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Spain’s PP stokes anti-Morocco sentiment on road to power

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Spain’s main opposition party, the Partido Popular (PP), is relentlessly stoking anti-Moroccan sentiment as it maneuvers toward government, with Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares openly branding the party “anti-Moroccan” amid an escalating row over its stance toward Rabat. The charge, unusually blunt for Spanish diplomacy, exposes a contradiction PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo would have […]
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Moroccan Istiqlal party urges Spain’s PP to clarify its position on Sahara autonomy

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Amid improving Moroccan-Spanish ties, Spain’s PP party chose to swim against the current, extending an invitation to members of the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group. The hostile stands of the PP party, which runs the occupied cities of Ceuta and Melillia, triggered a letter from the Istiqlal party urging a clear stand on the Sahara issue. […]