During a visit to Morocco, Éric Ciotti, president of the Les Républicains party, expressed his support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara and called on his country, France, as well as Europe, to avoid "sending unfriendly messages" to the kingdom.
Two weeks after describing Morocco as a "dictatorship", Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz expressed her support for the Sahrawi cause and gave an embrace to Abdullah Arabi, the Polisario Front’s delegate in Spain, during an event organized on Friday by the Spanish Communist Party (PCE). An attitude that has caused outrage in Morocco.
Ignacio Cembrero considers Morocco to be "a dictatorship" comparable to that of the "Franco regime". The Spanish journalist discusses his legal disputes with the Moroccan authorities and provides a general analysis of the relations between Morocco and Spain.
While she was going without accreditation to visit the convicts in 2017 in the Gdeim Izik case, named after the camp where 11 Moroccan police and gendarmes were killed in 2010 near the territory of Laâyoune, in the Sahara, the French lawyer Elise Taulet was arrested and then expelled to Agadir.
Moroccan Rachid El Morabity , 9-time winner of the Marathon des Sables, one of the toughest in the world, is aiming for a tenth victory in this race starting this Sunday.
The leader of the Vox party, Santiago Abascal, accused the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, of "submission" to Morocco on Wednesday in Congress, also asking whether King Mohammed VI has the power to "appoint and dismiss" ministers in Spain.
Several Flemish celebrities will be in the Sahara desert in Morocco from Monday, May 1st to experience one of the toughest trainings in the world.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reacted on Monday to the remarks of the second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, who stated on Sunday that she would return to Spain’s change of position in favor of Morocco if she became President of the government.
The President of the House of Councillors (Moroccan Senate) and member of the executive committee of the Istiqlal party, Enaam Mayara, stated on Sunday that Ceuta and Melilla are "occupied territories" and that Morocco "will eventually recover" these two autonomous cities. Remarks that have caused some embarrassment both in Morocco and in Spain.
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, was called a "traitor" during a rally of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) in the city of Segovia (Castile and León), during this pre-electoral campaign period.
Moroccans residing in Spain or Spaniards of Moroccan origin, including the most prominent such as Morad, Mo Katir, En-Nesyri, Mina El Hammani, etc. prefer to remain silent and stay away from controversies on subjects concerning the kingdom. This is at least what they are accused of.
The President of the House of Advisors and member of the executive bureau of Istiqlal, Enaam Mayara, declared on Friday that Morocco will eventually "recover the two occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla", calling on Moroccans residing in Spain to form a "lobby" to help defend the homeland.