The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has requested this Wednesday that Morocco be required, “with due firmness and clarity, to respect” the territorial integrity of Spain and has demanded the return of the migrants who entered at the end of July in accordance with the law. Vivas has emphasized that the autonomous city is “in danger” due to the entry of more than 80,000 people on July 30 and 31 but has made it clear that the city remains “standing” thanks to the “firm determination” of a people “who do not give up, do not sell out, and defend themselves.”

The week of May 18th looks to be key for the budgets and, by extension, for the legislature in Catalonia. The Govern and Esquerra Republicana are finalizing the last aspects of what will be the first accounts to be produced since 2023. Monday will be a key day: it will start with the seal of the pact to develop the orbital railway line and, at 5:30 p.m., the republicans will convene their national council – the highest body between congresses – to assess whether they give the final yes to the budget project.

“I will answer everything I am asked.” Although the president of the court judging Operation Kitchen warned her that she had been provisionally cleared, meaning any false answer could serve to reopen the case against her, the former secretary general of the Popular Party arrived this Thursday at the Audiencia Nacional eager to distance herself from any parapolice operation to steal information from Luis Bárcenas because at that time she “was certain” that “that person you are talking about” (referring to the former treasurer) did not have any document that could compromise the Popular Party leadership over its irregular financing. Words that could contradict a recording that was made public in which she asked former commissioner José Manuel Villarejo: