Chapter 74

When West Flanders Senator Dane Tang defeated his rival Hughes (Munich Councilor of Bruch) in the 1861 West Flanders senatorial race, Hughes never expected this opponent to defeat him. , has grown so fast, so in retrospect, it is not unreasonable that he failed in the election from the city councillor to the congressional senator.

At the same time, she also felt unbelievable for her past mistakes.

Especially when he successfully ran for city council for the first time, in order to keep in touch with the people, he initiated several hometown meetings. The first meeting was held in his hometown of Roeselare. At the meeting, the fledgling councilor opened his mouth. It is about the responsibilities of the Bruch City Council.

"I'm your representative at the city level. I don't care whether the roads in your town are smooth or not. I'm not responsible for picking up your garbage..."

When it was time for the city councilman to be questioned, a farmer representative from his hometown who was sitting in the first row kept raising his hand, and after receiving approval, he said, "Hey sir, I have something to tell you, The sanitation workers should come at least once a week to pick up the rubbish, but they haven't been here for a month, and our dogs even run inside from time to time to toss."

The city councilor said dissatisfiedly: "You know, the representative of my hometown, I just said that I am now a member of the Belgian city of Bruch, and I am now in charge of the country's budget preparation and national issues, such trivial matters. , you should go to your mayor here, or the relevant professional department."

The representative looked at the proud new Bruch city councilor, looked him in the eyes, and said without any sarcasm: "I don't want to look for those high-level people at the beginning, because I think you are the most suitable, but Now I find that you are also a high-level figure now, it seems that I take it for granted."

Recalling the representative's words, Hughes felt inexplicably ashamed, and at the same time, he was dissatisfied with his youthful behavior.

If it is said that a person entering the secular political field also has to undergo a similar religious baptism, then what happened to Hughes at that moment and everything is equivalent to this kind of ceremony.

No matter how different the world is, the real face of political life is like a bucket of cold water, which will be poured on every smug young politician, because after more than a year of precipitation, Hughes has learned from several candidates recently. Everything that happens, understands a truth: you don't tell people what to do and think about, on the contrary, they should tell you what to do and think about.

The first round of the Belgian general election has come to an end.

At this point in the election, the throne of the Prime Minister will be chosen among the four. It is a foregone conclusion that who will become the new Belgian Prime Minister has attracted much attention.

Even the major consortiums and political forces in Belgium are following the news, and they have begun to frequently contact the three of them. All forces are starting to 'test the water' and come up with their own 'plans' to see which candidate is them. The best partner, if they are in harmony, will gain the full support of this force and consortium to fight against the other three candidates.

On the contrary, it is the object who directly completes the evaluation.

The winners were the liberal, senator from Brussels, a supporter of the royal family, and the pro-British prime minister who wants to be re-elected; Joseph Beit, the liberal eastern Limburg province; Senator Jules Danetang of Texas; and Senator Melante of Southern Hainaut.

The above is Belgium's most powerful candidate for the prime minister's election.

Among them, Orbon, who had the highest voice at the beginning, seemed to hesitate about the limitations of his identity and began to sink;

Senators Joseph Beit and Jules Danetang, both of the ruling Liberal Party, are not optimistic. Now after two rounds of easily PKing their opponents, the election is bullish, and a lot of Orbon's are divided. Ballot resources.

Melante, the leader of the Catholic Party of the opposition party, has completely overwhelmed his own challengers and has been promoted all the way, becoming the candidate who seems to have the most capital and the most abundant resources.

After all, the Catholic party in the French-speaking region occupies more than 30% of the votes in Belgium, and the party is very united, which is why it is difficult for his challenger to shake him. With this stable source of votes of more than 30%, he will face the Liberal Party 60 Although %+ feels weak, you must know that there are three people in the Protestant liberals who are dividing up these votes, and no one has 20% evenly. This is definitely a huge advantage for Merant.

Therefore, the opposition party Merant is also gearing up, and tried his best to send his own troops to win over the insiders of the three candidates' camps, in order to increase his own fundamentals.

He did it with the mentality that even if he couldn't win over, he could ruin his opponent's good things, so he even spread the three Liberal Party camps and cast a net all over the Liberal Party.

It is said that even Dames, another senator from the liberal Brussels SAR with the heart of Sima Zhao, who wanted to take the current Prime Minister Orban's capable men, and the current justice minister, was also attracted, if not because of the corruption lawsuit. If he has a low chance of appearing, maybe this time, he will also become a competitor with Orbon to represent the Brussels SAR in the prime minister's primary election.

The Liberal Party has always regarded him as a dark horse, but because of his falling out with Alban, he is now somewhat embarrassed within the Liberal Party, so he seems to want to lead his followers to choose to get closer to Merant.

This caused a huge earthquake in the Liberal Party and the Belgian political arena not long ago, because although Dames is not at the top level in the Liberal Party, but with years of business, his approval rate in the Liberal Party has always been around 10%. Loyal supporters are also around 5%.

If the 5% of supporters follow him to the Catholic Party, then the marginalized people in the Liberal Party who do not belong to Protestantism will shrink rapidly, which is also an inconvenience for the Liberal Party, which has always been advertised as tolerant and inclusive. Small hit.

This definitely boosted Merant's momentum, just as it is now.

When interviewed by the Standard and Brussels newspapers, many Belgian political analysts believed that this has a great impact on the Belgian political situation, and even threatens the foundation of the liberal ruling party. Therefore, many people feel that, This general election will change many things, and it may even change the situation where the Dutch-speaking Liberal Party has always dominated.

Officially entered a situation where the two dang compete for hegemony.

The Belgian King Leopold I unexpectedly stood up.

In an interview with the European Times, the most influential media in the world today, on February 28, 1862, he said: At present, no candidate has the majority support, so he refuses to publicly express his support to avoid The country has fallen into a state of more intense competition, undermining the order of healthy competition.

At the same time, I am also satisfied with the excellent performance of the candidates, especially the newly emerging Senator Joseph Beit of Limburg from the Dutch-speaking region and Juul, who is also a Dutch-speaking Senator of West Flanders. .Danetang is the top figure among the rising stars in Belgium.

He promised to support the formation of the cabinet in accordance with the results of the general election. No matter who wins the election, he will support it.

Leopold I said that the serious divisions in the Belgian country have made national governance difficult. Therefore, despite the political crisis, he will not rashly intervene, because so far, no candidate has shown disloyalty to the country. As well as betraying the interests of the country, if he intervenes, it will cause unnecessary trouble to Belgium's election this time, and the country will fall into a state of disorder, which is very unfavorable for the situation in Belgium.

Nonetheless, Leopold I pledged to defend Belgium's national interests by deterring him at all costs in the face of any candidate showing disloyalty and betrayal of national interests. At the same time, he advocated that after the general election, all factions should negotiate the future development of Belgium to ensure that Belgium can continue to advance steadily in Europe in the future and solve the dilemma of national development.

In an interview with the media, Leopold I said that he believed that no matter what, it was time for Belgium to reform the country, especially its military development. Belgium's military base was obviously lagging behind that of neighboring countries, so Belgium could easily communicate to its neighbors, the Netherlands. Study, because the Dutch navy currently ranks 8th in the world, and the Dutch navy even ranks first in the world in terms of per capita. , that is really a huge gap, in this regard, that is, the Kingdom of Denmark and Portugal can be compared.

So Belgium can use this as a learning place. After all, Belgium, a powerful naval power, can gain more recognition from other countries in safeguarding its interests overseas.

Just like what the UK just released, if the Belgian navy is strong enough, we can follow the UK to play toothpicks, and it is also a very good choice to pick up cheap ones.

He believes that Belgium's geographical location is destined that his country will not be as simple and easy to manage as the single-ethnic Britain, France, Spain or even the Netherlands and Denmark, so he has already prepared many countermeasures for this. Second, I only hope that the citizens can understand His troubles, Boehner about him going in the opposite direction...

Although Leopold I said it very nicely, except for Orbon. No other candidate has made a clear statement to support his point of view.

Observers from many countries said that this proves that Leopold I has lost most of the people's support for Belgium, and from the above-mentioned commitment and the effect after the announcement~www.mtlnovel.com~ Many people said that It's too late, many French and Dutch people will not be easily bought and moved.

The Liberal Joseph Bytt campaign issued a statement on this, saying that although Bytt supports most of the king's views, he does not agree with the view that he is too close to the British, because the British place their national interests first in all parts of the world. The foreign policy is to do things, not the attitude of cooperating with him happily, so Beit objected to King Leopold I's saying of picking up the British's wisdom, but advocated Belgium's independent diplomatic line in Europe.

Merante from the southern French district also criticized the king's pro-British policy, believing that the mountains and rivers are connected, and pro-France is the biggest support for Belgium. If he is elected, he will actively promote an alliance between Belgium and France, in order to relieve Belgium's diplomatic relations with France that have been strained for many years.

He also called on all Belgian politicians who do not support pro-British policies to hold a conference to show how strong Belgian public opinion is against anti-British policies.

But in the end, he said that he was only anti-British, but not against the rule of the Belgian royal family.

As for Prime Minister Orban and Danetang....

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