@Spain
Mrs. Baschet had been reading all about the Spanish elections. She breathed a sigh of relief. Though she wanted the left to win out in Spain, the costly coalition that would have had to be made in order to govern was too much. Gaulois politics and government was far easier. While it was more challenging than say a regular first past the post system to get a majority government, the fact that there were essentially 3 to 1 on FPTP constituency races vs. proportional list seats added helped a great deal in giving majority government. And considering her government was both increasing in popularity and looking to gain a larger majority, she couldn't go pissing off the independents at home by treating a centre-right government terribly.
"Ah! Presidente Aguilar!" Prime Minister Baschet said to her Spanish colleague. "Congratulations on a well-fought election. I am very happy to be here in Spain. Of course, our nations have many similarities and much we can work on. I hope this is the start of setting up a more serious meeting in the fall sometime."
Ms. Baschet smiled and looked as the Queen shook the hand of the President of the Council of Ministers.
"We are doing well, aren't we Elisabeth? Now, I do see you have some guests coming up, so I will let you go Letizia. Perhaps later on we can have a more extended chat," Queen Margrethe said to the Spanish consort. "We'll manage to keep ourselves preoccupied until then."
Queen Margrethe waved at Letizia as she moved on through the delegation. "Darling, you're learning."
"Learning what?" asked the Prime Minister with a laugh.
"How to let your hair down a bit. You're always so uptight when dealing with the government at home. Perhaps it's because they're a bunch of men who don't take us women seriously. I know all about that. de Gaulle was ALWAYS someone who I couldn't figure out if he was assuming I was stupid or..."
The Queen began to talk about her experiences with the famous Gallic premier Charles de Gaulle, who held the office from 1944 to 1969, which was one year into the Queen's reign. She went on about how de Gaulle continued to push for the Gallic exceptionalism idea to bring up the grandeur of the state.
"...and I told him, it's not just the Gallic people or the Gallic state that makes us exceptional. It is our heritage, our culture going all the way back to Rome, our language, our faith, and the fact that we understand and appreciate excellence in all its forms," the Queen finished. Ms. Baschet had been wandering around.
"Oh, perhaps we'll bump into someone else soon." the Prime Minister said.
"Yes, quite!" the Queen said. She seemed to relish these occasions to put on a certain joie de la splendeur.
The Kingdom of Spain
