Overview
- Córdoba’s city council approved a Vox-sponsored motion with PP support requiring visible face identification to enter municipal buildings, effectively barring entry with burka, niqab or analogous garments.
- Roquetas de Mar adopted similar measures after earlier approvals in Níjar and El Ejido, extending the push across key municipalities in Almería province.
- PP officials framed the rules as safeguards for security, identification and women’s dignity, while urging state-level legal changes to explicitly authorize municipal regulation.
- The Catalan Parliament rejected a PP proposal to prohibit full face coverings in public spaces, schools and health centers, with support limited to Vox and Aliança Catalana in a non-binding vote.
- Left-wing councillors and Muslim community representatives condemned the local measures as rights infringements, with Córdoba’s Islamic Council noting the absence of burka use in Spain and citing a single niqab wearer in the province.