Rome decided to maintain the random border controls at the border with Spain for another 15 days. The decision, which Giorgia Meloni's government had left suspended until the last moment, extends a measure that Italy justified last month by migratory pressure in Ceuta.
The measure provoked a political showdown with Madrid. The Italian executive maintains that the situation in the Spanish autonomous city continues to not improve sufficiently to lift the restrictions.
The Italian government had left the decision suspended until the last moment before confirming the extension of the border controls.
