The “total confrontation,” “the crisis,” or “the wall” between Italy and Spain over the reciprocal suspension of the Schengen free movement treaty following the migration crisis in Ceuta headlines the Italian press this Saturday.
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“Italy and Spain, now there is a total confrontation,” headlines the newspaper Corriere della Sera which states that “the Spanish retaliation had already been considered, but the Italian Government’s stance remains unchanged.”
Now, it adds, “the fear is that the Spanish initiative could harm Italian tourists with widespread controls, rather than random ones, at Spanish ports and airports, especially on the islands” of the Balearics and Canary Islands.
The Milan newspaper assures that for this reason, although there is no official confirmation, since last night, when Spain imposed the suspension of border controls for passengers arriving from Italy, “contacts have been maintained” between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the vice presidents, Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini, and the Interior Minister, Matteo Piantedosi, to find a solution that minimizes inconvenience to Italians.
For the progressive La Repubblica, the “Italy wall” has caused “a crisis with Spain.”
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The Roman newspaper cites “high-level government sources” who have informed them that “three days ago an informal request was made to lift the travel restrictions, considering them absurd, and that this request was supported by the Foreign Ministry of Antonio Tajani.”
According to the newspaper, it was “agreed on August 15 as the deadline: to wait until that day to determine if the uproar on social media coming from Morocco about a second incursion” into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta that day “constituted a real threat, a scenario that intelligence services have been analyzing for days.”
La Stampa headlines on its paper front page “The Spain-Italy bullfight,” and points out: “The challenge now lies in a difficult balance. Rome cannot back down after having made border security one of the pillars of its political action. Madrid cannot ease the pressure without demanding results.”
Therefore, it raises the following question: “How long can a diplomatic war at the borders last without travelers paying the consequences?”
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