In recent weeks, reading the press, I have not stopped thinking that once again and as always, those who, due to their age, cannot defend themselves, with crying as their only weapon to attract attention and denounce those who cause them pain, are once again on the front pages of national and international newspapers.
It is chilling to see the number of children killed in the Gaza Strip due to the intransigence of a country like Israel, which defends itself with tanks and bombings against the stones of Palestinian minors.
Or to see how the advance of Islamists in Iraq is once again generating thousands of refugees, including many children from minority ethnic groups, in a country that was devastated after a senseless war.
But the news that was on the front page days ago, the journey of an eleven-month-old girl in a toy boat, crossing the strait without her parents and in the company of strangers, makes me think of desperation in its greatest degree.
Luckily this time there was luck and both the adults and the minors arrived well. The rescue services, surprised by the situation and unaware of the little girl's name from her companions, called her "Princess".
How great must the desperation of parents be so that in the middle of the night and given the impossibility of going out in search of a better future, they decide to let their baby risk their life in the company of other people, including some more minors.
Faced with the harsh reality of a country that is not advancing in rights, that reserves very harsh living conditions for its inhabitants and now, with the curse of Ebola, which is spreading in the form of a virus across the African continent, we could once again ask ourselves the difficult question: Would we do it?
A new European Parliament begins another term. I want to believe that more can be done from Europe than has been done to date, because more than ever solidarity and action are necessary in the face of the situations that are being experienced in the world.
In Spain we are heading towards municipal elections and then the general elections will come. I trust that with the new leadership of the PSOE, with Pedro Sánchez at the head, we will recover that lost space and be a more generous and understanding country, firmer in the face of injustice and above all, more focused on social policies, to ensure that those who are the most defenseless, the children, have the possibility of living in a better world.
Surely these days, the little Princess is once again called Fátima and will be waiting to reunite with her parents and learn to dream of a fairer and more egalitarian future.
