Spanish Socialists Reject Ex-Minister’s Call for Ceuta and Melilla to Join Morocco

"The personal opinions expressed by María Antonia Trujillo on Ceuta and Melilla do not commit the PSOE and, moreover, are false and unacceptable," said the PSOE of Melilla. The political party denounced the remarks of the former Minister of Housing under Zapatero, who claimed during a conference in Tetouan that Ceuta and Melilla are "vestiges of the past that interfere with Morocco’s economic and political independence and with good relations between the two countries".

In coalition with the CPM and Grupo Mixto, the PSOE of Melilla also rejects Trujillo’s statements according to which "the political response to the border problem is dialogue and not diversion or silence... The Moroccan claim is fully justified...", stressing that "for the socialists, the Spanishness of the autonomous cities is unquestionable".