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?

The Government has defended this Thursday, with an extensive document, the loan of 53 million euros granted on March 9, 2021 to the airline Plus Ultra. A financial aid, charged to the support fund for the solvency of strategic companies after the coronavirus pandemic crisis, now in the eye of the legal, political, and media storm following the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged corruption crimes that would have their origin in this Executive rescue.

The Moroccan authorities have activated an exceptional security operation in the north of the country to neutralize the calls widely spread on social networks, which incite a new massive entry into the autonomous city of Ceuta tomorrow, August 15, after the one led by more than 70,000 people two weeks ago. “The Ceuta border will be open on the 15th, a holiday in Spain,” some of these messages state.