Government's CIS Poll Blames US More Than Morocco for Ceuta Crisis, Shows PSOE Still Leading

Spain's state-run CIS polling institute, led by Sánchez appointee José Félix Tezanos, publishes its first post-crisis survey: PSOE polls at 31% (down 2 points from July) but still leads the PP (25.5%) by 5.5 points, as Vox continues to rise. Sánchez receives an average leadership rating of 4.18/10 — his worst of 2026 — with 67.2% saying they distrust him, though the survey did not ask directly about his handling of Ceuta or his summer vacation during the crisis. On attribution of blame for the crossing, 49.1% of respondents point to the United States and 15.2% to Israel, versus just 38.1% for Morocco and 1.4% for Morocco's King Mohammed VI — a striking contrast with the independent 40dB poll on Sep 7 that found roughly nine in ten Spaniards blaming Morocco. 82.2% of CIS respondents said strengthening the Ceuta/Melilla borders is necessary. Separately, the Audiencia Nacional asks Ceuta's local court to forward it the case file against Ceuta's government delegate, Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, for consolidation with judge María Tardón's wider criminal probe.