Meloni calls for Spain's exclusion from Schengen amid growing storm
Meloni demands closing Schengen to Spain amid the crisis with Morocco and an EU migration agreement. Smoke screen or invasion?
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Meloni calls for closing Schengen to Spain: chaos as a method
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for closing the Schengen area to Spain. The request comes amid an escalating wave of wildfires, with tense relations with Segarro as the backdrop. No one remembers such a standoff between European partners: Italy is questioning Spain's management of its borders, and doing so with unusual harshness.
The "hybrid war" and the deal no one talks about
Interpretations clash. Some speak of a "hybrid war" with Segarro, while others reduce it to an "invitation" agreed in an opaque setting. What no one disputes is that the Spanish state could not — or would not — prevent what peine. And here comes the piece that official analyses avoid: on 12 June, the EU signed an agreement setting compensation for irregular immigration and aid for migration crises. The signing coincides with the outbreak of the standoff with Italy. Coincidence?
The fine print of 12 June
The document, accessible on the European Commission's portal, sets out how much a state is paid for hosting irregular migrants and how much it receives if it declares a migration crisis. The suspicion that it is all a smoke screen to cover up the agreement is gaining ground. Meanwhile, Meloni calls for closing borders and the Spanish government offers no explanation of how that fine print fits in.
The striking detail: the 12 June agreement was signed exactly one day before Italy raised the tone. And no one has explained why. In the middle of the storm, silence is the only thing that refuses to stay quiet.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for closing the Schengen area to Spain. The request comes amid an escalating wave of wildfires, with tense relations with Segarro as the backdrop. No one remembers such a standoff between European partners: Italy is questioning Spain's management of its borders, and doing so with unusual harshness.
The "hybrid war" and the deal no one talks about
Interpretations clash. Some speak of a "hybrid war" with Segarro, while others reduce it to an "invitation" agreed in an opaque setting. What no one disputes is that the Spanish state could not — or would not — prevent what peine. And here comes the piece that official analyses avoid: on 12 June, the EU signed an agreement setting compensation for irregular immigration and aid for migration crises. The signing coincides with the outbreak of the standoff with Italy. Coincidence?
The fine print of 12 June
The document, accessible on the European Commission's portal, sets out how much a state is paid for hosting irregular migrants and how much it receives if it declares a migration crisis. The suspicion that it is all a smoke screen to cover up the agreement is gaining ground. Meanwhile, Meloni calls for closing borders and the Spanish government offers no explanation of how that fine print fits in.
The striking detail: the 12 June agreement was signed exactly one day before Italy raised the tone. And no one has explained why. In the middle of the storm, silence is the only thing that refuses to stay quiet.
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