Ayuso accuses Sánchez of using Ceuta as a smokescreen
Hispanic American voters make up 8% of the Madrid electorate, worth 10-11 seats: Ayuso's Ceuta claim is about migration, but also about electoral maths.
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Ayuso: Ceuta 'invasion' covers up Sánchez's trials
Nobody in Spanish politics holds back any more. Isabel Díaz Ayuso has accused Pedro Sánchez of allowing an "invasion" of Spain through Ceuta to hide his "trials". The statement, posted on her X account and picked up by El Plural, offers no evidence, but it ignites a controversy that goes far beyond the border.
It is the electoral backdrop that stings. According to a demographic analysis, 8% of voters in the Madrid regional elections are naturalised Hispanic Americans. In the 135-seat Assembly, that share amounts to a bloc of 10-11 seats, more than the third or fourth largest party usually wins. With these figures, some argue that Madrid's PP needs to court that electorate and migration policy becomes an electoral asset. Others, however, read Ayuso's accusation as an attempt to divert attention from her own troubles, including the controversy over a penthouse linked to the CAM.
The word "invasion", applied to the arrival of people through Ceuta, does not stand up to serious comparison with migration flow data, but the noise already serves its purpose. While the PSOE responds with counter-accusations, Vox capitalises on the discontent. The clash will be just another episode in the political war, unless the Hispanic American vote keeps growing. If the trend continues, next time the squabble will have another name, but the electoral calculation has already been made.
Nobody in Spanish politics holds back any more. Isabel Díaz Ayuso has accused Pedro Sánchez of allowing an "invasion" of Spain through Ceuta to hide his "trials". The statement, posted on her X account and picked up by El Plural, offers no evidence, but it ignites a controversy that goes far beyond the border.
It is the electoral backdrop that stings. According to a demographic analysis, 8% of voters in the Madrid regional elections are naturalised Hispanic Americans. In the 135-seat Assembly, that share amounts to a bloc of 10-11 seats, more than the third or fourth largest party usually wins. With these figures, some argue that Madrid's PP needs to court that electorate and migration policy becomes an electoral asset. Others, however, read Ayuso's accusation as an attempt to divert attention from her own troubles, including the controversy over a penthouse linked to the CAM.
The word "invasion", applied to the arrival of people through Ceuta, does not stand up to serious comparison with migration flow data, but the noise already serves its purpose. While the PSOE responds with counter-accusations, Vox capitalises on the discontent. The clash will be just another episode in the political war, unless the Hispanic American vote keeps growing. If the trend continues, next time the squabble will have another name, but the electoral calculation has already been made.
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