This can effectively promote the developnt of the grape industry. Compared to simply growing grains, the inco from growing grapes is significantly higher.
But the bad news is that in the north of Spain, there is a country more famous for its grape industry, which is France.
French wine is truly the bestseller in Europe, even causing a scramble among the majority of European nobility.
Of course, this has certain historical reasons. During France’s most prosperous period, the language used in diplomacy by European nobles was French.
When nobles provided elite aristocratic education to their children, besides learning their own country’s language, the first foreign language they learned was French.
With the spread of French, French wine also beca popular throughout Europe. Although France has been in continuous decline, the nobility of various countries has not lessened their affection for French wine.
There are even legends about Lafite in later generations. Although most of the Lafite on the market is counterfeit, its fa proves how vast and renowned France’s wine industry is.
Even though Spain has one of the world’s top ten wine regions, in terms of wine, it clearly cannot compete with France.
Not to ntion France, even across the diterranean to the east, Italy also has one of the world’s top ten wine regions and is also a competitor for Spain’s wine exports.
Soon, the Spanish nobility received news that His Majesty the King would hold a grand court banquet at the Imperial Palace on Christmas Day.
For the personal invitation of His Majesty the King, these nobles naturally had no reason to refuse. Of course, no one would decline the King’s invitation. After all, this is not only an opportunity for the King to strengthen relations with them but also for them to get closer to the King.
This large-scale court banquet invited most of the Grand Dukes and Dukes near Madrid, counting as a high-level gathering of the Spanish nobility class.
Including Duke Pri Minister Prim and Duke Serrano, the nobles participating in this banquet either have significant influence within the nobility class or hold so prestige in governnt and military.
Of course, Antonio Canovas del Castillo and Soler Jovellar were also among them.
Cavanos is the current Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet Governnt and a main leader of the Spanish Conservative Party. Although Soler Jovellar is just an ordinary mber of Parliant, he gained prominence by showing loyalty to Carlo early on and has thus been heavily utilized by Carlo.
After all, although Spanish parliantary seats are limited, most are controlled by Pri Minister Prim, and mbers of Parliant like Soler Jovellar supporting Carlo are quite important.
Just like the recent affordable housing proposal, whatever Carlo wishes to submit to Parliant can be submitted by Soler Jovellar, thus alleviating the risks Carlo himself would bear.
Moreover, mbers of Parliant not only have the power to elect the Cabinet Governnt, but they also have the right to run for the Cabinet Governnt.
In the future, after Pri Minister Prim and Duke Serrano gradually withdraw from the Spanish political arena, the next Cabinet Governnt will surely be ford through elections among parliant mbers.
In other words, the current mbers of Parliant are highly likely to be mbers of the next Cabinet Governnt.
Of course, the prerequisite is that they remain as mbers of Parliant by the ti of the next Cabinet Governnt election.
According to the Spanish constitution, representatives are elected based on population proportion in different regions to form the Spanish Senate, which is essentially the parliant.
Senators are elected every three years and can theoretically serve indefinitely. As long as they are supported by the local Spanish population, they can continue serving as mbers of the Senate.
Since the current Cabinet of the Spanish Governnt was elected in February 1869, the next Cabinet election will be in February 1874, five years later.
When February 1874 arrives, mbers of the Senate may run for the position of Pri Minister of the Cabinet and determine the final Pri Minister after votes by all mbers of the Senate.
Although there are no party requirents to run for Pri Minister, candidates must either be non-partisan mbers or actual leaders of a party.
Party mbers cannot run for Pri Minister, but can only assist their party leader in the Pri Minister election, subsequently obtaining seats as Cabinet Ministers during Cabinet formation.
After all, the Pri Minister is the leader of the Spanish Governnt. If they cannot be the top leader within a party, wouldn’t the position of Spanish Pri Minister, paramount yet ruling over countless people, be even more challenging?
If there is a requirent for party leaders to be candidates, it effectively screens candidates for Pri Minister based on prestige. Only by having enough prestige can a Pri Minister suppress the entire Cabinet Governnt. A Pri Minister without much prestige would instead lead to greater chaos in the Cabinet.
Although non-partisan individuals do not have this requirent, in reality, running as non-partisan is more difficult. Candidates running as party leaders can still leverage their entire party’s power to assist their campaign.
However, if one is a non-partisan, they can only rely on themselves, and the difficulty is certainly multiplied several tis over.
According to the Spanish Constitution, one can assu the position of Spanish Governnt Pri Minister by securing over 60% of Senate votes.
If one or one’s party can achieve 60% of the votes through effort, such a Pri Minister would have entirely free authority to form a governnt.
But if one’s party alone cannot secure 60% of the votes, it is possible to combine efforts with other parties to collectively reach 60%.
However, the Pri Minister position obtained through coalition would also have considerable limitations, as others would not assist in the Pri Minister campaign unconditionally, and compromises would surely be necessary during Cabinet formation.
The Spanish Constitution stipulates that if no coalition Cabinet exceeds 60% of votes, the individual or party leader with the highest number of votes will beco the Spanish Pri Minister, and other parties and independents will have the right to run for other Cabinet seats.
In other words, if 60% of the votes cannot be obtained, all positions in the Spanish Cabinet will be decided through election rather than being appointed after selecting a Pri Minister.
Regardless of the thod used to establish a Cabinet Governnt, the Cabinet Governnt must swear allegiance to Carlo as the King.
This step was customary in monarchies, aid at demonstrating the King’s supre authority to the Cabinet Governnt, reminding them who the real master of the country is.
Pri Minister Prim retained this custom mainly to protect Spain’s monarchy and stability. After all, when he chose the monarchy as the governnt body, the monarchy and his fate were linked.
The more stable the monarchy in Spain, the more energy Pri Minister Prim’s governnt would have to advance Spain’s reforms.
Conversely, if the monarchy system in Spain is unstable, as a supporter of the monarchy, Pri Minister Prim naturally wouldn’t have much energy left to push for reforms.
The Cabinet Governnt is elected by the Senate, and the chiefs of various regions are also elected by their regional assemblies, including cities and towns, which mostly follow electoral procedures.
The Senate and regional assemblies also hold the power to impeach officials. Currently, Spain’s political system resembles a parliantary constitutional monarchy, where power mainly concentrates in the parliant.
It closely aligns with the political system of the United Kingdom, or it is to say that the Spanish Constitution heavily references the UK’s constitutional provisions.
After all, at the ti, the United Kingdom was undoubtedly the strongest nation globally and a representative of constitutional monarchy, referencing the UK Constitution was quite routine.
As Spain’s King, Carlo holds a rather unique position in Spain’s political system. Nominally, his power is vast, but he needs significant influence.
If he lacks influence in politics and the military, his power is more like a void, and barely exercisable.
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