Fizzou avoids supporting refugee deportation centers like Meloni’s which the European PP supports

Alberto Núñez Fizeau avoids supporting deportation centers for refugees outside the EU area, which has been proposed by Ursula von der Leyen and which has been supported by the European People’s Party in a meeting attended by the head of the opposition. The leader of the Spanish PP has supported tougher measures proposed by Germany, which has introduced border controls in the Schengen area, or Polish Donald Tusk, who intends to suspend the right to asylum; But she did not want to support the proposal put forward by the President of the European Commission, copying the model of Italian far-right Giorgia Meloni.

“There is no magic formula,” Feijoo said at a news conference in Brussels after meeting with leaders of the popular political family ahead of a European Council meeting. “For leaders at this moment, finding solutions for the EU should be a priority,” he said of the meeting, in which migration is going to be one of the main issues on the table of the leaders of the 27 and in which a majority of countries will agree on migration policies. Committed to tightening the EU, including the creation of refugee centers outside the EU, as Meloni has done with Albania, and which Spain rejects.

Although Fizzou has refrained from endorsing the proposal, the European People’s Party did so in a statement after the leaders’ meeting. “The EU should leverage the impact of all other policies, including visa conditionality. As we enter the implementation phase of the agreement between Italy and Albania, we must also be prepared to draw lessons. In the same spirit, we should explore alternatives to return transit centers that reduce pressure on our reception and asylum systems,” that text is in line with what von der Leyen has defended.

Fizu has argued that irregular migration is “not uniform” in some countries and acknowledged that Spain has “other specificities”. The leader of the PP has taken the opportunity to attack Pedro Sánchez for his “lack of immigration policy”. Among the issues he has criticized is Spain’s “inability to reach agreements with third countries”. However, there are several cooperation agreements with countries of origin or transit, such as Morocco. Indeed, Sanchez signed three agreements this August, with Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia.

“While countries and their leaders are looking for points of agreement on irregular migration policy, Sanchez is left alone in this debate,” criticized Feijoo, who accused the president of not “acting with rigor” with his European counterparts. Planted. Most EU countries have defended the creation of these centres, which the Spanish government considers ineffective in combating irregular immigration and which do not fit into the current legal framework. The Sánchez Executive insists on continuing to work with countries of origin and transit, as Feijú himself has said, and accelerating the application of the EU Migration and Asylum Treaty, with an entry into force date of summer 2026. is determined for. ,

France and Germany have also defended it, although they differ on which points should be prioritized: while Spain wants it to be implemented widely, some capitals opt to expedite issues related to border controls And leaves files related to “Solidarity” for later. , such as the distribution of refugee quotas.

The PP leader has accused Sanchez of orchestrating an investigation by the state attorney general and called on the government to fire him. “Having a prime minister with the same judicial and personal status as the Spanish prime minister is an anomaly. It is an anomaly to have a Prime Minister whose wife and brother have been accused of corruption, half of the people in the government have been accused by the Civil Guard and the government party, who have been investigated in different jurisdictional headquarters,” PP K. said the leader, who has shown “respect” for the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office’s decision to dismiss his party’s complaint against the PSOE.

Feijoo also asked coalition partners to stop supporting it in a direct message to the PNV, which he did not mention explicitly, although he did ask parliamentary colleagues to stop supporting it in the context of the censure motion, “in line with some of his previous decisions”. Advised to stay. After the Gürtel ruling. “I advise your partners to review their position and be consistent with some of their previous decisions and to keep in mind that ultimately changes in countries are sometimes inevitable and, in my opinion, political change in Spain is inevitable ” Feijoo concluded by rejecting the censure motion for now, which would require Vox, PNV and Juntes to proceed.