Madrid (EFE) explain it to the public.
During his speech this Wednesday in Congress, Sánchez stressed that the policy with Morocco must be compatible with the program to deepen a “strategic relationship” for Ceuta and Melilla but also for the Canary Islands and Andalusia.
The controversy has been unleashed after the second vice president and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, said last Sunday in an interview that Morocco is a dictatorship, a statement that has been shared by the leader of the IU and Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, minutes before the appearance of the head of the Executive began.
“Morocco is a friendly country, essential for the economic development of Spain, our gateway to Africa, an essential ally for our security and for orderly migration in our country and the European continent”, Sánchez defended.
He stressed that the road map with Morocco has opened a new stage with much firmer foundations, which removes “recurring crises that we have experienced” and has defended the agreements approved at the last high-level meeting (RAN) held last month of February in Rabat.
Among these agreements, the result of the “new climate of cooperation”, he highlighted the “effective” shared management of common borders, the reestablishment of air and sea connections and the gradual reopening of customs with Melilla and the new one in Ceuta, which will to prevent scenes “that we do not want – he said – to see again”.
Sánchez has also insisted on the fruits of border management and cooperation in migration matters and recalled that the data shows that the Atlantic route is the only one that decreases in the arrival of irregular migrants: 78% in the first quarter in Ceuta and Melilla and 63% in the Canary Islands, while, for example, in Italy it has risen by 300%.
“More than ever we have a great opportunity to place relations with Morocco under the sign of genuine cooperation, based on the systematic compliance with agreements”, he remarked.
Gamarra replies to Sánchez that even his government “has lost respect for him”
The PP spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, has replied to Pedro Sánchez that even his Council of Ministers “has lost respect for him”, recalling some ideas that Yolanda Díaz launched on Sunday, accusing him of being “sexist” or that he would have dismissed the Minister of the Interior after the episodes in Ceuta and Melilla.
“It is an environment typical of a government in decomposition”, Gamarra insisted in his turn to reply to Sánchez, who appears in plenary session of Congress, mentioning the controversial interview between the second vice president of the Executive with Jordi Ébole, in which he also He branded Morocco a “dictatorship” or where he warned his colleagues from United We Can “that he was not going to vote for them” on 28M.
Abascal reproaches Sánchez for his “submissive attitude” in the face of Morocco’s affronts
The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has reproached this Wednesday the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, for his “submissive attitude” in the face of the “contempts” and “affronts” of Morocco and has criticized the “lack of information” about his agreements with That country.
In the reply to Sánchez’s appearance in Congress to explain the latest European advice, the evolution of the war in Ukraine and Spain’s relationship with Morocco, Abascal has also accused him of taking advantage of his intervention to hold a “rally” for the PSOE and to make a “tedious sermon”.
The PNV reproaches Sánchez for “selling” the Sahara in exchange for less immigration
The PNV spokesman in Congress, Aitor Esteban, criticized the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Wednesday for having managed to stop irregular immigration from Morocco in exchange for “selling the Sahara”.
Esteban has launched this reproach before the plenary session of Congress in response to Sánchez’s intervention in his appearance called to report on various issues, mainly international politics.
Arrimadas warns that Sánchez “is scary” and sees him capable of giving up Ceuta and Melilla
The leader of Ciudadanos, Inés Arrimadas, has warned that the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, “is scary” and sees him capable of ceding Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco if staying in Moncloa depends on that.
During her speech to respond to the President of the Government, who is appearing in plenary session of Congress, the orange spokesperson charged Sánchez for the twist in the script in the Sahara, demanding that he explain “what he has tried to gain or what he has tried to avoid” by changing its position regarding the former Spanish colony.