Not Just an Invasion—but Surrender

The mass crossings at Ceuta and Melilla expose the consequences of a political class that has traded border security for ideological commitments. This is both a national and a continental catastrophe—but it is one that has been invited by both Spanish and European progressive elites. The European institutions are a vast legal and bureaucratic system which undermines sovereignty and border integrity at every turn. They have made serious attempts to control the EU borders effectively impossible and rendered equally unlikely any serious attempts to return those who have no right to be in Europe. Let us remember: the most significant EU action in relation to borders was not to defend them but to financially penalise the Hungarian government that attempted to protect its borders.

Whatever qualities this influx may share with an invasion, it is far better understood as a surrender. This collapse of the integrity of Spanish territory is the logical consequence of a political elite who have surrendered any attachment to national sovereignty. Surrendering sovereignty is logically equivalent to the surrender of territory. At the same time, this is not simply a national surrender—it is a betrayal. The Spanish people, on the whole, still possess a strong attachment to their sovereignty. It is the Spanish political elite who have, metaphorically speaking, unlocked the gates to the city while the populace sleeps. The Spanish elites have betrayed their own people. They are long overdue for a political reckoning, and the only positive from this debacle might be that the patriotic forces in Spain receive a shot-in-the-arm from this episode.

The grim lesson of what we have witnessed here—and what we have witnessed year after year on the shores of Europe—is that without a forthright attachment to sovereignty, nothing can be done to protect our countries. It is high time that a movement of European patriots take substantive action to take borders seriously. This will involve confrontation with the EU, globalist NGOs, and perhaps with countries on our borders. But the time for this is long overdue. From now on, sovereignty must be the rallying cry of all European patriots.