{"id":2169989,"date":"2026-09-24T07:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169989"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:06:01","slug":"europes-security-and-prosperity-start-before-people-reach-its-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169989","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s security and prosperity start before people reach its borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/50\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_c8b327d8-21c9-5d6a-acc0-ba9bb06d7070-9925098.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2929633-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2929633\" data-cid=\"9932573\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2929633-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/25\/73\/189x106_cmsv2_7d924f8a-2568-5291-a83a-d74a2d962df6-9932573.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sergii Marchenko, Ukraine&apos;s finance minister.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Ukraine pushes for Russian assets to plug $78 billion gap in 2027\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2929650-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2929650\" data-cid=\"9932700\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2929650-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/27\/00\/189x106_cmsv2_3ae83fc7-7cda-5050-9bb8-6d8785becd7a-9932700.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen, December 2025.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    No energy shortage, but a painful winter looms for Europe\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2929199-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2929199\" data-cid=\"9930311\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2929199-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/00\/11\/189x106_cmsv2_97805c68-d400-59d6-94ca-1d1e51bb8b0c-9930011.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"erbian President Aleksandar Vucic waves a Serbian flag during a rally of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in Belgrade, Serbia\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Pressure grows within EPP to expel Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s SNS party\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2929572-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2929572\" data-cid=\"9932303\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2929572-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/23\/03\/189x106_cmsv2_7c6dcc35-61c2-59c7-bff8-ada97047662e-9932303.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bal\u00e1zs Hank\u00f3, former minister for culture walks toward the prosecutor&apos;s office in Budapest, accompagnied by his wife and opposition deputies 28,09,2026\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Magyar&#8217;s &#8216;Operation Purge&#8217; 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takes shape with high level detentions\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\"><span class=\"c-article-title__prefix--grey\">Euroviews. <\/span><br \/>\n            Europe&#8217;s security and prosperity start before people reach its borders<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/50\/98\/1536x864_cmsv2_c8b327d8-21c9-5d6a-acc0-ba9bb06d7070-9925098.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Migrants who crossed from Morocco into Ceuta (Spain) return to a beach after being expelled from the area the previous day, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Antonio Sempere)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Migrants who crossed from Morocco into Ceuta (Spain) return to a beach after being expelled from the area the previous day, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Antonio Sempere)<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbsp<b>Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative to the EU<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1790233561\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-09-24 09:06:01 +02:00\">24\/09\/2026 &#8211; 9:06 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links 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Europe cannot prevent every conflict or stop every person moving, but it can help shape their future closer to home.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>It is spending increasing political energy asking how to stop people reaching its borders, when the more consequential question is what happens long before they get there. If Europe wants to use its external aid to strengthen its own security and prosperity, it must answer that question in the next seven-year budget cycle.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lasting prosperity and security require investment much earlier \u2013 where displacement begins, where refugees are first received and where fragile societies are most at risk of buckling under such prolonged pressure. Most solutions are there, not at Europe&#8217;s border.<\/p>\n<h2>The distinction matters \u2013 and so does where Europe puts its money<\/h2>\n<p>Europe is increasingly tempted to view external assistance through the narrow lens of migration control: more money for partners willing to contain movements or accept returns. <\/p>\n<p>Some of these objectives are legitimate. Governments have a responsibility to manage their borders, maintain functioning asylum and integration systems and where necessary, return those without a legal right to stay while complying with line with international law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-1\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Weber warns Morocco of &#8216;obvious consequences&#8217; over Ceuta border crisis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>But a foreign aid policy built principally around preventing people from reaching the European territory is not a strategy for managing forced displacement. It risks simply moving the pressure elsewhere, making others \u2013 often with fewer resources than Europe \u2013 responsible for managing it, while potentially allowing others to instrumentalise migration flows and erode trust in Europe as a partner. <\/p>\n<p>Where Europe puts its money, it advances its vision of what the world of tomorrow should look like. If Europe leaves the space empty, others \u2013 often with very different values \u2013 will fill it.