Política

The socialists have found Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s Achilles’ heel in the penthouse that the Community of Madrid bought in the elegant Madrid neighborhood of Chamberí. The PSOE is not going to miss the opportunity to exploit this vein and, despite being in the middle of the holiday period, has requested an “urgent” meeting of the permanent deputation of the Assembly of Madrid so that the president of the Community can give explanations about this controversial purchase.

The former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has requested the judge of the National Court investigating him for the so-called ‘Plus Ultra case’ not to grant the police the authority for the Anti-Money Laundering Prevention Service (SEPBLAC) to expand all the information it needs to prepare an analysis of his bank accounts, those of his friend Julio Martínez Martínez, and the company of his daughters – also under investigation – Whathefav.

The central government will mobilize an additional 25 million euros to assist minors in Ceuta. The Ministry of Youth and Childhood, according to government sources, will make an extraordinary credit transfer of 25 million euros to the autonomous city for the urgent care of unaccompanied migrant boys, girls, and adolescents.

Candela López (Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, 1985) leads the Comuns together with Gemma Tarafa since November 2024. She is also in charge of the negotiations to rebuild what was Sumar.

The former minister Jaume Giró has definitively broken with Junts per Catalunya and has resigned as a member of the post-convergent party.

After the chaos caused last week by the massive entry of migrants both by swimming and over the Ceuta fence, the consequences are now beginning to be seen. On one hand the political ones and on the other the humanitarian ones. The latest data available is that there are already 90 deaths while trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta, although it is already assumed that more bodies will appear in the coming days.

Paper can withstand anything. When the Immigration Law was reformed a year and a half ago to redistribute unaccompanied immigrant minors without family support among the autonomous communities, the term “ordinary capacity” was established. A standard for the reception places for unaccompanied foreign minors that each territory should have, based on its population. With calculator in hand, Ceuta’s ordinary capacity was set at 29 beds. The autonomous city, after last week’s massive influx, is caring for 862 minors; four times more than just two weeks ago. 2,865% more than its capacity. And there are still dozens of them on the street, hidden, unidentified.

The Government has dismissed an official from the Department of National Security after publishing last Friday the figure of about 49,000 people who would have entered Ceuta last week coming from Morocco.

More extraordinary than the EU Interior Ministers’ meeting itself taking place today after the Ceuta crisis is the political escalation that precedes it. The crisis between Italy and Spain has not only not eased but continues to intensify with unprecedented harshness.

The avalanche of immigrants who entered Ceuta last week not only captured attention due to the humanitarian emergency but also because of its geopolitical consequences and diplomatic implications. International media featured front pages and news reports with images from El Tarajal, but have maintained coverage focusing on the reasons behind what happened and have analyzed who wins and who loses in this whole story.