Across the EU, immigration being used as a 'political tool' across the political spectrum

Across the European Union, immigration is increasingly being utilized as a political tool by various factions on the political spectrum, as highlighted in a report by France 24. Italy's temporary suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain, following a migration episode in Ceuta, is seen not as a substantive European policy, but rather as a symbolic act driven by domestic politics.

According to Dr. Manlio Graziano, the founder and director of the Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis, this episode illustrates how migration has become a means of political positioning rather than policy-making. Graziano's analysis indicates that Giorgia Meloni's primary audience is not European institutions or other EU member states, but rather Italy's fragmented right-wing political landscape, where she must continually reinforce her hardline stance to maintain her political position against more extreme right-wing parties.

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