Overview
- The PP has turned the late‑July mass arrival in Ceuta into its main early‑season issue, organizing nationwide town‑hall demonstrations through the FEMP and saying it will join the judicial case in the Audiencia Nacional.
- Pedro Sánchez is scheduled to appear before a plenary session of the Congress next Thursday to explain the government’s handling of Ceuta, prompting intensified parliamentary oversight and public attacks from the opposition.
- About 5,000 migrants still remain in Ceuta, creating rising social tension in the city, pressuring local services and forcing community groups to provide food, shelter and child care while authorities seek longer‑term solutions.
- Inside the right, PP leaders warn that centering the campaign on immigration risks boosting Vox even as Vox seeks to expand its national and international profile and faces weaker external financing.
- The dispute will shape the autumn agenda — from funding and child‑placement decisions to judicial developments — and feed the broader electoral fight with municipal and regional ballots fixed for May 2027 and the date of a general election still undecided.