Feijóo makes a move before Brussels over the Ceuta crisis and will meet with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs

The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will meet next Thursday, September 17, in Madrid with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, to address the situation in Ceuta after the massive entry of migrants recorded at the end of July.

The meeting will allow the opposition leader to learn about the evolution of pressure on the border and the measures that the European Union is preparing to reinforce its security. Feijóo will also advocate for greater community involvement in a crisis that the PP considers a matter of State and a problem that affects the entire European external border.

The meeting will follow up on the visit made this week to Brussels by the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas. Brunner then maintained that the Ceuta border is a common border of the European Union and placed among his priorities the return to Morocco of those who do not have the right to remain in Spain.

The meeting will be held after the European Commission has approved 114.7 million euros in urgent aid to reinforce border surveillance, expand reception capacity, and support returns. Brussels has also announced greater involvement of Frontex, Europol, and the European Union Agency for Asylum.

The PP frames the meeting within its offensive to demand explanations from the Government for the previous alerts known after the declassification of 40 official documents. The party accuses the Executive of having hidden information and assures that Feijóo will convey to Brunner his intention to defend a policy towards Morocco guided by Spanish interests.

Ceuta will also reach the European Parliament next week. The Chamber will address the situation of the autonomous city and the Popular Party will present an amendment to condemn the massive entry of last July 30 as an attack against the southern border of the European Union.