The Trump-era border wall has been widely criticized for not being able to completely stop people from fleeing. However, the recent European news has made Trump's image suddenly high. While Trump's original intention was to solve the immigration problem, Europe's border wall was built for economic and political reasons. In the case of Spain, a small business engaged in the installation of border walls made a lot of money by demolishing and building border walls, and even set up offices in Belgium and Germany. The company, called "European Security Fence", has been undertaking the business of Spain's border wall since 1975, and through each dismantling and construction of the border wall, it can make a profit of more than 3 million euros (about 23 million yuan) per operation. According to the company's CEO, their profits come from the change of office in Spain, where the right will commission them to build the border wall, and the left will commission them to tear it down. This "one demolish and one build" mode of operation has given the small company the opportunity to develop rapidly, and even has signs of becoming a multinational group.
It is worth mentioning that the political factions known as "left" and "right" are not as revolutionary in Western countries as one might think. In Spain, the so-called left is actually inclined towards state capitalism, i.e. the strengthening of the state's macroeconomic control of the economyThe right-wing**, on the other hand, leans towards liberal capitalism, i.e. allowing capital to move freely within the country. The two factions differ in their economic policies, leading to differences in immigration, defense, and foreign policy. Therefore, the demolition and construction of the border wall has become the focus of controversy between the left and right wings.
The issue of immigration has caused many controversies in European countries. For the left**, immigration reduces labor costs and brings economic benefits;On the right, they are more concerned with protecting their own people's jobs and reducing fiscal spending on immigrants. Therefore, the demolition and construction of the border wall in Europe is often related to the policy line of the left and right wings.
Spain's left-right pole controversy is complex and peculiar, and it has to do with the independence of regions such as Catalonia. Whether it's the demolition or construction of the border wall, the money always goes into the pockets of this company. Catalonia is a region that has plagued Spain for centuries and is politically disputed, but on the border wall, the left and right parties have reached a "consensus". This also shows that the rotation of the left and right wings in Spain is not of substantial benefit to ordinary people, who are only concerned with the huge fiscal deficit and how to curb the decline of the domestic economy.
In general, the issue of the demolition and construction of the European border wall is a typical process of political operation, which actually masks the shortcomings of Western countries** in terms of economic development and governance capacity. They seem to ignore the contribution of immigrants to the country, too one-sidedly attribute domestic economic problems to the impact of illegal immigration, and ignore the importance of the adjustment of domestic economic structure and policies to economic development.
In addition to Europe, the construction of border walls is widespread on a global scale. For example, the project to dismantle the border wall between Slovenia and Croatia has attracted widespread attention. According to data published by Transparency International, the project cost a total of 7 million euros, which corresponds to a demolition cost of 3. per kilometer50,000 euros (about 270,000 yuan). It is worth noting that in the year before winning the bid, the contractor did not even have a single employee, it was just a shell company.
The issue of the construction of the border wall has sparked my thinking about politics and economics. Politicians often use the construction of border walls to solve domestic problems, as if to shift the blame to the issue of immigration. However, I believe that the issue of migration is only a reflection of domestic policies and economic structures, and that the construction of the border wall will not fundamentally solve the problem. **More attention should be paid to the adjustment and optimization of the domestic economic structure to provide better employment opportunities and benefits for the people of the country. On the border issue, reasonable and humane measures should be taken, while international cooperation should be strengthened to address the root causes of the migration problem, so as to achieve real and lasting stability and prosperity.
Against this background, the construction of the border wall became a political tool and a representation of economic interests, without much substantial benefit for ordinary people. Therefore, we need to look more rationally at the various measures proposed by politicians, pay attention to the motives behind them and their real effects, and not be fooled by the superficial problem of border wall construction. At the same time, we should also pay more attention to the domestic economy, I can help you translate and interpret, what are your questions?