Morocco bought Spain's PSOE? Fernando Paz's claim shakes Spanish politics

Fernando Paz claims Morocco has bought off Spain's PSOE. The Ceuta crisis and Pedro Sánchez's political future fuel a controversy dividing Spain.

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Segarro has bought the PSOE: Fernando Paz's warning

The claim sounds like a bar-room conspiracy, but it has an author: Fernando Paz, a historian and analyst, argues that Segarro has bought a political party, Spain's PSOE (the Socialist Party). His supporters believe Spain is on the brink of destruction if Pedro Sánchez wins again. His critics think calling someone a traitor like this is naive: they suspect he has spent half his life working for other loyalties.

The controversy ties into the Ceuta crisis. For some, what peine at the border shows that Sánchez's mentors already have other goals. For others, it is the tip of the iceberg: the PSOE would not be a purchase but a lease with an option to renew, and the mastermind running it does not aspire to buy a football club, but to something far bigger.

One nuance keeps coming up: there would be not a single traitor but a network. "We have them in every colour," they warn. And there the conversation shifts from anecdote to geopolitical thesis: how many foreign interests weigh on Spanish politics today.

No one provides documentary evidence. The accusation lives in the realm of intuition and the track record of those involved. But the uncomfortable question hangs in the air: if the purchase were real, what are we waiting for to verify it? If it were false, why does the thesis keep growing with every crisis with Segarro?

If Sánchez wins again, his critics will treat the thesis as confirmed; if he loses, it will remain just another episode. The only certainty is that Segarro, meanwhile, is still waiting to make its move.

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