. This threat is real.
The same goes for Italy. Roque doesn't know what kind of promise Big Beard has given to the Italians. Anyway, the Italian Labor Party has been quite high-profile recently.
"If you want Italy to become a bridgehead against Russia, you must at least give me enough leverage to convince the parliament." Librarian Fari was so angry that he was deeply confused by this.
What Stoudemire was most worried about has happened. The librarian hopes to get more help from southern Africa, otherwise he will choose to accept help from Russia.
The French know how to hedge their bets, and the Italians are no less good at it.
"Archid, what Russia respects is the Orthodox Church -" Arthur is very busy now. The Southern African Expeditionary Force fighting in Italy are all from the Fifth Army under Arthur's command.
I won’t go into details about the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. The librarian came from the Holy See. Even without considering this, Arthur was very sure that Alcide was just taking advantage of the current situation to gain more benefits for Italy.
If we really want to choose the Russian model, among other things, every one of Italy’s current politicians will have to go to Siberia to undergo labor reform.
The Russian worker grandfathers are different from the "fake foreign devils" in France and Italy. Revolutions really require decapitation.
"Religion has nothing to do with politics. We are talking about Italy now, not the Vatican -" Alcide tried to argue that he needed more help to gain greater support.
Alcide serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the coalition government. His most important task at present is to negotiate with the Allies and strive to obtain the status of a victorious nation after the war.
Before that, Alcide must first restore the people's livelihood in Italy. Winter is coming, and life in Italy has not been easy in the past few years.
Before the outbreak of the World War, Fat Bald was extremely ambitious. He first sent an expeditionary force of 500,000 people to the Abyssinian Empire, and then sent more than 100,000 people to directly participate in the Spanish Civil War, with almost no results.
The conquest of the Abyssinian Empire brought almost no benefits to Italy, but it cost a lot of money every year to maintain colonial rule.
The Spanish Civil War was even worse. The Falangists were completely defeated, and even the Fat Bald's status in Italy was affected.
After the outbreak of the World War, southern Africa sent an expeditionary force to immediately wipe out all the Italian colonial troops in the Abyssinian Empire, and then joined the British army to drive Italy out of North Africa. At this point, Italy lost almost all its overseas colonies and came from
Blood transfusions in overseas colonies were completely cut off.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, these old colonial countries cannot even guarantee basic people's livelihood without the blood transfusions from overseas colonies.
The situation in Italy is more serious than in France because Italians live more luxuriously and have higher standards.
If there is not enough food this winter, people in Italy will starve to death.
Needless to say, ten years ago.
Five years ago, who would have thought that people in Europe could still starve to death——
"Archid, if you want to get more investment, you must first show the potential to be worthy of investment." Arthur was unmoved. He could even refuse de Gaulle, and Archid was the elder one.
Leaving Arthur's office, Alcid felt depressed.
"Mr. Alchid, if you want help, we can have a good chat." A bearded man with a smile on his face handed over his business card - Alexander Zagolov.
Slavs!
Archid was really surprised. This was Cyprus. Are the Russians so arrogant now? They were openly operating in Cyprus.
"Don't get me wrong, although I am a Slav, I work for the federal government of Southern Africa." Alexander is used to it. The concept of Slavs is very broad, and there are many Slavs in southern Africa.
"What can we talk about?" Archide remained vigilant. There was usually a bigger intention behind this kind of unprovoked show of kindness.
"Why don't we find a cafe and chat over a drink." Alexander treated him to a treat. The cafes in Cyprus were pretty good.
Thanks to the increasingly abundant supplies in southern Africa, Cyprus has found a Mediterranean island and has now become a holiday paradise around the Mediterranean. Here you can taste delicious food from all over the world and enjoy meticulous service. The cafe here is open 24 hours a day.
, not only provides coffee, but also snacks and alcoholic beverages.
Alexander and Alchid just drank coffee, but Alchid didn't have much interest in coffee from East Asia. The production process of this coffee was so bad that Alchid had always held himself to the standards of a clergyman and couldn't accept it.
"I come from a small company in Los Angeles. You must have never heard of the name, so I won't introduce it in detail. Our company's business is very extensive. I can provide you with anything you need." Alexander not only asked for coffee, but also
I ordered a cookie-like dessert.
