Política

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a videoconference yesterday with four of his ministers regarding the situation in Ceuta from his summer break at the La Mareta estate in Lanzarote, and from La Moncloa a video and a photograph of the moment were sent to the media. The fact is that the still image of the episode distributed by the EFE agency has raised some controversy because the head of the Executive’s legs are not visible below the desk in his office while he speaks addressing the ministers who appear on a screen.

La Policía Nacional has carried out this Saturday morning the first random checks on flights coming from Italy at the airports of Barcelona and Madrid. However, the situation at El Prat was absolutely normal on this second Saturday of August, since of the various flights arriving from the transalpine country in the morning, only one coming from Rome and another from Milan that landed at noon had an additional check by the agents of the National Police Corps (CNP).

The “total confrontation,” “the crisis,” or “the wall” between Italy and Spain over the reciprocal suspension of the Schengen free movement treaty following the migration crisis in Ceuta headlines the Italian press this Saturday.

Millions of people try to reach Europe, now turned into a kind of promised land fortified and defended by barbed wire or by thousands of miles of uncertain seas where finding death is very common.

Minors who arrived in Ceuta amid the surge are not irregular no matter how much Santiago Abascal considers them “invaders” and Vox’s government agreements with the PP dehumanize them. The assault on the border raises doubts about the Spanish intelligence services, the…

The Government of Pedro Sánchez makes a move. After Italy rejected the Spanish ultimatum regarding controls at its borders for Spanish citizens – in response to the Ceuta crisis, during which more than 72,000 immigrants entered irregularly a week ago – the Executive will respond in kind. From midnight tonight, Spain will establish controls at the borders of ports and airports for movements coming from the Italian Republic. In Moncloa, they say it is due to the “persistent irregular migratory pressure suffered by the transalpine country.”

The Community of Madrid, through the public company Planifica Madrid, has published this Friday the sale of the penthouse in Chamberí, located on General Martínez Campos street, for 6.69 million euros, excluding taxes, according to the announcement signed by the CEO of the public company, Pedro Corbalán Ruiz

“The invasion of tens of thousands of migrants into Ceuta is a direct consequence of the shameful refusal of the Spanish Government to defend its sovereignty, secure its borders, and protect its population,” stated a message yesterday from the X account of the United States Department of State, regarding the massive and irregular entry of immigrants into the Spanish autonomous city on July 30.

The Government of Giorgia Meloni has rejected this afternoon Pedro Sánchez’s demand to remove border controls with Spain that Italy reintroduced on August 1 due to the massive and irregular entry of immigrants in Ceuta on July 30. In a note from the Chigi Palace, the Italian Executive assures that Italy “does not accept ultimatums or impositions from abroad” on matters of national security.

The Navy has reinforced its deployment in Ceuta with the arrival of the frigates Santa María and Navarra, which are already operating in the southern bay of the city as part of the extraordinary device activated by the Ministry of Defense to address the migration crisis triggered after the massive entry recorded last week. Likewise, the security forces will strengthen their presence in the autonomous city with the deployment in the coming hours of new agents from the Police Intervention Unit (UIP), the riot police, made up of 45 officers, according to the Ministry of the Interior reported this Friday.