Not only is Saxony-Anhalt one of the federal states of Germany with low immigration (7%), but even in the areas of that territory where the least foreign population resides is precisely where an ultra party like the AfD has obtained the best results. That observation gives rise to multiple reflections about current social perceptions and how they spread. It is likely that in recent days many Germans have suddenly learned where Ceuta is. But it is also worth asking whether immigration is just one factor among a set of reasons that fuel votes for far-right parties and, in the German case, also ex-communists. While the undeniable rise of the AfD is notable, the collapse of the two main parties, the conservatives and Christian Democrats of the CDU and the Social Democrats of the SPD, who have supported the democratic system in recent decades, is even more significant. Could the same happen in Spain?

“Assault,” “invasion,” “humanitarian crisis.” The qualifiers have been numerous to define the largest mass entry of migrants into Spain, in this case Ceuta, all at once. The figure, which may still grow, is 72,000 entries and 82 bodies recovered in the Spanish area. The majority, of Moroccan nationality, returned voluntarily upon discovering that on the other side of the breakwater there was not even water and food for them.

Andalusia follows in the footsteps of Aragon. Electoral behavior follows some similar trends. And it should be remembered that Aragon is a community quite representative of the electorate in a general election, while Andalusia is the most populous. Let’s look at these trends:

In the judicial universe, where information leaks are commonplace, the fact that the former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz was convicted for revealing secrets in the case of the confessed tax fraud by Ayuso’s boyfriend, Alberto González Amador, was for the convicted “a very hard surprise,” among other things because during the judicial process there were also leaks, as he evidenced yesterday in his first interview after the sentence on Lo de Évole, from La Sexta.

Moments of high tension at the gates of the Loma Colmenar Enclosure, one of the new reception centers that the Government has set up to accommodate the immigrants who remain on the streets of Ceuta. After more than a week during which a long line, with hundreds of people, waited their turn to occupy a bed, the parking lot doors were opened this Monday to accommodate more immigrants, causing a huge commotion in the area.

The Government’s parliamentary partners are expressing increasing concern and alarm following the judicial indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for several alleged corruption offenses linked to the multimillion-dollar economic bailout of the airline Plus Ultra during the pandemic crisis. However, at least for now, the Executive does not see this parliamentary support at risk to keep afloat a legislature that Pedro Sánchez intends to complete within a year, by July 2027.