A European Parliament debate on the situation in Ceuta on Tuesday descended into a bitter internal clash between the political groups backing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just one day before her landmark State of the Union address.
The two main groups underpinning the centrist majority — the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — clashed over the aftermath of the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave on 30-31 July, when around 80,000 people crossed the border irregularly and more than 150 people died.
