Automotive, textiles, agriculture: 17,000 Spanish companies work with Morocco, and more than 350 have a permanent presence there. After the Ceuta crisis, any sanctions against Rabat would therefore risk directly hurting the Spanish economy.
Ceuta and Melilla will remain Spanish “until the end of time,” Pedro Sánchez promises. On the same day, Nizar Baraka asserts that Morocco will not retreat “a single centimeter.” The two partners are now publicly displaying completely opposing territorial positions.
Pedro Sánchez now acknowledges that Moroccan forces allowed migrants to enter Ceuta for ten hours on 30 July. However, the Spanish prime minister still refuses to accuse Rabat of organizing the mass arrival of more than 70,000 people.
In Madrid, the government describes Morocco as a “reliable and loyal” neighbour. In the Canary Islands, a regional official says exactly the opposite and accuses Rabat of playing with “marked cards”. Two opposing Spanish messages, delivered on the same day.
Spain is toughening its response to Moroccan claims over Ceuta and Melilla. Following new statements by Abdellatif Ouahbi, Madrid says it has directly conveyed to Morocco, through diplomatic channels, its “categorical rejection” of any challenge to its sovereignty over the two cities.
After the deadly rush toward Sebta , some Moroccan families are facing a new ordeal: recovering the bodies. Relatives of victims say they are being asked for around 2,500 euros to repatriate a body to Morocco.
The average net monthly salary in Morocco’s public sector reached 10,600 dirhams in 2025. But more than 38% of civil servants earn 8,000 dirhams or less.
Morocco obtained revenues equivalent to 2% of GDP in 2025 through sale-leaseback operations on state-owned real estate. A solution that brings immediate money to the budget, but then requires the administration to rent the buildings it sold.
Donald Trump has barely suspended the duties imposed on certain Moroccan phosphate fertilizers when his own Commerce Department is already recommending that they be maintained over the long term. OCP has an eight-month window to return to the US market, without any guarantee that it will be able to remain there.
The Moroccan government has just set a maximum duration for an allowance integrated into the direct social assistance system. Its payment cannot exceed twelve months, even when compensation periods are not consecutive.
More and more Moroccans are turning to the Kingdom’s Ombudsman to address their difficulties with public services. However, once cases are submitted, some administrations are slow to respond, sometimes requiring follow-ups several months after the initial complaint.
The Moroccan government is further opening the national market to livestock and red meat imports. Customs duties will be suspended on live sheep and several categories of meat, as previous measures failed to bring prices down to expected levels.