Feijóo accuses government of being ‘hostile to the invaded and meek toward the invaders’ in Ceuta

Alberto Núñez Feijóo told Spain’s Popular Party that victory is not enough: it must win decisively enough to prevent coalition or investiture agreements from blocking its path to La Moncloa.

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The change is getting closer and closer, but it is not done, and we cannot think that everything will fall like forbidden fruit.

Opening the party’s political year in Madrid, Feijóo invoked the memory of the 2023 general election, when the party believed a change of government was within reach but fell short. Although the next general election has not been scheduled, he urged members to maintain maximum pressure until the vote. He said the party must win municipal, regional and general elections with enough strength to govern alone and avoid depending on Vox, which he described as increasingly influential.

Feijóo then turned his attack toward Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The migration crisis in Ceuta, and Sánchez’s decision not to travel there during his holiday, formed the centre of the Popular Party’s criticism. Feijóo said the government had been “hostile to the invaded and meek toward the invaders” and accused it of abandoning Spain’s borders.

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Strength so that reason wins

He demanded a firmer migration policy and said protecting territorial integrity was the state’s obligation. “Spain does not have to ask permission to control its borders, it is its obligation. Spain does not have to ask permission or forgiveness to maintain its territorial integrity,” he said. He also called for the head of the National Intelligence Centre to appear before the Official Secrets Commission to explain what intelligence services knew before the mass entry into Ceuta.

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Hostile to the invaded and meek toward the invaders

The speech also featured a strong attack from Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who devoted almost half her address to confronting Sánchez over the Ceuta crisis and what she described as his obsession with her.

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Spain does not have to ask permission to control its borders, it is its obligation. Spain does not have to ask permission or forgiveness to maintain its territorial integrity.