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

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 03, 2026 · 113 words

Schengen Agreement Italian Domestic Politics European migration policy

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Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis.

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What happened

Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis.

Why it matters

Italy's temporary suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain, following the migration episode in Ceuta, is presented less as a meaningful European policy than as a symbolic act driven by domestic politics.

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Dr Graziano argues that the episode reveals how migration has become an instrument of political positioning rather than policy making.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Dr. Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis”

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Three independent web sources (France 24, the Spykman Center's own site, and the International Affairs Forum) explicitly confirm that Dr. Manlio Graziano is the Founder and Director of the Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis. Established in 2022, the Spykman Center is a non-profit, non-political international organization dedicated to teaching and producing r…
https://www.spykmancenter.org/

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web search NEUTRAL — He founded and directs the Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis. He published several books in the US, with Stanford UP, Columbia UP and Palgrave. His latest book is Disordi…
https://www.ia-forum.org/Content/ViewInternalDocument.cfm?Co…

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web search NEUTRAL — Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Dr. Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis.
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260803-across-the-eu-imm…

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Claim 2: “Italy's temporary suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain, following the migration episode in Ceuta”

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While the evidence provides general information about Italy, Spain, the Schengen Area, and a specific 2026 border incident in Ceuta, none of the provided sources mention Italy suspending the Schengen Agreement with Spain. There is no evidence in the provided text to confirm or deny this specific diplomatic action.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 30 July 2026, an estimated 80,000 people, predominantly young men, have illegally breached and crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa, with sma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Morocco–Spain_border_inci…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Italy and Spain maintain interstate relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations some time after the unification of Italy in 1861. Both nations are member states of the European Union (a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy–Spain_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Schengen Area (English: SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ) is a system of open borders that encompass 29 European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their common borders…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

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