Chapter 403: Embattled

With Hungary and Poland two countries have released cruel words, their unlucky days soon followed, first of all, a series of recent international foreign trade actions, France, Germany and a series of Western European countries have joined forces, on the grounds of testing for export hoofed disease, Hungary, which is rich in beef cattle from Eastern Europe, has been blacklisted. Poland has not escaped the tragedy, as the main country of steel production, Poland's steel has been forced by other Western European countries to raise tariffs by 10 percent, which means that Poland's industrial products will appear a large number of unsalable, which is tantamount to a heavy blow to people's lives.

During this period, there was a lot of news about Poland and Hungary, first about the resignation of the Hungarian Minister of National Development after being exposed to a bribery scandal, and second, about the owner of a business that sold problematic beef cattle to Western Europe who committed suicide by jumping into a river because of a large debt due to gambling. Most of them may seem like inconsequential news, but when you look at them together, they can be very interesting.

Just as some people set a trap and the Hungarians willingly jumped into it, the script was almost the same as for the Polish side. Those who have come to their senses know that European and American countries are ready to do it. In addition to Poland, which is still a tough and capable posture of you coming to fight me, Hungary has been very loud at the beginning, and then silent.

Not being able to sell meat means factories and companies going out of business, workers being cut off, and the economy going down, so the domino effect has forced Hungary to consider the trade barriers that have been in place.

However, the sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States are far from over, starting with the sale of beef cattle and slowly expanding to other agricultural and sideline products. Since Hungary is dominated by animal husbandry and the sale of agricultural and sideline products. Then the United States specifically restricts. Or even cut off Hungary's financial routes.

The atmosphere in the presidential office was very dreary, Alpad sat on the sofa and smoked, the silence in the office for I don't know how long, and the ashtray was already stuffed with cigarette butts. Alpad is now facing the worst situation, almost a betrayal, and the initial impulse has cost Alpad dearly.

The current situation is, should we reconcile with Europe and the United States? The answer is yes.

"Either we try to find a dialogue with the United States, and this is not the way to go. We've only sanctioned one or two of the European products, but they can easily destroy our entire industry. German Chancellor Gyulo replied that the current situation in Hungary is ugly enough, and if he does not try to curry favor with the Americans, it is estimated that the anti-dumping bill at three ends alone can block the Hungarians.

"And then let the unemployment rate in the country continue to climb?" Alpad looked up and said with a wry smile.

"So you don't think the unemployment rate will soar right now? Look at where we're at, Alpad, and what do bad trade barriers bring us? It was a disaster, and their combined anti-dumping strategy could hit the Hungarian economy again, and then our society would really change. ”

It's as uncomfortable as choosing to wait for death slowly or die suddenly.

After a short argument. fell into a silent atmosphere again, and the atmosphere was depressing and uncomfortable. Alpad stood up and walked over to the window and opened it. Trying to dispel the smell of smoke that permeated the house, and the atmosphere of despair.

"Let's surrender, it's impossible to win again. Germany they restrict our meat trade today, then tomorrow they can restrict financial transactions, and the day after tomorrow they directly use the IMF and the World Bank to restrict our loans, and then Hungary will really be finished. Alpad clenched his fists and said hatefully. Although he is now holding back his anger, he can't attack Western countries, at least he must leave a little hope for Hungarian national enterprises.

"Weak countries really have no chance of survival and development."

Hungary began to send a message of reconciliation to Europe, first of all, Alpad hoped that an understanding could be reached between the two sides through dialogue, but German Chancellor Kohl did not give them such an easy opportunity to reconcile, and he directly stated in the dialogue with the Hungarian prime minister that they would not lift the restrictions on Hungarian industry unless Hungary was willing to show due sincerity.

The so-called "sincerity" includes government tax exemptions and exemptions for multinational groups in Europe and the United States, preferential policies when acquiring local enterprises, and even the right to get involved in certain industries that are the lifeblood of the national economy. This is simply for Hungary to cede the whole country to a multinational group, and the West will be happy.

At this time, French President Jacques Chirac also tried to get involved, and he euphemistically stated that France was willing to lend to the Hungarian government, but it had to be mortgaged by other state-owned enterprises. The French, who are trying to snatch food from the mouth of the World Bank, are also very helpless, and if it were not for this global economic crisis, he would not have come to touch the cake of the Americans.

However, Prime Minister Gyuluo said no very resolutely, everything before has made him have a little more mind, how can the uneasy and well-meaning French let them repay the loan smoothly? Chirac's aim was to control the Hungarian economy and become the last straw that brought down the pillar industry.

If Prime Minister Gyulo's previous tolerance was for the sake of Hungary's future, the current anger is also for the sake of Hungary's fate. In the face of the arrogant posture of the European Union, even Prime Minister Gyulo could not bear it, this is to force Hungary to death, in order to retaliate against the actions of Western countries, Prime Minister Gyulo immediately declared war.

The first thing he did was to forcibly recycle all newspapers, taking the first step in controlling public opinion, and the economic newspapers that were originally controlled by Western multinational groups were all beaten back to their prototypes. He was originally the leader of the country from the Hungarian Communist Party, and of course he had a hand in controlling public opinion, first of all, he passed a bill prohibiting companies with the background of multinational groups from buying local newspapers, which cut off the other party's public opinion propaganda position in disguise, and secondly, the government increased its monitoring of the content of newspapers, and once it was discovered that those advocating Western multinational groups were discovered, the editors-in-chief and reporters would be held accountable. These heavy-handed tactics that go against the laws of the market directly stunned Mercedes-Benz, which bought the local newspaper, and even the president of Daimler AG was outraged by the Hungarian government's actions.

This is not played according to the market economy at all! It's a dictatorship, an autocracy!

The representative of the multinational group who originally wanted to talk to the government was directly prevaricated, and Gyulo said that I was originally a member of the Hungarian Communist Party, and I don't care about your Western approach.

I will tolerate your previous misdeeds, but I will never condone repeated provocations against the Hungarian government.

Because this is Hungary, I have the final say.

"The acquisition of the newspaper is a severe blow to the arrogance of multinational groups, and it also warns the government behind them not to try to control our country." "The Hungarian economy is not good, but the intelligence at the top is not stupid enough to rely on the Western multinational conglomerate to ride on our necks and control the economy of the whole country," Alpard said. ”

"The words have been put on here, and if you have other government officials who have other dealings with them, you still have to convince us that if we don't act, Hungary will really be finished. I would rather offend the West than be a sinner of our nation, is there anything else to add? ”

The conclave focused on the presidential palace in Budapest was almost entirely ministerial-level figures, and although no one dared to say no after hearing Alpad's words, Alpad reminded them that Hungary was not going to play by the rules of Europe, and they should not think about getting in the way, otherwise beware of communist punishment.

This is almost a tear with the Western world, and now Hungary is happy, either waiting for a new round of economic retaliation, or now trying to find a new life. It is certainly not only Western European countries that can trade, although developed countries account for the vast majority of meat consumption and household goods consumption. If Hungary only depends on the consumption of people from Germany, France, the United States, Britain and other countries, Hungary will be doomed sooner or later.

Just when Alpad looked helpless, the Soviet Union quietly came to the door, ready to surprise Hungary. (To be continued.) )