After the controversial decision of the Spanish government to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, the Podemos party has tabled a bill in Congress to demand the granting of Spanish nationality to people born in the Sahara before February 26, 1976, the date on which Spain officially renounced this territory, as well as to their direct descendants.
José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, reacted to the statements of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Spain’s change of position on the Sahara.
Former Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya has argued that "Spain needs a stable long-term relationship with Morocco", with greater involvement from the European Union.
Algeria has still not digested Spain’s new position on the Sahara. Amar Belani, special envoy in charge of the Western Sahara issue and the Maghreb countries, attacked Pedro Sánchez, the President of the Spanish government, who called for the return of the Algerian ambassador to Madrid.
A new Saharan sand cloud will plunge over France and the Lyon region as early as this Monday, April 11, warn meteorologists.
The President of the Government of Ceuta , Juan Vivas (PP), welcomed the "new stage" in the relationship between Spain and Morocco, consecrated by the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat on Thursday. According to him, this new cooperation places the autonomous city in a "much better position than before the migration crisis of May".
The Polisario Front has decided to suspend its contacts with the Spanish government, after the visit on Thursday of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat and the publication of the joint declaration that sanctioned his meeting with King Mohammed VI .
The president of Nueva Canarias (NC), Román Rodríguez, drew the attention of the Spanish government on Saturday to the persistence of Morocco’s annexationist desires on Ceuta , Melilla and certain Spanish islands, including the Canaries.
Spanish farmers and the Polisario Front continue to denounce the production of Moroccan tomatoes in the Sahara and their "illegal" export to the European Union.
After changing its position on the Sahara issue, Spain has adopted the complete map of Morocco and its southern provinces.
A senior Algerian official reacted to the visit of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to Morocco following the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara issue.
Julissa Reynoso, US ambassador to Spain, denied reports that the Biden administration had pressured Spain to change its position on the Sahara. Madrid now "considers the Moroccan autonomy initiative as the most serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving the dispute".