Madrid, 7 September 2026. Juan Jesús Vivas, President of the City of Ceuta, opened the new season of the Fórum Europa On Desayuno Informativo organised by Nueva Economía Fórum the President of Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Ruedaalso attended. The event was held at the Four Seasons Hotel .
Vivas used his appearance to describe the current situation in Ceuta. According to him, the border city faces ongoing organisational and security challenges that require a coordinated response from the different levels of government. He pointed to the importance of reliable coordination between the city administration and the central government. No specific political commitments were announced at the event; Vivas spoke about the need for action and the city’s priorities.
Alfonso Rueda’s attendance underlines the wider regional attention being paid to Ceuta’s situation. According to the organisers and official diary notices, political figures from Madrid were among those in the room. The Desayuno Informativo traditionally serves as a forum where senior politicians explain key initiatives and set out their positions.
Sources close to the event said Vivas would continue the discussions at European level in the coming days. He planned to travel to Brusselsto speak with representatives of the European institutions about matters concerning Ceuta. No specific dates or outcomes were available at the time of the event; these were announcements made by the President of Ceuta.
The organiser Nueva Economía Fórum has run the Fórum Europa series for years as a discussion-focused breakfast event in Madrid. Today’s edition opened the new season. An official Xunta de Galicia statement recorded Rueda’s attendance at the event in Madrid.
The immediate context is today’s opening of the new Fórum Europa season by the President of Ceuta. Statements about goals, timetables and possible measures were made by the politicians involved and are attributable to them. Whether and in what form they will lead to decisions by the central government remains unclear. Further developments depend on the announced contacts in Brussels and coordination between the institutions responsible.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).