"I need food, can you get it?" Archid didn't ask about Alexander's background. People like Alexander were everywhere. They were usually the spokesperson of a certain country or a certain force.
"This is a scarce resource. As long as the price you pay is high enough, you can get whatever you want." Alexander is confident. Considering Alexander's background, it is indeed possible.
In the past few years, wars have been raging in Europe, but southern Africa has had good weather, with bumper harvests year after year. The popularization of machinery has brought higher productivity to farms, effectively making up for the manpower shortage caused by the world war.
It’s not that there is no land in Europe, it’s that there is no one to farm it, men are being dragged to the battlefield, women are working in factories, and there is no one to take care of the elderly and children, so the fields can only be abandoned.
Southern Africa has a large farm area, with any farm covering hundreds or thousands of acres. In the past, farms had to hire a large number of laborers from neighboring countries in Southern Africa during the busy farming season. In recent years, the situation has fundamentally improved, and with good weather and good weather, food production has increased.
Set new highs repeatedly.
Regrettably, also in Africa, only southern Africa is not only self-sufficient in food, but can also be exported in large quantities. Other countries cannot even be self-sufficient.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Congo has organized officials to study in southern Africa many times, hoping to improve the agricultural level of the Republic of Congo.
Southern Africa has also sent agricultural experts to the Republic of Congo to guide agricultural production, but unfortunately it has had little effect.
Farmers in Southern Africa cultivate the land deeply and carefully, water when it is necessary, drain water when it is necessary, and weed and apply pesticides in a timely manner. Naturally, the grain yield is very high.
It’s hard to describe how well the Congolese farm. If it weren’t for the supervision of Congolese officials, the Congolese wouldn’t even farm at all. They rely on primitive collection, so at least they won’t go hungry.
Therefore, when agricultural experts from Southern Africa went to Congo to guide agricultural production, they saw Congolese farmers throwing seeds on the ground casually and then relying on the wind to make a living. They really had nothing to say.
Work hard?
It doesn't exist, and I don't even bother to dig a hole.
Breeding naturally does not exist. Agricultural experts in southern Africa suspect that in a country as big as the Republic of Congo, there is not even a single person who knows how to breed.
Every year, the Republic of Congo sends many students to study in southern African universities. Those students are more willing to study law, finance, economics and other lucrative industries, but none choose agricultural colleges.
"If I wanted to have money, would I still have to come to you?" Alchid said confidently. Now it was Alexander's turn to be in disbelief.
Are you clergy so shameless in everything you do?
If you don't have money, what kind of food do you want? It might be better to get a bowl and go begging on the street.
"Tell me what you want from me. You won't buy me a cup of coffee for no reason." Alcide has no money, but he has resources, which is Italy's scarce capital now.
Needless to say about overseas colonies, the Abyssinian Empire was originally unjustified. Now that Haier I has returned to the country, he will definitely not accept Italian colonial rule again.
Maybe Italy will have to compensate for the losses caused to the Abyssinian Empire, which is another bad debt.
Not to mention North Africa. Britain and France had already coveted Italian colonies in North Africa. Now that oil has been discovered in North Africa, they will not return it to Italy. Most of them will be entrusted to a certain country in the form of a "mandated territory".
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Tanganyika and South West Africa were incorporated into Southern Africa in this way.
"Get your friendship and the right for our company to operate legally in Italy." Alexander really wanted something.
However, Alexander's way of asking for help made Alchid very uncomfortable.
"What does your company do?" Archide was curious. What industries cannot be operated legally in Italy?
"Please don't get me wrong, we are a trading company, and the products we sell and purchase are completely legal." Alexander explained proactively.
Alchid was even more curious, since it was completely legal, why couldn't it be operated legally?
"You know, as a foreign company, our business scope in Italy is severely restricted, and at the same time we have to bear taxes that are nearly twice as high as those of Italian companies. This is very unreasonable." What Alexander said, Archide
I don’t know much about it. After all, he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, not the Minister of Commerce.
"Can Italian companies in Southern Africa get the same status as Southern African companies?" Alcide Business Equivalence.
Alexander smiled and did not explain.
Italian companies are currently not qualified to negotiate terms with the federal government of Southern Africa.
