On Wednesday, PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo demanded that Pedro Sánchez appear to explain the entry of Moroccan warships into the waters of Ceuta (Europa Press, El País, El Mundo, 20minutos, El Confidencial, La Vanguardia). He asks that it be done in the Permanent Deputation of Congress (El Mundo) and took the matter to the EU and the National Court (El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Europa Press). El Confidencial reports his accusation that the prime minister “knew and hid it.” Sánchez had acknowledged on Monday that the ships entered in late July and called it a “one-off incident” (El País, ABC, La Vanguardia, 20minutos). Diario de Cádiz is the only outlet to report that two Navy frigates based at Rota were activated after the entry. El Confidencial adds that the judge investigating the storming of Ceuta has been waiting a month for images of the border. The outlets reviewed contain no official Government response to the request and no statement from Morocco.
It turns a naval episode already admitted by the prime minister into a demand for accountability 45 days before the election. It mixes security, the relationship with Morocco and the campaign, and forces the Government to decide whether to appear or let time pass.
If you live in Ceuta or Melilla, what matters is that there are explanations and security at the border. If not, it is an issue that will set the tone for the two weeks before the campaign.
For the PP, the Government knew what happened and hid it; an appearance in Parliament is the least it owes citizens.
For the Government, according to what Sánchez said on Monday, it was a one-off incident resolved through contact between the navies; the PP, this reading says, turns it into electoral ammunition.
Three things are still missing from the sources: why the ships entered, whether the Executive informed its European partners and what Rabat will say. Until someone answers them, the PP’s accusation that he “knew” is just that, an accusation; and the “one-off incident” version is a Government version.
Europa Press, El País, El Mundo, 20minutos, El Confidencial, La Vanguardia, ABC, La Razón, LaSexta, Diario de Cádiz · Oct. 14, 2026
Feijóo demands that Sánchez explain the Moroccan ships in Ceuta and takes the case to the EU and the National Court
The PP leader asks for an urgent appearance in the Permanent Deputation. The King and Queen ended their tour of the autonomous cities in Melilla, 45 days before the Nov. 29 election.
PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo demanded on Wednesday that Pedro Sánchez appear to explain the entry of Moroccan warships into the waters of Ceuta, according to Europa Press, El País, El Mundo, 20minutos, El Confidencial and La Vanguardia. He asks that it be done in the Permanent Deputation of Congress (El Mundo) and took the matter to the European Union and the National Court (El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Europa Press). El Confidencial reports his accusation that the prime minister “knew and hid it.”
Sánchez had acknowledged on Monday that the ships entered in late July, during the mass arrival of migrants, and had called it a “one-off incident,” as reported by El País, ABC, La Vanguardia and 20minutos. In the sources reviewed we have not seen a Government response to Feijóo’s request. Diario de Cádiz adds a detail that no other outlet reports: that two Navy frigates based at Rota were activated after the ships entered. And El Confidencial says that the judge investigating the storming of Ceuta has been waiting a month for “land, sea and air” images of the border.
The crisis also shows in the electoral lists. Sánchez placed Margarita Robles as number two of the PSOE ticket for Madrid, ahead of Félix Bolaños (El Confidencial, ABC, La Razón, LaSexta, 20minutos); El Mundo links the decision to the Ceuta crisis, but that is its reading, not a confirmed fact. Pollster Narciso Michavila, of GAD3, says in ABC that on Ceuta voters “do not vote out of Spanish nationalism but because of immigration.”
Today it is worth watching whether Sánchez agrees to appear, whether Rabat reacts officially —we have not seen any Moroccan statement in the outlets reviewed— and whether the judge finally receives the images. With the election 45 days away, Ceuta remains a campaign issue.