How Much… How Much Did the Europeans Sell Blood For?

As I See

Adil El-Baz

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When I read the European Union’s statement issued after the massacre in El Fasher, I was immediately reminded of the book Where Are Values Heading?—a collection of essays and intellectual theses examining the crisis of values and the moral and cultural dilemmas facing contemporary societies. The book explores the erosion of human values in a rapidly changing world and poses a central question: Where are values headed in the twenty-first century? I hope to find the time to present it in full to readers, for it is truly worth reading.

The book argues that human rights have become more of a media slogan than a political practice; democracy has turned into a mere façade, while real power lies in the hands of economic and media elites. Even the defense of the oppressed is increasingly dictated by geography and interest. The book sums up the human rights dilemma in a striking phrase: “Human rights without humans… a time of values without roots.”

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This is precisely what unfolded in the genocides of Geneina and El Fasher, where we watched Western values collapse the moment they collided with interests. The EU’s statement was a living, practical illustration of everything Where Are Values Heading? warned about. Europe abandoned the very values—human rights—that it has preached to us for decades.

The European statement issued on 20 November 2025 did not name a single state involved in supporting the militias, despite numerous international reports confirming the shipment of weapons to the Emirati-backed militia. Europe even failed to describe the crime as genocide and refused to name the UAE after direct pressure from an Emirati diplomatic delegation that attended the vote. Some members even called mentioning the UAE a “red line.”

The statement read: “We condemn all external actors providing weapons or military support to the parties involved”—without naming anyone.

Imagine that. The same EU that condemned Russia for arming the Wagner mercenaries now hesitates to condemn the UAE despite solid evidence of its support for the militia. Why? Simply because Russia is an enemy… and the UAE is an investor. In neither case do European “values” matter; in fact, they do not exist. They are not values at all—they are ornaments used for domination and deceit.

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Europe chose to stand with the UAE. It chose its interests over the values it has trumpeted for decades. It chose to sell Sudanese blood cheaply. Europe is under no moral obligation to voice Sudan’s suffering or stand with its people. The true disgrace lies in covering up for the real perpetrator.

But there is nothing surprising here. Europe and the UAE are currently negotiating a free-trade agreement launched in 2025, backed by non-oil trade that reached €67.6 billion in 2024, making the UAE the EU’s second-largest trading partner in the Gulf.

Emirati sovereign funds hold massive assets in Europe—estimated at €120–140 billion at minimum. The UAE is also a major player in European ports, airports, real estate, and finance. Europe’s silence, then, was no coincidence—it was a political decision to protect market values, not human rights. Values worth tens of billions—the price of spilled blood in Darfur and Kordofan.

They know that any formal naming of the UAE’s role in Sudan’s war would freeze arms deals, halt major investment projects, and threaten the interests of DP World. And so, Sudanese blood was sold cheaply in the global political bazaar.

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European hypocrisy did not stop at betraying values; it extended to abandoning victims and indulging in falsehoods. The EU statement described Sudan as facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, even as calls for humanitarian intervention have been rising since the start of this year.

The EU and its member states provided only €800 million in urgent humanitarian and development assistance—while the UN’s 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan, according to OCHA, needs $4.16 billion to meet the needs of 20.9 million people.

By the end of September 2025, coordinated humanitarian funding stood at roughly $1.06 billion, leaving a gap of about $3.1 billion—nearly 75% of needs unmet.

The World Food Programme (WFP), meanwhile, announced by September 2025 a funding shortfall of $589 million for its planned operations in Sudan. Its emergency report for November 2025 – January 2026 described the humanitarian appeal for that period as “severely underfunded,” reflecting the vast unmet needs.

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Europe has nothing left to offer the world—complete material and moral bankruptcy. Europe has become politically and economically subordinate to the UAE, bending its “values” at will. It claims to defend human rights yet fails to aid victims, remaining silent and complicit in covering up crimes.

What values does Europe have left? Those who still market themselves as civilians and democrats must stop promoting values that have reached their lowest point in this age of banality.