Magog Rising by Jimmy Root Jr

Author:Jimmy Root Jr [Root, Jimmy Jr.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby

Chapter Thirteen

Rome, Italy

Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Local Time

Andre D’Tiene, the short, curly-headed president of France, drummed his fingers on the hard surface of the table, not caring that his impatience was being noticed by everyone in the room. His endurance was being tested to the limit. Waiting for his African counterparts to finish their presentations was sheer agony.

The thirteen countries comprising the new Mediterranean Union had heeded his call for the dispatching of representatives to Rome. As far as D’Tiene was concerned an opportunity to do some good in a troubled region had presented itself. It had to be ridden to a profitable conclusion. That meant he would have to suffer through an initial round of bloviating as each country attempted to position itself politically.

Up to the present, the only official meetings had revolved around organizational structures and governance. But with the burgeoning crisis in the Middle East, the opportunity to experience a defining moment had appeared. Unfortunately, all D’Tiene was getting was a chronic case of tired-backside syndrome.

For two years the charismatic president of France had been seeding the idea of developing a union made up of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. His goal had been to create a viable medium that would counter the sprawling and hierarchical European Union in scope and power. The EU had become an unruly behemoth. All creativity, every idea, was squelched before ever getting to the starting line. Because of the gridlock, D’Tiene knew the EU’s day of power and dominance was coming to a swift end.

A vision had already formed in D’Tiene’s mind long before his surprising rise to power in France. It started when the dollar began to slide in value against the Euro as a result of Europe’s near-bankrupt status. The Americans were also near default on trillions of dollars worth of loans, but their economy had remained one step ahead of the EU’s.

D’Tiene, nothing more than a businessman at the time, could see corruption and mismanagement sucking the power away from the European banking community. He envisioned the downfall that was heading Europe’s way and decided a new entity, one with oil revenues as a security, had to be created. The Mediterranean Union offered that alternative, one that was well worth the frustrations stemming from cultural differences.

Formational borders of the new union had been sketched over the outline of the ancient Roman Empire, stretching from the tip of Spain to the borders of Palestine, then along the northern coast of Africa to the mouth of the Mediterranean. The nations on the African side would enjoy the same measure of power and influence as their counterparts on the northern side of the sea. The only requirement for inclusion was geographic. A nation had to border the Mediterranean. Of fifteen possible participants, thirteen had signed into the pact, so far.

The Union’s purposes were elementary. It first sought to enjoy the benefits of mutual trade around the Mediterranean Sea. It also worked to form a unified, diplomatic body that could protect and mediate the interests of each member.

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