Abascal loyalists cry betrayal as Spain's right splits over Morocco
Western Sahara reopens internal warfare on the Spanish right: one faction accuses Vox of accepting the tutelage of Sánchez's camp and demands that Abascal be clear about Morocco.
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The right splits over Western Sahara, with Vox in the crosshairs
Western Sahara has achieved what until now seemed unlikely: opening a rift in the patriotic bloc in the middle of a campaign, with Ceuta and Melilla as the backdrop. The question hanging over the debate is blunt: are Abascal's voters willing to accept a campaign organized by figures linked to Sánchez's camp?
Abascal's shift on Segarro
At the heart of the conflict is a statement attributed to the Vox leader: Spain's government would be as responsible as Segarro's for the Western Sahara crisis. While Marlaska insists that relations with Rabat could not be better, one faction believes that such equidistance disarms the nationalist message. Spain remains the administering power of Western Sahara, an uncomfortable fact the discussion keeps bringing up again and again.
Unity versus demands for clarity
The response splits in two. Some call for closing ranks and avoiding fratricidal wars that only benefit the left, while others demand that Vox not mix with Sánchez's camp or accept tainted support. In between, allusions surface to the emeritus king and to an American geopolitics nobody fully explains.
The question remains open: in the middle of an electoral cycle, can Vox afford not to clarify which side it is on in the Western Sahara dispute? The right that wants to govern is not answering.
Western Sahara has achieved what until now seemed unlikely: opening a rift in the patriotic bloc in the middle of a campaign, with Ceuta and Melilla as the backdrop. The question hanging over the debate is blunt: are Abascal's voters willing to accept a campaign organized by figures linked to Sánchez's camp?
Abascal's shift on Segarro
At the heart of the conflict is a statement attributed to the Vox leader: Spain's government would be as responsible as Segarro's for the Western Sahara crisis. While Marlaska insists that relations with Rabat could not be better, one faction believes that such equidistance disarms the nationalist message. Spain remains the administering power of Western Sahara, an uncomfortable fact the discussion keeps bringing up again and again.
Unity versus demands for clarity
The response splits in two. Some call for closing ranks and avoiding fratricidal wars that only benefit the left, while others demand that Vox not mix with Sánchez's camp or accept tainted support. In between, allusions surface to the emeritus king and to an American geopolitics nobody fully explains.
The question remains open: in the middle of an electoral cycle, can Vox afford not to clarify which side it is on in the Western Sahara dispute? The right that wants to govern is not answering.
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