{"id":74197,"date":"2026-08-22T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/74197\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:28:08","slug":"morocco-becomes-free-material-for-spains-political-campaigns-amid-ceuta-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/74197\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco Becomes Free Material for Spain\u2019s Political Campaigns Amid Ceuta Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agadir \u2013 Spain\u2019s opposition leader Alberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Feij\u00f3o has seized on the recent migration crisis in Ceuta to intensify his criticism of Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u2019s government, while making pointed remarks about Morocco and its handling of the border crisis.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Europa Press, the leader of the conservative People\u2019s Party (PP) argued that King Felipe VI should visit Ceuta, saying the monarch \u201cwants to go\u201d to the Spanish enclave and that the government should authorize the trip.<\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o framed the proposed visit as a response to what he described as an unprecedented \u201chumanitarian, public health, and public order crisis\u201d in the city following<\/a> the mass arrival of migrants from Morocco on July 30 and 31.<\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o said Felipe VI, as Spain\u2019s head of state, has a constitutional role as \u201cguarantor of the sovereignty and territorial integrity\u201d of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am convinced that the King wants to go to Ceuta and will do so when the Spanish Government authorizes the trip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His remarks came alongside a broader attack on S\u00e1nchez\u2019s handling of the episode, with Feij\u00f3o accusing the government of \u201cenormous negligence and incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read also: No, Ceuta and Melilla Have Not Always Been Regarded as Fully Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o went further by raising the possibility of Moroccan involvement and accusing Rabat of complicity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to think there has been \u2018complicity\u2019 because in that case we would be facing a very serious situation,\u201d he said, adding that while \u201cnegligence and incompetence are confirmed,\u201d he did not want to consider \u201ccomplicity with Morocco\u201d a possibility.<\/p>\n

The remarks place Morocco at the center of Feij\u00f3o\u2019s political attack<\/a> even as investigations and competing accounts continue to examine the causes of the unprecedented crossings.<\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o comments and the clear hostility against Morocco, and calling the crossing an \u201cinvasion\u201d of Ceuta, demonstrated that Morocco once again is taken as a free and raw material for political campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morocco has reiterated its continued efforts to cooperate with Spain on multiple levels, including sharing information about the crossings, investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, and reinforcing border security to prevent similar events from recurring.<\/p>\n

However, rather than acknowledging these efforts, some Spanish political figures and media outlets have continued to adopt a critical and hostile tone toward Morocco.<\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o\u2019s latest comments add another layer to that political battle, linking the crisis not only to S\u00e1nchez\u2019s government but also to Spain\u2019s relationship with Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agadir \u2013 Spain\u2019s opposition leader Alberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Feij\u00f3o has seized on the recent migration crisis in Ceuta to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190,3299,26721,399,17],"class_list":["post-74197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-alberto-nunez-feijoo","tag-ceuta","tag-ceuta-migration","tag-morocco-and-spain","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74197","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=74197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}