Sanchez asked about Ceuta crisis during press conference with Macron

The presence of the French head of state and the upheavals of international news, nor the vast mobilizations for the right to housing which are currently shaking Spain, will not have prevented journalists from once again questioning the president of the government, Pedro Sanchez, on the crisis in Ceuta, during the press conference held this Wednesday with Emmanuel Macron. One more sign that, two months after the massive arrivals of migrants in the Spanish city in the north of Africa, the debate on the management of the situation continues to dominate Spanish political life and to embarrass the head of the executive and his formation, the Socialist Party (PSOE), at their lowest in the polls.

This crisis, and this is undoubtedly the main reason for its persistence, covers three main problems. The first is that of Spain’s unpreparedness. The government insists that it could not predict that at least 70,000 people would cross the border on July 30 and 31...