The storm caused by the cooperation between UOA today continued until the beginning of the year... That is, after the European Union rejected the proposal of establishing a security cooperation mechanism with the Republic, the struggle between the Republic and the United States in Europe ended.

On the surface, the United States achieved its final victory.

In fact, the United States not only did not win this round of struggle, but instead lost many traditional advantages.

From the perspective of the entire international situation, although after the reunion year, the EU and the Republic gradually approached and challenged to fight against the global hegemony of the United States. Some people even believed that the Republic and the EU formed a secret alliance, but due to factors such as culture, nation, religious beliefs, ideology, values, etc., it is difficult for the Republic and the EU to become real allies. Even if they can reach an agreement on hegemony, they cannot unite to fight against the United States. As former US Secretary of State Paoweier said in an interview with a reporter in the reunion year, Europe and the United States have close ties. Even if there are differences on certain issues, it is only a difference in interests, not a contradiction on survival. Therefore, Europe is a traditional ally of the United States, and the United States is also a traditional ally of Europe, and both sides cannot live without each other.

Regardless of whether the leaders of the Republic are willing to admit that in the middle of the century, Europe was definitely not an ally of the Republic.

That is why from the beginning, the Republic did not regard winning over the EU as its ultimate goal. When Pei Chengyi made suggestions to Yan Jingyu, he made it very clear that in the past year in the future, as the contradiction between the Republic and the United States becomes irreconcilable, war will inevitably be inevitable. As long as the EU can stay outside the battlefield and maintain relatively fair neutrality, the Republic will gain great benefits.

In other words, the Republic’s proposal of security cooperation to EU countries is to alienate European and American thugs rather than win over the EU.

From this perspective, the United States did lose, and it lost very badly.

After the EU Council rejected the proposal from France, Germany and Italy, the French President, the German Chancellor and the Italian Prime Minister publicly stated that if a unified security strategy cannot be formed, they will consider establishing a collective security agency within the EU member states without affecting the interests of the EU. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a moment...8. Please log in to the Valve!

In other words, France, Germany and Italy are promoting the EU military integration process as planned.

Because the EU was not a security agency at the beginning and did not restrict the security strategies of each country, as long as France, Germany and Italy did not endanger the interests of the EU, the EU Council had no right to interfere with the security strategies of France, Germany and Italy, nor did it have the right to interfere with the security issues of other member states.

After France, Germany and Italy made their statements, Greece and Romania were the first to express their support.

Although everyone knows that Greece and Romania are the two most closely related members of the EU and the Republic, and are also the first countries to propose establishing a security cooperation mechanism with the Republic. More importantly, Greece has long made harsh statements that if the EU cannot take firm steps on security issues and improve relations with the Republic, Greece will consider Brexit and enter Asia and seek security guarantees of the Republic. In other words, Greece and Romania are actually not representative. However, under the circumstances at that time, the support actions of Greece and Romania were as follows:

It has very prominent significance. In the words of the Polish Foreign Minister, as Greece and Romania join the collective security mechanism advocated by France, Germany and Italy, not only will Turkey join the alliance become a sacrificial, but Bulgaria, which is sandwiched between the two countries, will also become no choice. As Romania, Hungary and other countries will also make a quick choice, because France, Germany and Italy are the dominant forces of the European continent, and the NATO group has been in name only, most mainland countries will join the collective security mechanism advocated by France, Germany and Italy, and ultimately become the security guarantee mechanism for the entire EU.

This is indeed the case.

At the beginning of the year, after Greece and Romania made statements, Hungary and Bulgaria responded to the call of France, Germany and Italy, and announced that they would contribute money and efforts to the European collective security mechanism.

In the next few months, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden successively announced their participation in the European collective security agency advocated by France, Germany and Italy. More importantly, Seberia, which had previously been closely related to Russia, also expressed interest in European collective security agencies.

In short, in just a few months, most countries on the European continent have joined in.

The problem is, this is not the most eye-catching thing about Tian Nian.

In fact, since the Van Paul Air Show in the fierce year, the arms race between the Republic and the United States has become the most popular international event.

Two years ago, the US authorities took the lead in taking action.

At the beginning of that year, after the Christmas holiday, the first bill discussed and approved by the U.S. Congress was an additional funding for a defense budget worth $100 million submitted by the federal government at the end of last year. At least half of this money will be spent on the construction of the Sky Army, and the other half will be used to enhance traditional combat power.

It can be said that the Republic's arms companies received exhibits at the Van Paul Air Show greatly stimulated the US authorities.

Just like when the plane was first introduced in the early century, whoever occupied the commanding heights of future wars would have won. As a great power that rose by technological power, the US authorities could not not know the importance of the sky army, nor could they ignore the influence of the aerospace fighter jets.

