Europe Failed the Ceuta Test¶
PARIS—Soon after it became clear thatmore than 70,000 Moroccanswere attempting to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta—many by swimming across the narrow stretch of water separating it from Morocco—22 European Union member statescalledon European Commission PresidentUrsula von der Leyento convene an emergency meeting of the bloc’s interior ministers. But before the meeting could even take place, Italyannouncedthat it was temporarily suspending visa-free travel from Spain and reintroducing border controls.