{
  "id": 6128399,
  "title": "Majority of Spaniards unhappy with government's handling of Ceuta crisis, poll shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/majority-of-spaniards-unhappy-with-governments-handling-of-ceuta",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T11:12:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-907818"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nearly nine out of ten Spaniards hold Morocco responsible for the surge of migrant crossings into Ceuta in late July, according to a recent poll. A majority of those surveyed, 40dB, also rated Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's response to the crisis as \"bad\" or \"very bad.\" This sentiment contributed to a decrease in support for Sanchez's party. The poll, conducted among 2,000 individuals for El Pais newspaper and radio station SER, revealed a growing preference for the conservative and far-right Vox party. Moralisations of responsibility for the crisis shifted towards Morocco, human-trafficking groups, disinformation on social media, the migrants themselves, and the Spanish government, with Spanish officials receiving the highest blame at 72%. Only 14.2% of respondents praised Sanchez's handling of the situation, with most criticizing his response as being too slow. The combined voting intentions for the conservative People's Party and Vox reached 50.2%, marking their potential right-wing alliance as the first to breach the 50% mark in an opinion poll during this legislature. Meanwhile, the center-left bloc dropped to 36.1%, while Sanchez's Socialist Party fell to 27.6%. About 27% of respondents identified Vox as the most capable party in addressing immigration concerns, followed by the Socialists at 18.4% and the PP at 13.9%. A majority of respondents, 70%, favored stricter border controls over protecting vulnerable migrants, and 82% supported increasing fences and surveillance at Spain's borders.",
  "summary": "Only 14.2% rated Sanchez's handling of the crisis positively, while two-thirds of respondents said his response was too slow.",
  "key_points": [
    "88% of Spaniards blame Morocco for migrant surge in Ceuta",
    "40% rate Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's response as bad or very bad",
    "Vox party gains support as alternative to Sanchez's Socialist Party"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The poll results signal a significant erosion of support for the Socialist Party, with voters increasingly turning to the conservative and far-right parties, particularly Vox, on issues of immigration and border control.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Última hora de la entrada de inmigrantes a Ceuta, en directo | Vivas insiste en que Marruecos está detrás de la crisis y denuncia que Ceuta “no tiene margen temporal para seguir aguantando”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/ultima-hora-de-la-entrada-de-inmigrantes-a-ceuta-en-directo-vivas",
        "published": "2026-09-07T07:48:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Spain in English",
        "title": "Spain’s Ceuta crisis: Polls show widespread disapproval of Sánchez as PP and Vox pass 50%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/spains-ceuta-crisis-polls-show-widespread-disapproval-of-sanchez-as",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:28:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Olive Press",
        "title": "Spain’s right surges past 50% in polls for the first time as PP and Vox capitalise on Ceuta migrant crisis anger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/spains-right-surges-past-50-in-polls-for-the-first-time-as-pp-and-vox",
        "published": "2026-09-07T13:57:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}