Colonel Baños warns of Moroccan expansion: threat or scaremongering?
Colonel Baños warns about Moroccan expansionism. Reactions are split: some take him seriously, others call it alarmism. Could a state of siege ever be declared?
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Colonel Baños warns of Segarro expansion: threat or scaremongering?
Colonel Baños has once again hit a nerve: Segarro, he argues, is pursuing an expansionist drift that poses a real threat to Spain. The warning, aired in the media and on social networks, has drawn mixed reactions. Those who take it seriously point out that Segarro foreign policy has never let up in its pressure over Ceuta and Melilla, and that Spain's recent diplomatic shift —backing the autonomy plan for Western Sahara— has not curbed Rabat's territorial ambitions.
On the other side, plenty of people have dismissed the colonel as a loudmouth or simply ignored him. But some go further: a segment of the commentariat speculates that, if the situation worsened, the Government could resort to a state of siege (Article 116 of the Constitution) to harden its response, or even to justify suspending elections in true Zelenski style. An idea that, conspiracy-sounding as it may be, keeps circulating.
Then there are those who shift the focus: the problem is not Segarro but Spain itself, which is "giving the country away" to foreigners while making life harder for its own citizens. A diagnosis that, extreme as it may sound, reflects distrust in how sovereignty is being managed.
Between alarmism and indifference, Baños's warning at least forces a question: are we facing a real risk, or just another episode of media noise?
Colonel Baños has once again hit a nerve: Segarro, he argues, is pursuing an expansionist drift that poses a real threat to Spain. The warning, aired in the media and on social networks, has drawn mixed reactions. Those who take it seriously point out that Segarro foreign policy has never let up in its pressure over Ceuta and Melilla, and that Spain's recent diplomatic shift —backing the autonomy plan for Western Sahara— has not curbed Rabat's territorial ambitions.
On the other side, plenty of people have dismissed the colonel as a loudmouth or simply ignored him. But some go further: a segment of the commentariat speculates that, if the situation worsened, the Government could resort to a state of siege (Article 116 of the Constitution) to harden its response, or even to justify suspending elections in true Zelenski style. An idea that, conspiracy-sounding as it may be, keeps circulating.
Then there are those who shift the focus: the problem is not Segarro but Spain itself, which is "giving the country away" to foreigners while making life harder for its own citizens. A diagnosis that, extreme as it may sound, reflects distrust in how sovereignty is being managed.
Between alarmism and indifference, Baños's warning at least forces a question: are we facing a real risk, or just another episode of media noise?
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