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is surrounded by countries facing extreme fragility risks. Many host refugees at a scale that would test far stronger institutions. Close to two-thirds of those arriving in Europe through irregular routes and seeking asylum come from these countries. That pressure is unlikely to disappear \u2013 and could grow \u2013 if underlying needs are not addressed earlier. Traffickers and actors with extremist agenda prey on precisely these vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-2\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Meloni made migrant &#8216;returns&#8217; popular in the EU. Now the policy is backfiring on her<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressing displacement means addressing its consequences before they cascade into wider instability. It means keeping children in school, keeping health systems functioning, creating livelihoods, supporting host communities, and strengthening institutions. <\/p>\n<h2>This is not charity, it is strategic investment<\/h2>\n<p>The next EU budget (MFF) offers Europe a crucial opportunity to put this principle into practice. The question is not only how much money Europe allocates to external action, but what it is intended to achieve and what Europe expects in return. <\/p>\n<p>The MFF will determine which countries, crises and priorities receive sustained European backing. It will shape Global Europe, the EU&#8217;s principal framework for development and humanitarian action, and therefore Europe\u2019s ability to use its financial weight to advance its own security and prosperity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-3\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">EU to further tighten migration policy after Ceuta crisis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is not a technical exercise in dividing budget lines. It is a strategic choice about where European resources can deliver the greatest return: reducing instability, strengthening economic resilience, opening markets and building partnerships before crises become more costly to manage .<\/p>\n<p>Refugees who work contribute to local economies. Stronger infrastructure supports trade. More resilient economies create markets for European goods and services. Stronger public institutions help societies withstand polarisation and resist extremist political movements.<\/p>\n<p>This is why the design of Global Europe matters. Europe needs the capacity to finance the full displacement cycle: reducing fragility and conflict; protecting people when displacement occurs; supporting host countries and communities; creating livelihoods; and investing in solutions, including safe return where conditions permit, as well as resettlement and labour or education mobility.<\/p>\n<p>The principle is simple: invest European money to the problem where it can deliver the greatest return \u2013 including for Europe&#8217;s own security and prosperity. <\/p>\n<p>Money spent strengthening a fragile health system today reduces the risk of a pandemic tomorrow. Money spent helping a refugee find work strengthens a host economy and provides a stronger trading partner for the EU. Money spent supporting the rule of law reduces the risk that instability and political extremism will spill across borders.<\/p>\n<h2>Not soft investments \u2013 investments in Europe\u2019s own interests<\/h2>\n<p>Europe has a finite pool of resources and an expanding set of demands. Defence, cohesion, competitiveness and stronger public services will rightly compete for political attention and money. These priorities are closely linked to Europe\u2019s external choices. A safer and more prosperous Europe depends in large part on what happens beyond its borders.<\/p>\n<p>The next MFF will determine whether Europe puts its money behind short-term crisis management or long-term resilience; whether it strengthens relationships or creates transactional dependencies; and whether its external spending generates returns for Europeans as well as its partners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-4\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Five EU countries aim to send migrants to return hubs by 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Europe cannot prevent every conflict or stop every person from moving. But it can influence whether people have a viable future closer to home, whether host countries remain resilient, whether markets and partnerships grow, and whether crises extend across borders.<\/p>\n<p>The choice is straightforward: use Europe\u2019s money to manage the consequences of forced displacement on Europe, or invest more decisively in preventing those consequences from becoming Europe\u2019s problem in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jean-Nicolas Beuze is the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Representative to the EU.