Immigration, debt and defence
Within the in-depth and accurate diagnosis found in the Draghi and Letta reports, with proposals and solutions that many now prefer to keep locked away in a drawer, we can focus on three serious problems that have been dragging on for many years and have become serious threats to the survival of one of the greatest inventions of the last two centuries: the European Union.
With Trump firing friendly fire and Putin betting heavily to achieve his goals, the idea of turning to China has seduced many leaders who see the Asian giant as a more or less feasible, more or less profitable solution, turning a blind eye to democracy, freedom and human rights.
Changing priority partners in the midst of a global crisis is extremely delicate and clearly inadvisable, despite Trump's best efforts to weaken and subjugate Europe with a euro that is less competitive with the dollar.
We can think of large emerging countries such as India, Saudi Arabia or Brazil, but even without ruling them out and promoting relations with them, it would take a long time for the accounts to balance. We return to the Italian reports, as a Spanish diplomat says, to see the need for Europe itself to undertake profound reforms and changes that cannot be postponed if it is to ensure the survival of a Union that is essential for every European country.
We have the draft budget for the period 2028-2034 presented by the Commission as the most ambitious in the history of the EU. Each country is already complaining about the cuts it will suffer instead of carrying out the necessary review of its own reforms and cuts.
Europe must reindustrialise, resize its welfare state, take the necessary measures in each sector, and all this with the essential requirement that each state take on its own challenges. We can think of immigration, debt, security and defence, and many other sectors that are also fundamental to our societies, but each country is obliged to do its own homework. France is trying. Spain is preoccupied with other things, and it is shameful that only 26% of Next Generation European funds have been implemented.
Year after year, we return billions of euros to Brussels because of the serious irresponsibility, opaque interests and inefficiency of our leaders. Yet another shameful scandal.