Now that Brexit is out of the way, the EU has other problems that aren't going away.
Descent into authoritarianism in 


Runaway corruption in 
Police brutality in 

Inability of
to deal with Basque and Catalan separatist movements in a democratic way











Ah, I'd forgotten about the Spanish colonies of Ceuta and Melilla in north Africa. Morocco claims both. While the Canaries were colonised centuries ago, their indigenous peoples were wiped out so they're not in dispute.
https://mobile.twitter.com/boatshedgib/status/1342899600152293378
https://mobile.twitter.com/boatshedgib/status/1342899600152293378
Huge fences that Trump would be proud of separate the colonies from Morocco. There's one overlooking a golf course, which is the subject of one of the most iconic images of our times โ migrants atop the fence watching golfers.
The fences are controversial as the Spaniards lace them with barbed wire. And occasionally, their border guards shoot at migrants. Six years ago, 14 drowned when rubber bullets were fired at them as they tried to swim to Ceuta's Tarajal beach. https://mobile.twitter.com/lamarea_com/status/960809631890247680
As you can see, the fences are the proverbial 'ring of steel'. https://mobile.twitter.com/altamiranoMLG/status/1057212910227914753
But occasionally, migrants manage to force their way into the two colonies. https://mobile.twitter.com/HelenaMaleno/status/949706420861186050