Mercedes Milá’s call for European elections: “We are in danger”
This Sunday’s election event, which directly results in the composition of the European Parliament, coincides with the same time the same week as the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landingsA crucial operation, and perhaps the most important, for the victory of the Allies over the Axis powers during World War II In the most turbulent scenario the planet has experienced since the end of the Cold War.
The future of the Old Continent is revealed in the elections taking place within Spain’s borders. They are recording data of such low participation that it is in stark contrast to the specificity of the context the union is going through. This, combined with the growth of the far right and predictions of the emergence of ‘The Party’s Over’, has led some to call for a halt to the wave of hate sweeping the continent. Among them, Mercedes gotWho through her Instagram account shared an image of the princess who gives her name to the lands where people vote today to warn her of the dangers of her future.
The Greco-Latin tradition as a mirror of the present
“Europe was a beautiful Phoenician princess. The most powerful Zeus tried everything to get it but he did not succeed and had to invent a trick“He became a domesticated white bull that easily mingled with the herd of cows and emerged victorious,” begins the veteran journalist, aiming to include a moral in the ancient Greco-Latin story that serves as a mirror of the political present: “Europe caressed her and trusted her completely. When she realized the step she was taking, she rode her white bull and headed for the sea, without thinking about how her life would end.
His message is, in fact, a call that seeks to open the eyes of those who read it. “I talk to you about Europe like this because we are in danger. “We are running it more now than in the past 70 years since the end of the Second World War.”he explains. In such a situation, he says, “each of us, Europeans, has a vote in our hands and with it we can avoid evil.”
At the end of the day, Mila says, this is democracy and this is what applies to our reality. “Prevent our Europe from falling into the hands of those who hate everything we have achieved to be free and able to enjoy the rights we have”synthesizes. The appeal then concludes with two phrases that combine the two essences of the text—historical responsibility and moral duty: “Let’s vote, don’t stop doing it. Let’s use our power.”
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