MEETING WITH NUEVAS GENERACIONES

On 8 September, Javier Zarzalejos held a meeting with the National President of Nuevas Generaciones, Ignacio Dancausa; its Secretary-General, Alonso Nieto; and several members of its Executive Committee.

Immigration was a major focus of the meeting. Zarzalejos analysed the Ceuta crisis and recalled the extraordinary session convened in August by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), which the Spanish Government decided not to attend through any of the ministers who had been summoned.

The MEP stressed that the European Parliament was the first parliamentary chamber to respond to the crisis and criticised what he described as the Government’s disastrous handling of the situation. He also announced that the situation in Ceuta would be the subject of a debate and a resolution during the European Parliament’s following plenary session.

The meeting also addressed the so-called “Grandchildren Law” and the large-scale regularisation promoted by the Government. Representatives of Nuevas Generaciones expressed their concern about these measures and called for an orderly, legal and safe migration policy, linked to employment and designed to encourage the integration of those who share closer cultural ties with Spain.

In this regard, they advocated an immigration policy based on clear rules and a genuine capacity for reception and integration, and discussed with Zarzalejos the main proposals contained in the Partido Popular’s Immigration Plan.