From a technical point of view, if the Republic has mastered the power of control, it can easily defeat the United States.

The United States meets Shaozhi again. "Beijing asked for the most defense prevention in the past week. "The appropriations are enough to show that even those members of Congress who are usually very careful in calculating and do not want to give too much financial power to the federal government compromise and give in to the green light for military power construction. You should know that this is the highest amount of additional funding for the United States' defense budget in non-war states. Even if calculated proportionally, because the defense budget for the fiscal year is $100 million, the additional funding is equivalent to the budget hospital, so after eliminating the war period, President Reagan proposed the "Star Wars" plan for 0 years.

In fact, the U.S. Congress is even more "generous" than the federal government.

According to the political system of the United States, Congress not only has the power to approve proposals, but also has the power to modify proposals, that is, to modify the specific terms of the proposals as needed. It is precisely this that the additional appropriations approved by Congress are actually about 10% more than those applied by the US federal government, and the extra thugs, Xu Duo billion, is almost all used for high-end technology projects that are not related to Tianjun Construction. In this way, the bill has to be sent back to the White House. If the president approves it, it will take effect. If the president does not approve, it will be reviewed and voted by Congress again after the amendment. Of course, the US president has no reason to refuse the additional appropriations approved by Congress, so it will no longer need to be reviewed by Congress.

In anyone's opinion, the additional fund approved by the U.S. Congress at the beginning of the year is a signal of the acceleration of the arms race.

From the perspective of the Republic, we will definitely not ignore the challenges of the United States.

Because in terms of political system, the central government of the Republic has greater power. Even after political reform, the central government still provides sufficient funds for important construction in a secret budget, so the Republic's authorities only request additional military expenses during war periods. It is precisely because at the beginning of the Tian year, the Republic's authorities were not busy "sponsoring" the army like the US federal government. For the Republic's authorities, when money is not a problem, what they do is how to transform technological advantages into combat effectiveness advantages.

In fact, with the efforts of Yan Jingyu and Pei Chengyi, the Republic's army no longer worried about money from the beginning.

It can be said that letting China National Heavy Group and AVIC Group show their skills at the Van Paul Air Show and sending the latest development results to the exhibition is one of the means by which the Republic authorities promote the arms race.

According to the later declassified information, Yan Jingyu personally approved the exhibition request between China National Cheng Kung Fu Group and China AVIC Group.

The problem is that many measures by the Republican authorities are difficult to understand in the arms race.

According to normal people's ideas, after the US Congress approved an additional fund of nearly 2 trillion US dollars in defense budget, the Republic's authorities should have been willing to do so, rather than being indifferent. Although during the Great Depression, the currencies of all countries depreciated severely. According to purchasing power, the US dollar in Tiannian was only equivalent to the batter that had been tamed for 0 years, and the total economic output of Tiannian in Tiannian was probably the old times that of the thugs. Therefore, in the past years, the US economic strength has actually only increased by 2 times, not Limbe

The situation in the Republic is not much better. After deducting inflation and other factors, Tian Nian's economic strength is only effective for the old one, rather than growing like currency. Because the depreciation of the RMB is much smaller than that of the US dollar and its international purchasing capacity is relatively strong, the Republic's total economic output exceeds that of the United States. However, no one can deny that nearly 2 trillion US dollars can do a lot of things. If 2 trillion military spending is added every year, it will definitely break the strategic balance between the Republic and the United States.

In other words, the Republic's authorities will sooner or later increase their national defense spending.

In terms of long-term development, it is much better to increase defense spending early than to increase later. After all, the currency is always depreciating, and the additional defense spending is mostly used for technological development, and the benefits brought by technological accumulation are difficult to measure with money. Take the fourth-generation fighter jets that were in service in the early 2000s. Because the United States accumulated a large amount of advanced technology during the Cold War, and developed advanced fighter jets far exceeding any opponent, in recent years, Chou is the best fighter jet in the world. Even if Russia lost to the United States in the Cold War, thanks to the huge military expenditure during the Cold War, it was the second largest aviation power with the performance of the fourth-generation fighter jet, becoming a major aviation power second only to the United States. Because of the lack of sufficient technical accumulation, the Republic still used the concave years to surpass the United States in the military technology field after mastering the room temperature superconducting technology.

In short, there is no reason for the Republic authorities to be confused at this time. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a sip of milk...8. Please log in to the lord!

Because the Republic did not announce additional defense spending after the Spring Festival in Tiannian, Western news media believe that the Republic must have used the secret budget of up to trillions of yuan per year and increased defense spending before the United States, otherwise it would not have been possible to achieve such great achievements in the field of aerospace technology.

