Ceuta remained the background but lost its monopoly. Sánchez faced criticism over leadership after an exchange with a resident over Morocco, with Clavijo saying neither government nor opposition had measured up. The King intervened for the first time, praising Ceuta's civismo in a situation of extraordinary complexity. The government revised its count to nearly 10,000 migrants still in the city as the Trampolín settlement overflowed, while Brussels demanded an urgent solution and rapid returns. In Strasbourg Socialists defended Morocco's cooperation and Rabat cited Sánchez to exculpate itself.

Attention shifted in the afternoon when judge Llarena refused to apply the amnesty law to Puigdemont for embezzlement despite the EU court's endorsement, maintaining the national arrest order pending Constitutional Court review. The decision extended the executive-judiciary clash opened the previous day over the ley de nietos vote freeze, which continued to divide the Supreme Court and Electoral Board.