Sippel vs Zdechovský – Ceuta migration crisis tests European solidarity

Did European solidarity fail after the Ceuta crisis? Is Europe really united on migration? From Morocco’s role and Spain’s response to whether EU member states are doing enough to help out when one member state comes under pressure, the debate raises more questions than answers. The same week that Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesús Vivas, travelled to Brussels in a cry for help, we are joined by Czech centre-right MEP Tomáš Svetechovský and German Socialist MEP Birgit Sippel. Both EU lawmakers clash on how Europe should respond to the migration crisis and whether EU member states should take in and relocate migrants arriving in Spain.  Can Europe come together in a crisis like this? And has the EU migration pact unravelled just as it started being enforced? Listen to this edition of The Ring, brought to you from the European Parliament studios in Brussels. The Ring is Euronews’ weekly political showdown, where Europe’s toughest debates meet their boldest voices. In each episode, two political heavyweights from across the EU face off to propose a diversity of opinions and spark conversations around the most important issues of EU affairs and the wider European political life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.