{
  "id": 139040,
  "title": "EU partners tone down criticism of Spain over Ceuta crisis and now show their \"total solidarity\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/los-socios-de-la-ue-rebajan-las-criticas-a-espana-por-la-crisis-de",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T17:44:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/espana/2026-08-04/los-socios-de-la-ue-rebajan-las-criticas-a-espana-por-la-crisis-de-ceuta-y-le-muestran-ahora-su-total-solidaridad.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The strong criticism of Spain for the Ceuta crisis of the first days has subsided. The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has not had to listen to the reproaches that 22 EU Prime Ministers - all but five - launched last Saturday in a letter against Spanish migration policy. In the meeting with his counterparts, \"there have been no real criticisms\" of the regularization, admitted the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Magnus Brunner, who spoke of \"total solidarity with Spain around the table\". The tone of the meeting has been \"constructive\", said the Spanish minister, and several diplomatic sources familiar with what happened in the almost four-hour meeting corroborate this.",
  "summary": "Los socios de la Unión Europea han reducido las críticas a España en relación con la crisis de Ceuta y han mostrado su \"total solidaridad\" con el país, según informes de El Pais. Inicialmente, los primeros ministros de la UE, con excepción de cinco, criticaron la política migratoria española durante una carta el pasado sábado. Sin embargo, durante una reunión con sus homólogos, el ministro de Interior español, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, informó que no hubo críticas reales sobre la regularización. El comisario de Asuntos de Interior, Magnus Brunner, habló de \"total solidaridad con España alrededor de la mesa\" y describió el tono del encuentro como \"constructivo\".",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Tensions cool between EU and Spain over crisis in Ceuta",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/tensions-cool-between-eu-and-spain-over-crisis-in-ceuta",
        "published": "2026-08-04T14:59:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Ceuta crisis: The elusive search for the origins of the border opening rumor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/ceuta-crisis-the-elusive-search-for-the-origins-of-the-border-opening",
        "published": "2026-08-04T15:56:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "‘Europe passed the test’ of Ceuta crisis, says EU commissioner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/europe-passed-the-test-of-ceuta-crisis-says-eu-commissioner",
        "published": "2026-08-04T16:08:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim to Spain’s Ceuta",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/the-viral-videos-that-inspired-tens-of-thousands-to-swim-to-spains",
        "published": "2026-08-04T18:46:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "How the far right weaponised the Ceuta crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/how-the-far-right-weaponised-the-ceuta-crisis",
        "published": "2026-08-04T21:32:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}