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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has faced backlash for plugging his hits of the summer as the country battles dual crises of ongoing wildfires <\/a>and the migrant crisis in Ceuta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the end of a challenging week for Spain, Mr Sanchez, 54, unveiled a new Spotify playlist on Instagram as he travelled to his summer residence Costa Teguise in Lanzarote to begin a three-week summer holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis summer I have prepared a playlist for you with some of the songs that I am listening to most this year,\u201d he told his audience of two million followers. \u201cIt is quite eclectic so I\u2019ll highlight for you three that will for sure – well, they will give you an idea of where I am coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Socialist prime minister went on to spotlight EL BAIFO by Spanish rapper Quevedo, SS26 by Charli xcx, and Tantas Cosas by Melani. The 31-track playlist <\/a>includes songs from Joyce Manor, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Placebo.<\/p>\n

\"PedroPedro Sanchez listed some of his favourite songs of the summer on Instagram (Pedro Sanchez \/ Instagram)<\/p>\n

Responding to the post, some said the tone felt off on a week that saw wildfires continue to rip through tens of thousands of hectares of land<\/a> and force the evacuation of thousands of people across Spain. There was also a flurry of tense exchanges with other EU states after some 50,000 migrants tried to illegally enter Spain\u2019s North African territory of Ceuta.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe soundtrack of Spain today isn’t Spotify; it is the sirens from the wildfires, the anxiety of thousands of families, and a country waiting to see its prime minister where he is needed most. And yet, the response is a playlist,\u201d wrote one Instagram user.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that they\u2019re publishing this video while Ceuta is in flames and Spain is projecting the image of a failed state,\u201d added another user.<\/p>\n

\"AerialAerial view of burnt pitches at the Valle de Iruelas camping, near El Tiemblo, in Avila province, Spain on July 30 (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

And another wrote: \u201cAren\u2019t you ashamed to upload this with what\u2019s happening in Ceuta?\u201d<\/p>\n

The playlist itself features songs added one week ago, according to Spotify, before the latest crisis, in which some 50,000 people tried to stream across the border in Ceuta. At least 72 people died in the rush, which also prompted alarm across the European Union.<\/p>\n

More than 48,000 returned to Morocco within 48 hours and more again over the weekend, Spanish authorities said.<\/p>\n

Wildfires have separately been ravaging parts of Spain since mid-July, forcing upwards of 60,000 people from their homes in Spain.<\/p>\n

More than 200,000 hectares of land have burned<\/a> across Spain this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26203,1810,5441,17],"class_list":["post-65244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-aerial-view","tag-climate","tag-horizontal","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}