Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2020-03-29.
I liberal socialisti europei sono tutti presi ad ustolare e guaiolare contro i paesi dell’Unione che con la scusa del coronavirus si stanno staccando dalla loro ideologia: queste nazioni anno riappropriandosi della propria sovranità.
«European member states already frustrated with the EU over economic, migration or justice policies»
si sono resi quasi indipendenti e, sommo sberleffo a livello di sfregio, si sono rivolti alla Cina. Stanno divincolandosi dall’usbergo europeo: dei liberal non ne vogliono più sapere.
Ma il motivo lo constatano loro stessi:
«The only country that is breaking through these new barriers is the People’s Republic of China»
Ben difficile il cercare di comprenderli.
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«Beijing using lack of EU ‘solidarity’ to seize leadership»
«EU commissioner Thierry Breton is calling Covid-19 a “crisis that knows no borders,” but as Europeans look out of the windows in their home confinement, borders are all they see»
«New restrictions are dividing citizens from each other and real, closed borders are sprouting between European states and between the transatlantic partners»
«These barriers are breaking down the freedoms the European Union is supposed to be all about – the freedom of movement for citizens and goods»
«EU export restrictions on healthcare supplies are leaving the EU’s neighbourhood, especially the Balkans, feeling abandoned by their closest and richest neighbour»
«And in their rhetoric, national leaders, including Angela Merkel in her public address, failed to mention Europe’s common struggle in their visions for battling the virus»
«The only country that is breaking through these new barriers is the People’s Republic of China»
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«Keen to appear as a leader in a crisis it largely contributed to create, China has launched several initiatives aimed at Europe. …. Planes full of medical supplies – desperately needed test kits and masks – are arriving from China. Some of these are donations from the government or from private entities like Alibaba, while other shipments are supplies purchased by Europeans.»
«Europe should be aware that China is taking advantage of the lack of solidarity between European member states to achieve its own goals»
«In accepting the China’s aid, Europe should not undermine its own internal cohesion and be wary of being used to advance an authoritarian state’s propaganda»
«In a recent op-ed, the Italian ambassador to the EU deplored that “only China responded” to his country’s pleas for help»
«But Italy is not the only European country turning to China for help in fighting the crisis, and the Chinese authorities consistently use European requests for self-aggrandisement»
«When the Spanish prime minister contacted Chairman Xi for help in obtaining medical supplies, Chinese state media quickly capitalised on the call to promote their leadership’s responsiveness»
«Similarly, the Czech Republic has just bought testing kits from China, a fact the Chinese foreign ministry has diligently advertised»
«And the Chinese embassy to France has also broadcast its provision of masks and other supplies on Twitter, a social media banned in China»
«On March 18, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić most vividly illustrated what the EU stands to lose when he labelled European solidarity “a fairy tale on paper” before concluding that “the only country that can help [Serbia] is China.”»
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«Once borders and barriers are up, they will be hard to pull down. It is up to the EU to be visible and true to its principles and democratic ideals throughout the coronavirus crisis. This is especially crucial in the Southern and Central European member states already frustrated with the EU over economic, migration or justice policies and at risk of falling away from Europe’s principles of democracy and openness»
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La portata della crisi sanitaria, sociale ed economica indotta dal’epidemia da coronavirus è sotto gli occhi di tutti.
L’Unione Europea ha latitato e fornito ben poco aiuto agli stati, e molti di essi si sono rivolti alla Cina, che potrà avere tutti i difetti di questo mondo, ma che ha risposto prontamente alle richiesta di aiuto.
«On March 18, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić most vividly illustrated what the EU stands to lose when he labelled European solidarity “a fairy tale on paper” before concluding that “the only country that can help [Serbia] is China.”»