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span 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If Europe wants to use its external aid to strengthen its own security and prosperity, it must answer that question in the next seven-year budget cycle.Lasting prosperity and security require investment much earlier \u2013 where displacement begins, where refugees are first received and where fragile societies are most at risk of buckling under such prolonged pressure. Most solutions are there, not at Europe&#8217;s border.The distinction matters \u2013 and so does where Europe puts its moneyEurope is increasingly tempted to view external assistance through the narrow lens of migration control: more money for partners willing to contain movements or accept returns.Some of these objectives are legitimate. Governments have a responsibility to manage their borders, maintain functioning asylum and integration systems and where necessary, return those without a legal right to stay while complying with line with international law.But a foreign aid policy built principally around preventing people from reaching the European territory is not a strategy for managing forced displacement. It risks simply moving the pressure elsewhere, making others \u2013 often with fewer resources than Europe \u2013 responsible for managing it, while potentially allowing others to instrumentalise migration flows and erode trust in Europe as a partner.Where Europe puts its money, it advances its vision of what the world of tomorrow should look like. If Europe leaves the space empty, others \u2013 often with very different values \u2013 will fill it.The EU is surrounded by countries facing extreme fragility risks. Many host refugees at a scale that would test far stronger institutions. Close to two-thirds of those arriving in Europe through irregular routes and seeking asylum come from these countries. That pressure is unlikely to disappear \u2013 and could grow \u2013 if underlying needs are not addressed earlier. Traffickers and actors with extremist agenda prey on precisely these vulnerabilities.Addressing displacement means addressing its consequences before they cascade into wider instability. It means keeping children in school, keeping health systems functioning, creating livelihoods, supporting host communities, and strengthening institutions.This is not charity, it is strategic investmentThe next EU budget (MFF) offers Europe a crucial opportunity to put this principle into practice. The question is not only how much money Europe allocates to external action, but what it is intended to achieve and what Europe expects in return.The MFF will determine which countries, crises and priorities receive sustained European backing. It will shape Global Europe, the EU&#8217;s principal framework for development and humanitarian action, and therefore Europe\u2019s ability to use its financial weight to advance its own security and prosperity.This is not a technical exercise in dividing budget lines. It is a strategic choice about where European resources can deliver the greatest return: reducing instability, strengthening economic resilience, opening markets and building partnerships before crises become more costly to manage .Refugees who work contribute to local economies. Stronger infrastructure supports trade. More resilient economies create markets for European goods and services. Stronger public institutions help societies withstand polarisation and resist extremist political movements.This is why the design of Global Europe matters. Europe needs the capacity to finance the full displacement cycle: reducing fragility and conflict; protecting people when displacement occurs; supporting host countries and communities; creating livelihoods; and investing in solutions, including safe return where conditions permit, as well as resettlement and labour or education mobility.The principle is simple: invest European money to the problem where it can deliver the greatest return \u2013 including for Europe&#8217;s own security and prosperity.Money spent strengthening a fragile health system today reduces the risk of a pandemic tomorrow. Money spent helping a refugee find work strengthens a host economy and provides a stronger trading partner for the EU. Money spent supporting the rule of law reduces the risk that instability and political extremism will spill across borders.Not soft investments \u2013 investments in Europe\u2019s own interestsEurope has a finite pool of resources and an expanding set of demands. Defence, cohesion, competitiveness and stronger public services will rightly compete for political attention and money. These priorities are closely linked to Europe\u2019s external choices. A safer and more prosperous Europe depends in large part on what happens beyond its borders.The next MFF will determine whether Europe puts its money behind short-term crisis management or long-term resilience; whether it strengthens relationships or creates transactional dependencies; and whether its external spending generates returns for Europeans as well as its partners.Europe cannot prevent every conflict or stop every person from moving. But it can influence whether people have a viable future closer to home, whether host countries remain resilient, whether markets and partnerships grow, and whether crises extend across borders.The choice is straightforward: use Europe\u2019s money to manage the consequences of forced displacement on Europe, or invest more decisively in preventing those consequences from becoming Europe\u2019s problem in the first place.Jean-Nicolas Beuze is the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Representative to the EU.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/09\/24\/europes-security-and-prosperity-start-before-people-reach-its-borders&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/50\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_c8b327d8-21c9-5d6a-acc0-ba9bb06d7070-9925098.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Ukraine pushes for Russian assets to plug $78 billion gap in 2027 Europe News No energy shortage, but a painful winter looms for Europe Europe News Pressure grows within EPP to expel Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s SNS party Europe News Magyar&#8217;s &#8216;Operation Purge&#8217; takes shape with high level detentions Europe News Ukraine pushes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2169989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2169989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2169989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2169989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2169989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}