Rebirth of England.

Chapter 825 United Power Group
On October 2011, 10, the Libyan authorities captured Sirte, the last stronghold of Gaddafi's remnants. Gaddafi and his successor Mutassim were shot dead.

The ruling authorities' armed forces sent the bodies of the two men to a meat cold storage in Misrata, where they were displayed to the public for four days before being buried secretly.

At the same time, Italy's political situation became increasingly chaotic...

"As early as July last year, Berlusconi had a falling out with his important ally, Italian Parliament Speaker Fini, who was expelled from the People of Freedom Party..."

Intelligence consultant Nigel Inkster told Barron's:

"Fini was originally one of the most important figures in the People's Party of Freedom. After Berlusconi forcibly expelled him from the People's Party of Freedom, Fini founded the Italian People's Party of Freedom and Liberty. In the current Italian government, many ministers have close ties with Fini, which puts Berlusconi in a very embarrassing position."

The People's Freedom Party is the largest political party in Italy, and the current Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi is the leader of the People's Freedom Party.

For many years in Italian politics, Fini has been a strong supporter of Berlusconi, but later the two had different political views on issues such as combating illegal immigration and anti-corruption investigations, and their differences became increasingly greater.

On July 7 last year, the executive committee of the Liberal People's Party voted and unanimously agreed that Finney had a "bad attitude", was "opposed to the government", had formed a "party within a party", and his behavior was "completely inconsistent with the principles of the Liberal People's Party", and therefore no longer recognized Finney as a member of the party.

Berlusconi also asked Fini to resign as Speaker of the House of Representatives, but was rejected.

Then at the end of last year, four Italian cabinet ministers resigned - these four ministers all had close ties with Fini and were considered a defection after Fini fell out with Berlusconi.

However, until the second half of this year, Berlusconi has been claiming that the Italian government is still running smoothly and will not be greatly affected.

After acquiring 32% of the shares of Enel, United Energy Group proposed to Italy to merge the electricity and natural gas businesses of United Energy Group with Enel. Prior to this, the two businesses of British Electricity Distribution and British Gas under United Energy Group had been integrated into British Electricity Group.

However, this proposal has never received a positive response from the other party.

But now, things have changed. Not long ago, affected by the sovereign debt crisis facing Italy, Berlusconi's approval rating has dropped below 35%. It is said that he will most likely find it difficult to get enough votes in the upcoming parliamentary confidence vote.

"Berlusconi's resignation is almost certain now, so he needs to think about what to do after his resignation. After all, he still owns a huge business empire..."

Nigel's meaning was very clear, that is, after leaving Italian politics, Berlusconi would need to give more consideration to the family business, so no matter what, it would be difficult to refuse the olive branch thrown to him by Barron.

All he needs to do is give the green light to United Energy's integration of Enel.

The government's stake in Enel is held by their Ministry of Finance, and Italy's Finance Minister is a close confidant of Berlusconi.

It is clear that after Berlusconi stepped down, many people will have to start thinking about their future path.

In fact, Barron and Berlusconi had already had contact, but at that time Berlusconi still had a firm grasp on power in Italy and was keen on his "parties"...

Sure enough, on November 11, after Barron had a private and friendly telephone conversation with Berlusconi, the Italian side approved the proposal of the United Energy Group.

The Italian National Power Company also announced the next day that they would merge with British Power Group to form United Power Group.

The merger will be completed in about a month, and the combined United Power Group will cover more than 10 countries in Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia, becoming the largest power group in Europe. Through this merger, United Energy Group will hold more than 55% of the shares of United Power Group, becoming the controlling shareholder of the power group.

The Italian government's stake will increase to 17.5%.

The board of directors of United Power Group has appointed Gerry Larson, former CEO of British Power Group, as its president.

As for the shares of United Power Group held by the Italian government... things have to be done step by step. At least we have to wait until Berlusconi resigns before discussing this matter with his successor. I believe that by then, facing the country's debt crisis, the Italian government will be very willing to sell this asset - as long as United Energy Group can offer a good price.

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Many times, Barron couldn't help but feel that time was passing faster and faster.

Especially when he sees his children growing up - like his and Bonnie's eldest son George Cavendish, who is now five and a half years old and will soon be of school age.

Although Barron just turned 32, if you add his age in his previous life, he would be in his forties...

It is no wonder that he has such a feeling, because people feel that time passes faster and faster. When you are only ten years old, every year that passes is only one tenth of your life experience. If you only have solid memories after the age of three or four, then this year will be even longer for a child.

At Barron's current age, each year is only one fortieth of his life, so it is normal to feel that time flies.

The reason why I suddenly had this idea...

Because Bonnie was pregnant again. After having two sons, George and Richard, Bonnie hoped that this time it would be a girl...

However, even if you do a color Doppler ultrasound, it will take some time to know the gender of the fetus...

At the same time, Bonnie's thoughts were a bit complicated. After all, she had not been the CEO of Summit Media for too long. If she needed to wait for the birth of the baby, she would have to hand over most of the work to others for a period of time.

It’s still early, these are things to consider in a few months…

From Barron's point of view, of course it is more important to take good care of their children, but at the same time, he will respect the other party's ideas.

"I feel like if I have this one, three children will be enough..."

Hearing Bonnie say this, Barron shrugged:

"This kind of thing can't be planned, it's more of a matter of fate. I think the more children the better..."

"Haha, it's not like there aren't other people who can give birth to you."

When she said that, Barron touched his nose and just smiled.

(End of this chapter)