The Party of European Socialists (PES) is heading towards an internal showdown as divisions among national delegations over migration policy deepen in the wake of the Ceuta crisis, in which over 72,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave from Morocco at the end of July.
During the crisis, Denmark's centre-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen joined Italy, Germany, Finland and Sweden in criticising Pedro Sánchez's government over its handling of the situation.
