Morning Briefing Podcast: Ceuta: Migration Crisis or Hybrid Attack? / Stock Markets between Fear and Euphoria
After the rush to Ceuta, the EU is looking for a common line: from today, the ambassadors will discuss, on Tuesday the interior ministers - with consequences for relations with Rabat and Washington.
European Union member states are expressing concern that the influx of tens of thousands of migrants to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave, has been a "hybrid attack" on Spanish sovereignty. Four EU diplomats and two officials told the Handelsblatt that the recent surge of migrants could not have occurred without Morocco's approval. In an open letter, 22 EU government leaders, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), argued that the EU cannot permit the "instrumentalization of migration or other hybrid threats."
Within 48 hours, over 50,000 people attempted to enter Ceuta, most of whom have since returned to Morocco. The death toll has risen to 72. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the situation an "attack, a violation of Spain's territorial integrity," while praising "very reasonable cooperation with the countries of origin and transit." He made every effort to avoid criticizing Morocco.
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