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The union’s force

I always liked history. I was passionate about reading how societies evolved, political regimes fell and they rose from one century to another, social revolutions that marked the historical future of the following years… The truth is that I always tried to put myself in the shoes of those who inhabited the historical framework that I was studying at that time.

I remember when I was thirteen years old, going with my parents to the demonstrations against the shameful war in iraqwhose price the working class of Madrid paid in that fateful March 11, 2004. They are key moments in our history that have marked our day-to-day life ever since. The world order changed with the attacks of 11-S, 11-M and 7-J in London.

Now, we run the risk that the Russian attack on Ukraine change how we understand the future of our continent. Nothing, absolutely nothing, justifies one country attacking another for territorial, national or political reasons.. What Putin has done this week is to skip the social and political logic that has prevailed in Europe in recent decades. The European Union has had to face endless challenges in the last seven years, such as the Brexit, the pandemic, and now an attack near our borders by a nuclear-powered country. It’s not trivial.

The response from the EU has lived up to the problem that Putin has decided to create on our continent

The truth is that the response from the EU has been equal to the problem that Putin has decided to create on our continent. Therefore, the Union has an opportunity to demonstrate its strength and, above all, the cohesion and coordination we must have to deal with this new threat. Without hesitation, with the strength of the word, of dialogue and loaded with the reason that the study of history will give us in the future.

Today has been Ukraine, a sovereign nation. We don’t know if this is the beginning of something new or just a parenthesis of gratuitous instability of our continental neighbors. Whatever it is, the Union will be here to face with guarantees of success any challenge that they want to create for us. We are proud to be part of it.

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