"Wait, what does the EU mean? Similar to the League of Nations? And what's special about this permanent member?"

The two looked a little strange: "To be honest, the current description of the EU is not a systematic, complete and effective legal or political document, it is just an explanation of Hitler's political philosophy, including the principles of integration such as politics, economy, national defense, and culture. However, the overall direction is consistent, that is, European countries should form a unified and led whole, and EU countries will not resort to wars in the future if there is any dispute in Europe, and they will resolve it through coordination. In addition, if there is an attack on any European country (excluding colonies and vassal states), it will be regarded as a collective attack on Europe and enjoy the right to collective self-defense. Black Cat had some discussions on the EU during exchanges with Hitler. The other party proposed that the EU organization is essentially different from the League of Nations League of Nations League of Nations is a loose national club and does not have coercive power. The EU is a close political entity with Germany as its leader. More importantly, the EU's power operation is not a country, one vote."

In Hoffmann's eyes, the principle of one country, one vote, and unanimous adoption of the whole society is simply a poison for the operation of the EU system in later generations, greatly intensifying the tendency of centrifugal force. In his vision, the highest power of the EU belongs to the European Parliament and is a super-sovereign political organization that surpasses the sovereignty of European countries.

The political entity is designed to achieve shareholding operations according to the rules. Germany is the absolute major shareholder and also serves as the chairman. It exclusively accounts for 35% of the voting rights of the European Parliament, serves as the permanent chairman and has a veto power; Italy, France, Britain, and Russia (Mensheviks) are permanent members, the second tier of Europe, with 33% of the voting rights.

The European Administrative Council is a daily service body, with four permanent members sending personnel to take turns to serve as secretary-general (one chief and three deputy), and the German head of state also serves as the head of the EU.

The five major countries also serve as leaders of various European professional integrated organizations. For example, the British have the oldest constitutional tradition and will serve as the Speaker of the European Parliament (one-house parliament); the French serve as the President of the European Central Bank, and the Italian serve as the President of the four major European Councils of Culture, Sports, Religion and Trusteeship (because none of them are colonies, the Trusteeship Council seems to be very powerful. Of course, Hoffman knows that the colonies will eventually be independent, which is a trend), the Russian serve as the President of the European Agriculture and Energy Council; Germany controls the three most important professional institutions, the European Court of Justice, the European Security Council, and the European Council for Economic and Social Development.

In the OSCE, Germany will also serve as the commander of the European Rapid Reaction Force and have the only nuclear force. When negotiating with Edward VIII, it was said that the British would be the commander of the European Joint Fleet. Now that the Royal Navy has been completely wiped out, the British will be allowed to take office. Not to mention that the Italians are dissatisfied, the French will not be convinced.

Medium-sized countries such as Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Greece, Belarus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Finland are in the third tier, with a total of 20% of the voting rights and can be a deputy in some professional councils; the rest are small countries, with a total of 12% of the voting rights, such as the Baltic Three Kingdoms, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Slovenia, etc., so there is only one who applauds and agrees.

In this system, it is stipulated that 50% of the agreement can be passed and implemented throughout Europe. If more than one-third of the votes against each other (if the four permanent members of the National Congress expressed opposition, it is basically the number), then Germany must also consider political influence, rediscuss and vote in stages. Except for the five major countries, the rest of the countries can apply for whether to withdraw from the EU, but more than half of the votes must agree (basically not withdrawal). The five major countries are not allowed to withdraw, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war on the EU! Since Russia (Mensheviks), Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and other countries actually have affiliated or supportive relations with Germany, Germany has steadily obtained 50% of the votes. However, there are obvious contradictions in France and the United Kingdom, and it is difficult to unite against Germany.

The voting rights of this system can be changed with the consent of two-thirds of the majority, creating conditions for absorbing more countries, but it is obvious that the voting rights of the five major countries will not be affected or will not be significantly affected.

In this system, Hoffman also dug a hole for Italy: on the surface, Italy, which has local, Albania and Serbia and is also the second-in-command of the axis, has a higher voting right than France and Britain, but considering France's traditional influence in Belgium and the Netherlands, France is actually the second largest invisible shareholder, which is a routine of mutual restraint.

"How many voting rights do small countries like Denmark and Luxembourg have?"

"There will be no Denmark and Luxembourg in the future, and they will all merge with Germany."

"Then Poland is gone?"

