'Red Orbán' or visionary? Ceuta crisis puts Sánchez under spotlight
The letter said Spain’s migration policies are a pull factor after about 72,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco, officials said.
- On Saturday, 22 heads of state sent a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa expressing "serious concern" over the Ceuta migration crisis and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's policies.
- Roughly 72,000 people from Morocco crossed into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta late last week, crystallising concerns that Madrid's migration policies are putting Spain increasingly at odds with European neighbours.
- Danish MEP Henrik Dahl called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Europe's "red Orbán," citing isolation, while European Parliament Vice President Javi López refuted the comparison as "insane."
- Madrid's divergence from 26 other European leaders spans a softer China stance, rejection of NATO's 5 percent defence spending target, and balancing support for Palestine with Israel criticism.
- Spanish economist Alicia García-Herrero said Sánchez's isolation is a "reality," with potential for further discord expected at the European Council summit in October.
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Blame Pedro Sanchez for Ceuta. Not Spain
The invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta by tens of thousands of young, marauding Moroccans is, like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a tale of how the future could look unless one takes action in the present. It’s also a temptation to succumb to schadenfreude. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez harbors a special enmity toward Israel and never misses an opportunity to lecture the United States on its policies. The invasion of Ceuta late l…
The Spanish president has an agenda that fits badly with that of most European governments. But beyond political reasons, various interests hang over Ceuta.
Are those dead at sea, drowned in an attempt to reach a strip of Europe, different from the others only because in Spain there is a Sanchez instead of an Orbán? And what about the sending of the army? If the army in question belongs to a state governed by one another is legitimate to intervene, which is not if the state is governed by the other?
The government calls the measure "unfair" and states that it is "contrary to the interests of the EU and discriminatory to the Spanish population."More information: Morocco accepts that Spain will hand over all its menus if it removes "judicial obstacles." In 6 years, 28,000 returned 41.
People's Party deputy criticizes the president's videos and claims that she seeks to divert attention from the crisis in Ceuta and the corruption cases affecting the government
The president will connect from La Mareta with Robles, Marlaska, Elma Saiz and Sira Rego to address the evolution of the situation in the autonomous city.
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