Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 91 After the formation of the European Union
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After signing the document on the Nord Principality's entry into the European Union, Joseph, who had nothing else to do, left France on the second day.Because Joseph is the only monarch among the member states of the European Union, the heads of state need to be cautious about what they talk to him. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, these heads of state simply choose not to approach him.

Of course, Joseph's age is also one of the main reasons for his early departure. Among the middle-aged and elderly people, Joseph, a doll, looks awkward, not to mention everyone else, even Joseph himself.

A few days after the establishment of the European Union, a French delegation went to China for a friendly visit. After talks, the two sides agreed to formally resume the relationship between the two parties in China and France.

If he was a citizen of China, Joseph would be very happy about this matter, but he is now the monarch of the Principality of Nord, and this matter is not in the interest of him or the Principality of Nord.To be precise, once Huaxia has many friendly friends in Europe, the Nord Principality is destined to be divided in some interests, especially when the Nord Principality is small and weak.

But such things are unavoidable. China's economy has begun to rise and its share of the world market is increasing. Even the United States and the Soviet Union cannot ignore China's international status.To put it in an ugly way, China at this time is a piece of fat, and Britain, France and the United States are like a pack of hungry wolves, and now they are all ready to swallow this whole piece of fat.

Fortunately, the Nord Principality's action was relatively early. A large number of Nord businessmen have been investing in China since last year. Although the return is not very obvious now, the potential has been very obvious.

Huaxia has low labor costs and guaranteed quality. Under such circumstances, excluding some tariffs and operating costs, the profit of most items can reach 30.00%, 30.00% or even more.

Audi has already established a joint venture with Huaxia to build a factory, and the government takes the Audi joint venture's cars as special vehicles for government units. The income alone is a lot of money every year.

Now what the Nord Principality needs to do is to seize the time to seize the European market. The establishment of the European Union has reduced the tariffs between EU member states to the extreme or even no tariffs. A large number of Nord products are the most popular and best-selling products in Europe and the world. It is expected that the next period of time will be a period of crazy economic growth in the EU.

The Duchy of Nord is the endorsement of morality and fashion, but no one has seen the educational and technological achievements of the Duchy of Nord clearly. The combination of industry and commerce of Nord and the Academy of Sciences of Nord has made the goods of the Duchy of Nord miraculously produced. For example, the Nord Principality is now the hottest clothing industry, and the clothing produced every year alone can meet the needs of the entire French.

At this time, it is approaching the end of the year, and the clothing sales of the Principality of Nord account for 20.00% of the GDP of the Principality of Nord[-]. Compared with last year, there has been a considerable increase. Joseph is very happy with such a good phenomenon, because Nord is worth taking out. It is no longer an Audi company.

If you look at the specific data, you can find that the rise of the clothing industry in the Principality of Nord is mainly in the second half of the year, that is, after the establishment of the European Union. In just two or three months, the sales of several brands of Nord clothing have far exceeded the first half of the year. sales.

In 1981, the annual GDP of the Principality of Nord was only 230 billion euros, but now it is only November, the GDP of the Principality of Nord has exceeded 11 billion euros, and the speed is still increasing rapidly.

The stock market in the Principality of Nord is in a mess. Hermès, Chanel, Armani and other luxury brand clothing in the past are now the top luxury brands promoted by the Principality of Nord to the world.

Groups such as Hermes and Chanel have largely remained unchanged. The only thing that has changed is the addition of several shareholders and the relocation of the headquarters from France to the Principality of Nord. The French government is very dissatisfied with this, but the current situation can only be tolerated temporarily. After all, the Principality of Nord is not so easy to bully at this time. Didn't you see that both the United States and the Soviet Union chose to back down?
Although Nord's industry and commerce are so hot, the Nord's library is still empty. There is no way. Now the Principality of Nord needs too much investment. Even if 60.00% of the loan has been repaid, the money is still not enough for the construction cost.

Satellite launch center, large local area network construction, national forest park construction, subway project, local bridge construction connecting the first overseas area (Royal Island)...

According to the budget of the Ministry of Finance of the Principality of Nord, the start-up cost of these projects alone is as high as tens of billions of euros. The Principality of Nord is indeed very rich, but it can be said that the start-up funds of tens of billions of euros can be said to be idiotic dreams.

Fortunately, these projects will be placed on the exchange in the form of stock offerings. These are all profitable businesses. Therefore, the stock market stipulates that only Nord citizens are allowed to buy these stocks, and there is a certain upper limit.

Such a good thing, the international financial giants will naturally not give up, and they have lobbied some giants of Nord Industry and Commerce, wanting them to help buy the stock trading rights of the Principality of Nord, but...

The Principality of Nord may be said to be the country with the most spare money among citizens in the world. There is no way. In the past, except for travel, luxury goods, and restaurant food, other places rarely spent money.

Of course, with the increase in the number of the Principality of Nord, the finances are beginning to be unable to maintain such a high benefit, but it is impossible to reduce it. The cabinet function finds a way to increase the benefit of retirement security.

It looks like a benefit, but it is not. Unlike other benefits, this benefit requires some annual fees.Of course, the cost of the Duchy of Nord is much less than that of other countries.With the support of this money, coupled with the foundation of Nord Science and Technology Agriculture's stable profits and no losses, the only loss-making education and medical care in the Principality of Nord have begun to have some guarantees.

If the affairs of the Principality of Nord are state affairs, then the changes in Joseph himself are not small. The first thing to talk about is his private wealth. With the improvement of the Nord economy, the income of the Nord royal family has reached 35 billion euros this year. , nearly doubled compared to last year.

However, this wealth still did not allow Joseph to occupy the position of the richest man in Europe, but it was also slightly promoted to the second position.Although Europe's position has only improved by one, but among the world's richest people, Joseph has already ranked 32nd, which has improved by 53 places compared to last year's [-].

But this is not a good thing, because most of the country's wealth is concentrated in the hands of one person, which is not conducive to the development of the market economy, so what Joseph will have to do in the next year is to spend money wantonly.

(End of this chapter)