"Maybe there will be a Little Poland, probably before World War I, Russian Poland, not all its territory was to be given to neighboring countries. Little Poland will be trusted by Germany for 20 years." Aiden said, "The overall conditions are roughly this. European integration will definitely affect the power of governments, but to be honest, there are many benefits. For example, a vicious arms race can be reduced. In the future, the military expenditure will be determined, ranging from 2% to 3%. Anyway, the larger the scale, the more money it will be, which makes some of us MPs who are lying on budget balance and saving costs. Moreover, the deployment of the army across Europe will not be enough for anyone to fight..."

Attlee added: "In terms of the economy, there will be no tax barriers, trade discrimination and competitive currency depreciation, tariff reductions in the entire EU and unanimously externally. For example, unified currency, this is beneficial to economic development and industrial countries like Britain that rely on supply of raw materials and loses colonies. Of course, colonies should also be viewed separately. It is true that the British Empire lost its colonies, but the colonies of various countries will reopen to European countries. In other words, we also have access channels. I feel that the British Empire should not think about the world hegemony. That is the German business, but put aside its ambitions and keep it closed and be a pleasant and interesting regional power. The influential regional life may be better. Of course, it is difficult for politicians to accept this."

"If the United States wins, it's probably the same situation that we follow behind the United States, at most a little better."

George VI nodded: "I understand the conditions. The conditions are definitely worse than the United States' victory or a few years ago, but the conditions we gave to the Germans seemed to be a little better than the conditions we gave to the Germans back then. Are the Germans sincere this time?"

"Yes, your majesty." Aiden said after considering it, "From the relationship between France and Germany in the past two years, I think the Germans are sincere, the French and even the Belgians, the Dutch are satisfied with each other than before; from the actual situation of the Jews in the Eastern countries and the German-occupied areas, Hitler's tone is much more relaxed than before, and his reputation is better than that, or he is very politically mature, which can be seen from his continuous propaganda and public opinion offensive against the United States."

"Are these conditions determined?"

"More than 90% of the conditions have been agreed upon, and I don't think Germany has a lot of room for concessions. At most, some details are corrected to gain some benefits for us."

"You ask me to consider it. I will reply you in three days. Don't act rashly recently." George VI thought for a while, "Don't fight against the Prime Minister, and don't intensify the conflict. Winston is also for this country. Everyone must think about the way they can think of."

Just as the three of them met secretly, Churchill was listening to the secret report of Big C.

"Prime Minister, this is what I got, the complete telegram sent by Black Cat from Berlin, which is very detailed and I don't think it's a fake."

Churchill nodded after a few rough glances: "How many people know?"

"The Black Cat's domestic generals must be aware of the fact that the Cabinet neutral sect members are." Menzies analyzed, "Aiden and Attley will visit the king tonight, and I think your Majesty will know about it soon."

Churchill nodded and asked casually: "What do you think about this?"

"Me?" Menzies asked subconsciously, "Are you asking for my opinion?"

"It's okay to talk about it."

"My position prevents me from expressing specific views, but if I break out of this framework, I want to say..." Menzies thought for a long time, "This is a cruel condition that the British are difficult to accept, but it is indeed the most tolerant condition that the Germans can offer. If the position and the situation are interchangeable, I do not guarantee such good conditions for Hitler."

"The Americans advised me to resist to the end." Churchill spit out a smoke ring. "They said they have two aircraft carriers in service next month. After two months, we will have two aircraft carriers in service, and it is not without the power of a battle."

Menzies nodded: "It is logically so, but from the heart of the people, it may not be. As far as I know, the surviving officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy who returned to China were completely mentally destroyed, and they lost their souls..."

"The Americans also said that they would find ways to restore the delivery of materials to Britain as soon as possible, and vaguely implies that they have a brand new weapon with great power that can be used by the end of this year, and then they can turn the situation around."

"Do you believe it?"

"I..." Churchill was speechless. The Americans' credibility is not very good now. Even several meteor jets refused to give them. Can you still expect a super weapon to turn the situation around?

"I have my way."

"I know." Menzies said calmly.

"But I don't want to use it for the time being!"

"I know too!" Menzies was still calm.

"Okay." Churchill was speechless, "Can you execute my order?"

"Yes, as long as you are the Prime Minister of the British Empire, I will implement your orders in line with the needs of the country." Menzies said without any slightness or hardship.

Churchill was embarrassed now because he had clearly felt that Brooke, Porter and Potter were getting closer and closer, and he was becoming less and less obedient. He could not do it if he wanted to replace them because other cabinet members disagreed. The only way was to follow the path designated by the Americans and resist to the end. If someone opposed Truman sent him a telegram about the coup, he clearly stated that the more than 100,000 American troops stationed in Britain would obey the arrangements and obey Churchill's "orders".
Chapter completed!