• Politics The PSOE is left alone and breaks the unity of its group in the European Parliament by voting against a resolution critical of Morocco

Juan Fernando López Aguilar

, Socialist MEP and former Minister of Justice with

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

between 2004 and 2007, considers that with

Morocco

"if they have to swallow frogs, they will swallow them", since it is "a strategic neighbor" for Spain.

This is how the Canarian MEP referred this Monday during the Atlantic Premium Forum, organized by

Diario de Avisos

.

There he analyzed the situation in which Spain finds itself internationally and explained the position of the PSOE in the

European Parliament

last week, when he broke the voting unity of his group and rejected a resolution critical of Morocco.

A departure that occurs months after the Executive of Pedro Sánchez unilaterally reversed Spain's historical position on Western Sahara, a change in position that was highly criticized even by its government partners.

In fact, a good part of the replies that the President of the Government received this Tuesday in Congress during his extraordinary appearance after the European Council were focused on the direction of the vote of the Spanish Socialist deputies in Brussels.

In the eyes of López Aguilar, the discourse of the European Union is being "ruthless" with Rabat, something that "will have consequences, and they are not good for us [the Spaniards]."

"Can we afford foul words with our neighbor?" He asked himself during his intervention.

Thus, the MEP justified the position of the Socialists in the European Parliament and called for lowering the decibels in the debate about relations with Morocco, with whom "there is much to talk about" and "build mutual respect."

For this reason, he asked to have "his feet on the ground" and considered that "it is worth swallowing. Dispatching us now is senseless and irresponsible."

López Aguilar's words were quickly criticized by Spanish MEPs from other groups, who pointed out that the European Union's resolution on Morocco was correct.

The controversy occurs a week after Pedro Sánchez travels to Rabat to meet Mohamed VI for two days and hold a high-level summit there in which to definitively close the road map agreed between the two countries in mid-2022.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Morocco

  • PSOE

  • European Union

  • Occidental Sahara

  • Pedro Sanchez