Pedro Sánchez ally hits back, saying government ministers are not accountable to the European Parliament
An emergency meeting of the European Parliament to discuss the Ceuta crisis descended into partisan Spanish infighting on Thursday, when the EPP attacked Pedro Sánchez’s government for not showing up.
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish interior minister, and Elma Saiz, the migration minister, did not take part in an online meeting convened by Javier Zarzalejos, who is the chair of the civil liberties committee and a centre-right MEP from the opposition Partido Popular.
“I fully understand the responsibilities in the management of this crisis, but I find it deeply regrettable that both have declined our invitation,” Zarzalejos said.
Lena Düpont, a German centre-right MEP, said: “It is a choice that the ministers from the Spanish government are not there… It could have potentially helped us in understanding the situation.”
