The letter about Morocco and his “alleged collaboration” with drug trafficking and illegal immigration that the Vox spokesperson in the European Parliament, Jorge Buxadéhas sent to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrell, it has stung a lot in Rabat. The most widespread media and linked to the official line of Mohamed VI have attacked this initiative Vox, which they describe as “extreme right” and limit their criticism to an “electoral campaign in the making” for the European elections. In addition, they defend themselves against Vox's accusations towards Rabat about its intentions to take Ceuta y Melillawhich in turn are called “occupied ports.”
The Moroccan press cries out against Vox, in what they consider a “hostile” offensive by the formation “far right» against the interests and «the good name» of Morocco before the European Union. This is how, for example, the newspaper understands it Hespress, the most read newspaper in all of Morocco, in a long report dedicated to the European parliamentary offensive launched by Vox based on the complicated relations of the Spanish Government with the neighboring Kingdom.
For this header, the letter sent by Buxadé and the position announced by Vox are a sample of the «failure of party leaders when it comes to building a mature political vision and prioritizing sound logic in data analysis.
Furthermore, they point out, Vox has not reached the Government due, among other things, to its criticism of Morocco: “This party is out of the circuit because it was not able to realize the importance and the exceptionality of Moroccan-Spanish relations and the extent of its influence.
With its criticism, they say from Morocco, Vox sounds «a scratched record» and «is situated outside the historical dynamism that defines Moroccan-Spanish relations». They attribute the position of those of Santiago Abascal to an offensive also directed against the Government of Pedro Sánchez, whose victory – they say in Morocco – “led Spain to enter a new Spanish transition». It is not the only comment regarding this letter from Vox that has been published in the Moroccan press these days, but it is the most notable.
Vox's letter about Morocco
In that letter that has so bothered the other side of the Strait, Vox expresses its “deep concern about the recent revelations about the alleged collaboration of the Royal Moroccan Navy with mafias dedicated to drug trafficking. It is worth remembering that, recently, several agents of the Moroccan Gendarmerie were arrested for their relationship with a drug trafficking network, as well as the appearance of photographs on the phone of a person detained by the Civil Guard in which a shipment of drugs is seen on a Moroccan police boat. Fact that reflects a report from the Armed Institute itself.
In addition, Buxadé highlights a series of “hybrid war actions by Morocco towards Spain, including the use of illegal immigrants as blackmail and threats to sovereignty in cities like Ceuta y Melilla».
Vox reflects in its writing the criticism of the “European Union policy towards Morocco”, arguing that “the continuous flow of funds to the neighboring country has not resulted in a change in behavior.”
In this letter, Buxadé has demanded that Borrell propose “sanction measures within the framework of the Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy”, as well as the immediate end of any aid to Morocco financed by European funds, until a loyal cooperation with all Member States.
Alert on the islets
Meanwhile, Spanish security forces continue to deal with a complicated situation in the Strait. In just 48 hours, at the end of February, nearly 200 illegal immigrants arrived in boats from Morocco to the Alboran Island. A territory of Spanish sovereignty between the waters that separate Melilla y Almeria, and which is under the control of a Navy detachment. Only 11 troops to deal with arrivals that outnumber them by 1 to 18 men.
Some events that for the Defense Staff are in no way improvised: it is suspected that it is a trial by Morocco, a message about how “easy” it can be to put islands with hardly any protection in check. A “invasion rehearsal» to one of the enclaves that Rabat claims as its own. On the table there is a military plan to reinforce the surveillance and protection of these territories, which only needs the green light from the Government to be implemented.
«Let them know that we have not forgotten about you. “We are very aware of Alborán and what is happening, and we have taken note of some things that are needed.” Those words were part of the speech that the Minister of Defense, Margaret Robleshe pronounced during his recent visit to the Navy detachment that protects the Alboran Island, in waters halfway between Africa and Europe. A trip of complex logistics that took place only days after the chaos caused in this square of sovereignty by a wave of Moroccan boats was restored, with about 200 immigrants on board (98% men of adult age) that put the eleven soldiers who defend it to the limit, who lived with them for days due to the impossibility of transferring them to Melilla due to the poor sea conditions.