Ceuta Troops Absent as Spain Holds National Day Parade in Madrid
The parade featured 4,400 troops and 82 aircraft as the government kept Ceuta forces deployed after July’s migrant crossing crisis.
- On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faced intense jeers and profanities from crowds at Madrid's National Day military parade, while King Felipe VI and the Royal Family received sustained applause from roughly 80,000 spectators.
- Sánchez's October 5 decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap general election for November 29 intensified political tensions ahead of the annual celebration, following legislative defeats over housing measures.
- The military deployment featured 4,400 troops, 144 ground vehicles, and 82 aircraft, with organizers estimating the parade route ran from the Emperor Charles V roundabout to Plaza de Colón along Madrid's central avenues.
- Madrid Regional President Isabel Díaz Ayuso predicted this would be the last parade Sánchez presides over as Prime Minister, while Vox leader Santiago Abascal boycotted for the second consecutive year.
- With the November 29 election approaching, polls show the People's Party and Vox maintaining a combined majority, signaling a volatile political landscape as the campaign period intensifies ahead of the vote.
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Spanish furious with the premier: during the celebration of the Día de la Hispanidad applause to the royal family and choirs against the socialist. Today he will desert the visit of Felipe to Ceuta, where anger towards the prime minister is even more virulent. The article Sánchez, whistles and insults at the national parade comes from The Truth.
The day was marked by political polarization, the proximity of the general elections of November 29 and the migratory crisis in Ceuta
The signs of popular discontent are framed in a period of growing criticism of the Executive's management.
The military parade of October 12 has turned the center of Madrid on Monday into a scenario of polarization and social discontent that shakes Spain, less than two months after the early elections of November 29. While some opponents of the government received President Pedro Sanchez with insults and booing, nationalist groups faced activists for housing camped at Puerta del Sol.
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