Ceuta remained calm despite alerts of a new crossing near Benzú. From New York Sánchez repeated that Morocco's border control had failed and he had demanded answers, while the government weighed shorter expulsion deadlines and reinforced the border. In Congress Armengol expelled PP deputy Ana Vázquez for displaying pepper spray described as carried by schoolgirls in Ceuta; a party worker later admitted manipulating the canister after parts of the chamber were cordoned off.
Midday attention turned to Zapatero telling the judge the 12 jewels found in his office were a personal 2007 gift from the Saudi king in Moncloa, without Riyadh confirmation and disputing the valuation.
In the afternoon police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen in Retiro after the fund rejected a last offer despite hundreds of activists. Thousands protested in Madrid, with riot-police charges, as Sánchez blamed Ayuso and Almeida and pressed Congress to back an anti-eviction decree.