Corruption networks and the Ceuta crisis have cost Spain's governing coalition its legitimacy

The position holds that corruption networks around Spain's governing coalition and its handling of the Ceuta migrant crisis show a government that has lost the legitimacy to govern and deserves to be voted out. Its advocates, writing in Spanish, call it a government of lies and use words such as invasion and betrayal, and they speak of a cloaca in connection with the corruption cases.

The position is voiced by three outlets from European Union countries in the dispute over Spain's political fracture. In the events of recent months, the PP and Vox have moved closer together on Ceuta after months of electoral tension, although the PP abstained when Vox stood alone on an initiative defending the Spanish identity of Ceuta.

No competing position is recorded against it on this dispute. Prime Minister Sánchez, for his part, has accused the PP and Vox of disloyalty in every new crisis. The events show a mixed picture: the CIS pollster still has the PSOE winning, though its lead narrowed by two points after the Ceuta crisis, Spain and Italy imposed reciprocal border checks in the Ceuta migrant row, and the eldest daughter of former Prime Minister Zapatero is to testify before a judge as a suspect.