Política

The Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants (CETI) in Ceuta is a powder keg about to explode. Again. With a capacity of 512 places, although it currently houses 700 people, hundreds of immigrants who crossed into Spain this week with the permissiveness of Morocco are increasingly nervously waiting their turn to access the facility, where they can find something as basic as water or food, which they do not find on the street. The National Police try to keep them at bay, but the desperation is palpable in the atmosphere of the area that has become the current hot spot of the migration crisis.

Santiago Abascal traveled this Sunday to Ceuta to see the consequences of the entry of 50,000 immigrants from Morocco. And the leader of Vox not only wanted to blame Pedro Sánchez for what happened, but he said that the responsibility for what occurred is “shared” and pointed to both the Government and Morocco. “It is an act of war promoted by Morocco and tolerated and allowed by Pedro Sánchez in various ways,” said the leader of Vox, who was accompanied by Jorge Buxadé, the party’s spokesperson in Europe.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo continues in Ceuta this Sunday and has met with associations of the Civil Guard and Police unions at the PP headquarters of the autonomous city. Meanwhile, Miguel Tellado, the party’s secretary general, has deepened the idea of blaming the Government for what happened and has also wanted to warn that Ceuta is far from recovering normality. “We remain just as unprotected. What happened could happen again tomorrow,” he warned in an interview on EsRadio.

The leader of Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF), Alvise Pérez, had to be evacuated this Saturday by the National Police from the rally called by his party in the Plaza de los Reyes in Ceuta, due to counter-demonstrations led by Ceutan citizens of Moroccan origin.

Ramon Espadaler faces one of the decisive moments of his term, in the midst of the implementation of the Efficiency law. Major changes in justice, he says, require time, resources, dialogue, and full institutional respect.

The proposal repeatedly put forward by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to reach a State pact for the climate emergency has been met with outright rejection from the Popular Party. Despite the outcry from experts and the unanimous demand of social organizations, the chances of an agreement are fading, largely because the end of the parliamentary term is approaching.

As the backdrop to the current migration crisis is the 2030 FIFA World Cup, a competition that will be jointly organized by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. More specifically, the final of that World Cup, the main point of contention to be decided. Because that tournament, which could bring together up to 64 teams if FIFA’s plans proceed, will start in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay with the first three matches, in commemoration of the centenary of the competition. That is, the opening matches will no longer be held in the host countries. This fact gives even more importance to who will get the final match. The rules of FIFA’s preliminary report are clear: the stadium hosting the title match must have a minimum capacity close to 80,000 spectators.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, sent a letter yesterday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, urging the Irish presidency, which holds the rotating presidency this semester, to convene an emergency meeting due to the reaction he described as “selfish, polarizing, and illegal” of countries like Italy in response to the crisis triggered this week in Ceuta by the irregular crossing of the border.

The first curve of Martínez Catena Avenue, the road that runs along the southern coastal area of Ceuta, serves to quite accurately predict whether it will be a day of migratory pressure in the autonomous city. From there, in the background, you can glimpse Tarajal beach. Unless the dense fog that often appears during many summer days prevents seeing the border with Morocco. That white curtain, besides announcing stifling heat, helps immigrants who try to swim to the Spanish coast avoid being detected. Foggy night, early morning of irregular arrivals.

The King, who is at Marivent, the official summer residence of the royal family, has conveyed a message in which he expresses his “great concern and indignation over the serious events in Ceuta and, to a lesser extent, also in Melilla.” According to a statement made public this Saturday by the Royal Household, over the past few days Felipe VI has remained in contact with both the presidents of the two Autonomous Cities, Juan Jesús Vivas and Juan José Imbroda, as well as with the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. “To all of them,” the note states, “he has conveyed words of encouragement and firmness.”