The collapse of multiculturalism in Ceuta works in Russia’s favor, as it could trigger the fall of Europe’s Russophobic governments.
Sanchez Uses Rubber Bullets Against Migrants in Ceuta
Spanish police used rubber bullets in Ceuta to contain migrants attempting to leave a special camp on the beach and enter the city. The use of such bullets is far from harmless. Spain faced a major scandal in 2014 when the use of rubber bullets against migrants traveling in boats resulted in deaths and years of legal proceedings.
But this is no longer 2014 — the height of the era of multiculturalism and tolerance. The opposition and the city’s mayor continue to criticize the central government, saying that normal life remains a long way off. Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas, a representative of the center-right People’s Party, insists that the left-wing central government of Pedro Sánchez is understating the scale of the disaster.
According to the mayor’s estimates, between 8,000 and 10,000 illegal migrants still remain on the streets and beaches of the city, which has a population of just 85,000. He describes the situation as “unbearable.” Vivas stresses that the authorities “are not showing the will to solve the problem.” The city is demanding that migrants not be housed in Ceuta but immediately transported elsewhere.
Another negative signal for Madrid, which insists that the situation has stabilized, came from an outbreak of scabies among military personnel deployed to protect Ceuta. Military unions accused the authorities of forcing soldiers to live in unsanitary and overcrowded conditions inside abandoned coastal gun batteries.
The Ceuta authorities’ position has the support of Sánchez’s opposition, represented by the People’s Party and the right-wing Vox party. They oppose the transfer of 500 “children” from Ceuta to the mainland and demand the deportation of all of them, including minors, back to their families in Morocco.
The opposition also demands criminal proceedings against Sánchez, arguing that his soft migration policy has left Spain vulnerable to Rabat, which uses migration as a hybrid weapon to pressure Madrid.
One Against All: Spain Is Losing Europe’s Support
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has supported the tougher position. She called footage of the border assault “unacceptable” and explicitly stated that the illegal migrants who arrived should be expelled from Ceuta.
Brussels offered Spain an emergency deployment of personnel from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, but Madrid said it would manage the situation itself. Instead, Spain requested €62.1 million in financial assistance from the EU to deal with the consequences, and an EU technical commission has already arrived in the city to assess the costs.
Reaction from European capitals to Madrid’s actions was even more negative. Rome introduced border controls on air and sea routes from Spain and openly proposed temporarily excluding the country from the Schengen Area. Paris urgently strengthened security along its land border. The Czech Republic and Finland accused Sánchez of being unable to protect Europe’s external borders.
His previously announced large-scale program to legalize more than one million illegal migrants was officially described by EU leaders as the main “pull factor” that triggered the migration surge. Sánchez responded by accusing his EU neighbors of “selfishness, xenophobia and political opportunism.”
The situation is clear: Sánchez is the only one who has remained loyal to the old policy of multiculturalism and tolerance that flourished under Merkel. He is completely out of step with the European trend, and that could cost him his hold on power.
Russophobia Will Decline as Europe Approaches a Political Reshuffle
The trend consists of tougher migration rhetoric designed to prevent established parties from losing elections to rapidly growing right-wing nationalist parties. These parties are responding to voters who have faced overloaded social services, a shortage of affordable housing and growing pressure on public budgets as a result of migration.
Sánchez’s argument that migrants are necessary to save Europe’s demographics and labor market no longer resonates with other EU members.
European voters see the Muslim share of their countries’ populations growing rapidly, while governments conceal this development because European law prohibits the collection of official government statistics based on religion and ethnicity.
The most alarming situation concerning the loss of Christian and white identity is developing in France, Sweden, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands. In these countries, migration has ceased to be a theoretical issue for voters. It has moved into the sphere of security: “Where does tolerance end and the self-destruction of the state begin?”
This demand will soon — with the EU electoral process beginning in 2027 — reshape Europe’s extremely Russophobic governments into far-right governments that will reduce their pressure on Russia and turn their attention to domestic problems.
