🇪🇸🚨 Ceuta: Where Has European Solidarity Gone?
Barely three years ago, Europe rallied strongly behind Italy during the Lampedusa migration crisis. Ursula von der Leyen traveled there in person, member states activated solidarity mechanisms, and a common message of support emerged in the face of the emergency. That was Europe united in the face of hardship.
2023 migration crisis in Lampedusa, source: Courrier international.
So how do we explain that today, with Spain facing a comparable crisis in Ceuta, the reaction of several governments is so different? Instead of offering support, 22 heads of state are calling on the European Commission to act against a member state, at the initiative of Giorgia Meloni herself, who had nonetheless benefited from unreserved European solidarity in 2023. What has changed since then? 🤔
Refusing to support one another places all of Europe in a dangerous position. Would Spain help Denmark if Greenland were ever threatened? Could Poland count on France if Belarus once again weaponizes migration flows at its border? Could Estonia count on its partners if Russia tests our resolve? And what happens if Spain loses control of the Strait of Gibraltar because other member states left it to face the pressure alone? 🌍⚠️
What real alternative do we have, other than genuine European integration and stronger unity?
2026 migration crisis in Ceuta, source: SudOuest.fr
Don't you also refuse to stand by as the European Union is weakened by foreign interests and their allies within Europe? 💪
That is why it is time to revive a genuine wave of citizen solidarity across Europe 🤝. Not a superficial solidarity decided in the corridors of Brussels, but a movement driven by citizens themselves, one capable of reminding governments that European unity cannot be negotiated according to the national interests of the moment.
This mobilization must also involve greater vigilance against attempts at foreign interference, which exploit our divisions and too often rely on proprietary digital platforms, those tech giants that can rightly be called techno-feudalist or "cloudalist" 🔗️. Controlled by non-European private interests, these networks shape narratives, amplify divisive rhetoric, and weaken our collective ability to build an independent and sovereign European public space.
Resisting these manipulations also means choosing to take back control of our digital tools, by supporting open, decentralized alternatives free from interference, rather than letting our public debate depend on foreign infrastructure. 🌐🔓
In 2026, 22 heads of state called on the Commission to act against Spain, when in 2023 they had all stood together, why?
In the face of this, only genuine, informed, and vigilant citizen solidarity can build the Europe we truly need. 🚀
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