Política

The president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Isabel Perelló, entered the debate this Thursday on the Ceuta crisis following the massive entry of nearly 80,000 people at the end of July, which is going to be investigated by the National Court judge María Tardón. “The reality suffered by the people of Ceuta demands a response that preserves the integrity of our borders.”

The Attorney General of the State, Teresa Peramato, has raised her voice today before King Felipe VI to denounce the “systematic disqualification” suffered by the Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors for doing their job. Her speech comes at a tense moment between the judiciary and certain political leaders due to the disqualifications of certain members of the judiciary.

“Currently there is a central Government in Spain with which we do not agree. We do not agree with its policy, with its statements, with its initiatives, and we see a specific approach against Israel,” said the chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Israel in Spain, Dana Erlich, this morning during the Fórum Europa press breakfast. Erlich stated that for Israel to return “to normality with the current Government, a change in policy is needed.” Because, according to this diplomat, “Spain is important for Israel.”

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 President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, stated this Wednesday night, regarding the CNI warnings about Ceuta, that with the information available “no one could have anticipated” the migratory crisis, “neither in Spain nor in the EU.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has denied having knowledge of “any report that could foresee the magnitude” of the migration crisis at the end of July in Ceuta, thus rejecting the thesis of the declassified CNI information that warned of a call for an “assault” on Ceuta.

The PP considers that the documents declassified by the Government are of enormous seriousness and, therefore, they have called for the calling of elections and have warned that the Government “committed a manifest and willful dereliction of duties.” Ester Muñoz, spokesperson for the Popular Party, has argued that, based on all the documentation, it can be concluded that “the Government knew everything that was happening” when more than 70,000 immigrants entered Ceuta on July 30 and 31, revealing a “state lie” and making Pedro Sánchez “directly responsible.”

The National Intelligence Center (CNI) warned hours before the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta of a “call” to cross the Tarajal border breakwater by swimming or on foot. The secret services sent this warning via WhatsApp to the Government Delegation in the autonomous city and to the Civil Guard. They did so around 2:00 p.m. the previous day. That same afternoon, the CNI also sent an “urgent note” to Morocco to warn of the existence of a plan to enter on the 30th promoted on social networks. However, the documentation declassified this Wednesday by the Government does not reflect that the magnitude of what was going to happen was assessed: an assault on the fence, through which more than 80,000 people entered in just 48 hours. Nor does it appear that these alerts were raised to higher authorities to act, even if with little margin.

The political dust stirred up by the dossier prepared by the Communication Office of the Ministry of the Interior is dealing a significant blow to the Executive in terms of institutional credit. The scope of the maneuver – a catalog in which dozens of journalists and political analysts are rated and identified by their ideological orientation – has proven to be of such a caliber that it has completely disabled any attempt at justification. Faced with the impossibility of presenting a reasonable argument to support the existence of such an inventory, within the coalition and in the affected department itself, nothing has been heard but apologies and an explicit admission that an indefensible mistake has been made.

The European Commission has agreed this Wednesday to unlock more than 114 million euros in aid to Spain for the Ceuta crisis and also to guarantee Frontex’s readiness to strengthen its operational support, as requested by the Government of Pedro Sánchez. The endorsement from Brussels comes after weeks of contacts between Madrid and the technicians of the community capital to determine the needs following the massive crossing of migrants at the end of July.