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On April 15, 1881, at the Prime Ministerial Nordic Alliance Summit held in Madrid, Spain, the prime ministers of Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark gathered in Madrid. The gathering of the four of them was too long. The whole week of the gathering broke the international In the minutes of the longest allied meeting in the world, at a joint press conference, the four countries publicly stated that the four countries had expressed their foreign and economic policies.

"We have completed a diplomatic draft. We will support the sovereignty issues raised by the four countries in a targeted manner, especially the disputed Gibraltar Strait in the northern part of the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and the United Kingdom. Gibraltar originally belonged to Spanish territory. The United Kingdom and the Netherlands are now in conflict with each other. The increasingly fierce issue of sovereignty over the Strait of Malacca, the dispute between the United Kingdom and Denmark over small islands in the North Sea, and the dispute with Sweden over the issue of Norwegian independence, etc.

The four countries have reached an agreement on the issue with Britain, that is, they support each other's stance on sovereignty disputes.

Our four countries have simultaneously negotiated this issue and expressed further assimilation with the British position.

We oppose the provocative behavior of the UK intervening in the issues of other countries such as Norway.

We are even more opposed to the British practice of dominating Gibraltar in Western Spain for hundreds of years and not letting go, and even trying to take it as their own.

The four countries are very satisfied with the current alliance relationship and have reached an agreement, that is, while the alliance between Zheng Zhiming and Zheng Zhiming has been strengthened, the four countries are also drafting an economic agreement. In this agreement, the four countries will resume a The free trade draft has become the world's first multi-country free trade trade draft with zero tariffs on imported and exported goods. If successfully signed, it will be a victory for the four countries.

What I forgot to mention is that our four countries also signed a trade and investment draft, which can relax and support the expansion of the allowed scope of economic investment and industrial capital expenditure within the four countries."

“The capital of the Netherlands can now enter other countries and increase the operation of investment capital absorbed by Spain, Sweden and Denmark. This will make these three countries one of the largest trade and investment target countries in the Netherlands. At the same time, the three countries will also receive investment and increase jobs. , improve the economic level of each country”

The above is the content of the interview that Dutch Prime Minister Linden gave to "European Times" in Madrid after the joint press conference.

Once this interview was released, it immediately attracted the attention of Europe and even the world.

The Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden were originally allies. Now that the politics are deepening, the economy has also established such an alliance. This is definitely a lot of news for all countries, especially big countries such as Britain, Germany, France, and the United States, because this If the economic and political aspects of the four countries are Eros, the area conquered by other countries will be reduced. Economically, these three countries will further deepen their dependence on the Netherlands.

This is not good news.

Until the Nordic League Summit in Madrid, Spain, on April 10, 1881, the Netherlands would also hold prime ministerial-level meetings with Spain. A series of meetings held starting in the past week had clear political intentions and military intentions against Britain and other potential powers. Tensions are inevitable, and the impact on the economy will slowly emerge.

Following the "Madrid Declaration" in the multilateral joint press conference between Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden, it caused strong dissatisfaction in the UK. The British Foreign Office even publicly stated,

"This is not what a responsible organization should say. We do not agree with the speech made in Madrid this time against the UK, because it is actually an anti-British declaration. We feel that it should not be called the Nordic Alliance Summit, but should be changed to the Reaction Alliance A summit is more appropriate. After all, these countries, especially Spain and the Netherlands, are indeed not very friendly to the UK. We seriously suspect that Denmark and Sweden were coerced by these two countries to support these anti-British practices."

Afterwards, the British Prime Minister's Office and the royal family also issued separate condemnations of the Madrid Declaration. Obviously, this "Madrid Declaration" made the UK like a frightened bird to a certain extent, and was touched by others.

However, other countries have remained silent, but it is necessary for each to have its own plans.

It is said that in Paris, many people gloated and expressed their willingness to see Britain continue to have bad relations with these four countries. Perhaps this is the mentality of living well for yourself and making others unhappy.

As for Berlin, it is said that many people are also willing to see Britain weakened. After all, Spain is too far away from Germany, and Sweden and Denmark are not as powerful as Germany. Therefore, the German Empire is actually willing to see Britain's power become smaller, and the German city of Harbin remains the same. The fishermen benefited.

However, the relationship between the Netherlands and Spain has become closer, and Haishu has successfully made France and Germany wary. After all, Spain and the Netherlands sandwich France, and the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark are bordering the German Empire. The deepening of the relationship between these countries has actually increased the impact on the German Empire and France. It's a burden.

When necessary, the two countries can stand up and strike a blow to prevent their respective attitudes from being ignored.

Of course, now is not the time.

Dutch Prime Minister Linden immediately visited various parts of Spain on April 15 to further deepen bilateral relations. Spain publicly supported the Netherlands’ strategic deployment, especially the deployment of troops in western Greece in the eastern Mediterranean. The two countries even publicly expressed their support for the East. The Mediterranean expressed concern about the situation, warning that "tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Panergan Peninsula have reached the brink of war", deepening=Spain and the Netherlands both said that starting from next month, they will conduct monthly military bases at the Eastern and Western Mediterranean naval bases. The exchange of visits system has further deepened the two countries' efforts to deepen security cooperation in the Mediterranean, which has attracted the attention of Italy and Yingguo, as well as the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.

Even the French Empire criticized this. However, except for the United Kingdom, the last four countries only stated that the cooperation between the two countries should not affect the interests of other countries. The United Kingdom firmly stated that the British Mediterranean Fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean would defend British interests at all costs.

Many people predict that this is the largest part of the military alliance between Spain and the Netherlands. After all, in the past, the exchange of warships between Spain and the Netherlands mainly took place between the Spanish colonies in the Far East, the Philippines, and the territorial ports of the Netherlands. However, now it is between Spain and the Netherlands. The Netherlands is located between the Greek military ports in the Eastern Mediterranean. This is the first time that military cooperation between the two countries has expanded here.

You must know that Greece is located in the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula. The two countries are looking to further deepen their presence in the Balkan Peninsula. On the powder keg, it was destined that the two countries would intervene.

The holding of the four-nation Nordic Summit has brought the political situation in Europe into a new era of turmoil.

As Britain and the Netherlands enter the sixth year of struggle this year, and the world situation is chaotic and uncertain, whether the organization can be different from previous organizations and more actively promote the development and cooperation of the Netherlands and other countries is not optimistic about the world situation.

Does the Netherlands' investment and military support for these three countries reflect the Netherlands' confidence in strengthening the status of these three countries in Europe? Perhaps the Netherlands is playing a big game and trying to make a better layout?

In short, the actions of the Netherlands have made more people confused and confused.