Of course, some people believe that the Republic's fiscal year starts from July thugs every year, and the Spring Festival in the year of the year is relatively late, and the early investment is not low, so the Republic's authorities do not need to add additional expenses, and they can fully pay more military expenditures in the annual fiscal year.

This is indeed the case.

In July of the year of Tian, ​​with the State Council of the Republic announcing the national finance for the fiscal year, the Republic's defense expenditure surged and attracted the attention of the world, ※

You should know that even during Wang Yuanqing's reign, the average annual growth rate of the Republic's defense budget was only the thug.

When answering a reporter's question, the spokesperson of the State Council of the Republic mentioned that the defense budget of the Tianqian fiscal year increased the thugs' hospital, mainly for restorative growth. That is, after the year of the mouth, the average annual growth rate of the Republic's defense budget once fell below the growth rate of the GDP, and in four years it was even only one-third of the growth rate of the GDP. Even though the growth rate of the Republic's defense budget returned to a reasonable level from the beginning of the Tianqian period, the impact of the low investment in the early stage, the Republic's defense construction has still slowed down a lot and owed a lot of debts. Therefore, it started from the fourth fiscal year and would not have a negative impact on the international situation.

The problem is that no Western journalist believes the Republic's explanation.

When reporting related news, it was clearly mentioned that the Republican authorities, especially the Ministry of Defense under Pei Chengyi, have always had the habit of "overspending". For example, in the past year, the Republic's defense budget increased only to the hospital, and the actual increase was as high as the thugs. Therefore, the actual increase in defense expenditure in the year is likely to be above the slump. If this is true, because the Republic's defense budget accounts for about the most of the locks of GDP and reaches the hospital at the lowest point, and the lowest time is not to be congratulated. Therefore, the actual increase is equivalent to an increase of 4 trillion yuan, which is about 4 trillion US dollars. Although this increase is still less than the additional allocations approved by the US Congress at the beginning of the year, this is the actual increase amount and will have an impact on future defense expenditures. The United States' additional allocations will not have an impact on future defense budgets. Therefore, the Republic's investment in national defense exceeds the United States, and it is possible to increase a large distance within a few years.

For the U.S. authorities, the only option is to increase defense spending.

In fact, the purpose of reporting is to get the federal government to increase defense spending.

As we all know, Die is a comprehensive media with good relations with the Democratic Party. The Republican government has increased its defense spending year after year, which has caused dissatisfaction among voters. With the beginning of Tian’s midterm election, if the Republican government continues to increase defense spending instead of improving the economic environment and increasing domestic consumption, the possibility of the Democratic Party winning the midterm election will increase a lot, and Die will become the number one news media in the United States again. You should know that the Columbia Broadcasting and Television Corporation is also the news media that the Republican Party supports.

Of course, no lie.

Faced with such a severe situation, the US authorities have no other choice.

For the US federal government, the only benefit is that the US fiscal year starts from the end of August each year, which is later than the Republic's fiscal year. Therefore, adjustments can be made based on the Republic's fiscal expenditure to adapt to the international situation.

More importantly, the US federal government has enough time to create public opinion and influence the election.

From this perspective, promoting the military threat of the Republic is equivalent to helping the Republican Party. In any case, the United States is a typical olive society, that is, the middle class accounts for more than 70%. While most of the middle class cares about the economy, they also know the impact of the United States on the economy. It is precisely because of this that in the hundreds of years after World War II, the US government's external expansion behavior did not encounter much resistance. Even the Vietnam War in the century only exposed the problems of American society and gave the opportunity to improve. In other words, if the external threat is strong enough and poses a threat to the strategic security and national interests of the United States, then most voters will support a tough government without concession to external threats.

The key is, are external threats enough to attract voters' attention?

In fact, the Democratic Party is not sure, and the Republican Party is not sure. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a bite of fat...8. Please log in to the Valve!

At that time, only Du Qiwei of the Democratic League was seen clearly. In the eyes of this war-torn general, after the struggles, the United States has been adopting a contraction strategy, and overseas interests have gradually declined. The thoughts and emotions of American society, especially those Americans who have a strong relationship with the United States' international status, have been suppressed to the bottom. This is like bullets, etc. The greater the force used when pressing, the higher the bullets will be released. The United States in Hungary was in an extreme state of compression. As long as the force pressing on it suddenly disappears, the history of the United States will be rewritten.

That's why, when neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party had a clear campaign program, the Democratic Party set "international locality" as the main campaign topic in the mid-term election of Tiannian.

For Duqiwei, the defense budget announced by the Republic in early July of the past year was the Jiang Hu, who launched a political counterattack!
Chapter completed!