Wake up, Europe

Kyiv, a European capital, faces winter in difficult conditions. The cold sweeping through the city is a direct consequence of the damage suffered by the Ukrainian energy system after months of targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure by the Russians.

Electricity is rationed, heating is intermittent, essential services are under pressure; for many citizens, the freezing cold is part of daily life. This is a reality that deserves attention, because it concerns a European capital and a country that for years has borne an extremely high human and material cost.

Faced with this situation, Europe continues to move cautiously. Support exists, but it proceeds in a fragmented way, punctuated by political evaluations and compromises. The overall effect is a response often insufficient compared to the urgency of the facts.

Discontinuous support risks weakening precisely what it intends to defend. The protection of democracy and European security requires coherence, continuity, and decision-making capacity. Declarations of principle have value, but only if accompanied by actions proportionate to the situation.

Every winter faced under these conditions raises a question that concerns the entire Union: what form of collective responsibility does Europe intend to take on? The capacity of Ukrainian society to resist in extreme conditions is evident, but it cannot become a permanent premise.

Europe was also born from the will to prevent civilian suffering from being used as a tool for political pressure. Today, in the cold of Kyiv, this legacy calls for a choice that cannot be shirked: strengthen a common response, or accept that inertia becomes part of the problem.

Wake up, Europe.

Winter advances, and with it the time for decisions.