Enough is enough!
Europeans must stop sniping at themselves.
The Russian and American presidents are doing that for us.
The first because, unlike him, Europe has managed to establish an organised society where law, culture and values have their rightful place; the second because his fellow citizens dream of living there and are moving to join us as soon as they can.
The contempt shown for the European Union in both the East and the West shows just how much it disturbs imperialist ambitions, revisionism and reactionary authoritarianism.
This should be enough to convince Europeans to be proud of what they have achieved.
While citizens have fully embraced the European dimension and voice this in all opinion polls, their elites, who do not recognise their own practices in it, overwhelm the EU with unfair criticism. They claim it is not ‘powerful’ enough, that it is weak and divided, that it holds back nations that would be stronger without it. Although unfinished and facing new challenges, the European Union is a success.
In the face of Russian aggression, it has succeeded as never before in bringing the states of the continent together: 19 rounds of sanctions approved unanimously, the freezing of 210 billion euro of Russian assets until the end of the conflict, and 90 billion euro in aid decided in a matter of hours to replace the failing United States as a stand against Putin. Who can do better?
The disinformation coming from the Trump administration and Putin's networks cannot hide the truth: Europe exists, and they don't like it.
It will continue to exert its influence, and there will be no peace in Ukraine without the Europeans, who are the only ones in a position to guarantee this long term.
This is reason enough to be proud of Europe and to stop giving ammunition to those it stands up to in its own way. To malign ourselves weakens us, to stand up for ourselves makes us stronger!
Merry Christmas!
