Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Chapter 944 The internal affairs of the Netherlands is also a big issue

Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

Prime Minister Lyndon: "Voting has begun in the Brazilian general election. The situation in Brazil has attracted global attention. If Fonseca fails, then our influence in Brazil will be somewhat bad."

In this regard, William IV was silent.

If the Brazilian Empire's opposition prime minister candidate Colerzy takes office, the prospects for Brazil and the Thirteen Latin American Group will become unknown. Just a few days before the election, Colerzy publicly declared that the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the key to the Brazilian Empire on June 30, 1881. The "mastermind" behind the global public slander campaign against him before the election. He wrote in the media of Brazil and other countries such as Britain, Germany, France, Portugal and Austria, "Netherlands, please do not touch or interfere in Brazil's internal affairs."

Just two days ago, on June 28, 1881, Nicholas Pierson, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Dutch government, came out to deny that, "We strongly oppose this statement. We officially declare that the Netherlands does not have any interference. If someone says that Kohler The information provided by Qi, they are lying.”

Subsequently, newspapers from the Group of Thirteen including the Netherlands, as well as the Netherlands' global partners Sweden, Denmark, Tsarist Russia, Greece, Siam and other newspapers directly reported that if Colezi came to power, he would lead the Brazilian Empire closer to Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Austria, and restore Brazil. Western positioning.

Kiri, an expert at the International Affairs Committee of the University of Sydney in the Netherlands, also believes that if Collegi has a tough election in Brazil, “Collegi will be more active in cooperating with old European countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Portugal, and will allow these countries to share Brazil’s role in South America. An overall view of the strategically important naval port in the region.”

After thinking for a moment, William IV said: With the rise of strongman Fonseca in Brazil's anti-Portuguese colonial populism, first of all, many democratic governments of this era have seen the collapse of collective social consensus and the loss of political mutual trust. The phenomenon.

Fonseca, who has been in power in Brazil for a long time (almost 20 years from 1862 to now), is a typical political strongman in the eyes of European countries where European royal families are now in power, even as much as the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II. The leader of power.

He is the strong man at the top of Brazilian power who has always suppressed Pedro II.

In short, if you look at the rationalist vote to improve economic conditions and people's lives, Fonseca should lose the election as he faces recent economic difficulties and the major earthquakes that damaged the Brazilian capital two years ago. But polls easily found that identity politics, which shapes the strong emotions of Brazilian voters, clearly plays a greater role.

This phenomenon is undoubtedly universal in the times.

In this era, the elites of the international society are increasingly different from the general public in their perceptions. The public, who lack basic trust in the elites and the system, increasingly underestimate the so-called political strongmen other than the royal families of various countries.

Fonseca was able to successfully counter the interference of European powers in Brazil's internal affairs and suppress Pedro II's return to the Portuguese colonial embrace. The result was that the Brazilian people had a sense of nationalistic pride.

This is why Fonseca's popularity in polls remains high.

He believed that there were too few civilian opponents, and Colecci was a member of the aristocracy supported by Pedro II, so he did not have a wide range of representatives from the grassroots. In the private sector, Fonseca has no rivals for the time being.

Therefore, Fonseca is already on the starting line to win this election. In fact, Fonseca took advantage of this election to purge the losers in his party and cleanse himself from them. The Brazilian military has tightened its relationship and become the only agent of the Brazilian military. With this unstoppable populist force, it is possible that it will be in power for another twenty years."

Linden envied: "Is this possible?"

William IV nodded and said: "Naturally, because Brazilians are very sensitive to colonization, the existence of Pedro II is actually the greatest blessing to Fonseca in his administration."

Lyndon stared at William IV with wide eyes.

After giving him an annoyed look, William IV said: "Pedro II is just a poison left by the colonial power established on Brazilian territory. Whenever you see him, everyone thinks of Portugal, the exploiter. Think about it." Every time you feel hungry, will you resist food?"

Linden suddenly woke up.

It is said that Fonseca is really likely to stay in power for a long time. Including the previous 20 years, he has been in power in Brazil for 40 consecutive years. The data here is longer than the kings of some countries.

William IV couldn't help but feel angry when he saw the envy shown in Lyndon's response.

Naturally, the Netherlands would not like such a scene.

The Netherlands has a multi-party system. Even William IV challenged the royal family in order to check and balance the cabinet and parliament. He specifically implemented a multi-party system. Even many European royal families praised the small parties launched by William IV to form a coalition cabinet to prevent the Netherlands from becoming a- The emergence of a situation where the party is independent and powerful is an invention of genius.

The Liberal Party was previously the largest political party in the Netherlands, accounting for 40% of its members. It has been in power for four consecutive terms in 16 years, making the Liberal Party almost the only party in the Netherlands. That's why William IV implemented the joint cabinet system in 1871 after he moved the capital to Melbourne, mainland Australia.

In the general election of 1874, the Liberal Party almost lost the election, but only narrowly escaped victory.

However, in 1878, the Christian Party led by Lyndon and the Socialist Party led by Jules Danetant finally made adjustments after a narrow defeat four years ago and finally defeated the Liberal Party in the general election in December 1878. In 1879 It has been two years and four months since the world's first coalition cabinet government came to power in the Netherlands in February. Next year will usher in a new election year for the Dutch prime minister. William IV is curious about how the three parties will perform this time.

Lyndon naturally thought no less than William IV, but he didn't show it.

The Socialist Party has slowly begun to open its own path in recent years, and is now even expanding its territory in New South Wales, a traditional territory of the Christian Party. Canberra is the product of the Socialist Party's growing appetite.

You know where in New South Wales?

The province where Sydney, the base camp of the Christian Party, is located, isn't this competing with the Christian Party for the power to govern the province?

Linden and other senior party officials even speculated that the Socialist Party was preparing to run independently for the Dutch Prime Minister in the future.

The wings have grown hard, and I want to spread my wings and fly high.

Linden thought helplessly.

But they have no choice, because they are afraid that if they beat the opponent too much, and they are afraid that the Socialist Party will directly cooperate with the Liberal Party, the Christian Party will have almost no chance of winning in the next term.

Linden was troubled for a while. The Socialist Party was wandering in the normal temperature zone between the two parties, one is ice and the other is fire. It was encroaching on the territory of the two parties, but it would not completely offend the ice and fire party. This would bring a lot of benefits to the other party.

Linden was a little envious of the other party.

It is said that the Socialist Party has now become a seat of political parties outside the two-party system in many countries in the international community, asking them how to achieve this.