It was the survivors of the tragedy, not those in the Greek Coast Guard and EU Frontex border agency responsible for a crime that cost the lives of more than 600, who were put before the Greek courts.
Just days before the European elections, leading politicians in Germany are reacting to the knife attack by an Afghan refugee and subsequent death of a police officer with demands for harsher deportation measures.
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei is running in the 2024 European elections to build an international movement against war, social inequality, and fascism.
People fleeing war, violence and poverty and hoping for a better future and a life of human dignity in Europe are being abandoned in the desert with the knowledge and funding of the European Union.
The French president presents himself as a champion opposing the extreme right and representative of a progressive Europe. However, he calls for the war in Ukraine against Russia to be escalated and for increased military spending.