HIBAPRESS – Rabat
Political and media concerns have escalated in Spain regarding the possibility of what they have called a "new Green March" to recover the occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in addition to the Canary Islands, especially during the era of former US President Donald Trump.
The "elfarodeceuta" website reported that the Podemos coalition, Canary Islands branch, has warned that the positions expressed by Spanish right-wing parties, especially the Popular Party and Vox, which support Donald Trump's actions in international politics, particularly the style of intervention in Venezuela, may constitute a dangerous precedent that affects the legal framework upon which Spain relies to protect its territories.
The same political body considered that this trend weakens the principle of international legitimacy and opens the door to future expansionist demands by other countries, warning that undermining international law outside the borders may directly reflect on what it called security and sovereignty within the areas controlled by Spain.
In this context, the Podemos coalition of the Canary Islands made a direct comparison between the current situation and what happened in 1975 in the Sahara, considering that what it calls today leniency with international interventions may lead in the future to similar scenarios, according to its claims, which some see as targeting attacks on right-wing parties, more than a serious warning.
The same Spanish website quoted the party's spokeswoman and deputy, Noemi Santana, as saying that allowing what is happening today in Caracas could make similar events possible tomorrow in the Canary Islands.
The report pointed out that the focus of Spanish concern is particularly focused on the natural resources that abound in the marine areas surrounding the Canary archipelago, which include strategic minerals, large reserves of natural gas and oil potential, with increasing international competition around them.
According to the same source, the concerns are reinforced due to what these political parties consider the beginning of Morocco's demand for these marine areas unilaterally, by demarcating maritime borders that overlap with the Canary waters, in addition to signing exploration agreements with foreign companies with the support of the United States.
Noemi Santana strongly criticized the positions of the Spanish right, accusing the Popular Party and Vox of protecting foreign interests and granting legitimacy to a model of international intervention outside the law, which weakens what she described as the legal shield that protects the Canary Islands and the occupied Ceuta and Melilla.
