Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday insisted that this was “an act of justice and a necessity.”
But VOX leader Santiago Abascal later hit back that “the Spanish people have not given permission for this,” and warned: “Sooner rather than later you will have to pay for it.”
Pierre-Marie Sève, from France’s Institute for Justice, said the move was a blatant attempt to “rig future elections in Spain.” Portuguese lawyer Adriano Soares da Costa agreed that it would help “undermine Germany’s and Italy’s policies to curb the flow of illegal immigrants, who are used as Left-wing voters and who undermine European democracy,” highlighting the most basic fact that
Once legalised in Spain, they will have free movement across Europe, seeking out the country that best offers them guarantees and benefits.
In Britain, migration expert Mike Jones said the programme will “drag the Schengen Area into the spotlight,” sending reverberations “across the continent and massively [intensifying] the pull factor from Africa.”
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
