Chapter 825 United Power Group
On October 20, 2011, the Libyan ruling authorities occupied Sirte, Gaddafi’s last remaining stronghold. Gaddafi and his successor Mutassim were shot to death.
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 and then buried secretly.
At the same time, the political situation in Italy has become increasingly chaotic...
"As early as July last year, Berlusconi and his important ally, Italian Speaker Fini There was a falling out and Feeney was expelled from the Liberal People's Party..."
Intelligence adviser Nigel Inkster told Barron: "Fini was originally one of the most important figures in the Liberal People's Party, and after Berlusconi forcibly expelled him from the Liberal People's Party, he Fini founded the Italian Liberal and Popular Party, and many ministers in the current Italian government are closely related to Fini, which puts Berlusconi in a very embarrassing position. "
Freedom. The Popular Party is the largest political party in Italy, and the current Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the leader of the Liberal People's Party.
For many years in Italian politics, Fini has been a strong supporter of Berlusconi, but later the two had political disagreements on issues such as the fight against illegal immigration and anti-corruption investigations, and their differences grew.
On July 29 last year, the Executive Committee of the Liberal People's Party voted and unanimously believed that Feeney had a "bad attitude", "opposed the government", formed a "party within a party", and his behavior was "completely inconsistent with freedom" Principles of the People's Party" and therefore no longer recognized Feeney as a member of the party.
Berlusconi also asked Feeney to resign as Speaker of the House of Representatives, but he refused.
Then at the end of last year, four Italian cabinet ministers resigned - these four ministers were all closely related to Fini and were considered to be the result of Fini's falling out with Berlusconi. A betrayal.
However, until the second half of this year, Berlusconi claimed that the Italian government was still running smoothly and would not be greatly affected.
After acquiring 32% of the shares of Enel, United Energy Group made a proposal to the Italian side to merge the original electricity and natural gas business of United Energy Group with Enel - in Prior to this, the two businesses of British Power Distribution Company and British Gas Company under United Energy Group have been integrated into British Power Group.
However, this proposal has never received a positive reply from the other party.
But now, things have changed. Not long ago, affected by the sovereign debt crisis faced by Italy, Berlusconi's approval rating has dropped below 35%. It is said that he will vote in the upcoming parliamentary confidence vote. It will probably be difficult to get enough votes.
“Now, it is almost certain that Berlusconi’s resignation has been finalized, so he needs to consider what will happen after his resignation. After all, he still owns a large-scale business empire...”
Nigel’s meaning is very clear, that is, after leaving Italian politics, Berlusconi needs to think more about the family business, so no matter what, it will be difficult to refuse what Barron throws at him. Olive branch.
All he needs to do is to give United Energy Group permission to integrate Enel.
The government shares in Enel are held by their Ministry of Finance, and Italy’s Finance Minister is a close confidant of Berlusconi.
It is clear that after Berlusconi steps down, many people will start to think about the future.
In fact, Barron and Berlusconi had been in contact for a long time, but at that time Berlusconi still firmly held the power in Italy and was keen on his "parties"...
As expected , on November 5, after Barron had a friendly private phone conversation with Berlusconi, the Italian side adopted the United Energy Group's proposal.
Italy's Enel also announced the next day that they would merge with British Power Group to form United Power Group.
This merger will be completed in about a month. The merged United Power Group's business 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, thus becoming the controlling shareholder of this power group.
The shares held by the Italian government will become 17.5%.
The board of directors of United Power Group appointed Gerry Larson, the former CEO of British Power Group, as its president.
As for the shares of United Electric Power Group held by the Italian government... things have to be done step by step. We have to wait until Berlusconi resigns before talking to his successor about it. 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 give a good price.
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Many times, Barron can't help but feel that time is passing faster and faster.
Especially when he sees his children growing up - just like his and Bonnie's eldest son George Cavendish, who is now five and a half years old and will soon be born At school age.
Although Barron has just celebrated his 32nd birthday, if you add his age in his previous life, he is already in his forties...
It is no wonder that he has such a I feel it, 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 they have memories, then this year will be even more "long" for children.
At Barron's current age, each year is only more than 1/40 of his life. It is normal to feel that time flies by.
The reason why I suddenly had such an idea...
Because Bonnie was pregnant again. After having two sons, George and Richard, Bonnie expected even more that this time it would be a girl...
However, even with a color ultrasound, it will take some time to know the gender of the fetus...
At the same time, Bonnie's psychological thoughts are also a bit complicated. After all, she has taken up the post of Summit Media. The position of CEO has not been around for too long. If you need to wait for childbirth, then you will need to hand over most of the work to others for a while.
It's still early, these are things that will need to be considered 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 also respect the other person's ideas.
"I feel like three children are enough for this one more..."
Hearing what Bonnie said, Barron shrugged:
"This This kind of thing is not a matter of planning, but more of an arrangement of fate. I think the more children, the better..."
"Haha, it's not like there is no one else to give birth to you."
When she said this, Barron touched his nose and just smiled.
(End of this chapter)