The opposition People’s party (PP) is calling on Sánchez to produce a swift and tough response, saying the small military and police reinforcements announced last night are insufficient.
The PP’s leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is not dialling down his language.
View image in fullscreenAlberto Nuñez Feijoo appears before the media at a press conference last week. Photograph: Atilano Garcia/SOPA Images/Shutterstock“People have continued to arrive in Ceuta throughout the night, and those on the ground describe an occupied city, with nothing sufficient being done to prevent it,” he’s just posted on X.
“In Melilla, too, around 400 irregulars have entered. I insist that Sánchez must defend our national security, our territorial integrity, and our coexistence.
As prime minister, he has instruments and means at his disposal, and all that remains is for him to give the orders.
As serious as what is happening is the fact that the Government is reacting with this weakness. All of Spain stands with Ceuta and Melilla.”
The far-right Vox party, meanwhile, is calling the influx “an invasion”.
