Spanish PM tells EU leaders 'this is not time to divide'
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pushed back against growing criticism from fellow European Union leaders on Friday regarding the migrant influx into Ceuta, declaring that "this is not the time to divide."
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- Published Date: 07:12 PM 31 July 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, under fire from some of his peers in the EU over an influx of migrants into Ceuta, said Friday "this is not the time to divide".
"It is the time to continue building a strong and united EU," he added in a post on X that included statistics on the number of irregular entries into other parts of Europe.
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