The Moroccan press has celebrated without any complex the continuity of Pedro Sánchez, the most servile Spanish president to the Alawite regime in history. Some newspapers were also pleased that Algeria, which maintains bad relations with the Spanish Executive, did not see its expectations met.
It is striking that the most important newspaper in the Moroccan press, Assabah does not make any reference to Sánchez on its cover. Yes, they are the second and third most read in the country, Le Matin and Morrocco Today. The first headlines “The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announces that he will remain in power.” And he explains that “he announced that he will continue in office, after a Madrid court opened a preliminary investigation for influence peddling and corruption against his wife, Begoña Gómez,” following a complaint from an association close to the extreme right “.
Morrocco Today, for its part, headlines that “The President of the Spanish Government reverses his resignation.” According to the newspaper, “he decides to remain at the head of the Government despite the “smear campaign” of which he accuses the right-wing opposition.”
Even so, the Moroccan press portal that goes further with Sánchez’s non-resignation is Anfanews. Along with news about the high prices of slaughtered sheep – a very common topic in the press of our African neighbor – they report that “Pedro Sánchez shocks Algeria and decides to continue as president of the Spanish Government”.
In the most notable paragraph of the news, they focus on international reactions. “It should be noted that Sánchez’s decision to stay shocked Algeria’s political and military circles,” they begin. “They wanted to keep an ally of Morocco away from the presidency.” According to the media “with the hope that Spain will reverse its support for the Moroccan plan to establish the autonomy of the Sahara.”
And it is that Sánchez has not only increased the sending of funds and military weapons to Morocco, with the excuse of immigration control, more than any president. Furthermore, due to the continuous blackmail of Mohamed VI, his relations with Algeria have worsened also due to gas shipments.
Spain began sending gas to Morocco in 2022 via gas pipeline after our neighboring country broke relations with Algeria. Then, Sánchez’s energy rescue of the kingdom of Mohamed VI began. Morocco is already the second country that receives the most gas from Spain, only surpassed by France. Last April 1st, Algeria threatened Spain with completely stopping supplies if the gas it sent to Spain ended up in the neighboring state. For this reason, theoretically the Alawite kingdom only receives regasified gas in our country, but not from Algerian origin.